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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Jackstone :: Jackstone (n.) One of the pebbles or pieces used in the game of jackstones.
Black-jack :: Black-jack (n.) The ensign of a pirate.
Skipjack :: Skipjack (n.) An upstart.
Jackslave :: Jackslave (n.) A low servant; a mean fellow.
Jackman :: Jackman (n.) A cream cheese.
Jackass :: Jackass (n.) The male ass; a donkey.
Jack :: Jack (n.) A grating to separate and guide the threads; a heck box.
Jack :: "Jack (n.) A system of gearing driven by a horse power, for multiplying speed..
Jack :: "Jack (n.) A drinking measure holding half a pint; also, one holding a quarter of a pint..
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..
Garibaldi :: Garibaldi (n.) A jacket worn by women; -- so called from its resemblance in shape to the red shirt worn by the Italians patriot Garibaldi.
Jacketing :: "Jacketing (n.) The material of a jacket; as, nonconducting jacketing..
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..
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..
Cardigan Jacket :: Cardigan jacket () A warm jacket of knit worsted with or without sleeves.
Jackstraw :: "Jackstraw (n.) An effigy stuffed with straw; a scarecrow; hence, a man without property or influence..
Jacket :: "Jacket (n.) An outer covering for anything, esp. a covering of some nonconducting material such as wood or felt, used to prevent radiation of heat, as from a steam boiler, cylinder, pipe, etc..
Jackanapes :: Jackanapes (n.) A monkey; an ape.
Jack Ketch :: "Jack Ketch () A public executioner, or hangman..
Jackstay :: "Jackstay (n.) A rail of wood or iron stretching along a yard of a vessel, to which the sails are fastened..
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