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9 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Jack \Jack\ (j[a^]k), n. [Pg. jaca, Malayalam, tsjaka.] (Bot.) 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. [Written also {jak}.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Jack \Jack\, n. [F. Jacques James, L. Jacobus, Gr ?, Heb. Ya 'aq[=o]b Jacob; prop., seizing by the heel; hence a supplanter. Cf {Jacobite}, {Jockey}.] 1. A familiar nickname of or substitute for John. You are John Rugby, and you are Jack Rugby. --Shak. 2. An impertinent or silly fellow; a simpleton; a boor; a clown; also a servant; a rustic. ``Jack fool.'' --Chaucer. Since every Jack became a gentleman, There 's many a gentle person made a Jack. --Shak. 3. A popular colloquial name for a sailor; -- called also {Jack tar}, and {Jack afloat}. 4. 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; as: a A device to pull off boots. b A sawhorse or sawbuck. c A machine or contrivance for turning a spit; a smoke jack, or kitchen jack. b (Mining) A wooden wedge for separating rocks rent by blasting. e (Knitting Machine) A lever for depressing the sinkers which push the loops down on the needles. f (Warping Machine) A grating to separate and guide the threads; a heck box. g (Spinning) A machine for twisting the sliver as it leaves the carding machine. h A compact, portable machine for planing metal. i A machine for slicking or pebbling leather. k A system of gearing driven by a horse power, for multiplying speed. l A hood or other device placed over a chimney or vent pipe, to prevent a back draught. m In the harpsichord, an intermediate piece communicating the action of the key to the quill; -- called also {hopper}. n In hunting, the pan or frame holding the fuel of the torch used to attract game at night; also the light itself --C. Hallock. 5. 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. 6. The small bowl used as a mark in the game of bowls. --Shak. Like an uninstructed bowler who thinks to attain the jack by delivering his bowl straight forward upon it --Sir W. Scott. 7. The male of certain animals, as of the ass. 8. (Zo["o]l.) a A young pike; a pickerel. b The jurel. c A large California rock fish ({Sebastodes paucispinus}); -- called also {boccaccio}, and {m['e]rou}. d The wall-eyed pike. 9. A drinking measure holding half a pint; also one holding a quarter of a pint. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. 10. (Naut.) a 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. b 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}. --R. H. Dana, Jr From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Jack \Jack\, v. t. To move or lift, as a house, by means of a jack or jacks. See 2d {Jack}, n., 5. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Jack \Jack\, n. [F. jaque, jacque, perh. from the proper name Jacques. Cf {Jacquerie}.] A coarse and cheap medi[ae]val coat of defense, esp. one made of leather. Their horsemen are with jacks for most part clad. --Sir J. Harrington. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Jack \Jack\, n. [Named from its resemblance to a jack boot.] A pitcher or can of waxed leather; -- called also {black jack}. [Obs.] --Dryden. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Jack \Jack\, v. i. To hunt game at night by means of a jack. See 2d {Jack}, n., 4, n. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Jurel \Ju"rel\, n. (Zo["o]l.) 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 crevall['e]}, {jack}, {buffalo jack}, {skipjack}, {yellow mackerel}, and sometimes improperly, {horse mackerel}. Other species of {Caranx} (as {C. fallax}) are also sometimes called jurel. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: jack n 1: immense East Indian fruit resembling breadfruit of its seeds are commonly roasted [syn: {jackfruit}, {jak}] 2: an electrical connector socket designed for the insertion of a plug 3: one of several small objects picked up while bouncing a ball in the game of jacks 4: small flag indicating a ship's nationality 5: one of four cards in a deck bearing a picture of a young prince [syn: {knave}] 6: mechanism for exerting pressure or lifting 7: any of several fast-swimming predacious fishes of tropical to warm-temperate seas 8: male donkey [syn: {jackass}] v 1: lift with a jack, as of a car [syn: {jack up}] 2: hunt with a jacklight [syn: {jacklight}] From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Jack, AL Zip code(s): 36346
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