Definition of jack

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

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Jackstone :: Jackstone (n.) A game played with five small stones or pieces of metal. See 6th Chuck.
Jackanapes :: Jackanapes (n.) A monkey; an ape.
Jack :: Jack (n.) A machine for slicking or pebbling leather.
Spencer :: Spencer (n.) A short jacket worn by men and by women.
Jackman :: "Jackman (n.) One wearing a jack; a horse soldier; a retainer. See 3d Jack, n..
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..
Allfours :: Allfours () A game at cards, called High, Low, Jack, and the Game..
Jack-o''-lantern :: "Jack-o'-lantern (n.) See Jack-with-a-lantern, under 2d Jack..
Pancake :: Pancake (n.) A thin cake of batter fried in a pan or on a griddle; a griddlecake; a flapjack.
Ignis Fatuus :: Ignis fatuus () A phosphorescent light that appears, in the night, over marshy ground, supposed to be occasioned by the decomposition of animal or vegetable substances, or by some inflammable gas; -- popularly called also Will-with-the-wisp, or Will-o'-the-wisp, and Jack-with-a-lantern, or Jack-o'-lantern..
Jackknife :: "Jackknife (n.) A large, strong clasp knife for the pocket; a pocket knife..
Jacket :: "Jacket (n.) In ordnance, a strengthening band surrounding and reenforcing the tube in which the charge is fired..
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..
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..
Jack-a-dandy :: "Jack-a-dandy (n.) A little dandy; a little, foppish, impertinent fellow..
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.) In the harpsichord, an intermediate piece communicating the action of the key to the quill; -- called also hopper..
Straight :: Straight (superl.) Composed of cards which constitute a regular sequence, as the ace, king, queen, jack, and ten-spot; as, a straight hand; a straight flush..
Split :: Split (n.) the division by a player of one hand of blackjack into two hands, allowed when the first two cards dealt to a player have the same value; the player is usually obliged to increase the amount wagered by placing a sum equal to the original bet on the new hand thus created..
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