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. |
Boot
(n.) Remedy |
Boot
(n.) That which is given to make an exchange equal, or to make up for the deficiency of value in one of the things exchanged. |
Boot
(n.) Profit |
Boot
(v. t.) To profit |
Boot
(v. t.) To enrich |
Boot
(n.) A covering for the foot and lower part of the leg, ordinarily made of leather. |
Boot
(n.) An instrument of torture for the leg, formerly used to extort confessions, particularly in Scotland. |
Boot
(n.) A place at the side of a coach, where attendants rode |
Boot
(n.) A place for baggage at either end of an old-fashioned stagecoach. |
Boot
(n.) An apron or cover (of leather or rubber cloth) for the driving seat of a vehicle, to protect from rain and mud. |
Boot
(n.) The metal casing and flange fitted about a pipe where it passes through a roof. |
Boot
(v. t.) To put boots on, esp. for riding. |
Boot
(v. t.) To punish by kicking with a booted foot. |
Boot
(v. i.) To boot one's self |
Boot
(n.) Booty |
Cheap-jack
(n.) Alt. of Cheap-john |
Half-boot
(n.) A boot with a short top covering only the ankle. See Cocker, and Congress boot, under Congress. |
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 |
kick
boot
kicking | the act of delivering a blow with the foot, he gave the ball a powerful kick, the team's kicking was excellent |
| boot | a form of foot torture in which the feet are encased in iron and slowly crushed |
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 |
car boot sale
boot sale | an outdoor sale at which people sell things from the trunk of their car |
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 |
| 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 |
| boot | footwear that covers the whole foot and lower leg |
| boot | British term for the luggage compartment in a car |
boot the boot
iron boot
iron heel | an instrument of torture that is used to heat or crush the foot and leg |
| boot | protective casing for something that resembles a leg |
| boot camp | camp for training military recruits |
| bumper jack | a jack for lifting a motor vehicle by the bumper |
buskin
combat boot
desert boot
half boot
top boot | a boot reaching halfway up to the knee |
chukka
chukka boot | a shoe that comes up to the ankle and is laced through two or three pairs of eyelets, often made of suede |
congress boot
congress shoe
congress gaiter | an ankle high shoe with elastic gussets in the sides |
| cowboy boot | a boot with a high arch and fancy stitching, worn by American cowboys |
Hessian boot
hessian
jackboot
Wellington
Wellington boot | (th century) a man's high tasseled boot |
hip boot
thigh boot | a very high boot, used especially for fishing |
| 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 |
jodhpur jodhpur boot
jodhpur shoe | a short riding boot that fastens with a buckle at the side |
| jumping jack | plaything consisting of a toy figure with movable joints that can be made to dance by pulling strings |
| riding boot | a boot without laces that is worn for riding horses, part of a riding habit |
rubber boot
gum boot | a high boot made of rubber |
| ski boot | a stiff boot that is fastened to a ski with a ski binding |
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 |
bang
boot
charge
rush
flush
thrill
kick | the swift release of a store of affective force, they got a great bang out of it, what a boot!, he got a quick rush from injecting heroin, he does it for kicks |
jackfruit
jak
jack | immense East Indian fruit resembling breadfruit, it contains an edible pulp and nutritious seeds that are commonly roasted |
| Jack Frost | a personification of frost or winter weather |
bootmaker
boot maker | a maker of boots |
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 |