Definition of jack

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"Jack (n.) In hunting, the pan or frame holding the fuel of the torch used to attract game at night; also, the light itself..

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Jack :: Jack (n.) A young pike; a pickerel.
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..
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 (v. t.) To move or lift, as a house, by means of a jack or jacks. See 2d Jack, n., 5..
Jack :: Jack (n.) The knave of a suit of playing cards.
Split :: Split (n.) the division by a player of one hand of blackjack into two hands, allowed when the first two cards dealt to a player have the same value; the player is usually obliged to increase the amount wagered by placing a sum equal to the original bet on the new hand thus created..
Jack :: Jack (n.) A machine for twisting the sliver as it leaves the carding machine.
Black-jack :: Black-jack (n.) A large leather vessel for beer, etc..
Sweater :: Sweater (n.) A woolen jacket or jersey worn by athletes.
Camisole :: Camisole (n.) A kind of straitjacket.
Jack :: Jack (n.) The jurel.
Acton :: Acton (n.) A stuffed jacket worn under the mail, or (later) a jacket plated with mail..
Ululate :: Ululate (v. i.) To howl, as a dog or a wolf; to wail; as, ululating jackals..
Kholah :: Kholah (n.) The Indian jackal.
Jackstay :: "Jackstay (n.) A rail of wood or iron stretching along a yard of a vessel, to which the sails are fastened..
Jack :: "Jack (n.) A bar of iron athwart ships at a topgallant masthead, to support a royal mast, and give spread to the royal shrouds; -- called also jack crosstree..
Queller :: Queller (n.) A killer; as, Jack the Giant Queller..
Supplely :: Supple-jack (n.) A somewhat similar tropical American plant (Paullinia Curassavica); also, a walking stick made from its stem..
Paltock :: Paltock (n.) A kind of doublet; a jacket.
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)..
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