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Jack :: Jack (n.) A wooden wedge for separating rocks rent by blasting.

Jackstone :: Jackstone (n.) One of the pebbles or pieces used in the game of jackstones.

Jack :: "Jack (n.) A popular colloquial name for a sailor; -- called also Jack tar, and Jack afloat..

Jack :: Jack (n.) A lever for depressing the sinkers which push the loops down on the needles.

Runner :: Runner (n.) A food fish (Elagatis pinnulatus) of Florida and the West Indies; -- called also skipjack, shoemaker, and yellowtail. The name alludes to its rapid successive leaps from the water..

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

Straight :: Straight (superl.) Composed of cards which constitute a regular sequence, as the ace, king, queen, jack, and ten-spot; as, a straight hand; a straight flush..

Wasp :: Wasp (n.) Any one of numerous species of stinging hymenopterous insects, esp. any of the numerous species of the genus Vespa, which includes the true, or social, wasps, some of which are called yellow jackets..

Jackeen :: "Jackeen (n.) A drunken, dissolute fellow..

Kadder :: Kadder (n.) The jackdaw.

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..

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)..

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..

Rhamnaceous :: Rhamnaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to a natural order of shrubs and trees (Rhamnaceae, or Rhamneae) of which the buckthorn (Rhamnus) is the type. It includes also the New Jersey tea, the supple-jack, and one of the plants called lotus (Zizyphus)..

Ketch :: Ketch (n.) A hangman. See Jack Ketch.

Triddler :: Triddler (n.) The jacksnipe.

Jacksmith :: "Jacksmith (n.) A smith who makes jacks. See 2d Jack, 4, c..

Knave :: Knave (n.) A playing card marked with the figure of a servant or soldier; a jack.

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..

Grasshopper :: Grasshopper (n.) In ordinary square or upright pianos of London make, the escapement lever or jack, so made that it can be taken out and replaced with the key; -- called also the hopper..

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