Definition of jack

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

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Jerkin :: Jerkin (n.) A jacket or short coat; a close waistcoat.
Jack :: "Jack (n.) A drinking measure holding half a pint; also, one holding a quarter of a pint..
Jack :: "Jack (n.) A hood or other device placed over a chimney or vent pipe, to prevent a back draught..
Jack :: Jack (n.) A lever for depressing the sinkers which push the loops down on the needles.
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 young pike; a pickerel.
Jackpudding :: Jackpudding (n.) A merry-andrew; a buffoon.
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.
Jack :: "Jack (n.) A popular colloquial name for a sailor; -- called also Jack tar, and Jack afloat..
Bed Screw :: Bed screw () A form of jack screw for lifting large bodies, and assisting in launching..
Supple-jack :: Supple-jack (n.) A climbing shrub (Berchemia volubilus) of the Southern United States, having a tough and pliable stem..
Pea-jacket :: Pea-jacket (n.) A thick loose woolen jacket, or coat, much worn by sailors in cold weather..
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..
Jackstay :: "Jackstay (n.) A rail of wood or iron stretching along a yard of a vessel, to which the sails are fastened..
Tomcod :: Tomcod (n.) The jack. See 2d Jack, 8. (c)..
Cardigan Jacket :: Cardigan jacket () A warm jacket of knit worsted with or without sleeves.
Spinet :: Spinet (n.) A keyed instrument of music resembling a harpsichord, but smaller, with one string of brass or steel wire to each note, sounded by means of leather or quill plectrums or jacks. It was formerly much used..
Jack :: "Jack (n.) A large, California rock fish (Sebastodes paucispinus); -- called also boccaccio, and merou..
Split :: Split (v. i.) to divide one hand of blackjack into two hands, allowed when the first two cards dealt to a player have the same value..
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