Definition of jack

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Jack (n.) The knave of a suit of playing cards.

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Jump :: Jump (n.) A kind of loose jacket for men.
Sontag :: Sontag (n.) A knitted worsted jacket, worn over the waist of a woman's dress..
Jack :: Jack (n.) A lever for depressing the sinkers which push the loops down on the needles.
Crick :: Crick (n.) A small jackscrew.
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..
Black-jack :: Black-jack (n.) The Quercus nigra, or barren oak..
Skipjack :: Skipjack (n.) A name given to several kinds of a fish, as the common bluefish, the alewife, the bonito, the butterfish, the cutlass fish, the jurel, the leather jacket, the runner, the saurel, the saury, the threadfish, 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..
Jacksaw :: Jacksaw (n.) The merganser.
Jack :: "Jack (n.) A familiar nickname of, or substitute for, John..
Jack Ketch :: "Jack Ketch () A public executioner, or hangman..
Tomcod :: Tomcod (n.) The jack. See 2d Jack, 8. (c)..
Spinet :: Spinet (n.) A keyed instrument of music resembling a harpsichord, but smaller, with one string of brass or steel wire to each note, sounded by means of leather or quill plectrums or jacks. It was formerly much used..
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 (n.) A portable machine variously constructed, for exerting great pressure, or lifting or moving a heavy body through a small distance. It consists of a lever, screw, rack and pinion, hydraulic press, or any simple combination of mechanical powers, working in a compact pedestal or support and operated by a lever, crank, capstan bar, etc. The name is often given to a jackscrew, which is a kind of jack..
Jack :: Jack (n.) A machine for slicking or pebbling leather.
Jack-a-lent :: "Jack-a-lent (n.) A small stuffed puppet to be pelted in Lent; hence, a simple fellow..
Jakwood :: Jakwood (n.) See Jackwood.
Split :: Split (v. i.) to divide one hand of blackjack into two hands, allowed when the first two cards dealt to a player have the same value..
Juddock :: Juddock (n.) See Jacksnipe.
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