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

Horse :: Horse (a.) A jackstay.

Jackmen :: Jackmen (pl. ) of Jackma.

Apple-jack :: Apple-jack (n.) Apple brandy.

Black-jack :: Black-jack (n.) The ensign of a pirate.

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

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..

Jack :: Jack (n.) A lever for depressing the sinkers which push the loops down on the needles.

Jack :: "Jack (n.) In hunting, the pan or frame holding the fuel of the torch used to attract game at night; also, the light itself..

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..

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..

Jack :: "Jack (n.) An impertinent or silly fellow; a simpleton; a boor; a clown; also, a servant; a rustic..

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

Flapjack :: Flapjack (n.) A fklat cake turned on the griddle while cooking; a griddlecake or pacake.

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

Tomcod :: Tomcod (n.) The jack. See 2d Jack, 8. (c)..

Jack :: Jack (n.) The small bowl used as a mark in the game of bowls.

Jacket :: "Jacket (n.) A garment resembling a waistcoat lined with cork, to serve as a life preserver; -- called also cork jacket..

Black-jack :: Black-jack (n.) Caramel or burnt sugar, used to color wines, spirits, ground coffee, etc..

Truss :: Truss (n.) A padded jacket or dress worn under armor, to protect the body from the effects of friction; also, a part of a woman's dress; a stomacher..

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