Definition of jack

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Jack (n.) A machine for slicking or pebbling leather.

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Rhamnaceous :: Rhamnaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to a natural order of shrubs and trees (Rhamnaceae, or Rhamneae) of which the buckthorn (Rhamnus) is the type. It includes also the New Jersey tea, the supple-jack, and one of the plants called lotus (Zizyphus)..
Jump :: Jump (n.) A kind of loose jacket for men.
Deal :: Deal (n.) Specifically: To distribute, as cards, to the players at the commencement of a game; as, to deal the cards; to deal one a jack..
Pea-jacket :: Pea-jacket (n.) A thick loose woolen jacket, or coat, much worn by sailors in cold weather..
Jurel :: "Jurel (n.) A yellow carangoid fish of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts (Caranx chrysos), most abundant southward, where it is valued as a food fish; -- called also hardtail, horse crevalle, jack, buffalo jack, skipjack, yellow mackerel, and sometimes, improperly, horse mackerel. Other species of Caranx (as C. fallax) are also sometimes called jurel..
Crossjack :: Crossjack (n.) The lowest square sail, or the lower yard of the mizzenmast..
Jackass :: Jackass (n.) The male ass; a donkey.
Jackknife :: "Jackknife (n.) A large, strong clasp knife for the pocket; a pocket knife..
Camisole :: Camisole (n.) A kind of straitjacket.
Jerkin :: Jerkin (n.) A jacket or short coat; a close waistcoat.
Sontag :: Sontag (n.) A knitted worsted jacket, worn over the waist of a woman's dress..
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..
Split :: Split (v. i.) to divide one hand of blackjack into two hands, allowed when the first two cards dealt to a player have the same value..
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..
Sauce-alone :: Sauce-alone (n.) Jack-by-the-hedge. See under Jack.
Jack :: "Jack (n.) A familiar nickname of, or substitute for, John..
Jack Ketch :: "Jack Ketch () A public executioner, or hangman..
Plane :: Plane (a.) A tool for smoothing boards or other surfaces of wood, for forming moldings, etc. It consists of a smooth-soled stock, usually of wood, from the under side or face of which projects slightly the steel cutting edge of a chisel, called the iron, which inclines backward, with an apperture in front for the escape of shavings; as, the jack plane; the smoothing plane; the molding plane, etc..
Black-jack :: Black-jack (n.) The Quercus nigra, or barren oak..
Jack :: "Jack (n.) A mechanical contrivance, an auxiliary machine, or a subordinate part of a machine, rendering convenient service, and often supplying the place of a boy or attendant who was commonly called Jack.
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