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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Jackanapes :: Jackanapes (n.) A coxcomb; an impertinent or conceited fellow.
Varlet :: Varlet (n.) In a pack of playing cards, the court card now called the knave, or jack..
Jacksnipe :: "Jacksnipe (n.) A small European snipe (Limnocryptes gallinula); -- called also judcock, jedcock, juddock, jed, and half snipe..
Cheap-jack :: Cheap-jack (n.) Alt. of Cheap-joh.
Skipjack :: Skipjack (n.) A shallow sailboat with a rectilinear or V-shaped cross section.
Jack :: Jack (n.) A grating to separate and guide the threads; a heck box.
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..
Jacketing :: "Jacketing (n.) The material of a jacket; as, nonconducting jacketing..
Pea-jacket :: Pea-jacket (n.) A thick loose woolen jacket, or coat, much worn by sailors in cold weather..
Straight :: Straight (superl.) Composed of cards which constitute a regular sequence, as the ace, king, queen, jack, and ten-spot; as, a straight hand; a straight flush..
Apple-jack :: Apple-jack (n.) Apple brandy.
Liner :: Liner (n.) A lining within the cylinder, in which the piston works and between which and the outer shell of the cylinder a space is left to form a steam jacket..
Black-jack :: Black-jack (n.) A name given by English miners to sphalerite, or zinc blende; -- called also false galena. See Blende..
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..
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..
Jack :: "Jack (n.) A system of gearing driven by a horse power, for multiplying speed..
Jack :: Jack (n.) A device to pull off boots.
Juddock :: Juddock (n.) See Jacksnipe.
Flapjack :: Flapjack (n.) A fklat cake turned on the griddle while cooking; a griddlecake or pacake.
Jackeen :: "Jackeen (n.) A drunken, dissolute fellow..
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