Found 3 hits - Term: jack frost, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
frost \frost\ fro^st; 115, n. oe. frost, forst, as. forst,
frost. fr. fre'osan to freeze; akin to d. varst, g., ohg.,
icel., dan., sw. frost. root18. see freeze, v. i.
1. the act of freezing; -- applied chiefly to the congelation
of water; congelation of fluids.
1913 webster
2. the state or temperature of the air which occasions
congelation, or the freezing of water; severe cold or
freezing weather.
1913 webster
the third bay comes a frost, a killing frost.
--shak.
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3. frozen dew; -- called also hoarfrost or white frost.
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he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes. --ps.
cxlvii. 16.
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4. coldness or insensibility; severity or rigidity of
character. r.
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it was of those moments of intense feeling when the
frost of the scottish people melts like a snow
wreath. --sir w.
scott.
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black frost, cold so intense as to freeze vegetation and
cause it to turn black, without the formation of
hoarfrost.
frost bearer physics, a philosophical instrument
illustrating the freezing of water in a vacuum; a
cryophorus.
frost grape bot., an american grape, with very small,
acid berries.
frost lamp, a lamp placed below the oil tube of an argand
lamp to keep the oil limpid on cold nights; -- used
especially in lighthouses. --knight.
frost nail, a nail with a sharp head driven into a horse's
shoe to keep him from slipping.
frost smoke, an appearance resembling smoke, caused by
congelation of vapor in the atmosphere in time of severe
cold.
1913 webster
the brig and the ice round her are covered by a
strange black
obscurity: it is the frost smoke of arctic winters.
--kane.
frost valve, a valve to drain the portion of a pipe,
hydrant, pump, etc., where water would be liable to
freeze.
jack frost, a popular personification of frost.
1913 webster
see also:
freeze hoarfrost white frost black frost frost bearer frost grape
frost lamp frost nail frost smoke frost valve jack frost
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
jack \jack\ ja^k, n. f. jacques james, l. jacobus, gr. ?,
heb. ya 'aq=ob jacob; prop., seizing by the heel; hence, a
supplanter. cf. jacobite, jockey.
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1. a familiar nickname of, or substitute for, john.
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you are john rugby, and you are jack rugby. --shak.
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2. an impertinent or silly fellow; a simpleton; a boor; a
clown; also, a servant; a rustic. "jack fool." --chaucer.
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since every jack became a gentleman,
there 's many a gentle person made a jack. --shak.
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3. a popular colloquial name for a sailor; -- called also
jack tar, and jack afloat.
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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.
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5. a portable machine variously constructed, for exerting
great pressure, or lifting or moving a heavy body such as
an automobile 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.
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6. the small bowl used as a mark in the game of bowls.
--shak.
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like an uninstructed bowler who thinks to attain the
jack by delivering his bowl straight forward upon
it. --sir w.
scott.
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7. the male of certain animals, as of the ass.
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8. zool.
a a young pike; a pickerel.
b the jurel.
c a large, california rock fish sebastodes
paucispinus; -- called also boccaccio, and
m'erou.
d the wall-eyed pike.
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9. a drinking measure holding half a pint; also, one holding
a quarter of a pint. prov. eng. --halliwell.
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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.
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11. the knave of a suit of playing cards.
12. pl. a game played with small metallic, with
tetrahedrally oriented spikes objects the jacks1950+,
formerly jackstones that are tossed, caught, picked up,
and arranged on a horizontal surface in various patterns;
in the modern american game, the movements are
accompanied by tossing or bouncing a rubber ball on the
horizontal surface supporting the jacks. same as
jackstones.
pjc
13. money. slang
pjc
14. apple jack.
pjc
15. brandy.
pjc
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.
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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.
jack crosstree. naut. see 10, b, above.
jack curlew zool., the whimbrel.
jack frame. cotton spinning see 4
g, above.
jack frost, frost or cold weather 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
"pot," which is the sum total of all the bets. see also
jackpot.
jack rabbit zool., 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 lepus 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
lepus 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 zool., 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. zool. 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.
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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
erysimum 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-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-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.
yellow jack naut., the yellow fever; also, the quarantine
flag. see yellow flag, under flag.
1913 webster
see also:
jacobite jockey jack tar jack afloat hopper sebastodes paucispinus
boccaccio m'erou union jack jack crosstree jackstones
jack arch jack back back jack block jack boots
jack crosstree jack curlew jack frame jack frost jack hare
jack lamp jack plane jack post jack pot jackpot
jack rabbit lepus californicus lepus callotis lepus campestris jack rafter
jack salmon jack sauce jack shaft jack sinker jack snipe
jack staff jack timber jack towel jack truss jack tree
jack jack yard blue jack hydraulic jack jack-at-a-pinch
jack-at-all-trades jack-by-the-hedge erysimum erysimum alliaria alliaria officinalis
sauce-alone jack-in-office jack-in-the-bush cordia cylindrostachya jack-in-the-green
jack-of-the-buttery sedum acre jack-of-the-clock jack-on-both-sides jack-out-of-office
jack the giant killer yellow jack yellow flag flag
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jack frost
n : a personification of frost or winter weather
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