JACK is used also for a horse or wooden frame to saw timber upon; for an instrument to pull off a pair of boots; for a great leathern pitcher to carry drink in; for a small bowl that serves as a mark at the exercise of bowling; and for a young pike.
Jack-Flag, in a ship, that which is hoisted up at the spritsail top-mast head.
Jack-Daw, the English name of a species of corvus. See CORVUS, ORNITHOLOGY Index.
This bird is very mischievous to the farmer and gardener; and is of such a thievish disposition, that he will carry away much more than he can make use of. There is a method of destroying them by a kind of springs much used in England; and is so useful, that it ought to be made universal.—A stake of about five feet long is to be driven firmly into the ground, and made so fast that it cannot move, and so sharp in
Jack-Daw the point that the bird cannot settle upon it. Within
Jacobites. a foot of the top there must be a hole bored through
it, of three quarters of an inch diameter; through
this hole is to be put a stick of about eight inches
long; then a horse-hair springe or noose is to be made
fast to a thin hazel-wand, and this brought up to the
place where the short stick is placed, and carried with
it through the hole, the remainder being left open un-
der that stick. The other end of the hazel rod is to
be put through a hole in the stake near the ground,
and fastened there. The stake is to be planted among
the jack-daw's food, and he will naturally be led to
settle on it; but finding the point too sharp, he will
descend to the little cross stick. This will sink with
his weight, and the springe will receive his leg, and
hold him fast.