Definition of jack

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Jack (n.) A pitcher or can of waxed leather; -- called also black jack.

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Black-jack :: Black-jack (n.) A name given by English miners to sphalerite, or zinc blende; -- called also false galena. See Blende..
Camisole :: Camisole (n.) A short dressing jacket for women.
Jack :: Jack (n.) A device to pull off boots.
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..
Jack :: Jack (n.) A wooden wedge for separating rocks rent by blasting.
Jackdaw :: "Jackdaw (n.) See Daw, n..
Allfours :: Allfours () A game at cards, called High, Low, Jack, and the Game..
Jackstay :: "Jackstay (n.) A rail of wood or iron stretching along a yard of a vessel, to which the sails are fastened..
Jacket :: "Jacket (v. t.) To put a jacket on; to furnish, as a boiler, with a jacket..
Jack :: "Jack (n.) A large tree, the Artocarpus integrifolia, common in the East Indies, closely allied to the breadfruit, from which it differs in having its leaves entire. The fruit is of great size, weighing from thirty to forty pounds, and through its soft fibrous matter are scattered the seeds, which are roasted and eaten. The wood is of a yellow color, fine grain, and rather heavy, and is much used in cabinetwork. It is also used for dyeing a brilliant yellow..
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..
Flapjack :: Flapjack (n.) A fklat cake turned on the griddle while cooking; a griddlecake or pacake.
Bootjack :: Bootjack (n.) A device for pulling off boots.
Jack :: "Jack (n.) A large, California rock fish (Sebastodes paucispinus); -- called also boccaccio, and merou..
Jack :: "Jack (n.) A system of gearing driven by a horse power, for multiplying speed..
Color :: Color (n.) A distinguishing badge, as a flag or similar symbol (usually in the plural); as, the colors or color of a ship or regiment; the colors of a race horse (that is, of the cap and jacket worn by the jockey)..
Tomcod :: Tomcod (n.) The jack. See 2d Jack, 8. (c)..
Jackslave :: Jackslave (n.) A low servant; a mean fellow.
Mistress :: Mistress (n.) The old name of the jack at bowls.
Skipjack :: Skipjack (n.) A shallow sailboat with a rectilinear or V-shaped cross section.
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