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Jack [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

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.

13. JACK of all trades, a person who can turn his hand to any king of business.

14. JACK by the hedge, a plant of the genus Erysimum, that grown under hedges.

15. JACK in a box, a plant of the genus Hernandia.

16. A large wooden male screw, turning in a female one.

17. JACK with a lantern, an ignis fatuus, a meteor that appears in low moist lands.

18. JACK of the clock-house, a little man that strikes the quarters in a clock.

Jack [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. 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.

2. A familiar nickname of, or substitute for, John.

3. An impertinent or silly fellow; a simpleton; a boor; a clown; also, a servant; a rustic.

4. A popular colloquial name for a sailor; -- called also Jack tar, and Jack afloat.

5. 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

6. A device to pull off boots.

7. A sawhorse or sawbuck.

8. A machine or contrivance for turning a spit; a smoke jack, or kitchen jack.

9. A wooden wedge for separating rocks rent by blasting.

10. A lever for depressing the sinkers which push the loops down on the needles.

11. A grating to separate and guide the threads; a heck box.

12. A machine for twisting the sliver as it leaves the carding machine.

13. A compact, portable machine for planing metal.

14. A machine for slicking or pebbling leather.

15. A system of gearing driven by a horse power, for multiplying speed.

16. A hood or other device placed over a chimney or vent pipe, to prevent a back draught.

17. In the harpsichord, an intermediate piece communicating the action of the key to the quill; -- called also hopper.

18. In hunting, the pan or frame holding the fuel of the torch used to attract game at night; also, the light itself.

19. 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.

20. The small bowl used as a mark in the game of bowls.

21. The male of certain animals, as of the ass.

22. A young pike; a pickerel.

23. The jurel.

24. A large, California rock fish (Sebastodes paucispinus); -- called also boccaccio, and merou.

25. The wall-eyed pike.

26. A drinking measure holding half a pint; also, one holding a quarter of a pint.

27. 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.

28. 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.

29. The knave of a suit of playing cards.

30. A coarse and cheap mediaeval coat of defense, esp. one made of leather.

31. A pitcher or can of waxed leather; -- called also black jack.

Jack [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To hunt game at night by means of a jack. See 2d Jack, n., 4, n.

Jack [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To move or lift, as a house, by means of a jack or jacks. See 2d Jack, n., 5.

Jack ketch Webster's Dictionary 1913

A public executioner, or hangman.

Jack-a-dandy [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A little dandy; a little, foppish, impertinent fellow.

Jack-a-lent [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A small stuffed puppet to be pelted in Lent; hence, a simple fellow.

Jack-o'-lantern [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

See Jack-with-a-lantern, under 2d Jack.

Jackal [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

An animal of the genus Canis, resembling a dog and a fox; a native of Asia and Africa. It preys on poultry and other small animals. It is the Canis aureus of Linne.

Jackal [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Any one of several species of carnivorous animals inhabiting Africa and Asia, related to the dog and wolf. They are cowardly, nocturnal, and gregarious. They feed largely on carrion, and are noted for their piercing and dismal howling.

2. One who does mean work for another's advantage, as jackals were once thought to kill game which lions appropriated.

Jackal Encyclopedia Britannica

JACKAL(Canis aureus'), a carnivorous mammal belonging to the dog family. (Canidae), and believed by many naturalists to be one of the species from which certain of the semi-domesticated dogs of Asia and North Africa have been derived. It is dog-like in external appearance, and there is, according to Geoffroy Saint Hilaire, no constant difference between its structure and that of the small canine races. It resembles them in dentition, in the roundness of its eye pupils, in its period of gestation, and to a large extent also in its habits, while like the dog it is subject to hydrophobia. It grows to a height of 15 inches at the shoulders, and to a length of about 2 feet, exclusive of its bushy fox-like tail. Its fur is of a greyish-yellow colour, darker on the back and lighter coloured beneath. An excrescence consisting of a horny cone, half an inch in length, and concealed by a tuft of hair, is, according to Emerson Tennent, sometimes found on the head of the jackal. The Singhalese aver that it is only found on the leader of the pack, and they esteem it as an invaluable talisman. Jackals, of which there are several well-marked varieties, are widely distributed throughout southern Asia and the north of Africa. They are nocturnal animals, concealing themselves until dusk in woody jungles and other natural lurking places, thereafter sallying forth in packs, which sometimes number two hundred individuals, and visiting farmyards, villages, and towns in search of food. This consists for the most part of the smaller mammals and poultry, although their association in packs enables them also to hunt down antelopes and sheep. When unable to obtain living prey, they feed upon carrion and refuse of all kinds, and are thus useful in removing putrescent matter from the streets of ...

9th ed. Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 13, p. 532
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Jackalent [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A simple sheepish fellow.

Jackanapes [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. A monkey, an ape.

2. A coxcomb; an impertinent fellow.

3. A young upstart jackanapes

Jackanapes [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A monkey; an ape.

2. A coxcomb; an impertinent or conceited fellow.

Jackass [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. The male of the ass.

2. A block attached to the top-gallant-tie of a ship, to sway up or to strike the yard.

Jackass [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The male ass; a donkey.

2. A conceited dolt; a perverse blockhead.

Jackboots [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Boots that serve as armor for the legs.

Jackdaw [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A fowl of the genus Corvus, thievish and mischievous to the farmer.

Jackdaw [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

See Daw, n.

Jackdaw Encyclopedia Britannica

JACKDAW, or simply Daw (Old Low German, Daha; Dutch, Kaauw), the prefix being doubtless imitative of the bird’s cry, as indeed is probably the substantive name —one of the smallest species of the genus Corvus (Crow, vol. vi. p. 617), and a very well known inhabitant of Europe, the C. monedula of ornithologists. In some of its habits it much resembles its congener the Rook (q.vi), with which it constantly associates during a great part of the year; but, while the Rook only exceptionally places its nest elsewhere than on the boughs of trees and open to the sky, the Daw almost invariably chooses holes, whether in rocks, hollow trees, rabbit-burrows, or buildings. Nearly every church-tower and castle, ruined or not, is more or less numerously occupied by Daws, and if they are not also tenants with us of our own dwellings, it is because convenient recesses are therein ordinarily wanting. Yet our chimneys frequently give them the accommodation they desire, much to the annoyance of the householder, who finds the funnel choked by the quantity of sticks brought together by the birds, since their industry in collecting materials for their nests is as marvellous as it often is futile. In some cases the stack of loose sticks piled up by Daws in a belfry or tower has been known to form a structure 10 or 12 feet in height, and hence this species may be accounted one of the greatest nest-builders in the world. The style of architecture practised by the Daw thus brings it more than the Rook into contact with man, and its familiarity is increased by the boldness of its disposition, which, though tempered by discreet cunning, is hardly surpassed among birds. Its small size, in comparison with most of its congeners, alone incapacitates it from inflicting the serious injuries of which ...

9th ed. Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 13, p. 532
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Jackeen [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A drunken, dissolute fellow.

Jacket [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A short close garment worn by males, extending downwards to the hips; a short coat.

Jacket [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A short upper garment, extending downward to the hips; a short coat without skirts.

2. An outer covering for anything, esp. a covering of some nonconducting material such as wood or felt, used to prevent radiation of heat, as from a steam boiler, cylinder, pipe, etc.

3. In ordnance, a strengthening band surrounding and reenforcing the tube in which the charge is fired.

4. A garment resembling a waistcoat lined with cork, to serve as a life preserver; -- called also cork jacket.

Jacket [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To put a jacket on; to furnish, as a boiler, with a jacket.

2. To thrash; to beat.

Jacketed [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Wearing a jacket.

Jacketed [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Wearing, or furnished with, a jacket.

Jacketing [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The material of a jacket; as, nonconducting jacketing.

Jackflag [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A flag hoisted at the sprit-sail top-mast-head.

Jackknife [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A large, strong clasp knife for the pocket; a pocket knife.

Jackman [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. One wearing a jack; a horse soldier; a retainer. See 3d Jack, n.

2. A cream cheese.

Jackmen [Plural] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Jackman

Jackpudding [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A merry Andrew; a buffoon; a zany.

Jackpudding [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A merry-andrew; a buffoon.

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Job 30:29

I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.

I have become a brother of jackals, a companion of ostriches.

Psalms 44:19

Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.

But You have crushed us in the lair of jackals; You have covered us with deepest darkness.

Isaiah 13:22

And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged.

Hyenas will howl in her fortresses and jackals in her luxurious palaces. Babylon’s time is at hand, and her days will not be prolonged.

Isaiah 34:13

And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles in the fortresses thereof: and it shall be an habitation of dragons, and a court for owls.

Her towers will be overgrown with thorns, her fortresses with thistles and briers. She will become a haunt for jackals, an abode for ostriches.

Isaiah 35:7

And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.

The parched ground will become a pool, the thirsty land springs of water. In the haunt where jackals once lay, there will be grass and reeds and papyrus.

Isaiah 43:20

The beast of the field shall honour me, the dragons and the owls: because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen.

The beasts of the field will honor Me, the jackals and the ostriches, because I provide water in the wilderness and rivers in the desert, to give drink to My chosen people.

Jeremiah 9:11

And I will make Jerusalem heaps, and a den of dragons; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant.

“And I will make Jerusalem a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.”

Jeremiah 10:22

Behold, the noise of the bruit is come, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah desolate, and a den of dragons.

Listen! The sound of a report is coming— a great commotion from the land to the north. The cities of Judah will be made a desolation, a haunt for jackals.

Jeremiah 14:6

And the wild asses did stand in the high places, they snuffed up the wind like dragons; their eyes did fail, because there was no grass.

Wild donkeys stand on barren heights; they pant for air like jackals; their eyes fail for lack of pasture.”

Jeremiah 49:33

And Hazor shall be a dwelling for dragons, and a desolation for ever: there shall no man abide there, nor any son of man dwell in it.

“Hazor will become a haunt for jackals, a desolation forever. No one will dwell there; no man will abide there.”

Jeremiah 51:37

And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwelling place for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant.

Babylon will become a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals, an object of horror and scorn, without inhabitant.

Lamentations 4:3

Even the sea monsters draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones: the daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.

Even jackals offer their breasts to nurse their young, but the daughter of my people has become cruel, like an ostrich in the wilderness.

Micah 1:8

Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the owls.

Because of this I will lament and wail; I will walk barefoot and naked. I will howl like a jackal and mourn like an ostrich.

Malachi 1:3

And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.

but Esau I have hated, and I have made his mountains a wasteland and left his inheritance to the desert jackals.”