Jack

  • 21Jack — Jack, n. [Named from its resemblance to a jack boot.] A pitcher or can of waxed leather; called also {black jack}. [Obs.] Dryden. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 22Jack — Jack, v. i. To hunt game at night by means of a jack. See 2d {Jack}, n., 4, n. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 23Jack — Jack, v. t. To move or lift, as a house, by means of a jack or jacks. See 2d {Jack}, n., 5. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 24Jack PC — is a thin client device that is approximately the size of a network wall port. Its design allows for one s monitor, keyboard mouse to plug straight into the wall mounted unit. Jack PC operates in an SBC (Server Based Computing) environment.The… …

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  • 25Jack 2 — Jack #2 is a test well in the deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico (Walker Ridge Block 758) that successfully extracted oil from the lower tertiary area of the Gulf in the second quarter of 2006. The well was drilled to a depth of 28,175 feet (8,588 …

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  • 26jack up — (something) to increase something steeply. Credit card companies have jacked up interest rates on most of their accounts. The company decided to jack up the amount of protein in its animal feed. Etymology: based on the literal meaning of jack up… …

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  • 27Jack So — Chak kwong (zh ts|t=蘇澤光|s=苏泽光) born in 1945 is the first and current Chairman of the Hong Kong Film Development Council. [ [http://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/200704/14/P200704140150.htm Establishment of the HK Film Development Council, Hong Kong …

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  • 28jack- — [jak] 〚see JACK〛 combining form 1. male [jackass] 2. large or strong [jackboot] 3. bo …

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  • 29Jack — masc. proper name, 1218, probably an Anglicization of O.Fr. Jacques (which was a dim. of L. Jacobus; see JACOB (Cf. Jacob)), but in English the name always has been associated with Johan, Jan John, and some have argued that it is a native… …

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  • 30jack- — [jak] [see JACK] combining form 1. male [jackass] 2. large or strong [jackboot] 3. boy; fellow: used in hyphenated compounds [jack in the box] …

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