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Jacket : (noun)
1: a short coat
2: an outer wrapping or casing; "phonograph records were sold
in cardboard jackets"
3: (dentistry) an artificial crown fitted over a broken or
decayed tooth [syn: jacket crown]
4: the outer skin of a potato
5: the tough metal shell casing for certain kinds of ammunition
(verb)
1: provide with a thermally non-conducting cover; "The tubing
needs to be jacketed"
2: put a jacket on; "The men were jacketed"
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Jacket : \Jack"et\, v. t.
1. To put a jacket on; to furnish, as a boiler, with a
jacket.
2. To thrash; to beat. [Low]
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Jacket : \Jack"et\, n. [F. jaquette, dim. of jaque. See 3d Jack,
n.]
1. A short upper garment, extending downward to the hips; a
short coat without skirts.
2. An outer covering for anything, esp. a covering of some
nonconducting material such as wood or felt, used to
prevent radiation of heat, as from a steam boiler,
cylinder, pipe, etc.
3. (Mil.) In ordnance, a strengthening band surrounding and
re["e]nforcing the tube in which the charge is fired.
4. A garment resembling a waistcoat lined with cork, to serve
as a life preserver; -- called also cork jacket.
Blue jacket. (Naut.) See under Blue.
Steam jacket, a space filled with steam between an inner
and an outer cylinder, or between a casing and a
receptacle, as a kettle.
To dust one's jacket, to give one a beating. [Colloq.]
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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