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Jack
() A large, California rock fish (Sebastodes paucispinus); -- called also boccaccio, and merou.
Jack
() The wall-eyed pike.
Jack
() A drinking measure holding half a pint; also, one holding a quarter of a pint.
Jack
() 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.
Jack
() 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.
Jack
() The knave of a suit of playing cards.
Jack
() A coarse and cheap mediaeval coat of defense, esp. one made of leather.
Jack
() A pitcher or can of waxed leather; -- called also black jack.
Jack
() To hunt game at night by means of a jack. See 2d Jack, n., 4, n.
Jack
() To move or lift, as a house, by means of a jack or jacks. See 2d Jack, n., 5.
Jack-a-dandy
() A little dandy; a little, foppish, impertinent fellow.
Jackal
() Any one of several species of carnivorous animals inhabiting Africa and Asia, related to the dog and wolf. They are cowardly, nocturnal, and gregarious. They feed largely on carrion, and are noted for their piercing and dismal howling.
Jackal
() One who does mean work for another's advantage, as jackals were once thought to kill game which lions appropriated.
Jack-a-lent
() A small stuffed puppet to be pelted in Lent; hence, a simple fellow.
Jackanapes
() A monkey; an ape.
Jackanapes
() A coxcomb; an impertinent or conceited fellow.
Jackass
() The male ass; a donkey.
Jackass
() A conceited dolt; a perverse blockhead.
Jackdaw
() See Daw, n.
Jackeen
() A drunken, dissolute fellow.
Jacket
() A short upper garment, extending downward to the hips; a short coat without skirts.
Jacket
() An outer covering for anything, esp. a covering of some nonconducting material such as wood or felt, used to prevent radiation of heat, as from a steam boiler, cylinder, pipe, etc.
Jacket
() In ordnance, a strengthening band surrounding and reenforcing the tube in which the charge is fired.
Jacket
() A garment resembling a waistcoat lined with cork, to serve as a life preserver; -- called also cork jacket.
Jacket
() To put a jacket on; to furnish, as a boiler, with a jacket.
Jacket
() To thrash; to beat.
Jacketed
() Wearing, or furnished with, a jacket.
Jacketing
() The material of a jacket; as, nonconducting jacketing.
Jack Ketch
() A public executioner, or hangman.
Jackknife
() A large, strong clasp knife for the pocket; a pocket knife.
Jackmen
() of Jackman
Jackman
() One wearing a jack; a horse soldier; a retainer. See 3d Jack, n.
Jackman
() A cream cheese.
Jack-o'-lantern
() See Jack-with-a-lantern, under 2d Jack.
Jackpudding
() A merry-andrew; a buffoon.
Jacksaw
() The merganser.
Jackscrew
() A jack in which a screw is used for lifting, or exerting pressure. See Illust. of 2d Jack, n., 5.
Jackslave
() A low servant; a mean fellow.
Jacksmith
() A smith who makes jacks. See 2d Jack, 4, c.
Jacksnipe
() A small European snipe (Limnocryptes gallinula); -- called also judcock, jedcock, juddock, jed, and half snipe.
Jacksnipe
() A small American sandpiper (Tringa maculata); -- called also pectoral sandpiper, and grass snipe.
Jackstay
() A rail of wood or iron stretching along a yard of a vessel, to which the sails are fastened.
Jackstone
() One of the pebbles or pieces used in the game of jackstones.
Jackstone
() A game played with five small stones or pieces of metal. See 6th Chuck.
Jackstraw
() An effigy stuffed with straw; a scarecrow; hence, a man without property or influence.
Jackstraw
() One of a set of straws of strips of ivory, bone, wood, etc., for playing a child's game, the jackstraws being thrown confusedly together on a table, to be gathered up singly by a hooked instrument, without touching or disturbing the rest of the pile. See Spilikin.
Jackwood
() Wood of the jack (Artocarpus integrifolia), used in cabinetwork.
Jacob
() A Hebrew patriarch (son of Isaac, and ancestor of the Jews), who in a vision saw a ladder reaching up to heaven (Gen. xxviii. 12); -- also called Israel.
Jacobaean lily
() A bulbous plant (Amaryllis, / Sprekelia, formosissima) from Mexico. It bears a single, large, deep, red, lilylike flower.
Jacobean
() Alt. of Jacobian