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- English Word Jack Definition A coarse and cheap mediaeval coat of defense, esp. one made of leather.
- English Word Jack Definition The knave of a suit of playing cards.
- English Word Jack Definition 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.
- English Word Jack Definition A flag, containing only the union, without the fly, usually hoisted on a jack staff at the bowsprit cap; -- called also union jack. The American jack is a small blue flag, with a star for each State.
- English Word Jack Definition A drinking measure holding half a pint; also, one holding a quarter of a pint.
- English Word Jack Definition The wall-eyed pike.
- English Word Jack Definition A large, California rock fish (Sebastodes paucispinus); -- called also boccaccio, and merou.
- English Word Jack Definition The jurel.
- English Word Jack Definition A young pike; a pickerel.
- English Word Jack Definition The male of certain animals, as of the ass.
- English Word Jack Definition The small bowl used as a mark in the game of bowls.
- English Word Jack Definition 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.
- English Word Jack Definition In hunting, the pan or frame holding the fuel of the torch used to attract game at night; also, the light itself.
- English Word Jack Definition A hood or other device placed over a chimney or vent pipe, to prevent a back draught.
- English Word Jack Definition 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.
- English Word Jack Definition A familiar nickname of, or substitute for, John.
- English Word Jack Definition An impertinent or silly fellow; a simpleton; a boor; a clown; also, a servant; a rustic.
- English Word Jack Definition A popular colloquial name for a sailor; -- called also Jack tar, and Jack afloat.
- English Word Jack Definition A device to pull off boots.
- English Word Jack Definition A sawhorse or sawbuck.
- English Word Jack Definition A machine or contrivance for turning a spit; a smoke jack, or kitchen jack.
- English Word Jack Definition A lever for depressing the sinkers which push the loops down on the needles.
- English Word Jack Definition In the harpsichord, an intermediate piece communicating the action of the key to the quill; -- called also hopper.
- English Word Jack Definition A system of gearing driven by a horse power, for multiplying speed.
- English Word Jack Definition A machine for slicking or pebbling leather.
- English Word Jack Definition A compact, portable machine for planing metal.
- English Word Jack Definition A machine for twisting the sliver as it leaves the carding machine.
- English Word Jack Definition A wooden wedge for separating rocks rent by blasting.
- English Word Jack Definition A grating to separate and guide the threads; a heck box.
- English Word Jack Ketch Definition A public executioner, or hangman.