Definition of jack

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"Jack (n.) A system of gearing driven by a horse power, for multiplying speed..

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Minute-jack :: Minute-jack (n.) A timeserver; an inconstant person.
Jack :: "Jack (n.) In the harpsichord, an intermediate piece communicating the action of the key to the quill; -- called also hopper..
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..
Grasshopper :: Grasshopper (n.) In ordinary square or upright pianos of London make, the escapement lever or jack, so made that it can be taken out and replaced with the key; -- called also the hopper..
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..
Sweater :: Sweater (n.) A woolen jacket or jersey worn by athletes.
Jack :: "Jack (n.) A system of gearing driven by a horse power, for multiplying speed..
Jack :: "Jack (n.) A large, California rock fish (Sebastodes paucispinus); -- called also boccaccio, and merou..
Crick :: Crick (n.) A small jackscrew.
Jacketed :: "Jacketed (a.) Wearing, or furnished with, a jacket..
Horse :: Horse (a.) A jackstay.
Daw :: Daw (n.) A European bird of the Crow family (Corvus monedula), often nesting in church towers and ruins; a jackdaw..
Jack :: Jack (n.) The wall-eyed pike.
Cardigan Jacket :: Cardigan jacket () A warm jacket of knit worsted with or without sleeves.
Sontag :: Sontag (n.) A knitted worsted jacket, worn over the waist of a woman's dress..
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..
Jacketing :: "Jacketing (n.) The material of a jacket; as, nonconducting jacketing..
Jacket :: "Jacket (n.) A garment resembling a waistcoat lined with cork, to serve as a life preserver; -- called also cork jacket..
Bootjack :: Bootjack (n.) A device for pulling off boots.
Skipjack :: Skipjack (n.) An elater; a snap bug, or snapping beetle..
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