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Jack :: Jack (n.) A young pike; a pickerel.

Jack-o''-lantern :: "Jack-o'-lantern (n.) See Jack-with-a-lantern, under 2d Jack..

Bed Screw :: Bed screw () A form of jack screw for lifting large bodies, and assisting in launching..

Jackal :: "Jackal (n.) One who does mean work for another's advantage, as jackals were once thought to kill game which lions appropriated..

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..

Jack :: "Jack (n.) A popular colloquial name for a sailor; -- called also Jack tar, and Jack afloat..

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

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

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)..

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..

Jacket :: "Jacket (n.) In ordnance, a strengthening band surrounding and reenforcing the tube in which the charge is fired..

Sontag :: Sontag (n.) A knitted worsted jacket, worn over the waist of a woman's dress..

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

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

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..

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

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

Jacketing :: "Jacketing (n.) The material of a jacket; as, nonconducting jacketing..

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

Cestraciont :: Cestraciont (n.) A shark of the genus Cestracion, and of related genera. The posterior teeth form a pavement of bony plates for crushing shellfish. Most of the species are extinct. The Port Jackson shark and a similar one found in California are living examples..

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