نطق كلمة jack بالإنجليزية

"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."