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Jack-a-dandy :: "Jack-a-dandy (n.) A little dandy; a little, foppish, impertinent fellow..

Jack :: Jack (n.) A wooden wedge for separating rocks rent by blasting.

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.

Split :: Split (n.) the division by a player of one hand of blackjack into two hands, allowed when the first two cards dealt to a player have the same value; the player is usually obliged to increase the amount wagered by placing a sum equal to the original bet on the new hand thus created..

Camisole :: Camisole (n.) A kind of straitjacket.

Jigger :: "Jigger (n.) A pendulum rolling machine for slicking or graining leather; same as Jack, 4 (i)..

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..

Knave :: Knave (n.) A playing card marked with the figure of a servant or soldier; a jack.

Jackscrew :: "Jackscrew (n.) A jack in which a screw is used for lifting, or exerting pressure. See Illust. of 2d Jack, n., 5..

Allfours :: Allfours () A game at cards, called High, Low, Jack, and the Game..

Water Plate :: Water plate () A plate heated by hot water contained in a double bottom or jacket.

Ululate :: Ululate (v. i.) To howl, as a dog or a wolf; to wail; as, ululating jackals..

Skipjack :: Skipjack (n.) A shallow sailboat with a rectilinear or V-shaped cross section.

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..

Pancake :: Pancake (n.) A thin cake of batter fried in a pan or on a griddle; a griddlecake; a flapjack.

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

Paltock :: Paltock (n.) A kind of doublet; a jacket.

Ketch :: Ketch (n.) A hangman. See Jack Ketch.

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..

Daw :: Daw (n.) A European bird of the Crow family (Corvus monedula), often nesting in church towers and ruins; a jackdaw..

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