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  • Jah-lion
    See lion.
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  • Jah
    [DJE idem "probably from Jah Jehova (cf. OED). A deity in the cults of 'Maroons' 1953"; evidently taken on by
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  • Jacob's ladder
    [in reference to Genesis 28:12] n. a style of plaiting broad strips of light and dark STRAW together, forming a
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  • jack up
    v. phr. 1. [cf. Brit. slang idem DES, Scots jeck to neglect a piece of work CSDI to ruin (a piece
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  • jackstone
    [OED idem, jackstone a small six- pointed usu. metal object used in the game of jacks; cf. W3 jack, a small round
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  • Jack Spaniard
    n. 1. [cf. DJE, type of fowl or chicken with few feathers; those which it has are reddish, whence the name)
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  • jack-o'-lantern
    (Black); jack-ma-lantern (Andros) [cf. Montserrat jak lánchan (I. Wells), Trin. jackalantan (Ottley 45), US Black Jack o ma lantern (Smiley
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  • Jacko
    [W Car. a credulous person; cf. also JACK 2] n. 1. a somewhat contemptuous term of address: Jacko --da's what
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  • jackmada
    /jakmadá/ [cf. DJE jack-in-the-bush /jákana bush/ E. odoratum] n. a shrub, Eupatorium viollosum, used medicinally: 1920 (Britton 438). 1978 Jackmada
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  • jacknife fish
    [from appearance] n. a fish, Equetus lanceolatus: 1968 Jacknife fish ... the high dorsal fin and elongated tail resemble an
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