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

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

Jack :: Jack (n.) A sawhorse or sawbuck.

Strake :: Strait-waistcoat (n.) Same as Strait-jacket.

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

Jackstone :: Jackstone (n.) One of the pebbles or pieces used in the game of jackstones.

Skipjack :: Skipjack (n.) A shallow sailboat with a rectilinear or V-shaped cross section.

Jack :: "Jack (n.) A bar of iron athwart ships at a topgallant masthead, to support a royal mast, and give spread to the royal shrouds; -- called also jack crosstree..

Saurel :: Saurel (n.) Any carangoid fish of the genus Trachurus, especially T. trachurus, or T. saurus, of Europe and America, and T. picturatus of California. Called also skipjack, and horse mackerel..

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..

Jigger :: "Jigger (n.) A pendulum rolling machine for slicking or graining leather; same as Jack, 4 (i)..

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.

Jackanapes :: Jackanapes (n.) A coxcomb; an impertinent or conceited fellow.

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

Sphalerite :: Sphalerite (n.) Zinc sulphide; -- called also blende, black-jack, false galena, etc. See Blende (a)..

Jacksnipe :: "Jacksnipe (n.) A small American sandpiper (Tringa maculata); -- called also pectoral sandpiper, and grass snipe..

Black-jack :: Black-jack (n.) A large leather vessel for beer, etc..

Supple-jack :: Supple-jack (n.) A climbing shrub (Berchemia volubilus) of the Southern United States, having a tough and pliable stem..

Rhamnaceous :: Rhamnaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to a natural order of shrubs and trees (Rhamnaceae, or Rhamneae) of which the buckthorn (Rhamnus) is the type. It includes also the New Jersey tea, the supple-jack, and one of the plants called lotus (Zizyphus)..

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

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