Apple-jack
(n.) Apple brandy. |
Black-jack
(n.) A name given by English miners to sphalerite, or zinc blende |
Black-jack
(n.) Caramel or burnt sugar, used to color wines, spirits, ground coffee, etc. |
Black-jack
(n.) A large leather vessel for beer, etc. |
Black-jack
(n.) The Quercus nigra, or barren oak. |
Black-jack
(n.) The ensign of a pirate. |
Cheap-jack
(n.) Alt. of Cheap-john |
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. |
Jack
(n.) A familiar nickname of, or substitute for, John. |
Jack
(n.) An impertinent or silly fellow |
Jack
(n.) A popular colloquial name for a sailor |
Jack
(n.) A mechanical contrivance, an auxiliary machine, or a subordinate part of a machine, rendering convenient service, and often supplying the place of a boy or attendant who was commonly called Jack |
Jack
(n.) A device to pull off boots. |
Jack
(n.) A sawhorse or sawbuck. |
Jack
(n.) A machine or contrivance for turning a spit |
Jack
(n.) A wooden wedge for separating rocks rent by blasting. |
Jack
(n.) A lever for depressing the sinkers which push the loops down on the needles. |
Jack
(n.) A grating to separate and guide the threads |
Jack
(n.) A machine for twisting the sliver as it leaves the carding machine. |
Jack
(n.) A compact, portable machine for planing metal. |
Jack
(n.) A machine for slicking or pebbling leather. |
Jack
(n.) A system of gearing driven by a horse power, for multiplying speed. |
Jack
(n.) A hood or other device placed over a chimney or vent pipe, to prevent a back draught. |
Jack
(n.) In the harpsichord, an intermediate piece communicating the action of the key to the quill |
Jack
(n.) In hunting, the pan or frame holding the fuel of the torch used to attract game at night |
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
(n.) The small bowl used as a mark in the game of bowls. |
Jack
(n.) The male of certain animals, as of the ass. |
Jack
(n.) A young pike |
Jack
(n.) The jurel. |
Jack
(n.) A large, California rock fish (Sebastodes paucispinus) |
Jack
(n.) The wall-eyed pike. |
Jack
(n.) A drinking measure holding half a pint |
Jack
(n.) A flag, containing only the union, without the fly, usually hoisted on a jack staff at the bowsprit cap |
Jack
(n.) A bar of iron athwart ships at a topgallant masthead, to support a royal mast, and give spread to the royal shrouds |
Jack
(n.) The knave of a suit of playing cards. |
Jack
(n.) A coarse and cheap mediaeval coat of defense, esp. one made of leather. |
Jack
(n.) A pitcher or can of waxed leather |
Jack
(v. i.) To hunt game at night by means of a jack. See 2d Jack, n., 4, n. |
Jack
(v. t.) To move or lift, as a house, by means of a jack or jacks. See 2d Jack, n., 5. |
Jack-a-dandy
(n.) A little dandy |
Jack-a-lent
(n.) A small stuffed puppet to be pelted in Lent |
Jack Ketch
() A public executioner, or hangman. |
Jack-o'-lantern
(n.) See Jack-with-a-lantern, under 2d Jack. |
Jumping
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jump |
Jumping
(p. a. & vb. n.) of Jump, to leap. |
Minute-jack
(n.) A figure which strikes the hour on the bell of some fanciful clocks |
Minute-jack
(n.) A timeserver |
Supple-jack
(n.) A climbing shrub (Berchemia volubilus) of the Southern United States, having a tough and pliable stem. |
Supple-jack
(n.) A somewhat similar tropical American plant (Paullinia Curassavica) |
jump
jumping | the act of jumping, propelling yourself off the ground, he advanced in a series of jumps, the jumping was unexpected |
| jumping up and down | jumping in one spot (as in excitement), the wailing and jumping up and down exhausted him |
springboard
jumping-off point
point of departure | a beginning from which an enterprise is launched, he uses other people's ideas as a springboard for his own, reality provides the jumping-off point for his illusions, the point of departure of international comparison cannot be an institution but must be the function it carries out |
| jumping | the act of participating in an athletic competition in which you must jump |
| ski jumping | the act of performing a jump on skis from a high ramp overhanging a snow covered slope |
showjumping
stadium jumping | riding horses in competitions over set courses to demonstrate skill in jumping over obstacles |
crossountry riding
crossountry jumping | riding horses across country over obstructions to demonstrate horsemanship |
all fours
high-low-jack | card games in which points are won for taking the high or low or jack or game |
beggar-my-neighbor
beggar-my-neighbour
strip-Jack-naked | a card game for two players in which the object is to win all of the other player's cards |
Canada jay
grey jay
gray jay
camp robber
whisker jack
Perisoreus canadensis | a jay of northern North America with blackapped head and no crest, noted for boldness in thievery |
jumping plant louse
psylla
psyllid | small active cicada-like insect with hind legs adapted for leaping, feeds on plant juices |
jumping bristletail
machilid | wingless insect living in dark moist places as under dead tree trunks, they make erratic leaps when disturbed |
| jumping mouse | any of several primitive mouselike rodents with long hind legs and no cheek pouches, of woodlands of Eurasia and North America |
meadow jumping mouse
Zapus hudsonius | widely distributed in northeastern and central United States and Canada |
| jack jackass | male donkey |
coho
cohoe
coho salmon
blue jack
silver salmon
Oncorhynchus kisutch | small salmon of northern Pacific coasts and the Great Lakes |
walleye
walleyed pike
jack salmon
dory Stizostedion vitreum | pike-like freshwater perches |
| jack | any of several fast-swimming predacious fishes of tropical to warm temperate seas |
crevalle jack
jack crevalle
Caranx hippos | fish of western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico |
yellow jack
Caranx bartholomaei | fish of western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico |
horse mackerel jack mackerel
Spanish mackerel saurel Trachurus symmetricus | a California food fish |
| bumper jack | a jack for lifting a motor vehicle by the bumper |
| jack | tool for exerting pressure or lifting |
| jack knave | one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a young prince |
| jack | small flag indicating a ship's nationality |
| jack jackstones | game equipment consisting of one of several small six-pointed metal pieces that are picked up while bouncing a ball in the game of jacks |
| jack | an electrical device consisting of a connector socket designed for the insertion of a plug |
| jack | a small ball at which players aim in lawn bowling |
| jack-in-the-box | plaything consisting of a toy clown that jumps out of a box when the lid is opened |
| jack-o'-lantern | lantern carved from a pumpkin |
| jack plane | a carpenter's plane for rough finishing |
jackscrew
screw jack | screw-operated jack |
Jacob's ladder
jack ladder
pilot ladder | (nautical) a hanging ladder of ropes or chains supporting wooden or metal rungs or steps |
| jumping jack | plaything consisting of a toy figure with movable joints that can be made to dance by pulling strings |
telephone jack
phone jack | a jack for plugging in a telephone |
Union Jack
Union flag | national flag of the United Kingdom |
| yellow jack | yellow flag hoist on a ship in quarantine |
pole vault
pole vaulting
pole jump
pole jumping | a competition that involves jumping over a high crossbar with the aid of a long pole |
jackfruit
jak
jack | immense East Indian fruit resembling breadfruit, it contains an edible pulp and nutritious seeds that are commonly roasted |
jumping-off place
point of departure | a place from which an enterprise or expedition is launched, one day when I was at a suitable jumping-off place I decided to see if I could find him, my point of departure was San Francisco |
| Jack Frost | a personification of frost or winter weather |
handyman
jack of all trades
odd-job man | a man skilled in various odd jobs and other small tasks |
huckster
cheap-jack | a seller of shoddy goods |
| Jack of all trades | a person able to do a variety of different jobs acceptably well |
laborer
manual laborer
labourer
jack | someone who works with their hands, someone engaged in manual labor |
| man jack | a single individual, every man jack |
mariner
seaman
tar
Jack-tar
Jack
old salt
seafarer
gob
sea dog | a man who serves as a sailor |
Benny
Jack Benny
Benjamin Kubelsky | United States comedian known for his timeing and delivery and self-effacing humor (-) |
Dempsey
Jack Dempsey
William Harrison Dempsey
Manassa Mauler | United States prizefighter who was world heavyweight champion (-) |
Hobbs
Sir Jack Hobbs
John Berry Hobbs | notable English cricketer (-) |