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jackscrew
A machine used to raise heavy things a short distance, operated by turning a screwlike shaft
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  1. A machine used to raise heavy things a short distance, operated by turning a screwlike shaft
  2. A jack operated by a screw.
ratchet
A pawl, click, or detent for holding or propelling a ratchet wheel, or ratch, etc.
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  1. A pawl, click, or detent for holding or propelling a ratchet wheel, or ratch, etc.
  2. A toothed wheel (in full ratchet wheel) or bar whose teeth slope in one direction so as to catch and hold a pawl, which thus prevents backward movement
  3. A ratchet wrench.
jack
A coarse mediaeval coat of defence, especially one made of leather.
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  1. A coarse mediaeval coat of defence, especially one made of leather.
  2. (Naut.) A small flag usually flown on a ship's bow to show nationality, often, specif., union jack
  3. (Short for) jack rabbit
buck
Casual oxford shoes, originally of buckskin, now usually of light-colored suede, nubuck, etc.
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  1. Casual oxford shoes, originally of buckskin, now usually of light-colored suede, nubuck, etc.
  2. (Games) A counter or marker formerly passed from one poker player to another to indicate an obligation, especially one's turn to deal.
  3. Antelope considered as a group:
stud
A small, buttonlike device with a smaller button or shank on the back, inserted in a shirt front as an ornament or fastener
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  1. A small, buttonlike device with a smaller button or shank on the back, inserted in a shirt front as an ornament or fastener
  2. One of a number of small metal cleats embedded in a snow tire to increase traction on slippery or snowy roads.
  3. (Games) Stud poker.
stag
An animal, especially a pig, castrated after reaching sexual maturity.
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  1. An animal, especially a pig, castrated after reaching sexual maturity.
  2. The adult male of various deer, especially the red deer.
  3. A person who attends a social gathering unaccompanied by a partner, especially a man who is unaccompanied by a woman.
mariner
A sailor; seaman
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  1. A sailor; seaman
  2. One who navigates or assists in navigating a ship.
  3. (Baseball) A player on the team the Seattle Mariners.
navigator
A device that navigates an aircraft, automobile or missile
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  1. A device that navigates an aircraft, automobile or missile
  2. A person who navigates; esp., one skilled or employed in plotting the course for a ship or aircraft
  3. A person who navigates, especially an officer with that responsibility on a ship or an aircrew member with that responsibility on an aircraft
sailor
A person who makes a living by sailing; mariner; seaman
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  1. A person who makes a living by sailing; mariner; seaman
  2. A straw hat with a low, flat crown and flat brim
  3. One who travels by water.
sea dog
An experienced sailor
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  1. An experienced sailor
  2. Any of various seals
  3. A seal or a similar marine mammal.
seafarer
A traveler by sea; esp., a sailor
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  1. A traveler by sea; esp., a sailor
  2. One who travels by sea.
  3. A person who travels by sea.
seaman
A sailor; mariner
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  1. A sailor; mariner
  2. One who holds the rank of seaman, seaman apprentice, or seaman recruit.
  3. (U.S. Navy) An enlisted person ranking below a petty officer third class, whose general duties involve most ships' equipment other than boilers and engines
salt
Any of various mineral salts, such as magnesium sulfate, sodium sulfate, or potassium sodium tartrate, used as laxatives or cathartics.
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  1. Any of various mineral salts, such as magnesium sulfate, sodium sulfate, or potassium sodium tartrate, used as laxatives or cathartics.
  2. A colorless or white crystalline salt in which a sodium atom (the cation) is bonded to a chlorine atom (the anion). This salt is found naturally in all animal fluids, in seawater, and in underground deposits (when it is often called halite ). It is used widely as a food seasoning and preservative. Also called common salt, sodium chloride, table salt. Chemical formula: NaCl.
  3. Any of a large class of chemical compounds formed when a positively charged ion (a cation) bonds with a negatively charged ion (an anion), as when a halogen bonds with a metal. Salts are water soluble; when dissolved, the ions are freed from each other, and the electrical conductivity of the water is increased.
tar
A solid, sticky substance that remains when tobacco is burned. It accumulates in the lungs of smokers and is considered carcinogenic.
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  1. A solid, sticky substance that remains when tobacco is burned. It accumulates in the lungs of smokers and is considered carcinogenic.
  2. A thick, sticky, brown to black liquid with a pungent odor, obtained by the destructive distillation of wood, coal, peat, shale, etc.: tars are composed of hydrocarbons and their derivatives, and are used for protecting and preserving surfaces, in making various organic compounds, etc.
  3. A solid residue of tobacco smoke containing byproducts of combustion.
gob
(Informal) A large quantity or amount
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  1. (Informal) A large quantity or amount
  2. A small mass or lump.
  3. Waste material produced in coal mining, consisting of clay, shale, etc.
banderole
A representation of a ribbon or scroll bearing an inscription.
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  1. A representation of a ribbon or scroll bearing an inscription.
  2. A little banner, flag, or streamer.
  3. A narrow flag or pennant, esp. one attached to a lance or carried at the masthead of a ship
banner
A piece of cloth bearing a motto or legend, as of a club.
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  1. A piece of cloth bearing a motto or legend, as of a club.
  2. (Internet, television) A type of advertisement in a web page or on television, usually taking the form of a graphic or animation above or alongside the content. Contrast popup, interstitial.
  3. A piece of cloth bearing a design, motto, slogan, etc., sometimes attached to a staff and used as a battle standard
banneret
(Military, historical) A proposed but unadopted senior commissioned rank of the Royal Air Force equivalent to group captain.
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  1. (Military, historical) A proposed but unadopted senior commissioned rank of the Royal Air Force equivalent to group captain.
  2. A noble, knighted feudal lord who has the right to lead his vassals to battle under his own banner
  3. A feudal knight ranking between a knight bachelor and a baron, who was entitled to lead men into battle under his own standard.
color
Vividness or variety in expression:
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  1. Vividness or variety in expression:
  2. Any color other than black, white, or gray; chromatic color: color is distinguished by the qualities of hue (as red, brown, yellow, etc.), lightness (for pigmented surfaces) or brightness (for light itself), and saturation (the degree of intensity of a hue)
  3. Color charge.
ensign
A standard or banner, as of a military unit.
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  1. A standard or banner, as of a military unit.
  2. A flag or banner; specif., a national flag, as one displayed on a ship
  3. A national flag displayed on ships and aircraft, often with the special insignia of a branch or unit of the armed forces.
flag
A strip of cloth worn by players in : a person carrying the ball is considered down when an opponent snatches his or her flag
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  1. A strip of cloth worn by players in : a person carrying the ball is considered down when an opponent snatches his or her flag
  2. Any of various wild irises with flat fans of sword-shaped leaves and white, blue, or yellow flowers
  3. A piece of cloth, usually rectangular, of distinctive color and design, used as a symbol, standard, signal, or emblem.
oriflamme
The red or orange-red flag of the Abbey of Saint Denis in France, used as a standard by the early kings of France.
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  1. The red or orange-red flag of the Abbey of Saint Denis in France, used as a standard by the early kings of France.
  2. The ancient royal standard of France, a red silk banner with flame-shaped streamers
  3. An inspiring standard or symbol.
pennant
(Sports) A flag that symbolizes the championship of a league, especially a professional baseball league.
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  1. (Sports) A flag that symbolizes the championship of a league, especially a professional baseball league.
  2. (Nautical) A long, tapering, usually triangular flag, used on ships for signaling or identification.
  3. A flag or an emblem similar in shape to a ship's pennant.
pennon
A thin triangular flag or streamer, especially as hung from the end of a lance or spear.
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  1. A thin triangular flag or streamer, especially as hung from the end of a lance or spear.
  2. A pennant, banner, or flag.
  3. A long, narrow, triangular or swallow-tailed flag borne on a lance as an ensign, as formerly by knights and lancers
standard
Something, such as a practice or a product, that is widely recognized or employed, especially because of its excellence.
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  1. Something, such as a practice or a product, that is widely recognized or employed, especially because of its excellence.
  2. The proportion of pure gold or silver and base metal prescribed for use in coinage
  3. (--- Mil.) The colors of a cavalry unit
streamer
A long narrow strip of material used for ornament or decoration.
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  1. A long narrow strip of material used for ornament or decoration.
  2. Any long, narrow strip of cloth, colored paper, ribbon, etc., hanging loose at one end
  3. A column of light shooting across the sky in the aurora borealis.
cash
Bills and coins; currency
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  1. Bills and coins; currency
  2. Any of various Asian coins of small denomination, especially a copper and lead coin with a square hole in its center.
  3. Money that a person actually has, including money on deposit; esp., ready money
currency
Common acceptance; general use; prevalence
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  1. Common acceptance; general use; prevalence
  2. (Rare) The time during which anything is current
  3. The money in circulation in any country; often, specif., paper money
lucre
Money or profits.
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  1. Money or profits.
money
Pecuniary profit or loss:
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  1. Pecuniary profit or loss:
  2. A wealthy person, family, or group:
  3. Any definite or indefinite sum of money
wampum
Small beads made of shells and used by North American Indians as money, for ornament, etc.: they were of two varieties, white and the more valuable black (or dark purple)
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  1. Small beads made of shells and used by North American Indians as money, for ornament, etc.: they were of two varieties, white and the more valuable black (or dark purple)
  2. (Slang) Money
bread
A staple food made from flour or meal mixed with other dry and liquid ingredients, usually combined with a leavening agent, and kneaded, shaped into loaves, and baked.
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  1. A staple food made from flour or meal mixed with other dry and liquid ingredients, usually combined with a leavening agent, and kneaded, shaped into loaves, and baked.
  2. Means of support; livelihood:
  3. (--- Slang) Money.
cabbage
(Archaic) Cloth snippets appropriated by a tailor when cutting out clothes
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  1. (Archaic) Cloth snippets appropriated by a tailor when cutting out clothes
  2. Any of several forms of a vegetable (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) of the mustard family, having a globose head consisting of a short stem and tightly overlapping green to purplish leaves.
  3. (Slang) Paper money
dough
Any pasty mass like this
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  1. Any pasty mass like this
  2. A mixture of flour, liquid, leavening, and other ingredients, worked into a soft, thick mass for baking into bread, pastry, etc.
  3. (Slang) Money
gelt
(Obsolete) Gilding; gilt.
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  1. (Obsolete) Gilding; gilt.
  2. (Judaism) Money, especially that given as a gift on Hanukkah or used in games of dreidel.
  3. Money.
green
(--- Sports) A putting green.
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  1. (--- Sports) A putting green.
  2. Anything colored green, as clothing
  3. (Slang) Money, esp. paper money
lettuce
Any of a genus (Lactuca) of hardy, annual composite plants; specif., a plant (L. sativa) grown for its crisp, succulent, green leaves
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  1. Any of a genus (Lactuca) of hardy, annual composite plants; specif., a plant (L. sativa) grown for its crisp, succulent, green leaves
  2. The leaves of such a plant, much used in salads
  3. (Slang) Paper money.
long green
(Idiomatic, slang, often preceded by some or the) Money, especially in the form of cash.
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  1. (Idiomatic, slang, often preceded by some or the) Money, especially in the form of cash.
  2. Paper money.
mazuma
Money; cash.
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  1. Money; cash.
scratch
A wound, usually superficial, inflicted by nails, claws, or something pointed pulled across the skin, etc.
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  1. A wound, usually superficial, inflicted by nails, claws, or something pointed pulled across the skin, etc.
  2. (Sports) The starting point or time of a contestant who receives no handicap
  3. (Slang) Money
brass
(Uncountable, informal) A brave or foolhardy attitude.
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  1. (Uncountable, informal) A brave or foolhardy attitude.
  2. (Countable, music) A class of wind instruments, usually made of metal (such as brass), that use vibrations of the player's lips to produce sound.
  3. (Slang, dated) Money.
hike
To pull or raise with a sudden motion; hitch:
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  1. To pull or raise with a sudden motion; hitch:
  2. To go on an extended walk for pleasure or exercise.
  3. (Informal) To raise (prices, etc.)
jump
(--- Informal) To act quickly; hustle:
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  1. (--- Informal) To act quickly; hustle:
  2. (Bridge) To raise (the bid) by making a jump bid
  3. To raise (a partner's bid) in bridge by more than is necessary.
raise
To voice; utter:
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  1. To voice; utter:
  2. To bring about; provoke:
  3. To stir up; instigate:
up
To get up; rise.
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  1. To get up; rise.
  2. To raise (a preceding bet or an ante)
  3. (Nautical) To raise:
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  • "No, Jack," Dan said.

  • I packed enough food for Jack for three days.

  • She rose, anxious to be on her way but grateful to take Jack with her.

  • Jack sat beside her.

  • Jack waited for her by the door, and she tucked the weapon Mrs. Watson gave her into one cargo pocket.

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