Definition of jack

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

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Jack :: Jack (n.) A wooden wedge for separating rocks rent by blasting.
Apple-jack :: Apple-jack (n.) Apple brandy.
Jackdaw :: "Jackdaw (n.) See Daw, n..
Triddler :: Triddler (n.) The jacksnipe.
Jackstraw :: "Jackstraw (n.) 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..
Jacksnipe :: "Jacksnipe (n.) A small American sandpiper (Tringa maculata); -- called also pectoral sandpiper, and grass snipe..
Jackslave :: Jackslave (n.) A low servant; a mean fellow.
Jack :: "Jack (n.) A compact, portable machine for planing metal..
Color :: Color (n.) A distinguishing badge, as a flag or similar symbol (usually in the plural); as, the colors or color of a ship or regiment; the colors of a race horse (that is, of the cap and jacket worn by the jockey)..
Rhamnaceous :: Rhamnaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to a natural order of shrubs and trees (Rhamnaceae, or Rhamneae) of which the buckthorn (Rhamnus) is the type. It includes also the New Jersey tea, the supple-jack, and one of the plants called lotus (Zizyphus)..
Jack :: Jack (n.) The knave of a suit of playing cards.
Jigger :: "Jigger (n.) A pendulum rolling machine for slicking or graining leather; same as Jack, 4 (i)..
Jack :: Jack (n.) A machine for slicking or pebbling leather.
Jackeen :: "Jackeen (n.) A drunken, dissolute fellow..
Jackmen :: Jackmen (pl. ) of Jackma.
Daw :: Daw (n.) A European bird of the Crow family (Corvus monedula), often nesting in church towers and ruins; a jackdaw..
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..
Jack :: "Jack (v. t.) To move or lift, as a house, by means of a jack or jacks. See 2d Jack, n., 5..
Jackscrew :: "Jackscrew (n.) A jack in which a screw is used for lifting, or exerting pressure. See Illust. of 2d Jack, n., 5..
Jack :: Jack (n.) A pitcher or can of waxed leather; -- called also black jack.
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