jack

jack has 47 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 4.

Definitions

• n.. 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.
• n.. A familiar nickname of, or substitute for, John.
• n.. An impertinent or silly fellow; a simpleton; a boor; a clown; also, a servant; a rustic.
• n.. A popular colloquial name for a sailor; -- called also Jack tar, and Jack afloat.
• 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
• n.. A device to pull off boots.
• n.. A sawhorse or sawbuck.
• n.. A machine or contrivance for turning a spit; a smoke jack, or kitchen jack.
• n.. A wooden wedge for separating rocks rent by blasting.
• n.. A lever for depressing the sinkers which push the loops down on the needles.
• n.. A grating to separate and guide the threads; a heck box.
• n.. A machine for twisting the sliver as it leaves the carding machine.