Air Jacket :: Air jacket () A jacket having air-tight cells, or cavities which can be filled with air, to render persons buoyant in swimming..

Apple-jack :: Apple-jack (n.) Apple brandy.

Black-jack :: Black-jack (n.) A name given by English miners to sphalerite, or zinc blende; -- called also false galena. See Blende..

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

Black-jack :: Black-jack (n.) A large leather vessel for beer, etc..

Black-jack :: Black-jack (n.) The Quercus nigra, or barren oak..

Black-jack :: Black-jack (n.) The ensign of a pirate.

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

Cardigan Jacket :: Cardigan jacket () A warm jacket of knit worsted with or without sleeves.

Cheap-jack :: Cheap-jack (n.) Alt. of Cheap-joh.

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

Flapjack :: Flapjack (n.) A fklat cake turned on the griddle while cooking; a griddlecake or pacake.

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

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..

Jack :: "Jack (n.) A familiar nickname of, or substitute for, John..

Jack :: "Jack (n.) An impertinent or silly fellow; a simpleton; a boor; a clown; also, a servant; a rustic..

Jack :: "Jack (n.) A popular colloquial name for a sailor; -- called also Jack tar, and Jack afloat..

Jack :: "Jack (n.) A mechanical contrivance, an auxiliary machine, or a subordinate part of a machine, rendering convenient service, and often supplying the place of a boy or attendant who was commonly called Jack.

Jack :: Jack (n.) A device to pull off boots.

Jack :: Jack (n.) A sawhorse or sawbuck.

Jack :: "Jack (n.) A machine or contrivance for turning a spit; a smoke jack, or kitchen jack..

Jack :: Jack (n.) A wooden wedge for separating rocks rent by blasting.

Jack :: Jack (n.) A lever for depressing the sinkers which push the loops down on the needles.

Jack :: Jack (n.) A grating to separate and guide the threads; a heck box.

Jack :: Jack (n.) A machine for twisting the sliver as it leaves the carding machine.

Jack :: "Jack (n.) A compact, portable machine for planing metal..

Jack :: Jack (n.) A machine for slicking or pebbling leather.

Jack :: "Jack (n.) A system of gearing driven by a horse power, for multiplying speed..

Jack :: "Jack (n.) A hood or other device placed over a chimney or vent pipe, to prevent a back draught..

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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