Defn: A low servant; a mean fellow. Shak.
JACKSMITH
Jack"smith`, n.
Defn: A smith who makes jacks. See 2d Jack, 4, c. Dryden.
JACKSNIPE Jack"snipe`, n. (Zoöl.) (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.
JACKSTAY
Jack"stay`, n. (Naut.)
Defn: A rail of wood or iron stretching along a yard of a vessel, to which the sails are fastened.
JACKSTONE Jack"stone`, n. (a) One of the pebbles or pieces used in the game of jackstones. (b) (pl.) A game played with five small stones or pieces of metal. See 6th Chuck.
JACKSTRAW
Jack"straw`, n.
1. An effigy stuffed with straw; a scarecrow; hence, a man without property or influence. Milton.
2. One of a set of straws of strips of ivory, bone, wood, etc., for playing a child's game, the jackstraws being thrown confusedly together on a table, to be gathered up singly by a hooked instrument, without touching or disturbing the rest of the pile. See Spilikin.