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Definition of Jackstraw
1. Noun. A thin strip of wood used in playing the game of jackstraws.
Definition of Jackstraw
1. n. An effigy stuffed with straw; a scarecrow; hence, a man without property or influence.
Definition of Jackstraw
1. Noun. (qualifier usually plural) One of the pieces used for the game variously called jackstraws or pick-up-sticks. ¹
2. Noun. (obsolete) An insignificant person. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Jackstraw
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Jackstraw
1. 1. An effigy stuffed with straw; a scarecrow; hence, a man without property or influence. 2. One of a set of straws of strips of ivory, bone, wood, etc, for playing a child's game, the jackstraws being thrown confusedly together on a table, to be gathered up singly by a hooked instrument, without touching or disturbing the rest of the pile. See Spilikin. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jackstraw
Literary usage of Jackstraw
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society by American Antiquarian Society (1902)
"Among them were William jackstraw and his two sons, Joseph jackstraw and John
jackstraw. They were all hanged on Boston Common, September 21, 1676. ..."
2. A History of Framingham, Massachusetts: Including the Plantation, from 1640 by William Barry (1847)
"jackstraw being examined, do confess the same thing as above ; owns that his sons
Joseph and John above examined, were present at the desolation of Gn. ..."
3. History of Middlesex County, Massachusetts: Containing Carefully Prepared by Samuel Adams Drake (1879)
"... William jackstraw, Joseph jackstraw, and John jackstraw. On the 1st of February,
1676, Netus with ten or more followers made an assault upon the house ..."
4. On Some Deficiencies in Our English Dictionaries: Being the Substance of Two by Richard Chenevix Trench (1860)
"A reference to Milton's original, where " stramineus eques" are the words, throws
abundant light on the meaning of 'jackstraw.' 3 " So are these bugbears of ..."
5. Proposal for the Publication of a New English Dictionary by Philological Society (Great Britain) (1859)
"A reference to Milton's original, where " stramineus eques" are the words, throws
abundant light on the meaning of 'jackstraw.' 3 " So are these bugbears of ..."
6. The Hundredth Town: Glimpses of Life in Westborough. 1717-1817 by Harriette Merrifield Forbes (1889)
"He was soon forgotten, but jackstraw hill is his monument; ... In this company
there were three — a father and two sons — bearing the name of jackstraw. ..."
7. Among the People of British Columbia: Red, White, Yellow, and Brown by Frances Elizabeth Herring (1903)
"In the main building were more machines of the jackstraw design, upon which the
cleaned fish were ..."
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