Jack Kerouac
         n 1: United States writer who was a leading figure of the beat
               generation (1922-1969) [syn: {Kerouac}, {Jack Kerouac},
               {Jean-Louis Lebris de Kerouac}]

English Dictionary: Jose Orozco	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Jack Roosevelt Robinson n United States baseball player; first Black to play in the major leagues (1919-1972) Synonym(s): Robinson, Jackie Robinson, Jack Roosevelt Robinson
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Jew's-ears n widely distributed edible fungus shaped like a human ear and growing on decaying wood Synonym(s): Jew's-ear, Jew's-ears, ear fungus, Auricularia auricula
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Jose Orozco n Mexican painter noted for his monumental murals (1883-1949) Synonym(s): Orozco, Jose Orozco, Jose Clemente Orozco
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Yacare \Yac"a*re`\ (y[acr]k"[adot]*r[amac]`), n. [See Jacare.]       (Zo[94]l.)       A South American crocodilian ({Jacare sclerops}) resembling       the alligator in size and habits. The eye orbits are       connected together, and surrounded by prominent bony ridges.       Called also {spectacled alligator}, and {spectacled cayman}.       [Written also {jacare}.]          Note: The name is also applied to allied species.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Note: Jack is used adjectively in various senses. It                sometimes designates something cut short or diminished                in size; as, a jack timber; a jack rafter; a jack arch,                etc.          {Jack arch}, an arch of the thickness of one brick.          {Jack back} (Brewing & Malt Vinegar Manuf.), a cistern which             receives the wort. See under 1st {Back}.          {Jack block} (Naut.), a block fixed in the topgallant or             royal rigging, used for raising and lowering light masts             and spars.          {Jack boots}, boots reaching above the knee; -- worn in the             17 century by soldiers; afterwards by fishermen, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Jack \Jack\, n. [F. Jacques James, L. Jacobus, Gr. [?], Heb. Ya       'aq[omac]b Jacob; prop., seizing by the heel; hence, a       supplanter. Cf. {Jacobite}, {Jockey}.]       1. A familiar nickname of, or substitute for, John.                         You are John Rugby, and you are Jack Rugby. --Shak.          2. An impertinent or silly fellow; a simpleton; a boor; a             clown; also, a servant; a rustic. [bd]Jack fool.[b8]             --Chaucer.                         Since every Jack became a gentleman, There 's many a                      gentle person made a Jack.                  --Shak.          3. A popular colloquial name for a sailor; -- called also             {Jack tar}, and {Jack afloat}.          4. 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; as:             (a) A device to pull off boots.             (b) A sawhorse or sawbuck.             (c) A machine or contrivance for turning a spit; a smoke                   jack, or kitchen jack.             (b) (Mining) A wooden wedge for separating rocks rent by                   blasting.             (e) (Knitting Machine) A lever for depressing the sinkers                   which push the loops down on the needles.             (f) (Warping Machine) A grating to separate and guide the                   threads; a heck box.             (g) (Spinning) A machine for twisting the sliver as it                   leaves the carding machine.             (h) A compact, portable machine for planing metal.             (i) A machine for slicking or pebbling leather.             (k) A system of gearing driven by a horse power, for                   multiplying speed.             (l) A hood or other device placed over a chimney or vent                   pipe, to prevent a back draught.             (m) In the harpsichord, an intermediate piece                   communicating the action of the key to the quill; --                   called also {hopper}.             (n) In hunting, the pan or frame holding the fuel of the                   torch used to attract game at night; also, the light                   itself. --C. Hallock.          5. 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.          6. The small bowl used as a mark in the game of bowls.             --Shak.                         Like an uninstructed bowler who thinks to attain the                      jack by delivering his bowl straight forward upon                      it.                                                   --Sir W.                                                                               Scott.          7. The male of certain animals, as of the ass.          8. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A young pike; a pickerel.             (b) The jurel.             (c) A large, California rock fish ({Sebastodes                   paucispinus}); -- called also {boccaccio}, and                   {m[82]rou}.             (d) The wall-eyed pike.          9. A drinking measure holding half a pint; also, one holding             a quarter of a pint. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.          10. (Naut.)             (a) 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.             (b) 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}. --R. H.                   Dana, Jr.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{Jack crosstree}. (Naut.) See 10, b, above.          {Jack curlew} (Zo[94]l.), the whimbrel.          {Jack frame}. (Cotton Spinning) See 4             (g), above.          {Jack Frost}, frost personified as a mischievous person.          {Jack hare}, a male hare. --Cowper.          {Jack lamp}, a lamp for still hunting and camp use. See def.             4             (n.), above.          {Jack plane}, a joiner's plane used for coarse work.          {Jack post}, one of the posts which support the crank shaft             of a deep-well-boring apparatus.          {Jack pot} (Poker Playing), the name given to the stakes,             contributions to which are made by each player             successively, till such a hand is turned as shall take the             [bd]pot,[b8] which is the sum total of all the bets.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Jack \Jack\, n. [F. Jacques James, L. Jacobus, Gr. [?], Heb. Ya       'aq[omac]b Jacob; prop., seizing by the heel; hence, a       supplanter. Cf. {Jacobite}, {Jockey}.]       1. A familiar nickname of, or substitute for, John.                         You are John Rugby, and you are Jack Rugby. --Shak.          2. An impertinent or silly fellow; a simpleton; a boor; a             clown; also, a servant; a rustic. [bd]Jack fool.[b8]             --Chaucer.                         Since every Jack became a gentleman, There 's many a                      gentle person made a Jack.                  --Shak.          3. A popular colloquial name for a sailor; -- called also             {Jack tar}, and {Jack afloat}.          4. 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; as:             (a) A device to pull off boots.             (b) A sawhorse or sawbuck.             (c) A machine or contrivance for turning a spit; a smoke                   jack, or kitchen jack.             (b) (Mining) A wooden wedge for separating rocks rent by                   blasting.             (e) (Knitting Machine) A lever for depressing the sinkers                   which push the loops down on the needles.             (f) (Warping Machine) A grating to separate and guide the                   threads; a heck box.             (g) (Spinning) A machine for twisting the sliver as it                   leaves the carding machine.             (h) A compact, portable machine for planing metal.             (i) A machine for slicking or pebbling leather.             (k) A system of gearing driven by a horse power, for                   multiplying speed.             (l) A hood or other device placed over a chimney or vent                   pipe, to prevent a back draught.             (m) In the harpsichord, an intermediate piece                   communicating the action of the key to the quill; --                   called also {hopper}.             (n) In hunting, the pan or frame holding the fuel of the                   torch used to attract game at night; also, the light                   itself. --C. Hallock.          5. 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.          6. The small bowl used as a mark in the game of bowls.             --Shak.                         Like an uninstructed bowler who thinks to attain the                      jack by delivering his bowl straight forward upon                      it.                                                   --Sir W.                                                                               Scott.          7. The male of certain animals, as of the ass.          8. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A young pike; a pickerel.             (b) The jurel.             (c) A large, California rock fish ({Sebastodes                   paucispinus}); -- called also {boccaccio}, and                   {m[82]rou}.             (d) The wall-eyed pike.          9. A drinking measure holding half a pint; also, one holding             a quarter of a pint. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.          10. (Naut.)             (a) 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.             (b) 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}. --R. H.                   Dana, Jr.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{Jack crosstree}. (Naut.) See 10, b, above.          {Jack curlew} (Zo[94]l.), the whimbrel.          {Jack frame}. (Cotton Spinning) See 4             (g), above.          {Jack Frost}, frost personified as a mischievous person.          {Jack hare}, a male hare. --Cowper.          {Jack lamp}, a lamp for still hunting and camp use. See def.             4             (n.), above.          {Jack plane}, a joiner's plane used for coarse work.          {Jack post}, one of the posts which support the crank shaft             of a deep-well-boring apparatus.          {Jack pot} (Poker Playing), the name given to the stakes,             contributions to which are made by each player             successively, till such a hand is turned as shall take the             [bd]pot,[b8] which is the sum total of all the bets.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Jagger \Jag"ger\, n. [From 4th {Jag}.]       One who, or that which, jags; specifically:       (a) jagging iron used for crimping pies, cakes, etc.       (b) A toothed chisel. See {Jag}, v. t.          {Jagger spring}, a spring beneath a seat, and resting on             cleats or blocks in the body of a vehicle. --Knight.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Jacks Creek, TN       Zip code(s): 38347
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Jegar-sahadutha       pile of testimony, the Aramaic or Syriac name which Laban gave       to the pile of stones erected as a memorial of the covenant       between him and Jacob (Gen. 31:47), who, however, called it in       Hebrew by an equivalent name, Galeed (q.v.).
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Jegar-sahadutha, heap of witness