Definition of jack

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"Jack (v. i.) To hunt game at night by means of a jack. See 2d Jack, n., 4, n..

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Jackslave :: Jackslave (n.) A low servant; a mean fellow.
Air Jacket :: Air jacket () A jacket having air-tight cells, or cavities which can be filled with air, to render persons buoyant in swimming..
Roundabout :: Roundabout (n.) A short, close jacket worn by boys, sailors, etc..
Jacketing :: "Jacketing (n.) The material of a jacket; as, nonconducting jacketing..
Jack :: Jack (n.) A lever for depressing the sinkers which push the loops down on the needles.
Water Plate :: Water plate () A plate heated by hot water contained in a double bottom or jacket.
Garibaldi :: Garibaldi (n.) A jacket worn by women; -- so called from its resemblance in shape to the red shirt worn by the Italians patriot Garibaldi.
Pike :: Pike (sing. & pl.) A large fresh-water fish (Esox lucius), found in Europe and America, highly valued as a food fish; -- called also pickerel, gedd, luce, and jack..
Jack :: Jack (n.) A machine for slicking or pebbling leather.
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..
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..
Jackwood :: "Jackwood (n.) Wood of the jack (Artocarpus integrifolia), used in cabinetwork..
Merou :: Merou (n.) See Jack, 8 (c)..
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..
Camisole :: Camisole (n.) A kind of straitjacket.
Ignis Fatuus :: Ignis fatuus () A phosphorescent light that appears, in the night, over marshy ground, supposed to be occasioned by the decomposition of animal or vegetable substances, or by some inflammable gas; -- popularly called also Will-with-the-wisp, or Will-o'-the-wisp, and Jack-with-a-lantern, or Jack-o'-lantern..
Jack :: "Jack (n.) A compact, portable machine for planing metal..
Juddock :: Juddock (n.) See Jacksnipe.
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..
Flapjack :: Flapjack (n.) A fklat cake turned on the griddle while cooking; a griddlecake or pacake.
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