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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Crossjack :: Crossjack (n.) The lowest square sail, or the lower yard of the mizzenmast..
Minute-jack :: Minute-jack (n.) A timeserver; an inconstant person.
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Knave :: Knave (n.) A playing card marked with the figure of a servant or soldier; a jack.
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Jackass :: Jackass (n.) The male ass; a donkey.
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Jackstraw :: "Jackstraw (n.) One of a set of straws of strips of ivory, bone, wood, etc., for playing a child's game, the jackstraws being thrown confusedly together on a table, to be gathered up singly by a hooked instrument, without touching or disturbing the rest of the pile. See Spilikin..
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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..
Cleading :: Cleading (n.) A jacket or outer covering of wood, etc., to prevent radiation of heat, as from the boiler, cylinder. etc., of a steam engine..
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..
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Jacketing :: "Jacketing (n.) The material of a jacket; as, nonconducting jacketing..
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Jack :: Jack (n.) The knave of a suit of playing cards.
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Pike :: Pike (sing. & pl.) A large fresh-water fish (Esox lucius), found in Europe and America, highly valued as a food fish; -- called also pickerel, gedd, luce, and jack..
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