Jack-stay.
（Nautical.) A rib or plate with holes, or a rod running through eye-bolts, passing along the upper side of a yard, and to which the sail is, bent.
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Jab.
Jabb.
Jack
.
Jack-arch.
Jack-back.
Jack-block.
Jack-boots.
Jack
cross-tree.
Jack
′et.
Jack-frame.
Jack-head
pump.
Jack-in-a-bas′ket.
Jack-in-a-box.
Jack
′knife.
Jack-lad′der.
Jack-pin.
Jack-plane.
Jack-raft′er.
Jack-screw.
Jack-sink′er.
Jack-staff.
Jack-stay.
Jack-tim′ber.
Ja′cobs Lad′der.
Ja′cobs staff.
Jac-o-net′.
Jac′quard loom.
Jag.
Jag-bolt.
Jag′ger.
Jag′ging-board.
Jal-ou-sie′.
Jamb.
Jamb-lin′ing.
Jamb-post.
Jamb-stone.
Jam′da-ri.
Jam-nut.
Jam-weld.
Jank′er.
Jan
′tu.
Ja′nus-cloth.
Ja-pan′.
Ja-pan′--earth.
Jap-a-nese′ silk.
Ja-pan — ink.
Ja-panned′
Leath
′er.
Ja-pan′ning.
Jar.
Jas
′per.
Jaunt′ing-car.
Jave′lin.
Jaw.
Jaw-lev′er.
Jaw-tools.
Jaw-wedge.
Jean
.
Jears.
Jed
′ding-axe.
Jeg.
Jem′my.
Jen′ny.
Jet.
Jet-pump.
Jette.
Jet′ting-out.
Jet′ty.
Jewel.
Jew′el-block.
Jew′el-ers'-red.
Jew′el-set′ter.
Jew's-harp.
Jew's-harp Shack′le.
Jews' pitch.
Jib.
Jib-boom.
Jib-door.
Jib-frame.
Jib-i′ron.
Jib-stay.
Jig.
Jig′ger.
Jigger-knife.
Jigging-ma-chine.
Jig-saw.
Jim-crow.
Jim
′my.
Jin′gal.
Jin′glet.
Jin′ny-road.
Jo′bent-nail.
Jock′ey-pad.
Jock′ey-stick.
Jog.
Jog′gle.
Jog′gle-beam.
Jog′gle-joint.
Jog′gle-piece.
Jog′gle-post.
Jog′gle-truss.
Jog′gle-work.
Join′er.
Join′er's-chis′el.
Join′er's-clamp.
Join′er's-gage.
Join′er's-plane.
Join′er's tools.
Join′er-y.
Joint.
Joint-chair.
Joint-coup′ling.
Joint′ed-mi′cro-scope.
Join′ter.
Joint′er-plane.
Joint-fas′
ten
-ing.
Joint-file.
Joint-hinge.
Jointing-plane.
Joint′ing-rule.
Joint-pipe.
Joint-pli′ers.
Joint-saw.
Joint-stool.
Joint-wire.
Joist.
Jolly-boat.
Jour′nal.
Journal-bear′ing.
Journal-box.
Journal-box Met′al.
Jour′ney.
Juc′
ten
.
Juggle.
Jump.
Jump′er.
Jump-joint.
Jump-seat.
Junc′tion-plate.
Junc′tion-rails.
Junk.
Junk-ring.
Junk-wad.
Ju′ry.
Ju′ry-mast.
Justi-fi-ca′tion.
Jute.
Jut′ting-out.
Jutty.
Jut-win′dow.
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（Nautical.) A rib or plate with holes, or a rod running through eye-bolts, passing along the upper side of a yard, and to which the sail is, bent.
1877.
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