Definition of jack

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Jack (n.) A machine for twisting the sliver as it leaves the carding machine.

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Blende :: Blende (n.) A mineral, called also sphalerite, and by miners mock lead, false galena, and black-jack. It is a zinc sulphide, but often contains some iron. Its color is usually yellow, brown, or black, and its luster resinous..
Pea-jacket :: Pea-jacket (n.) A thick loose woolen jacket, or coat, much worn by sailors in cold weather..
Merou :: Merou (n.) See Jack, 8 (c)..
Jack :: "Jack (n.) An impertinent or silly fellow; a simpleton; a boor; a clown; also, a servant; a rustic..
Jack :: "Jack (n.) A bar of iron athwart ships at a topgallant masthead, to support a royal mast, and give spread to the royal shrouds; -- called also jack crosstree..
Roundabout :: Roundabout (n.) A short, close jacket worn by boys, sailors, etc..
Jacketed :: "Jacketed (a.) Wearing, or furnished with, a jacket..
Jackslave :: Jackslave (n.) A low servant; a mean fellow.
Crossjack :: Crossjack (n.) The lowest square sail, or the lower yard of the mizzenmast..
Sola :: Sola (n.) A leguminous plant (Aeschynomene aspera) growing in moist places in Southern India and the East Indies. Its pithlike stem is used for making hats, swimming-jackets, etc..
Spencer :: Spencer (n.) A short jacket worn by men and by women.
Jack :: "Jack (v. t.) To move or lift, as a house, by means of a jack or jacks. See 2d Jack, n., 5..
Knight :: Knight (n.) A playing card bearing the figure of a knight; the knave or jack.
Slapjack :: Slapjack (n.) A flat batter cake cooked on a griddle; a flapjack; a griddlecake.
Skipjack :: Skipjack (n.) An elater; a snap bug, or snapping beetle..
Jacksnipe :: "Jacksnipe (n.) A small American sandpiper (Tringa maculata); -- called also pectoral sandpiper, and grass snipe..
Runner :: Runner (n.) A food fish (Elagatis pinnulatus) of Florida and the West Indies; -- called also skipjack, shoemaker, and yellowtail. The name alludes to its rapid successive leaps from the water..
Jackeen :: "Jackeen (n.) A drunken, dissolute fellow..
Jack Ketch :: "Jack Ketch () A public executioner, or hangman..
Jacksaw :: Jacksaw (n.) The merganser.
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