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Definition of jack

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"Jack (n.) A flag, containing only the union, without the fly, usually hoisted on a jack staff at the bowsprit cap; -- called also union jack. The American jack is a small blue flag, with a star for each State..

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Bootjack :: Bootjack (n.) A device for pulling off boots.

Flapjack :: Flapjack (n.) A fried dough cake containing fruit; a turnover.

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..

Cleading :: Cleading (n.) A jacket or outer covering of wood, etc., to prevent radiation of heat, as from the boiler, cylinder. etc., of a steam engine..

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

Knight :: Knight (n.) A playing card bearing the figure of a knight; the knave or jack.

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

Blende :: Blende (n.) A mineral, called also sphalerite, and by miners mock lead, false galena, and black-jack. It is a zinc sulphide, but often contains some iron. Its color is usually yellow, brown, or black, and its luster resinous..

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

Crossjack :: Crossjack (n.) The lowest square sail, or the lower yard of the mizzenmast..

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

Sauce-alone :: Sauce-alone (n.) Jack-by-the-hedge. See under Jack.

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..

Queller :: Queller (n.) A killer; as, Jack the Giant Queller..

Jackpudding :: Jackpudding (n.) A merry-andrew; a buffoon.

Jackeen :: "Jackeen (n.) A drunken, dissolute fellow..

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..

Supplely :: Supple-jack (n.) A somewhat similar tropical American plant (Paullinia Curassavica); also, a walking stick made from its stem..

Spinet :: Spinet (n.) A keyed instrument of music resembling a harpsichord, but smaller, with one string of brass or steel wire to each note, sounded by means of leather or quill plectrums or jacks. It was formerly much used..

Jack Ketch :: "Jack Ketch () A public executioner, or hangman..