Definition of jack

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"Jack (n.) A drinking measure holding half a pint; also, one holding a quarter of a pint..

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Jackanapes :: Jackanapes (n.) A monkey; an ape.
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..
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..
Ketch :: Ketch (n.) A hangman. See Jack Ketch.
Jump :: Jump (n.) A kind of loose jacket for men.
Whimbrel :: Whimbrel (n.) Any one of several species of small curlews, especially the European species (Numenius phaeopus), called also Jack curlew, half curlew, stone curlew, and tang whaup. See Illustration in Appendix..
Water Plate :: Water plate () A plate heated by hot water contained in a double bottom or jacket.
Jack :: "Jack (n.) A machine or contrivance for turning a spit; a smoke jack, or kitchen jack..
Grego :: Grego (n.) A short jacket or cloak, made of very thick, coarse cloth, with a hood attached, worn by the Greeks and others in the Levant..
Jack :: "Jack (n.) A coarse and cheap mediaeval coat of defense, esp. one made of leather..
Slapjack :: Slapjack (n.) A flat batter cake cooked on a griddle; a flapjack; a griddlecake.
Sola :: Sola (n.) A leguminous plant (Aeschynomene aspera) growing in moist places in Southern India and the East Indies. Its pithlike stem is used for making hats, swimming-jackets, etc..
Queller :: Queller (n.) A killer; as, Jack the Giant Queller..
Black-jack :: Black-jack (n.) A large leather vessel for beer, etc..
Jacksmith :: "Jacksmith (n.) A smith who makes jacks. See 2d Jack, 4, c..
Jackman :: "Jackman (n.) One wearing a jack; a horse soldier; a retainer. See 3d Jack, n..
Jack-a-dandy :: "Jack-a-dandy (n.) A little dandy; a little, foppish, impertinent fellow..
Jack :: "Jack (v. i.) To hunt game at night by means of a jack. See 2d Jack, n., 4, n..
Merou :: Merou (n.) See Jack, 8 (c)..
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