JACK, n. 1. A nickname or diminutive of John, used as a general term of contempt for any saucy of paltry fellow.2. The name of an instrument that supplies the place of a boy; an instrument to pull off boots.3. An engine to turn a spit; as a kitchen jack; a smoke jack.4. A young pike.5. A coat of mail.6. A pitcher of waxed leather.7. A small bowl thrown out for a mark to the bowlers.8. Part of a musical instrument called a virginal.9. The male of certain animals, as of the ass. 10. A horse or wooden frame on which wood or timer is sawed. 11. In sea-language, a flag, ensign or colors, displayed from a staff on the end of a bow-sprit. 12. In Yorkshire, half a pint. A quarter of a pint. Jack of all trades, a person who can turn his hand to any king of business. Jack by the hedge, a plant of the genus Erysimum, that grown under hedges. Jack in a box, a plant of the genus Hernandia. 1. A large wooden male screw, turning in a female one.Jack with a lantern, an ignis fatuus, a meteor that appears in low moist lands. Jack of the clock-house, a little man that strikes the quarters in a clock. |
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