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  • Jack Darcus
  • Canadian film director, screenwriter, and painter

    earned Darcus three Genie Award nominations for his direction, screenplay and editing. Darcus had also directed for the CBC and Atlantis Films. Darcus has

    Jack Darcus

    Jack_Darcus

  • Darcus
  • Name list

    Darcus is a given name. Notable people with the name include: Darcus Beese (born 1969), British music executive Darcus Howe (1943–2017), British broadcaster

    Darcus

    Darcus

  • Deserters (film)
  • 1983 Canadian film

    (Scarfe), Best Actress (March), Best Director (Darcus), Best Screenplay (Darcus), Best Editing (Darcus, Bill Roxborough, Doris Dyck and Ingrid Rosen)

    Deserters (film)

    Deserters_(film)

  • Proxyhawks
  • 1971 Canadian film

    Proxyhawks is a Canadian drama film, directed by Jack Darcus and released in 1971. It starred Darcus and Susan Spencer as a married couple living on a

    Proxyhawks

    Proxyhawks

  • List of Death in Paradise characters
  • nominates Jack as his successor as Saint Marie's new Detective Inspector. Initially assuming that this is just a holiday of a few weeks, Jack goes to Saint

    List of Death in Paradise characters

    List_of_Death_in_Paradise_characters

  • Canadian Screen Award for Best Motion Picture
  • Annual Canadian film award

    The Globe and Mail, February 4, 1982. Jay Scott, "Top Genie prospects for Jack Miner move". The Globe and Mail, February 10, 1983. Jay Scott, "11 nominations

    Canadian Screen Award for Best Motion Picture

    Canadian_Screen_Award_for_Best_Motion_Picture

  • List of Sundance Film Festival selections
  • Christa Collins Shorts Side Streets Tony Gerber American Spectrum Silence Jack Darcus Native Forum Silvia Prieto Martín Rejtman World Cinema Sing Faster: The

    List of Sundance Film Festival selections

    List_of_Sundance_Film_Festival_selections

  • Overnight (1985 film)
  • 1985 film by Jack Darcus

    Overnight is a Canadian comedy film, directed by Jack Darcus and released in 1985. The film stars Victor Ertmanis as Scott, a struggling actor who is

    Overnight (1985 film)

    Overnight_(1985_film)

  • Cinema of Canada
  • Hofsess, Ivan Reitman, and Peter Rowe graduated from McMaster University. Jack Darcus and Larry Kent graduated from the University of British Columbia. Cronenberg

    Cinema of Canada

    Cinema of Canada

    Cinema_of_Canada

  • List of Canadian films of 1983
  • Wrong Len Kowalewich Winston Rekert, Britt Ekland Crime drama Deserters Jack Darcus Alan Scarfe, Dermot Hennelly, Barbara March Drama Flamenco at 5:15 Cynthia

    List of Canadian films of 1983

    List of Canadian films of 1983

    List_of_Canadian_films_of_1983

  • List of writers from British Columbia
  • 1960), short story writer Joseph A. Dandurand (living), poet, playwright Jack Darcus (born 1941), screenwriter Dakota Daulby (born 1994), screenwriter Jill

    List of writers from British Columbia

    List_of_writers_from_British_Columbia

  • Canadian Screen Award for Best Director
  • Annual film award

    The Globe and Mail, February 4, 1982. Jay Scott, "Top Genie prospects for Jack Miner move". The Globe and Mail, February 10, 1983. Jay Scott, "11 nominations

    Canadian Screen Award for Best Director

    Canadian_Screen_Award_for_Best_Director

  • 5th Genie Awards
  • 1984 Canadian film awards

    Story David Cronenberg, Videodrome Bruno Carrière, Lucien Brouillard Jack Darcus, Deserters André Forcier, Au clair de la lune Brigitte Sauriol, Just

    5th Genie Awards

    5th_Genie_Awards

  • Canadian Screen Award for Best Screenplay
  • Screenwriting award for film

    The Globe and Mail, February 4, 1982. Jay Scott, "Top Genie prospects for Jack Miner move". The Globe and Mail, February 10, 1983. "Melanie adaptation Genie

    Canadian Screen Award for Best Screenplay

    Canadian_Screen_Award_for_Best_Screenplay

  • List of Canadian films of 1974
  • Patricia Gage Drama Canadian Film Award – Adapted Screenplay, Actor (Gillard), Supporting Actor (Beckman) Wolfpen Principle Jack Darcus Janet Wright Drama

    List of Canadian films of 1974

    List of Canadian films of 1974

    List_of_Canadian_films_of_1974

  • List of Canadian films of 1985
  • Awards – Overall Sound, Sound Editing; made with U.S. financing Overnight Jack Darcus Gale Garnett, Alan Scarfe Drama Pale Face (Visage pâle) Claude Gagnon

    List of Canadian films of 1985

    List of Canadian films of 1985

    List_of_Canadian_films_of_1985

  • Malachi Kirby
  • British actor (born 1989)

    which first premiered at the Bush Theatre in 2019. Kirby landed the role of Darcus Howe in the "Mangrove" installment of Steve McQueen's Small Axe anthology

    Malachi Kirby

    Malachi_Kirby

  • Canadian Screen Award for Best Editing
  • Canadian TV And Cinema Award

    Story André Corriveau The Tin Flute (Bonheur d'occasion) Doris Dyck, Jack Darcus, Bill Roxborough, Ingrid Rosen Deserters Tony Lower The Wars Ronald Sanders

    Canadian Screen Award for Best Editing

    Canadian_Screen_Award_for_Best_Editing

  • List of Canadian films of 1971
  • Proxyhawks Jack Darcus Jack Darcus, Susan Spencer, Edward Hutchings Drama La Région Centrale Michael Snow Structural film The Reincarnate Don Haldane Jack Creley

    List of Canadian films of 1971

    List of Canadian films of 1971

    List_of_Canadian_films_of_1971

  • Don Haig
  • Canadian filmmaker, editor and producer (1933–2002)

    Lount - feature, Laurence Keane 1985 - co-producer Overnight - feature, Jack Darcus 1985 - co-producer Dancing in the Dark - feature, Leon Marr 1986 - co-producer

    Don Haig

    Don_Haig

  • 1983 Toronto International Film Festival
  • Annual Canadian film festival

    Danton by Andrzej Wajda Le Dernier Combat by Luc Besson Deserters by Jack Darcus Enormous Changes at the Last Minute by Mirra Bank, Ellen Hovde and Muffie

    1983 Toronto International Film Festival

    1983_Toronto_International_Film_Festival

  • List of Canadian films of 1989
  • (Le film de Justine) Jeanne Crépeau Marie-Hélène Montpetit Kingsgate Jack Darcus Christopher Plummer, Roberta Maxwell, Alan Scarfe Drama The Last Winter

    List of Canadian films of 1989

    List of Canadian films of 1989

    List_of_Canadian_films_of_1989

  • 1986 Toronto International Film Festival
  • Annual Canadian film festival

    Amitay ?O, Zoo!: The Making of a Fiction Film Philip Hoffman Overnight Jack Darcus Passiflora Fernand Bélanger, Dagmar Teufal Passion and Gasoline Mark

    1986 Toronto International Film Festival

    1986_Toronto_International_Film_Festival

  • 1984 Toronto International Film Festival
  • Annual Canadian film festival

    (1963) Michel Brault, Marcel Carrière, Pierre Perrault Proxyhawks (1971) Jack Darcus Réjeanne Padovani (1973) Denys Arcand The River Schooners (1968) Les

    1984 Toronto International Film Festival

    1984_Toronto_International_Film_Festival

  • 2009 Lakewood shooting
  • Mass shooting in Washington, U.S.

    bulletproof vests. Clemmons drove a white pickup truck to getaway driver Darcus Allen's home. Allen then drove Clemmons past the coffee shop. After they

    2009 Lakewood shooting

    2009 Lakewood shooting

    2009_Lakewood_shooting

  • List of Alex Rider characters
  • to his demise in the turbines, he is shot dead by Yassen Gregorovitch. Darcus Drake is the main antagonist of the short story Alex in Afghanistan. He

    List of Alex Rider characters

    List_of_Alex_Rider_characters

  • Mangrove (film)
  • 2020 film of Small Axe anthology film series

    Trinidadian Black Panther leader Altheia Jones-LeCointe, Trinidadian activist Darcus Howe, Rhodan Gordon, Anthony Carlisle Innis, Rothwell Kentish, Rupert Boyce

    Mangrove (film)

    Mangrove_(film)

  • White Heat (TV series)
  • 2012 British TV series

    April 2011 was for sale at £1.6 million. Weldon, Fay; Soames, Emma; Howe, Darcus; Whitehorn, Katharine; McGough, Roger; Roberts, Yvonne (11 March 2012).

    White Heat (TV series)

    White_Heat_(TV_series)

  • Amy Winehouse
  • British singer-songwriter (1983–2011)

    standards singer at the Cobden Club. Her future A&R representative at Island, Darcus Beese, heard of her by chance when the manager of the Lewinson Brothers

    Amy Winehouse

    Amy Winehouse

    Amy_Winehouse

  • Island Records
  • Multinational record label

    left Island to join Sony Music Entertainment's relaunch of Arista Records. Darcus Beese, OBE took on the role of president upon Massey's departure. To make

    Island Records

    Island_Records

  • List of Shooting Stars episodes
  • after which Will Self took over. From the 2008 Anniversary Special, comedian Jack Dee became captain of team A. Ulrika Jonsson has been team B's captain for

    List of Shooting Stars episodes

    List_of_Shooting_Stars_episodes

  • Howe (surname)
  • Surname list

    Australian politician Daniel Walker Howe (born 1937), American historian Darcus Howe (1943–2017), British broadcaster and columnist David Howe (speedway

    Howe (surname)

    Howe_(surname)

  • Adam Afriyie
  • British politician

    Perfect didn't tell Tory bosses". The article was called a "hatchet job" by Darcus Howe in the New Statesman. In August 2005 he married his second and current

    Adam Afriyie

    Adam Afriyie

    Adam_Afriyie

  • Back to Black
  • 2006 studio album by Amy Winehouse

    in later ones as well. In a Genius commentary, Island Records president Darcus Beese added that the original track was titled "Fuckery" from both Remi

    Back to Black

    Back_to_Black

  • International Book Fair of Radical Black and Third World Books
  • Showcase for Black and African diasporan literature (1982–1995)

    a forum entitled "Migrant Struggles in Britain and Europe", chaired by Darcus Howe. As noted by African-American feminist scholar Barbara Smith, the second

    International Book Fair of Radical Black and Third World Books

    International_Book_Fair_of_Radical_Black_and_Third_World_Books

  • Queen's Royal College
  • School in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

    choreographer Geoffrey Holder (1930–2014), actor, dancer and choreographer Darcus Howe (1943–2017), broadcaster, writer and civil liberties campaigner Karl

    Queen's Royal College

    Queen's Royal College

    Queen's_Royal_College

  • Oliver Letwin
  • British politician (born 1956)

    Frances (30 December 2015). "Oliver Letwin memo borders on criminality, says Darcus Howe Civil liberties campaigner condemns comments about black communities

    Oliver Letwin

    Oliver Letwin

    Oliver_Letwin

  • Margaret Busby
  • Publisher, writer and editor (born 1944)

    Villiers, 2009), and To Sweeten Bitter (2017) by Raymond Antrobus. With Darcus Howe, Busby co-edited C.L.R. James's 80th Birthday Lectures (Race Today

    Margaret Busby

    Margaret Busby

    Margaret_Busby

  • Black nationalism
  • Ideology that seeks to develop a Black national identity

    British chapter was officially formed the following year by Obi Egbuna and Darcus Howe. Egbuna had ambitions for the BBPM to be a militant, underground revolutionary

    Black nationalism

    Black_nationalism

  • Ian Macdonald (barrister)
  • Scottish barrister (1939–2019)

    the case, in addition to offering advice to Altheia Jones-LeCointe and Darcus Howe, the two defendants who chose to represent themselves. Alongside Altheia

    Ian Macdonald (barrister)

    Ian_Macdonald_(barrister)

  • February 1943
  • Month of 1943

    Born: Bill Duke, American actor and director; in Poughkeepsie, New York Darcus Howe, British civil rights activist; as Leighton Rhett Radford Howe, in

    February 1943

    February 1943

    February_1943

  • British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actor
  • Annual award for performance in television

    Shcherbina HBO / Sky Atlantic 2021 (67th) Malachi Kirby Small Axe: Mangrove Darcus Howe BBC One Kunal Nayyar Criminal: UK Sandeep Singh Netflix Tobias Menzies

    British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actor

    British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actor

    British_Academy_Television_Award_for_Best_Supporting_Actor

  • Encounters Festival South Africa
  • Annual documentary film festival

    Watson, Lauren Groenewald, Lindy Wilson. 2001: Werner Schweizer, Jan Heijs, Darcus Howe, Cliff Bestall, Craig & Damon Foster, Margo Fleiser, Claude Wittwenn

    Encounters Festival South Africa

    Encounters_Festival_South_Africa

  • 1943
  • Calendar year

    actor, director Bob Hite, American singer, musician (Canned Heat) (d. 1981) Darcus Howe, Trinidadian-born British civil rights activist (d. 2017) February

    1943

    1943

    1943

  • Mayor of Derry City and Strabane
  • Honorary position in Northern Ireland

    Lecky 1790 1791 Eneas Murray 1792 1793 Stephen Bennett 1794 1795 George Kennedy 1796 1797 Andrew Ferguson 1798 1799 John Darcus 1800 1801 William Walker

    Mayor of Derry City and Strabane

    Mayor of Derry City and Strabane

    Mayor_of_Derry_City_and_Strabane

  • List of Question Time episodes
  • March 2001 Exeter Michael Ancram, Clarissa Dickson Wright, Helene Hayman, Darcus Howe, Matthew Taylor [431] 730 12 29 March 2001 Leeds Menzies Campbell,

    List of Question Time episodes

    List_of_Question_Time_episodes

  • 1996 Pennsylvania House of Representatives election
  • 100.00 95 Mark L. Althouse 1,451 63.47 Janis Rozelle 835 36.53 96 C. Ted Darcus 1,831 100.00 97 Jere Strittmatter 6,366 100.00 98 Thomas E. Armstrong 3

    1996 Pennsylvania House of Representatives election

    1996 Pennsylvania House of Representatives election

    1996_Pennsylvania_House_of_Representatives_election

  • Deaths in April 2017
  • director (Jönssonligan, Martin Beck). Nelson Elliott, 91, Canadian politician. Darcus Howe, 74, Trinidadian-born British civil rights activist, member of the

    Deaths in April 2017

    Deaths_in_April_2017

  • 2017 in the United Kingdom
  • 65, footballer (Chelsea, Wales). 1 April Parv Bancil, 50, playwright. Darcus Howe, 74, Trinidadian-born civil rights activist, member of the Mangrove

    2017 in the United Kingdom

    2017_in_the_United_Kingdom

  • Great Lives
  • British radio series

    Nurse, geneticist and cell biologist Erasmus Darwin, 18th century physician Darcus Howe, writer and broadcaster C. L. R. James, Caribbean revolutionary and

    Great Lives

    Great_Lives

  • Michael Caruso (musician)
  • American singer-songwriter

    Love" was Caruso's first writer's cut on RCA Records by Darcus Speed on her self-titled album Darcus (Released 1977) "I'm Better" from Jeff Paris's Race to

    Michael Caruso (musician)

    Michael Caruso (musician)

    Michael_Caruso_(musician)

  • Squatting in England and Wales
  • Occupation of unused land or derelict buildings in England and Wales

    a second women's centre; the collective producing Race Today (edited by Darcus Howe whose mentor and uncle, the Trinidadian historian C. L. R. James, lived

    Squatting in England and Wales

    Squatting in England and Wales

    Squatting_in_England_and_Wales

  • The Reunion (radio series)
  • BBC radio discussion series about historic events in modern history

    Wheatle, novelist Ted Knight, former the leader of Lambeth Borough Council Darcus Howe, journalist and broadcaster Brian Paddick, former policemen Peter Bleksley

    The Reunion (radio series)

    The_Reunion_(radio_series)

  • 1943 in the United Kingdom
  • George Harrison, English musician (The Beatles) (died 2001) 26 February – Darcus Howe, Trinidadian-born civil rights activist (died 2017) 2 March – Tony

    1943 in the United Kingdom

    1943_in_the_United_Kingdom

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  • Pack
  • Surname or Lastname

    English (Kentish)

    Pack

    English (Kentish) : from a medieval personal name, Pack, possibly a survival of the Old English personal name Pacca, although this is found only as a place name element and appears to have died out fairly early on in the Old English period. The Middle English personal name is more likely to be a derivative of the Latin Christian name Paschalis (see Pascal).Jewish (Ashkenazic) : metonymic occupational name for a wholesale trader, from German Pack ‘package’ (see Packer).Anglicized form of Dutch Pak.

    Pack

  • Sack
  • Surname or Lastname

    English, German, and Jewish (Ashkenazic)

    Sack

    English, German, and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : metonymic occupational name for a maker of sacks or bags, from Old English sacc, Middle High German sack, German Sack ‘sack’. Bahlow also suggests someone who carried sacks.German : topographic from Middle High German sack ‘sack’, ‘end of a valley or area of cultivation’.Dutch : from a reduced form of the personal name Zacharias.Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : from an acronym of the Hebrew phrase Zera Keshodim ‘Seed of the Holy’ (referring to martyred ancestors), or from a short form of the personal name Isaac.

    Sack

  • Jack
  • Boy/Male

    Christian & English(British/American/Australian)

    Jack

    Godly

    Jack

  • JACKI
  • Female

    English

    JACKI

    Pet form of English Jackalyn, JACKI means "supplanter."

    JACKI

  • Jac
  • Girl/Female

    Australian, Netherlands, Portuguese

    Jac

    Variant of Jack

    Jac

  • JACI
  • Female

    Native American

    JACI

    Native American Tupi name JACI means "moon."

    JACI

  • Jacky
  • Boy/Male

    American, Australian, British, English, French, German, Hebrew, Scottish, Swedish, Swiss

    Jacky

    Son of Jack; He who Supplants; God has been Gracious; Has Shown Favor; Based on John or Jacques; God is Gracious

    Jacky

  • Jacks
  • Surname or Lastname

    English and North German

    Jacks

    English and North German : patronymic from Jack.

    Jacks

  • Jack
  • Boy/Male

    American, Anglo, Australian, British, Celebrity, Chinese, Christian, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Hebrew, Indian, Jamaican, Latin, Polish, Swedish, Swiss, Tamil

    Jack

    God is Gracious; Son of Jack; He who Supplants; Diminutive of Jack; Supplanter

    Jack

  • MACK
  • Male

    English

    MACK

    Originally a short form of surnames, mostly Scottish, beginning with Mac-, MACK means "son of," it is now sometimes given as a forename. 

    MACK

  • Jack
  • Boy/Male

    Shakespearean American Hebrew Polish English

    Jack

    Henry VI, Part 2' Jack Cade, a rebel.

    Jack

  • Jacka
  • Surname or Lastname

    English (Cornwall and Wales)

    Jacka

    English (Cornwall and Wales) : variant of Jack.Czech (Jačka), Polish, and German (of Slavic origin) : from a pet form (Czech Jač, Polish Jacz) of any of the various Slavic personal names beginning with Ja-, for example Jakub, Jan, Jacenty (see Jacek).

    Jacka

  • JAAK
  • Male

    Finnish

    JAAK

    Short form of Finnish Jaako, JAAK means "supplanter."

    JAAK

  • ZACK
  • Male

    English

    ZACK

    Short form of English Zackary, ZACK means "whom Jehovah remembered." 

    ZACK

  • Back
  • Surname or Lastname

    English

    Back

    English : from Middle English bakke ‘back’ (Old English bæc), hence a nickname for someone with a hunched back or some other noticeable peculiarity of the back or spine, or a topographic name for someone who lived on a hill or ridge, or at the rear of a settlement.English : from the Old English personal name Bacca, which was still in use in the 12th century. It is of uncertain origin, but may have been a byname in the same sense as 1.English : nickname from Middle English bakke ‘bat’ (apparently of Scandinavian origin), from some fancied resemblance to the animal.Altered spelling of Bach 1, 2, or 6.North German : from Middle Low German back ‘kneading trough’, hence a metonymic occupational name for someone who made or used such vessels.Americanized spelling of Norwegian Bakk(e) (see Bakke).

    Back

  • JACEK
  • Male

    Polish

    JACEK

    Modern form of Polish Jacenty, JACEK means "hyacinth flower."

    JACEK

  • JACK
  • Male

    English

    JACK

    Probably originally an Anglicized form of French Jacques, JACK means "supplanter," it is now considered a pet form of English John, meaning "God is gracious."

    JACK

  • Dack
  • Surname or Lastname

    English

    Dack

    English : from an Old English personal name, Dæcca.Dutch : metonymic occupational name for a roofer, from dack, a variant of deck ‘roof’. Compare De decker.

    Dack

  • JOCK
  • Male

    English

    JOCK

    Scottish form of English Jack, JOCK means "God is gracious."

    JOCK

  • Jack
  • Surname or Lastname

    Scottish and English

    Jack

    Scottish and English : from a Middle English personal name, Jakke, from Old French Jacques, the usual French form of Latin Jacobus, which is the source of both Jacob and James. As a family name in Britain, this is almost exclusively Scottish.English and Welsh : from the same personal name as 1, taken as a pet form of John.German (also Jäck) : from a short form of the personal name Jacob.Americanized form of one or more like-sounding Jewish surnames.

    Jack

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  • Danushri | தாநுஂஷ்ரீ
  • Girl/Female

    Tamil

    Danushri | தாநுஂஷ்ரீ

  • Javaneh
  • Girl/Female

    Arabic, Indian, Muslim, Parsi

    Javaneh

    Sprout; Young

  • Saisneh
  • Boy/Male

    Hindu, Indian

    Saisneh

    Beloved of Shree Sai Baba

  • ORLY
  • Female

    Hebrew

    ORLY

    Variant spelling of Hebrew Orli, ORLY means "light is mine."

  • Sharad | ஷரத
  • Boy/Male

    Tamil

    Sharad | ஷரத

    Autumn

  • RAFAEL
  • Male

    Spanish

    RAFAEL

    German, Portuguese and Spanish form of Hebrew Rephael, RAFAEL means "healed of God" or "whom God has healed."

  • Adhithan
  • Boy/Male

    Indian, Tamil

    Adhithan

    Leading Light

  • HEIMERICH
  • Male

    German

    HEIMERICH

    Variant spelling of Old Middle High German Haimirich, HEIMERICH means "home-ruler." 

  • FRANKLYN
  • Male

    English

    FRANKLYN

    Variant spelling of English Franklin, FRANKLYN means "freeman."

  • Jalodari | ஜலோதரீ
  • Girl/Female

    Tamil

    Jalodari | ஜலோதரீ

    Abode of the ethereal universe

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  • Jack
  • n.

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

  • Jack
  • n.

    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.

  • Jack
  • n.

    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

  • Jack-o'-lantern
  • n.

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

  • Jack
  • n.

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

  • Jack
  • v. t.

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

  • Jack
  • n.

    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.

  • Jak
  • n.

    see Ils Jack.

  • Back
  • adv.

    In, to, or toward, the rear; as, to stand back; to step back.

  • Back
  • a.

    Being at the back or in the rear; distant; remote; as, the back door; back settlements.

  • Back
  • v. i.

    To write upon the back of; as, to back a letter; to indorse; as, to back a note or legal document.

  • Jack
  • n.

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

  • Pack
  • n.

    To make a pack of; to arrange closely and securely in a pack; hence, to place and arrange compactly as in a pack; to press into close order or narrow compass; as to pack goods in a box; to pack fish.

  • Sack
  • v. t.

    To bear or carry in a sack upon the back or the shoulders.

  • Pack
  • n.

    An envelope, or wrapping, of sheets used in hydropathic practice, called dry pack, wet pack, cold pack, etc., according to the method of treatment.

  • Jack
  • n.

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

  • Jack
  • n.

    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.

  • Sack
  • v. t.

    To put in a sack; to bag; as, to sack corn.

  • Back
  • v. i.

    To make a back for; to furnish with a back; as, to back books.

  • Jack
  • v. i.

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