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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Jack :: Jack (n.) A wooden wedge for separating rocks rent by blasting.
Skipjack :: Skipjack (n.) An upstart.
Jackanapes :: Jackanapes (n.) A coxcomb; an impertinent or conceited fellow.
Tomcod :: Tomcod (n.) The jack. See 2d Jack, 8. (c)..
Sontag :: Sontag (n.) A knitted worsted jacket, worn over the waist of a woman's dress..
Jack-a-lent :: "Jack-a-lent (n.) A small stuffed puppet to be pelted in Lent; hence, a simple fellow..
Wasp :: Wasp (n.) Any one of numerous species of stinging hymenopterous insects, esp. any of the numerous species of the genus Vespa, which includes the true, or social, wasps, some of which are called yellow jackets..
Sphalerite :: Sphalerite (n.) Zinc sulphide; -- called also blende, black-jack, false galena, etc. See Blende (a)..
Jackmen :: Jackmen (pl. ) of Jackma.
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.
Jacksnipe :: "Jacksnipe (n.) A small American sandpiper (Tringa maculata); -- called also pectoral sandpiper, and grass snipe..
Jack :: Jack (n.) A pitcher or can of waxed leather; -- called also black jack.
Saury :: Saury (n.) A slender marine fish (Scomberesox saurus) of Europe and America. It has long, thin, beaklike jaws. Called also billfish, gowdnook, gawnook, skipper, skipjack, skopster, lizard fish, and Egypt herring..
Triddler :: Triddler (n.) The jacksnipe.
Roundabout :: Roundabout (n.) A short, close jacket worn by boys, sailors, etc..
Jackpudding :: Jackpudding (n.) A merry-andrew; a buffoon.
Supplely :: Supple-jack (n.) A somewhat similar tropical American plant (Paullinia Curassavica); also, a walking stick made from its stem..
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 (v. i.) To hunt game at night by means of a jack. See 2d Jack, n., 4, n..
Jackslave :: Jackslave (n.) A low servant; a mean fellow.
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