Definition of jack

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"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..

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Runner :: Runner (n.) A food fish (Elagatis pinnulatus) of Florida and the West Indies; -- called also skipjack, shoemaker, and yellowtail. The name alludes to its rapid successive leaps from the water..
Queller :: Queller (n.) A killer; as, Jack the Giant Queller..
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..
Black-jack :: Black-jack (n.) A large leather vessel for beer, etc..
Jackass :: Jackass (n.) A conceited dolt; a perverse blockhead.
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..
Camisole :: Camisole (n.) A short dressing jacket for women.
Deal :: Deal (n.) Specifically: To distribute, as cards, to the players at the commencement of a game; as, to deal the cards; to deal one a jack..
Skipjack :: Skipjack (n.) A name given to several kinds of a fish, as the common bluefish, the alewife, the bonito, the butterfish, the cutlass fish, the jurel, the leather jacket, the runner, the saurel, the saury, the threadfish, etc..
Jack :: Jack (n.) A machine for slicking or pebbling leather.
Spencer :: Spencer (n.) A short jacket worn by men and by women.
Camisole :: Camisole (n.) A kind of straitjacket.
Pancake :: Pancake (n.) A thin cake of batter fried in a pan or on a griddle; a griddlecake; a flapjack.
Cheap-jack :: Cheap-jack (n.) Alt. of Cheap-joh.
Jackman :: Jackman (n.) A cream cheese.
Jack :: "Jack (n.) A hood or other device placed over a chimney or vent pipe, to prevent a back draught..
Penguin :: Penguin (n.) Any bird of the order Impennes, or Ptilopteri. They are covered with short, thick feathers, almost scalelike on the wings, which are without true quills. They are unable to fly, but use their wings to aid in diving, in which they are very expert. See King penguin, under Jackass..
Jack :: Jack (n.) A device to pull off boots.
Tomcod :: Tomcod (n.) The jack. See 2d Jack, 8. (c)..
Jack :: "Jack (n.) In the harpsichord, an intermediate piece communicating the action of the key to the quill; -- called also hopper..
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