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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..

Jackpudding :: Jackpudding (n.) A merry-andrew; a buffoon.

Jackass :: Jackass (n.) A conceited dolt; a perverse blockhead.

Jack :: Jack (n.) A pitcher or can of waxed leather; -- called also black jack.

Sauce-alone :: Sauce-alone (n.) Jack-by-the-hedge. See under Jack.

Jersey :: "Jersey (n.) A kind of knitted jacket; hence, in general, a closefitting jacket or upper garment made of an elastic fabric (as stockinet)..

Natterjack :: Natterjack (n.) A European toad (Bufo calamita), having a yellow line along its back..

Black-jack :: Black-jack (n.) The Quercus nigra, or barren oak..

Black-jack :: Black-jack (n.) A name given by English miners to sphalerite, or zinc blende; -- called also false galena. See Blende..

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..

Juppon :: "Juppon (n.) A sleeveless jacket worn over the armor in the 14th century. It fitted closely, and descended below the hips..

Basque :: Basque (n.) A part of a lady's dress, resembling a jacket with a short skirt; -- probably so called because this fashion of dress came from the Basques..

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

Jack :: "Jack (v. t.) To move or lift, as a house, by means of a jack or jacks. See 2d Jack, n., 5..

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..

Varlet :: Varlet (n.) In a pack of playing cards, the court card now called the knave, or jack..

Jackdaw :: "Jackdaw (n.) See Daw, n..

Cheap-jack :: Cheap-jack (n.) Alt. of Cheap-joh.

Bootjack :: Bootjack (n.) A device for pulling off boots.

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.

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