Jackass bark(Naut.), a three-masted vessel, with only the foremast square-rigged; a barkentine. Jackass deer(Zoöl.), the koba.Jackass hare, Jackass rabbit(Zoöl.). See Jack rabbit, under 2d Jack, n.Jackass penguin(Zoöl.), any species of penguin of the genus Spheniscus, of which several are known. One species (S. demersus) inhabits the islands near the Cape of Good Hope; another (S. Magellanicus) is found at the Falkland Islands. They make a noise like the braying of an ass; — hence the name.Laughing jackass. (Zoöl.) See under Laughing.

Jackdaw
(Jack"daw`) n. [Prob. 2d jack + daw, n.] (Zoöl.) See Daw, n.

Jackeen
(Jack*een") n. A drunken, dissolute fellow. [Ireland] S. C. Hall.

Jacket
(Jack"et) n. [F. jaquette, dim. of jaque. See 3d Jack, n.]

1. A short upper garment, extending downward to the hips; a short coat without skirts.

2. An outer covering for anything, esp. a covering of some nonconducting material such as wood or felt, used to prevent radiation of heat, as from a steam boiler, cylinder, pipe, etc.

3. (Mil.) In ordnance, a strengthening band surrounding and reënforcing the tube in which the charge is fired.

4. A garment resembling a waistcoat lined with cork, to serve as a life preserver; — called also cork jacket.

Blue jacket. (Naut.) See under Blue.Steam jacket, a space filled with steam between an inner and an outer cylinder, or between a casing and a receptacle, as a kettle.To dust one's jacket, to give one a beating. [Colloq.]

Jacket
(Jack"et), v. t.

1. To put a jacket on; to furnish, as a boiler, with a jacket.

2. To thrash; to beat. [Low]

Jacketed
(Jack"et*ed), a. Wearing, or furnished with, a jacket.

Jacketing
(Jack"et*ing), n. The material of a jacket; as, nonconducting jacketing.

Jack-a-lent
(Jack"-a-lent) n. A small stuffed puppet to be pelted in Lent; hence, a simple fellow.

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.

Jackass
(Jack"ass`) n. [2d jack + ass.]

1. The male ass; a donkey.

2. A conceited dolt; a perverse blockhead.


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