Definition of jack

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"Jack (n.) A coarse and cheap mediaeval coat of defense, esp. one made of leather..

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Jackass :: Jackass (n.) A conceited dolt; a perverse blockhead.
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..
Jackeen :: "Jackeen (n.) A drunken, dissolute fellow..
Jackslave :: Jackslave (n.) A low servant; a mean fellow.
Jack :: Jack (n.) A wooden wedge for separating rocks rent by blasting.
Queller :: Queller (n.) A killer; as, Jack the Giant Queller..
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..
Jersey :: "Jersey (n.) A kind of knitted jacket; hence, in general, a closefitting jacket or upper garment made of an elastic fabric (as stockinet)..
Jump :: Jump (n.) A kind of loose jacket for men.
Penguin :: Penguin (n.) Any bird of the order Impennes, or Ptilopteri. They are covered with short, thick feathers, almost scalelike on the wings, which are without true quills. They are unable to fly, but use their wings to aid in diving, in which they are very expert. See King penguin, under Jackass..
Jack :: "Jack (n.) A large tree, the Artocarpus integrifolia, common in the East Indies, closely allied to the breadfruit, from which it differs in having its leaves entire. The fruit is of great size, weighing from thirty to forty pounds, and through its soft fibrous matter are scattered the seeds, which are roasted and eaten. The wood is of a yellow color, fine grain, and rather heavy, and is much used in cabinetwork. It is also used for dyeing a brilliant yellow..
Knight :: Knight (n.) A playing card bearing the figure of a knight; the knave or jack.
Crick :: Crick (n.) A small jackscrew.
Jacksnipe :: "Jacksnipe (n.) A small European snipe (Limnocryptes gallinula); -- called also judcock, jedcock, juddock, jed, and half snipe..
Daw :: Daw (n.) A European bird of the Crow family (Corvus monedula), often nesting in church towers and ruins; a jackdaw..
Langdak :: Langdak (n.) A wolf (Canis pallipes), found in India, allied to the jackal..
Ululate :: Ululate (v. i.) To howl, as a dog or a wolf; to wail; as, ululating jackals..
Sontag :: Sontag (n.) A knitted worsted jacket, worn over the waist of a woman's dress..
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..
Black-jack :: Black-jack (n.) The Quercus nigra, or barren oak..
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