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see Ils Jack.

A privy. Shak.

A South American striped frog (Pseudis paradoxa), remarkable for having a tadpole larger than the adult, and hence called also paradoxical frog.

An African parrot (Psittacus erithacus), very commonly kept as a cage bird; -- called also gray parrot.

See Jackwood.

A district or a subvision of a vilayet. [Turkey]

The governor of a sanjak or district in Turkey.

A privy or jakes. [Obs.] Chaucer. Gong farmer, Gong man, a cleaner of privies. [Obs.]

is much used in cabinetwork. It is also used for dyeing a brilliant yellow. [Written also jak.]

C. muntjac, which occurs both in India and on the East Indian Islands. [Written also muntjak.]

In Turkey, an administrative authority of any of certain sanjaks. They are appointed directly by the Sultan.

In Turkey, a sanjak whose head is a mutessarif.

a short rounded or even tail, and often a naked space on the cheeks. The gray parrot, or jako (P. erithacus) of Africa (see Jako), and the species of Amazon, or green, parrots (Chrysotis) of America, are examples. Many species, as cage birds, readily learn to imitate sounds, and to repeat words and phrases. Carolina p…

See Sanjak.

A drain to carry off filthy water; a jakes.

se became somewhat lesstortuous, when the battle of the Boyne had cowed the spirit of the Jakobites. Macaulay.