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   jackanapes
         n 1: someone who is unimportant but cheeky and presumptuous
               [syn: {whippersnapper}, {jackanapes}, {lightweight}]

English Dictionary: jacksnipe by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jackknife
n
  1. a large knife with one or more folding blades [syn: {clasp knife}, jackknife]
  2. a dive in which the diver bends to touch the ankles before straightening out
v
  1. dive into the water bending the body at the waist at a right angle, like a jackknife
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jackknife clam
n
  1. marine clam having a long narrow curved thin shell [syn: razor clam, jackknife clam, knife-handle]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jackknife-fish
n
  1. black-and-white drumfish with an erect elongated dorsal fin
    Synonym(s): jackknife-fish, Equetus lanceolatus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jacksnipe
n
  1. a small short-billed Old World snipe [syn: jacksnipe, half snipe, Limnocryptes minima]
  2. American sandpiper that inflates its chest when courting
    Synonym(s): pectoral sandpiper, jacksnipe, Calidris melanotos
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Jackson Pollock
n
  1. United States artist famous for painting with a drip technique; a leader of abstract expressionism in America (1912-1956)
    Synonym(s): Pollock, Jackson Pollock
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Jacksonville
n
  1. Florida's largest city; a port and important commercial center in northeastern Florida
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {Jack rabbit} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large
            American hares, having very large ears and long legs. The
            California species ({Lepus Californicus}), and that of
            Texas and New Mexico ({L. callotis}), have the tail black
            above, and the ears black at the tip. They do not become
            white in winter. The more northern prairie hare ({L.
            campestris}) has the upper side of the tail white, and in
            winter its fur becomes nearly white.
  
      {Jack rafter} (Arch.), in England, one of the shorter rafters
            used in constructing a hip or valley roof; in the United
            States, any secondary roof timber, as the common rafters
            resting on purlins in a trussed roof; also, one of the
            pieces simulating extended rafters, used under the eaves
            in some styles of building.
  
      {Jack salmon} (Zo[94]l.), the wall-eyed pike, or glasseye.
  
      {Jack sauce}, an impudent fellow. [Colloq. & Obs.]
  
      {Jack shaft} (Mach.), the first intermediate shaft, in a
            factory or mill, which receives power, through belts or
            gearing, from a prime mover, and transmits it, by the same
            means, to other intermediate shafts or to a line shaft.
  
      {Jack sinker} (Knitting Mach.), a thin iron plate operated by
            the jack to depress the loop of thread between two
            needles.
  
      {Jack snipe}. (Zo[94]l.) See in the Vocabulary.
  
      {Jack staff} (Naut.), a staff fixed on the bowsprit cap, upon
            which the jack is hoisted.
  
      {Jack timber} (Arch.), any timber, as a rafter, rib, or
            studding, which, being intercepted, is shorter than the
            others.
  
      {Jack towel}, a towel hung on a roller for common use.
  
      {Jack truss} (Arch.), in a hip roof, a minor truss used where
            the roof has not its full section.
  
      {Jack tree}. (Bot.) See 1st {Jack}, n.
  
      {Jack yard} (Naut.), a short spar to extend a topsail beyond
            the gaff.
  
      {Blue jack}, blue vitriol; sulphate of copper.
  
      {Hydraulic jack}, a jack used for lifting, pulling, or
            forcing, consisting of a compact portable hydrostatic
            press, with its pump and a reservoir containing a supply
            of liquid, as oil.
  
      {Jack-at-a-pinch}.
            (a) One called upon to take the place of another in an
                  emergency.
            (b) An itinerant parson who conducts an occasional
                  service for a fee.
  
      {Jack-at-all-trades}, one who can turn his hand to any kind
            of work.
  
      {Jack-by-the-hedge} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Erysimum}
            ({E. alliaria}, or {Alliaria officinalis}), which grows
            under hedges. It bears a white flower and has a taste not
            unlike garlic. Called also, in England, {sauce-alone}.
            --Eng. Cyc.
  
      {Jack-in-a-box}.
            (a) (Bot.) A tropical tree ({Hernandia sonora}), which
                  bears a drupe that rattles when dry in the inflated
                  calyx.
            (b) A child's toy, consisting of a box, out of which,
                  when the lid is raised, a figure springs.
            (c) (Mech.) An epicyclic train of bevel gears for
                  transmitting rotary motion to two parts in such a
                  manner that their relative rotation may be variable;
                  applied to driving the wheels of tricycles, road
                  locomotives, and to cotton machinery, etc.; an
                  equation box; a jack frame; -- called also
                  {compensating gearing}.
            (d) A large wooden screw turning in a nut attached to the
                  crosspiece of a rude press.
  
      {Jack-in-office}, an insolent fellow in authority. --Wolcott.
  
      {Jack-in-the-bush} (Bot.), a tropical shrub with red fruit
            ({Cordia Cylindrostachya}).
  
      {Jack-in-the-green}, a chimney sweep inclosed in a framework
            of boughs, carried in Mayday processions.
  
      {Jack-in-the-pulpit} (Bot.), the American plant {Aris[91]ma
            triphyllum}, or Indian turnip, in which the upright spadix
            is inclosed.
  
      {Jack-of-the-buttery} (Bot.), the stonecrop ({Sedum acre}).
           
  
      {Jack-of-the-clock}, a figure, usually of a man, on old
            clocks, which struck the time on the bell.
  
      {Jack-on-both-sides}, one who is or tries to be neutral.
  
      {Jack-out-of-office}, one who has been in office and is
            turned out. --Shak.
  
      {Jack the Giant Killer}, the hero of a well-known nursery
            story.
  
      {Jack-with-a-lantern}, {Jack-o'-lantern}.
            (a) An ignis fatuus; a will-o'-the-wisp. [bd][Newspaper
                  speculations] supplying so many more jack-o'-lanterns
                  to the future historian.[b8] --Lowell.
            (b) A lantern made of a pumpkin so prepared as to show in
                  illumination the features of a human face, etc.
  
      {Yellow Jack} (Naut.), the yellow fever; also, the quarantine
            flag. See {Yellow flag}, under {Flag}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Snipe \Snipe\, n. [OE. snipe; akin to D. snep, snip, LG. sneppe,
      snippe, G. schnepfe, Icel. sn[c6]pa (in comp.), Dan. sneppe,
      Sw. sn[84]ppa a sanpiper, and possibly to E. snap. See
      {Snap}, {Snaffle}.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of limicoline game
            birds of the family {Scolopacid[91]}, having a long,
            slender, nearly straight beak.
  
      Note: The common, or whole, snipe ({Gallinago c[oe]lestis})
               and the great, or double, snipe ({G. major}), are the
               most important European species. The Wilson's snipe
               ({G. delicata}) (sometimes erroneously called English
               snipe) and the gray snipe, or dowitcher ({Macrohamphus
               griseus}), are well-known American species.
  
      2. A fool; a blockhead. [R.] --Shak.
  
      {Half snipe}, the dunlin; the jacksnipe.
  
      {Jack snipe}. See {Jacksnipe}.
  
      {Quail snipe}. See under {Quail}.
  
      {Robin snipe}, the knot.
  
      {Sea snipe}. See in the Vocabulary.
  
      {Shore snipe}, any sandpiper.
  
      {Snipe hawk}, the marsh harrier. [Prov. Eng.]
  
      {Stone snipe}, the tattler.
  
      {Summer snipe}, the dunlin; the green and the common European
            sandpipers.
  
      {Winter snipe}. See {Rock snipe}, under {Rock}.
  
      {Woodcock snipe}, the great snipe.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jackanapes \Jack"a*napes\, n. [For Jack o' (= of) apes; prop., a
      man who exhibits apes.] [Written also {jackanape}.]
      1. A monkey; an ape. --Shak.
  
      2. A coxcomb; an impertinent or conceited fellow.
  
                     A young upstart jackanapes.               --Arbuthnot.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jackanapes \Jack"a*napes\, n. [For Jack o' (= of) apes; prop., a
      man who exhibits apes.] [Written also {jackanape}.]
      1. A monkey; an ape. --Shak.
  
      2. A coxcomb; an impertinent or conceited fellow.
  
                     A young upstart jackanapes.               --Arbuthnot.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {Jack rabbit} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large
            American hares, having very large ears and long legs. The
            California species ({Lepus Californicus}), and that of
            Texas and New Mexico ({L. callotis}), have the tail black
            above, and the ears black at the tip. They do not become
            white in winter. The more northern prairie hare ({L.
            campestris}) has the upper side of the tail white, and in
            winter its fur becomes nearly white.
  
      {Jack rafter} (Arch.), in England, one of the shorter rafters
            used in constructing a hip or valley roof; in the United
            States, any secondary roof timber, as the common rafters
            resting on purlins in a trussed roof; also, one of the
            pieces simulating extended rafters, used under the eaves
            in some styles of building.
  
      {Jack salmon} (Zo[94]l.), the wall-eyed pike, or glasseye.
  
      {Jack sauce}, an impudent fellow. [Colloq. & Obs.]
  
      {Jack shaft} (Mach.), the first intermediate shaft, in a
            factory or mill, which receives power, through belts or
            gearing, from a prime mover, and transmits it, by the same
            means, to other intermediate shafts or to a line shaft.
  
      {Jack sinker} (Knitting Mach.), a thin iron plate operated by
            the jack to depress the loop of thread between two
            needles.
  
      {Jack snipe}. (Zo[94]l.) See in the Vocabulary.
  
      {Jack staff} (Naut.), a staff fixed on the bowsprit cap, upon
            which the jack is hoisted.
  
      {Jack timber} (Arch.), any timber, as a rafter, rib, or
            studding, which, being intercepted, is shorter than the
            others.
  
      {Jack towel}, a towel hung on a roller for common use.
  
      {Jack truss} (Arch.), in a hip roof, a minor truss used where
            the roof has not its full section.
  
      {Jack tree}. (Bot.) See 1st {Jack}, n.
  
      {Jack yard} (Naut.), a short spar to extend a topsail beyond
            the gaff.
  
      {Blue jack}, blue vitriol; sulphate of copper.
  
      {Hydraulic jack}, a jack used for lifting, pulling, or
            forcing, consisting of a compact portable hydrostatic
            press, with its pump and a reservoir containing a supply
            of liquid, as oil.
  
      {Jack-at-a-pinch}.
            (a) One called upon to take the place of another in an
                  emergency.
            (b) An itinerant parson who conducts an occasional
                  service for a fee.
  
      {Jack-at-all-trades}, one who can turn his hand to any kind
            of work.
  
      {Jack-by-the-hedge} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Erysimum}
            ({E. alliaria}, or {Alliaria officinalis}), which grows
            under hedges. It bears a white flower and has a taste not
            unlike garlic. Called also, in England, {sauce-alone}.
            --Eng. Cyc.
  
      {Jack-in-a-box}.
            (a) (Bot.) A tropical tree ({Hernandia sonora}), which
                  bears a drupe that rattles when dry in the inflated
                  calyx.
            (b) A child's toy, consisting of a box, out of which,
                  when the lid is raised, a figure springs.
            (c) (Mech.) An epicyclic train of bevel gears for
                  transmitting rotary motion to two parts in such a
                  manner that their relative rotation may be variable;
                  applied to driving the wheels of tricycles, road
                  locomotives, and to cotton machinery, etc.; an
                  equation box; a jack frame; -- called also
                  {compensating gearing}.
            (d) A large wooden screw turning in a nut attached to the
                  crosspiece of a rude press.
  
      {Jack-in-office}, an insolent fellow in authority. --Wolcott.
  
      {Jack-in-the-bush} (Bot.), a tropical shrub with red fruit
            ({Cordia Cylindrostachya}).
  
      {Jack-in-the-green}, a chimney sweep inclosed in a framework
            of boughs, carried in Mayday processions.
  
      {Jack-in-the-pulpit} (Bot.), the American plant {Aris[91]ma
            triphyllum}, or Indian turnip, in which the upright spadix
            is inclosed.
  
      {Jack-of-the-buttery} (Bot.), the stonecrop ({Sedum acre}).
           
  
      {Jack-of-the-clock}, a figure, usually of a man, on old
            clocks, which struck the time on the bell.
  
      {Jack-on-both-sides}, one who is or tries to be neutral.
  
      {Jack-out-of-office}, one who has been in office and is
            turned out. --Shak.
  
      {Jack the Giant Killer}, the hero of a well-known nursery
            story.
  
      {Jack-with-a-lantern}, {Jack-o'-lantern}.
            (a) An ignis fatuus; a will-o'-the-wisp. [bd][Newspaper
                  speculations] supplying so many more jack-o'-lanterns
                  to the future historian.[b8] --Lowell.
            (b) A lantern made of a pumpkin so prepared as to show in
                  illumination the features of a human face, etc.
  
      {Yellow Jack} (Naut.), the yellow fever; also, the quarantine
            flag. See {Yellow flag}, under {Flag}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {Jack rabbit} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large
            American hares, having very large ears and long legs. The
            California species ({Lepus Californicus}), and that of
            Texas and New Mexico ({L. callotis}), have the tail black
            above, and the ears black at the tip. They do not become
            white in winter. The more northern prairie hare ({L.
            campestris}) has the upper side of the tail white, and in
            winter its fur becomes nearly white.
  
      {Jack rafter} (Arch.), in England, one of the shorter rafters
            used in constructing a hip or valley roof; in the United
            States, any secondary roof timber, as the common rafters
            resting on purlins in a trussed roof; also, one of the
            pieces simulating extended rafters, used under the eaves
            in some styles of building.
  
      {Jack salmon} (Zo[94]l.), the wall-eyed pike, or glasseye.
  
      {Jack sauce}, an impudent fellow. [Colloq. & Obs.]
  
      {Jack shaft} (Mach.), the first intermediate shaft, in a
            factory or mill, which receives power, through belts or
            gearing, from a prime mover, and transmits it, by the same
            means, to other intermediate shafts or to a line shaft.
  
      {Jack sinker} (Knitting Mach.), a thin iron plate operated by
            the jack to depress the loop of thread between two
            needles.
  
      {Jack snipe}. (Zo[94]l.) See in the Vocabulary.
  
      {Jack staff} (Naut.), a staff fixed on the bowsprit cap, upon
            which the jack is hoisted.
  
      {Jack timber} (Arch.), any timber, as a rafter, rib, or
            studding, which, being intercepted, is shorter than the
            others.
  
      {Jack towel}, a towel hung on a roller for common use.
  
      {Jack truss} (Arch.), in a hip roof, a minor truss used where
            the roof has not its full section.
  
      {Jack tree}. (Bot.) See 1st {Jack}, n.
  
      {Jack yard} (Naut.), a short spar to extend a topsail beyond
            the gaff.
  
      {Blue jack}, blue vitriol; sulphate of copper.
  
      {Hydraulic jack}, a jack used for lifting, pulling, or
            forcing, consisting of a compact portable hydrostatic
            press, with its pump and a reservoir containing a supply
            of liquid, as oil.
  
      {Jack-at-a-pinch}.
            (a) One called upon to take the place of another in an
                  emergency.
            (b) An itinerant parson who conducts an occasional
                  service for a fee.
  
      {Jack-at-all-trades}, one who can turn his hand to any kind
            of work.
  
      {Jack-by-the-hedge} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Erysimum}
            ({E. alliaria}, or {Alliaria officinalis}), which grows
            under hedges. It bears a white flower and has a taste not
            unlike garlic. Called also, in England, {sauce-alone}.
            --Eng. Cyc.
  
      {Jack-in-a-box}.
            (a) (Bot.) A tropical tree ({Hernandia sonora}), which
                  bears a drupe that rattles when dry in the inflated
                  calyx.
            (b) A child's toy, consisting of a box, out of which,
                  when the lid is raised, a figure springs.
            (c) (Mech.) An epicyclic train of bevel gears for
                  transmitting rotary motion to two parts in such a
                  manner that their relative rotation may be variable;
                  applied to driving the wheels of tricycles, road
                  locomotives, and to cotton machinery, etc.; an
                  equation box; a jack frame; -- called also
                  {compensating gearing}.
            (d) A large wooden screw turning in a nut attached to the
                  crosspiece of a rude press.
  
      {Jack-in-office}, an insolent fellow in authority. --Wolcott.
  
      {Jack-in-the-bush} (Bot.), a tropical shrub with red fruit
            ({Cordia Cylindrostachya}).
  
      {Jack-in-the-green}, a chimney sweep inclosed in a framework
            of boughs, carried in Mayday processions.
  
      {Jack-in-the-pulpit} (Bot.), the American plant {Aris[91]ma
            triphyllum}, or Indian turnip, in which the upright spadix
            is inclosed.
  
      {Jack-of-the-buttery} (Bot.), the stonecrop ({Sedum acre}).
           
  
      {Jack-of-the-clock}, a figure, usually of a man, on old
            clocks, which struck the time on the bell.
  
      {Jack-on-both-sides}, one who is or tries to be neutral.
  
      {Jack-out-of-office}, one who has been in office and is
            turned out. --Shak.
  
      {Jack the Giant Killer}, the hero of a well-known nursery
            story.
  
      {Jack-with-a-lantern}, {Jack-o'-lantern}.
            (a) An ignis fatuus; a will-o'-the-wisp. [bd][Newspaper
                  speculations] supplying so many more jack-o'-lanterns
                  to the future historian.[b8] --Lowell.
            (b) A lantern made of a pumpkin so prepared as to show in
                  illumination the features of a human face, etc.
  
      {Yellow Jack} (Naut.), the yellow fever; also, the quarantine
            flag. See {Yellow flag}, under {Flag}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jackknife \Jack"knife`\, n.
      A large, strong clasp knife for the pocket; a pocket knife.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {Jack rabbit} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large
            American hares, having very large ears and long legs. The
            California species ({Lepus Californicus}), and that of
            Texas and New Mexico ({L. callotis}), have the tail black
            above, and the ears black at the tip. They do not become
            white in winter. The more northern prairie hare ({L.
            campestris}) has the upper side of the tail white, and in
            winter its fur becomes nearly white.
  
      {Jack rafter} (Arch.), in England, one of the shorter rafters
            used in constructing a hip or valley roof; in the United
            States, any secondary roof timber, as the common rafters
            resting on purlins in a trussed roof; also, one of the
            pieces simulating extended rafters, used under the eaves
            in some styles of building.
  
      {Jack salmon} (Zo[94]l.), the wall-eyed pike, or glasseye.
  
      {Jack sauce}, an impudent fellow. [Colloq. & Obs.]
  
      {Jack shaft} (Mach.), the first intermediate shaft, in a
            factory or mill, which receives power, through belts or
            gearing, from a prime mover, and transmits it, by the same
            means, to other intermediate shafts or to a line shaft.
  
      {Jack sinker} (Knitting Mach.), a thin iron plate operated by
            the jack to depress the loop of thread between two
            needles.
  
      {Jack snipe}. (Zo[94]l.) See in the Vocabulary.
  
      {Jack staff} (Naut.), a staff fixed on the bowsprit cap, upon
            which the jack is hoisted.
  
      {Jack timber} (Arch.), any timber, as a rafter, rib, or
            studding, which, being intercepted, is shorter than the
            others.
  
      {Jack towel}, a towel hung on a roller for common use.
  
      {Jack truss} (Arch.), in a hip roof, a minor truss used where
            the roof has not its full section.
  
      {Jack tree}. (Bot.) See 1st {Jack}, n.
  
      {Jack yard} (Naut.), a short spar to extend a topsail beyond
            the gaff.
  
      {Blue jack}, blue vitriol; sulphate of copper.
  
      {Hydraulic jack}, a jack used for lifting, pulling, or
            forcing, consisting of a compact portable hydrostatic
            press, with its pump and a reservoir containing a supply
            of liquid, as oil.
  
      {Jack-at-a-pinch}.
            (a) One called upon to take the place of another in an
                  emergency.
            (b) An itinerant parson who conducts an occasional
                  service for a fee.
  
      {Jack-at-all-trades}, one who can turn his hand to any kind
            of work.
  
      {Jack-by-the-hedge} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Erysimum}
            ({E. alliaria}, or {Alliaria officinalis}), which grows
            under hedges. It bears a white flower and has a taste not
            unlike garlic. Called also, in England, {sauce-alone}.
            --Eng. Cyc.
  
      {Jack-in-a-box}.
            (a) (Bot.) A tropical tree ({Hernandia sonora}), which
                  bears a drupe that rattles when dry in the inflated
                  calyx.
            (b) A child's toy, consisting of a box, out of which,
                  when the lid is raised, a figure springs.
            (c) (Mech.) An epicyclic train of bevel gears for
                  transmitting rotary motion to two parts in such a
                  manner that their relative rotation may be variable;
                  applied to driving the wheels of tricycles, road
                  locomotives, and to cotton machinery, etc.; an
                  equation box; a jack frame; -- called also
                  {compensating gearing}.
            (d) A large wooden screw turning in a nut attached to the
                  crosspiece of a rude press.
  
      {Jack-in-office}, an insolent fellow in authority. --Wolcott.
  
      {Jack-in-the-bush} (Bot.), a tropical shrub with red fruit
            ({Cordia Cylindrostachya}).
  
      {Jack-in-the-green}, a chimney sweep inclosed in a framework
            of boughs, carried in Mayday processions.
  
      {Jack-in-the-pulpit} (Bot.), the American plant {Aris[91]ma
            triphyllum}, or Indian turnip, in which the upright spadix
            is inclosed.
  
      {Jack-of-the-buttery} (Bot.), the stonecrop ({Sedum acre}).
           
  
      {Jack-of-the-clock}, a figure, usually of a man, on old
            clocks, which struck the time on the bell.
  
      {Jack-on-both-sides}, one who is or tries to be neutral.
  
      {Jack-out-of-office}, one who has been in office and is
            turned out. --Shak.
  
      {Jack the Giant Killer}, the hero of a well-known nursery
            story.
  
      {Jack-with-a-lantern}, {Jack-o'-lantern}.
            (a) An ignis fatuus; a will-o'-the-wisp. [bd][Newspaper
                  speculations] supplying so many more jack-o'-lanterns
                  to the future historian.[b8] --Lowell.
            (b) A lantern made of a pumpkin so prepared as to show in
                  illumination the features of a human face, etc.
  
      {Yellow Jack} (Naut.), the yellow fever; also, the quarantine
            flag. See {Yellow flag}, under {Flag}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jacksnipe \Jack"snipe`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) A small European snipe ({Limnocryptes gallinula}); --
            called also {judcock}, {jedcock}, {juddock}, {jed}, and
            {half snipe}.
      (b) A small American sandpiper ({Tringa maculata}); -- called
            also {pectoral sandpiper}, and {grass snipe}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sandpiper \Sand"pi`per\, n.
      1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of small limicoline
            game birds belonging to {Tringa}, {Actodromas},
            {Ereunetes}, and various allied genera of the family
            {Tringid[91]}.
  
      Note: The most important North American species are the
               pectoral sandpiper ({Tringa maculata}), called also
               {brownback}, {grass snipe}, and {jacksnipe}; the
               red-backed, or black-breasted, sandpiper, or dunlin
               ({T. alpina}); the purple sandpiper ({T. maritima}: the
               red-breasted sandpiper, or knot ({T. canutus}); the
               semipalmated sandpiper ({Ereunetes pusillus}); the
               spotted sandpiper, or teeter-tail ({Actitis
               macularia}); the buff-breasted sandpiper ({Tryngites
               subruficollis}), and the Bartramian sandpiper, or
               upland plover. See under {Upland}. Among the European
               species are the dunlin, the knot, the ruff, the
               sanderling, and the common sandpiper ({Actitis, [or]
               Tringoides, hypoleucus}), called also {fiddler},
               {peeper}, {pleeps}, {weet-weet}, and {summer snipe}.
               Some of the small plovers and tattlers are also called
               sandpipers.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) A small lamprey eel; the pride.
  
      {Curlew sandpiper}. See under {Curlew}.
  
      {Stilt sandpiper}. See under {Stilt}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nimble Will, a kind of drop seed. {Muhlenbergia diffsa}. Orchard
   grass, pasture and hay. {Dactylis glomerata}. Porcupine grass,
   troublesome to sheep. Northwest. {Stipa spartea}. Quaking grass,
   ornamental. {Briza media} and {maxima}. Quitch, or Quick, grass,
   etc., a weed. {Agropyrum repens}. Ray grass. Same as {Rye grass}
   (below). Redtop, pasture and hay. {Agrostis vulgaris}.
   Red-topped buffalo grass, forage. Northwest. {Poa tenuifolia}.
   Reed canary grass, of slight value. {Phalaris arundinacea}. Reed
   meadow grass, hay. North. {Glyceria aquatica}. Ribbon grass, a
   striped leaved form of {Reed canary grass}. Rye grass, pasture,
   hay. {Lolium perenne}, var. Seneca grass, fragrant basket work,
   etc. North. {Hierochloa borealis}. Sesame grass. Same as {Gama
   grass} (above). Sheep's fescue, sheep pasture, native in
   Northern Europe and Asia. {Festuca ovina}. Small reed grass,
   meadow pasture and hay. North. {Deyeuxia Canadensis}. Spear
   grass, Same as {Meadow grass} (above). Squirrel-tail grass,
   troublesome to animals. Seacoast and Northwest. {Hordeum
   jubatum}. Switch grass, hay, cut young. {Panicum virgatum}.
   Timothy, cut young, the best of hay. North. {Phleum pratense}.
   Velvet grass, hay on poor soil. South. {Holcus lanatus}. Vernal
   grass, pasture, hay, lawn. {Anthoxanthum odoratum}. Wire grass,
   valuable in pastures. {Poa compressa}. Wood grass, Indian grass,
   hay. {Chrysopogon nutans}.
  
      Note: Many plants are popularly called grasses which are not
               true grasses botanically considered, such as black
               grass, goose grass, star grass, etc.
  
      {Black grass}, a kind of small rush ({Juncus Gerardi}),
            growing in salt marshes, used for making salt hay.
  
      {Grass of the Andes}, an oat grass, the {Arrhenatherum
            avenaceum} of Europe.
  
      {Grass of Parnassus}, a plant of the genus {Parnassia}
            growing in wet ground. The European species is {P.
            palustris}; in the United States there are several
            species.
  
      {Grass bass} (Zo[94]l.), the calico bass.
  
      {Grass bird}, the dunlin.
  
      {Grass cloth}, a cloth woven from the tough fibers of the
            grass-cloth plant.
  
      {Grass-cloth plant}, a perennial herb of the Nettle family
            ({B[d2]hmeria nivea [or] Urtica nivea}), which grows in
            Sumatra, China, and Assam, whose inner bark has fine and
            strong fibers suited for textile purposes.
  
      {Grass finch}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A common American sparrow ({Po[94]c[91]tes
                  gramineus}); -- called also {vesper sparrow} and
                  {bay-winged bunting}.
            (b) Any Australian finch, of the genus {Po[89]phila}, of
                  which several species are known.
  
      {Grass lamb}, a lamb suckled by a dam running on pasture land
            and giving rich milk.
  
      {Grass land}, land kept in grass and not tilled.
  
      {Grass moth} (Zo[94]l.), one of many small moths of the genus
            {Crambus}, found in grass.
  
      {Grass oil}, a fragrant essential volatile oil, obtained in
            India from grasses of the genus {Andropogon}, etc.; --
            used in perfumery under the name of {citronella}, {ginger
            grass oil}, {lemon grass oil}, {essence of verbena} etc.
           
  
      {Grass owl} (Zo[94]l.), a South African owl ({Strix
            Capensis}).
  
      {Grass parrakeet} (Zo[94]l.), any of several species of
            Australian parrots, of the genus {Euphemia}; -- also
            applied to the zebra parrakeet.
  
      {Grass plover} (Zo[94]l.), the upland or field plover.
  
      {Grass poly} (Bot.), a species of willowwort ({Lythrum
            Hyssopifolia}). --Johnson.
  
      {Crass quit} (Zo[94]l.), one of several tropical American
            finches of the genus {Euetheia}. The males have most of
            the head and chest black and often marked with yellow.
  
      {Grass snake}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The common English, or ringed, snake ({Tropidonotus
                  natrix}).
            (b) The common green snake of the Northern United States.
                  See {Green snake}, under {Green}.
  
      {Grass snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the pectoral sandpiper ({Tringa
            maculata}); -- called also {jacksnipe} in America.
  
      {Grass spider} (Zo[94]l.), a common spider ({Agelena
            n[91]via}), which spins flat webs on grass, conspicuous
            when covered with dew.
  
      {Grass sponge} (Zo[94]l.), an inferior kind of commercial
            sponge from Florida and the Bahamas.
  
      {Grass table}. (Arch.) See {Earth table}, under {Earth}.
  
      {Grass vetch} (Bot.), a vetch ({Lathyrus Nissolia}), with
            narrow grasslike leaves.
  
      {Grass widow}. [Cf. Prov. R. an unmarried mother, G.
            strohwittwe a mock widow, Sw. gr[84]senka a grass widow.]
            (a) An unmarried woman who is a mother. [Obs.]
            (b) A woman separated from her husband by abandonment or
                  prolonged absence; a woman living apart from her
                  husband. [Slang.]
  
      {Grass wrack} (Bot.) eelgrass.
  
      {To bring to grass} (Mining.), to raise, as ore, to the
            surface of the ground.
  
      {To put to grass}, {To put out to grass}, to put out to graze
            a season, as cattle.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jacksnipe \Jack"snipe`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) A small European snipe ({Limnocryptes gallinula}); --
            called also {judcock}, {jedcock}, {juddock}, {jed}, and
            {half snipe}.
      (b) A small American sandpiper ({Tringa maculata}); -- called
            also {pectoral sandpiper}, and {grass snipe}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sandpiper \Sand"pi`per\, n.
      1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of small limicoline
            game birds belonging to {Tringa}, {Actodromas},
            {Ereunetes}, and various allied genera of the family
            {Tringid[91]}.
  
      Note: The most important North American species are the
               pectoral sandpiper ({Tringa maculata}), called also
               {brownback}, {grass snipe}, and {jacksnipe}; the
               red-backed, or black-breasted, sandpiper, or dunlin
               ({T. alpina}); the purple sandpiper ({T. maritima}: the
               red-breasted sandpiper, or knot ({T. canutus}); the
               semipalmated sandpiper ({Ereunetes pusillus}); the
               spotted sandpiper, or teeter-tail ({Actitis
               macularia}); the buff-breasted sandpiper ({Tryngites
               subruficollis}), and the Bartramian sandpiper, or
               upland plover. See under {Upland}. Among the European
               species are the dunlin, the knot, the ruff, the
               sanderling, and the common sandpiper ({Actitis, [or]
               Tringoides, hypoleucus}), called also {fiddler},
               {peeper}, {pleeps}, {weet-weet}, and {summer snipe}.
               Some of the small plovers and tattlers are also called
               sandpipers.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) A small lamprey eel; the pride.
  
      {Curlew sandpiper}. See under {Curlew}.
  
      {Stilt sandpiper}. See under {Stilt}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nimble Will, a kind of drop seed. {Muhlenbergia diffsa}. Orchard
   grass, pasture and hay. {Dactylis glomerata}. Porcupine grass,
   troublesome to sheep. Northwest. {Stipa spartea}. Quaking grass,
   ornamental. {Briza media} and {maxima}. Quitch, or Quick, grass,
   etc., a weed. {Agropyrum repens}. Ray grass. Same as {Rye grass}
   (below). Redtop, pasture and hay. {Agrostis vulgaris}.
   Red-topped buffalo grass, forage. Northwest. {Poa tenuifolia}.
   Reed canary grass, of slight value. {Phalaris arundinacea}. Reed
   meadow grass, hay. North. {Glyceria aquatica}. Ribbon grass, a
   striped leaved form of {Reed canary grass}. Rye grass, pasture,
   hay. {Lolium perenne}, var. Seneca grass, fragrant basket work,
   etc. North. {Hierochloa borealis}. Sesame grass. Same as {Gama
   grass} (above). Sheep's fescue, sheep pasture, native in
   Northern Europe and Asia. {Festuca ovina}. Small reed grass,
   meadow pasture and hay. North. {Deyeuxia Canadensis}. Spear
   grass, Same as {Meadow grass} (above). Squirrel-tail grass,
   troublesome to animals. Seacoast and Northwest. {Hordeum
   jubatum}. Switch grass, hay, cut young. {Panicum virgatum}.
   Timothy, cut young, the best of hay. North. {Phleum pratense}.
   Velvet grass, hay on poor soil. South. {Holcus lanatus}. Vernal
   grass, pasture, hay, lawn. {Anthoxanthum odoratum}. Wire grass,
   valuable in pastures. {Poa compressa}. Wood grass, Indian grass,
   hay. {Chrysopogon nutans}.
  
      Note: Many plants are popularly called grasses which are not
               true grasses botanically considered, such as black
               grass, goose grass, star grass, etc.
  
      {Black grass}, a kind of small rush ({Juncus Gerardi}),
            growing in salt marshes, used for making salt hay.
  
      {Grass of the Andes}, an oat grass, the {Arrhenatherum
            avenaceum} of Europe.
  
      {Grass of Parnassus}, a plant of the genus {Parnassia}
            growing in wet ground. The European species is {P.
            palustris}; in the United States there are several
            species.
  
      {Grass bass} (Zo[94]l.), the calico bass.
  
      {Grass bird}, the dunlin.
  
      {Grass cloth}, a cloth woven from the tough fibers of the
            grass-cloth plant.
  
      {Grass-cloth plant}, a perennial herb of the Nettle family
            ({B[d2]hmeria nivea [or] Urtica nivea}), which grows in
            Sumatra, China, and Assam, whose inner bark has fine and
            strong fibers suited for textile purposes.
  
      {Grass finch}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A common American sparrow ({Po[94]c[91]tes
                  gramineus}); -- called also {vesper sparrow} and
                  {bay-winged bunting}.
            (b) Any Australian finch, of the genus {Po[89]phila}, of
                  which several species are known.
  
      {Grass lamb}, a lamb suckled by a dam running on pasture land
            and giving rich milk.
  
      {Grass land}, land kept in grass and not tilled.
  
      {Grass moth} (Zo[94]l.), one of many small moths of the genus
            {Crambus}, found in grass.
  
      {Grass oil}, a fragrant essential volatile oil, obtained in
            India from grasses of the genus {Andropogon}, etc.; --
            used in perfumery under the name of {citronella}, {ginger
            grass oil}, {lemon grass oil}, {essence of verbena} etc.
           
  
      {Grass owl} (Zo[94]l.), a South African owl ({Strix
            Capensis}).
  
      {Grass parrakeet} (Zo[94]l.), any of several species of
            Australian parrots, of the genus {Euphemia}; -- also
            applied to the zebra parrakeet.
  
      {Grass plover} (Zo[94]l.), the upland or field plover.
  
      {Grass poly} (Bot.), a species of willowwort ({Lythrum
            Hyssopifolia}). --Johnson.
  
      {Crass quit} (Zo[94]l.), one of several tropical American
            finches of the genus {Euetheia}. The males have most of
            the head and chest black and often marked with yellow.
  
      {Grass snake}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The common English, or ringed, snake ({Tropidonotus
                  natrix}).
            (b) The common green snake of the Northern United States.
                  See {Green snake}, under {Green}.
  
      {Grass snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the pectoral sandpiper ({Tringa
            maculata}); -- called also {jacksnipe} in America.
  
      {Grass spider} (Zo[94]l.), a common spider ({Agelena
            n[91]via}), which spins flat webs on grass, conspicuous
            when covered with dew.
  
      {Grass sponge} (Zo[94]l.), an inferior kind of commercial
            sponge from Florida and the Bahamas.
  
      {Grass table}. (Arch.) See {Earth table}, under {Earth}.
  
      {Grass vetch} (Bot.), a vetch ({Lathyrus Nissolia}), with
            narrow grasslike leaves.
  
      {Grass widow}. [Cf. Prov. R. an unmarried mother, G.
            strohwittwe a mock widow, Sw. gr[84]senka a grass widow.]
            (a) An unmarried woman who is a mother. [Obs.]
            (b) A woman separated from her husband by abandonment or
                  prolonged absence; a woman living apart from her
                  husband. [Slang.]
  
      {Grass wrack} (Bot.) eelgrass.
  
      {To bring to grass} (Mining.), to raise, as ore, to the
            surface of the ground.
  
      {To put to grass}, {To put out to grass}, to put out to graze
            a season, as cattle.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Jackson Belden, OH
      Zip code(s): 44718

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Jackson Parish, LA (parish, FIPS 49)
      Location: 32.29627 N, 92.55379 W
      Population (1990): 15705 (7041 housing units)
      Area: 1476.2 sq km (land), 27.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Jacksonburg, OH (village, FIPS 38192)
      Location: 39.53793 N, 84.50388 W
      Population (1990): 50 (18 housing units)
      Area: 0.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
   Jacksonburg, WV
      Zip code(s): 26377

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Jacksonport, AR (town, FIPS 34720)
      Location: 35.64121 N, 91.30777 W
      Population (1990): 264 (121 housing units)
      Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Jacksonville, AL (city, FIPS 38272)
      Location: 33.81065 N, 85.76077 W
      Population (1990): 10283 (3920 housing units)
      Area: 17.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 36265
   Jacksonville, AR (city, FIPS 34750)
      Location: 34.86975 N, 92.12799 W
      Population (1990): 29101 (10890 housing units)
      Area: 50.9 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water)
   Jacksonville, FL
      Zip code(s): 32202, 32204, 32205, 32206, 32207, 32208, 32209, 32210, 32211, 32216, 32217, 32218, 32219, 32220, 32221, 32222, 32223, 32224, 32225, 32226, 32244, 32256, 32257, 32258, 32259
   Jacksonville, GA (town, FIPS 41708)
      Location: 31.81556 N, 82.97868 W
      Population (1990): 128 (69 housing units)
      Area: 2.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 31544
   Jacksonville, IL (city, FIPS 38115)
      Location: 39.72969 N, 90.23429 W
      Population (1990): 19324 (7898 housing units)
      Area: 21.6 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water)
   Jacksonville, MD
      Zip code(s): 21131
   Jacksonville, MO (village, FIPS 36224)
      Location: 39.58748 N, 92.47284 W
      Population (1990): 115 (54 housing units)
      Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 65260
   Jacksonville, NC (city, FIPS 34200)
      Location: 34.76435 N, 77.40415 W
      Population (1990): 30013 (11810 housing units)
      Area: 33.7 sq km (land), 0.7 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 28540, 28546
   Jacksonville, OH (village, FIPS 38304)
      Location: 39.47576 N, 82.08005 W
      Population (1990): 544 (232 housing units)
      Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
   Jacksonville, OR (city, FIPS 37000)
      Location: 42.31309 N, 122.96756 W
      Population (1990): 1896 (912 housing units)
      Area: 4.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
   Jacksonville, PA (borough, FIPS 37552)
      Location: 40.54152 N, 79.28339 W
      Population (1990): 89 (48 housing units)
      Area: 0.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
   Jacksonville, TX (city, FIPS 37216)
      Location: 31.96527 N, 95.26000 W
      Population (1990): 12765 (5045 housing units)
      Area: 32.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 75766
   Jacksonville, VT (village, FIPS 36025)
      Location: 42.79727 N, 72.82076 W
      Population (1990): 244 (110 housing units)
      Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 05342

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Jacksonville Bea, FL
      Zip code(s): 32227, 32250

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Jacksonville Beach, FL (city, FIPS 35050)
      Location: 30.27716 N, 81.38073 W
      Population (1990): 17839 (8709 housing units)
      Area: 19.9 sq km (land), 37.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Jacksonville city, FL ((remainder), FIPS 35160)
      Location: 30.33455 N, 81.65769 W
      Population (1990): 635230 (267148 housing units)
      Area: 1965.0 sq km (land), 314.2 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Jacksonville N A, FL
      Zip code(s): 32212

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Jacumba, CA
      Zip code(s): 91934

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Jasonville, IN (city, FIPS 37764)
      Location: 39.16255 N, 87.19956 W
      Population (1990): 2200 (1070 housing units)
      Area: 3.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 47438
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