# In the harpsichord, an intermediate piece communicating the action of the key to the quill also called hopper.
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# A compact, portable machine for planing metal.# A machine for twisting the sliver as it leaves the carding machine.# A grating to separate and guide the threads in a warping machine a heck box.# A lever for depressing the sinkers which push the loops down on the needles in a knitting machine.# (mining) A wooden wedge for separating rocks rent by blasting.# A machine for turning a spit a smokejack.A mechanical contrivance, an auxiliary machine, or a subordinate part of a machine.(UK, dialect, obsolete) A drinking measure holding half a pint or, sometimes, a quarter of a pint.(obsolete) A pitcher or can of waxed leather, supposed to resemble a jackboot a black-jack.(obsolete, nautical) A sailor a "jack tar".Any marine fish or the species of the Carangidae family.A common name for the freshwater pike, green pike or pickerel.(slang, Appalachians) A smooth often ovoid large gravel or small cobble in a natural water course.* 1939, ( Raymond Chandler), The Big Sleep, Penguin 2011, page 133:įirst off Regan carried fifteen grand, packed it in his clothes all the time.Baker, The Australian Language, second edition, 1966, chapter XI section 3, page 243.) A penny with a head on both sides, used for cheating.(military) A coarse and cheap medieval coat of defense, especially one made of leather.
(nautical) A naval ensign flag flown from the main mast, mizzen mast, or the aft-most major mast of (especially) British sailing warships Union Jack.(nautical) A small flag at the bow of a ship.Get up and get this room cleaned up right now! (colloquial, euphemistic) Nothing, jack shit.(games) A small, six-pointed playing piece used in the game of jacks.Like an uninstructed bowler who thinks to attain the jack by delivering his bowl straight forward upon it (sports) A target ball in bowls, etc a jack-ball.A surface-mounted connector for electrical, especially telecommunications, equipment.(archaic) A knave (a servant or later, a deceitful man).In some card games has a value of eleven based on its rank, but in many card games has a value of ten like the ten'', ''queen'', and ( king) cards. (card games) The card ranking between the ( ten) and ( queen) of any suit, picturing a knave or prince on its face.She used a jack to lift her car and changed the tire. screw jack, scissor jack, hydraulic jack, ratchet jack, scaffold jack. A mechanical device used to raise and (temporarily) support a heavy object, e.g.