Definition of jack

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"Jack (n.) In the harpsichord, an intermediate piece communicating the action of the key to the quill; -- called also hopper..

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Jack :: "Jack (n.) The male of certain animals, as of the ass..
Jackknife :: "Jackknife (n.) A large, strong clasp knife for the pocket; a pocket knife..
Color :: Color (n.) A distinguishing badge, as a flag or similar symbol (usually in the plural); as, the colors or color of a ship or regiment; the colors of a race horse (that is, of the cap and jacket worn by the jockey)..
Minute-jack :: Minute-jack (n.) A figure which strikes the hour on the bell of some fanciful clocks; -- called also jack of the clock house.
Wasp :: Wasp (n.) Any one of numerous species of stinging hymenopterous insects, esp. any of the numerous species of the genus Vespa, which includes the true, or social, wasps, some of which are called yellow jackets..
Tomcod :: Tomcod (n.) The jack. See 2d Jack, 8. (c)..
Jack :: Jack (n.) A device to pull off boots.
Jerkin :: Jerkin (n.) A jacket or short coat; a close waistcoat.
Jack :: "Jack (n.) A portable machine variously constructed, for exerting great pressure, or lifting or moving a heavy body through a small distance. It consists of a lever, screw, rack and pinion, hydraulic press, or any simple combination of mechanical powers, working in a compact pedestal or support and operated by a lever, crank, capstan bar, etc. The name is often given to a jackscrew, which is a kind of jack..
Flapjack :: Flapjack (n.) A fklat cake turned on the griddle while cooking; a griddlecake or pacake.
Juddock :: Juddock (n.) See Jacksnipe.
Jump :: Jump (n.) A kind of loose jacket for men.
Crossjack :: Crossjack (n.) The lowest square sail, or the lower yard of the mizzenmast..
Runner :: Runner (n.) A food fish (Elagatis pinnulatus) of Florida and the West Indies; -- called also skipjack, shoemaker, and yellowtail. The name alludes to its rapid successive leaps from the water..
Jacket :: "Jacket (n.) A short upper garment, extending downward to the hips; a short coat without skirts..
Jackstone :: Jackstone (n.) One of the pebbles or pieces used in the game of jackstones.
Saury :: Saury (n.) A slender marine fish (Scomberesox saurus) of Europe and America. It has long, thin, beaklike jaws. Called also billfish, gowdnook, gawnook, skipper, skipjack, skopster, lizard fish, and Egypt herring..
Bonito :: Bonito (n.) The skipjack (Sarda Mediterranea) of the Atlantic, an important and abundant food fish on the coast of the United States, and (S. Chilensis) of the Pacific, and other related species. They are large and active fishes, of a blue color with black oblique stripes..
Acton :: Acton (n.) A stuffed jacket worn under the mail, or (later) a jacket plated with mail..
Sweater :: Sweater (n.) A woolen jacket or jersey worn by athletes.
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