Definition of jack

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"Jack (n.) In the harpsichord, an intermediate piece communicating the action of the key to the quill; -- called also hopper..

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Skipjack :: Skipjack (n.) An upstart.
Knight :: Knight (n.) A playing card bearing the figure of a knight; the knave or jack.
Jackanapes :: Jackanapes (n.) A monkey; an ape.
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)..
Supplely :: Supple-jack (n.) A somewhat similar tropical American plant (Paullinia Curassavica); also, a walking stick made from its stem..
Whimbrel :: Whimbrel (n.) Any one of several species of small curlews, especially the European species (Numenius phaeopus), called also Jack curlew, half curlew, stone curlew, and tang whaup. See Illustration in Appendix..
Jack :: "Jack (n.) In the harpsichord, an intermediate piece communicating the action of the key to the quill; -- called also hopper..
Jack :: "Jack (n.) A popular colloquial name for a sailor; -- called also Jack tar, and Jack afloat..
Jack :: "Jack (n.) A coarse and cheap mediaeval coat of defense, esp. one made of leather..
Queller :: Queller (n.) A killer; as, Jack the Giant Queller..
Caddow :: Caddow (n.) A jackdaw.
Supple-jack :: Supple-jack (n.) A climbing shrub (Berchemia volubilus) of the Southern United States, having a tough and pliable stem..
Mistress :: Mistress (n.) The old name of the jack at bowls.
Jurel :: "Jurel (n.) A yellow carangoid fish of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts (Caranx chrysos), most abundant southward, where it is valued as a food fish; -- called also hardtail, horse crevalle, jack, buffalo jack, skipjack, yellow mackerel, and sometimes, improperly, horse mackerel. Other species of Caranx (as C. fallax) are also sometimes called jurel..
Natterjack :: Natterjack (n.) A European toad (Bufo calamita), having a yellow line along its back..
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..
Jackslave :: Jackslave (n.) A low servant; a mean fellow.
Jack-a-dandy :: "Jack-a-dandy (n.) A little dandy; a little, foppish, impertinent fellow..
Minute-jack :: Minute-jack (n.) A timeserver; an inconstant person.
Jack :: Jack (n.) The small bowl used as a mark in the game of bowls.
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