Get Affordable VMs - excellent virtual server hosting


browse words by letter
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z

supplejackmore about supplejack

supplejack


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Supple-jack  \Sup"ple-jack`\,  n.  (Bot.) 
  a  A  climbing  shrub  ({Berchemia  volubilus})  of  the  Southern 
  United  States,  having  a  tough  and  pliable  stem. 
  b  A  somewhat  similar  tropical  American  plant  ({Paullinia 
  Curassavica});  also  a  walking  stick  made  from  its  stem. 
 
  He  was  in  form  and  spirit  like  a  supple-jack,  .  .  . 
  yielding,  but  tough;  though  he  bent,  he  never 
  broke.  --W.  Irving. 
 
  Note:  This  name  is  given  to  various  plants  of  similar  habit 
  in  different  British  colonies. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  supplejack 
  n  :  made  from  the  wood  of  an  American  tropical  vine 




more about supplejack