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.) A drinking measure holding half a pint; also, one holding a quarter of a pint..
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..
Skipjack :: Skipjack (n.) An elater; a snap bug, or snapping beetle..
Jackstraw :: "Jackstraw (n.) An effigy stuffed with straw; a scarecrow; hence, a man without property or influence..
Jack :: Jack (n.) A pitcher or can of waxed leather; -- called also black jack.
Flapjack :: Flapjack (n.) A fklat cake turned on the griddle while cooking; a griddlecake or pacake.
Jack :: Jack (n.) The knave of a suit of playing cards.
Skipjack :: Skipjack (n.) A name given to several kinds of a fish, as the common bluefish, the alewife, the bonito, the butterfish, the cutlass fish, the jurel, the leather jacket, the runner, the saurel, the saury, the threadfish, etc..
Jacketing :: "Jacketing (n.) The material of a jacket; as, nonconducting jacketing..
Spinet :: Spinet (n.) A keyed instrument of music resembling a harpsichord, but smaller, with one string of brass or steel wire to each note, sounded by means of leather or quill plectrums or jacks. It was formerly much used..
Sauce-alone :: Sauce-alone (n.) Jack-by-the-hedge. See under Jack.
Tomcod :: Tomcod (n.) The jack. See 2d Jack, 8. (c)..
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..
Honor :: Honor (n.) The ace, king, queen, and jack of trumps. The ten and nine are sometimes called Dutch honors..
Jack :: "Jack (n.) The male of certain animals, as of the ass..
Jak :: Jak (n.) see Ils Jack.
Bootjack :: Bootjack (n.) A device for pulling off boots.
Cheap-jack :: Cheap-jack (n.) Alt. of Cheap-joh.
Bluefish :: Bluefish (n.) A large voracious fish (Pomatomus saitatrix), of the family Carangidae, valued as a food fish, and widely distributed on the American coast. On the New Jersey and Rhode Island coast it is called the horse mackerel, in Virginia saltwater tailor, or skipjack..
Jackanapes :: Jackanapes (n.) A monkey; an ape.
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