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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..

Jack Ketch :: "Jack Ketch () A public executioner, or hangman..

Mistress :: Mistress (n.) The old name of the jack at bowls.

Sweater :: Sweater (n.) A woolen jacket or jersey worn by athletes.

Jack :: Jack (n.) A pitcher or can of waxed leather; -- called also black jack.

Jacksnipe :: "Jacksnipe (n.) A small European snipe (Limnocryptes gallinula); -- called also judcock, jedcock, juddock, jed, and half snipe..

Slapjack :: Slapjack (n.) A flat batter cake cooked on a griddle; a flapjack; a griddlecake.

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.

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..

Jacket :: "Jacket (v. t.) To put a jacket on; to furnish, as a boiler, with a jacket..

Jack :: Jack (n.) The jurel.

Jacket :: "Jacket (n.) A short upper garment, extending downward to the hips; a short coat without skirts..

Jack-a-lent :: "Jack-a-lent (n.) A small stuffed puppet to be pelted in Lent; hence, a simple fellow..

Ululate :: Ululate (v. i.) To howl, as a dog or a wolf; to wail; as, ululating jackals..

Sauce-alone :: Sauce-alone (n.) Jack-by-the-hedge. See under Jack.

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..

Crossjack :: Crossjack (n.) The lowest square sail, or the lower yard of the mizzenmast..

Sola :: Sola (n.) A leguminous plant (Aeschynomene aspera) growing in moist places in Southern India and the East Indies. Its pithlike stem is used for making hats, swimming-jackets, etc..

Liner :: Liner (n.) A lining within the cylinder, in which the piston works and between which and the outer shell of the cylinder a space is left to form a steam jacket..

Jump :: Jump (n.) A kind of loose jacket for men.

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