plural of jack-a-lantern

(Bahamas) A drink combining coconut water (or coconut milk), condensed milk (or evaporated milk), and alcohol, especially gin.

The process of descending a fixed rope in a standing position while facing the ground.

(slang) Strong home-made liquor; moonshine.

Fairness in society.

In brewing and malt vinegar manufacture, a cistern which receives the wort.

jump the queue

(knitting machines) A thin iron plate operated by the jack to depress the loop of thread between two needles.

(architecture) Any timber, such as a rafter, rib, or studding, which, being intercepted, is shorter than the others.

A person who is half Jewish and half gentile by birth.