Jack
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.
A familiar nickname of, or substitute for, John.
An impertinent or silly fellow; a simpleton; a boor; a clown; also, a servant; a rustic.
A popular colloquial name for a sailor; -- called also Jack tar, and Jack afloat.
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
A device to pull off boots.
A sawhorse or sawbuck.
A machine or contrivance for turning a spit; a smoke jack, or kitchen jack.
A wooden wedge for separating rocks rent by blasting.
A lever for depressing the sinkers which push the loops down on the needles.
A grating to separate and guide the threads; a heck box.
A machine for twisting the sliver as it leaves the carding machine.
A compact, portable machine for planing metal.
A machine for slicking or pebbling leather.
A system of gearing driven by a horse power, for multiplying speed.
A hood or other device placed over a chimney or vent pipe, to prevent a back draught.
In the harpsichord, an intermediate piece communicating the action of the key to the quill; -- called also hopper.
In hunting, the pan or frame holding the fuel of the torch used to attract game at night; also, the light itself.
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.
The small bowl used as a mark in the game of bowls.
The male of certain animals, as of the ass.
A young pike; a pickerel.
The jurel.
A large, California rock fish (Sebastodes paucispinus); -- called also boccaccio, and merou.
The wall-eyed pike.
A drinking measure holding half a pint; also, one holding a quarter of a pint.
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.
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.
The knave of a suit of playing cards.
A coarse and cheap mediaeval coat of defense, esp. one made of leather.
A pitcher or can of waxed leather; -- called also black jack.
To hunt game at night by means of a jack. See 2d Jack, n., 4, n.
To move or lift, as a house, by means of a jack or jacks. See 2d Jack, n., 5.
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Jack Quotations
I just received the following wire from my generous Daddy; Dear Jack, Don't buy a single vote more than is necessary. I'll be damned if I'm going to pay for a landslide.
John F. Kennedy
Basically, I'm for anything that gets you through the night - be it prayer, tranquilizers or a bottle of Jack Daniels.
Frank Sinatra
I thought they'd get one of us, but Jack, after all he's been through, never worried about it I thought it would be me.
Robert Kennedy
Whenever I was upset by something in the papers, Jack always told me to be more tolerant, like a horse flicking away flies in the summer.
Jackie Kennedy
I don't understand it. Jack will spend any amount of money to buy votes but he balks at investing a thousand dollars in a beautiful painting.
Jackie Kennedy
When they asked Jack Benny to do something for the Actor's Orphanage - he shot both his parents and moved in.
Bob Hope
Jack was out kissing babies while I was out passing bills. Someone had to tend the store.
Lyndon B. Johnson
I would like to work with Jack Nicholson, before it's too late.
Judi Dench
I'm not as far along as Jack Nicklaus was at this age, but I'm trying.
Tiger Woods
I asked my girlfriend, 'Will you marry me?' She said, 'We'll have to ask my father.' So we had a seance and Jack Ruby says, 'Hello!'
Emo Philips
With my sunglasses on, I'm Jack Nicholson. Without them, I'm fat and 60.
Jack Nicholson
Jack Kennedy always said to me, Hedy, get involved. That's the secret of life. Try everything. Join everything. Meet everybody.
Hedy Lamarr
Jack the only trick I ever played on you was never tricking you at all.
Meg White
When I met Jack Kennedy, he was a serious young man with a dream. He was not a womanizer, not as I understood the term.
Gene Tierney
I'm not sure I can explain the nature of Jack Kennedy's charm, but he took life just as it came.
Gene Tierney
It's hard not to play golf that's up to Jack Nicklaus standards when you are Jack Nicklaus.
Jack Nicklaus
Who would name their kid Jack with the last words 'off' at the end of the last name? No wonder that guy is screwed up.
George Clooney
They were saying, 'Keep this under your hat, but Jack Sparrow's going to die in the second movie.' I went, 'You're kidding me. The fans are going to go berserk.'
Geoffrey Rush
Jack Benny was, without a doubt, the bravest comedian I have ever seen work. He wasn't afraid of silence. He would take as long as it took to tell the story.
Bob Newhart
The fact is, Bush's war policy has failed. It's failed! Who better to say so than Jack Murtha?
Rahm Emanuel
I'm doing research for a large comic book on the Beat Generation guys - Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac and those guys.
Harvey Pekar
The next day, I got a phone call from him and he told me to come and read for a movie called New Jack City. So I went over there and they told me I was gonna wear dreads and play a cop.
Ice T
I consider you as old as you look and feel. And in that case I feel - I feel I'm about 39, like Jack Benny.
Joan Collins
There is no female Mozart because there is no female Jack the Ripper.
Camille Paglia
I don't remember anything anybody said in any Jack Ford picture. Nothing happens except action.
Elia Kazan
It's not rubbish to say that I was a bit peeved about not getting credit for a couple of songs, but that wasn't the whole reason. I guess I just felt like I had enough. I decided to leave and start a group with Jack Bruce.
Mick Taylor
Jack doesn't belong anymore to just a family. He belongs to the country.
Joseph P. Kennedy
What I used to play was rhythm guitar before I saw Jack Bruce. I said, That's what I want to do in life. He was definitely the main influence.
Geezer Butler
Jack Bruce, as soon as I saw him, it changed me. I didn't even know what bass players did until I saw Cream.
Geezer Butler
And of course to work with Jack Nicholson and Diane Keaton, and work with a wonderful, beautiful script directed by Nancy Meyers, it was really for me a dream come true.
Keanu Reeves
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Jack Translations
jack in Danish is donkraft
jack in Dutch is vijzel, dommekracht, krik
jack in German is anheben, anheben, Buchse/Stecker, Stecker
jack in Italian is cricco, spina
jack in Norwegian is jekk
jack in Portuguese is jaque, macaco
jack in Spanish is jota
jack in Swedish is domkraft
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