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n.
See Jacksnipe.
n.
A small American sandpiper (Tringa maculata); -- called also pectoral sandpiper, and grass snipe.
n.
One of the pebbles or pieces used in the game of jackstones.
v. t.
To move or lift, as a house, by means of a jack or jacks. See 2d Jack, n., 5.
a.
A jackstay.
n.
A rail of wood or iron stretching along a yard of a vessel, to which the sails are fastened.
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A keyed instrument of music resembling a harpsichord, but smaller, with one string of brass or steel wire to each note, sounded by means of leather or quill plectrums or jacks. It was formerly much used.
n.
A small European snipe (Limnocryptes gallinula); -- called also judcock, jedcock, juddock, jed, and half snipe.
n.
A smith who makes jacks. See 2d Jack, 4, c.
n.
The merganser.
n.
A small jackscrew.
n.
An effigy stuffed with straw; a scarecrow; hence, a man without property or influence.
n.
A jack in which a screw is used for lifting, or exerting pressure. See Illust. of 2d Jack, n., 5.
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A game played with chucks, in which one or more are tossed up and caught; jackstones.
n.
A shark of the genus Cestracion, and of related genera. The posterior teeth form a pavement of bony plates for crushing shellfish. Most of the species are extinct. The Port Jackson shark and a similar one found in California are living examples.
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One of a set of straws of strips of ivory, bone, wood, etc., for playing a child's game, the jackstraws being thrown confusedly together on a table, to be gathered up singly by a hooked instrument, without touching or disturbing the rest of the pile. See Spilikin.
n.
A game played with five small stones or pieces of metal. See 6th Chuck.
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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.
n.
The jacksnipe.
n.
A low servant; a mean fellow.
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