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Definition of Jackstone
1. n. One of the pebbles or pieces used in the game of jackstones.
Definition of Jackstone
1. Noun. A jack; one of the playing pieces in the game of jacks. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Jackstone
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jackstone
Literary usage of Jackstone
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Construction Work for the Primary Grades by Edward Francis Worst (1920)
"Marble or jackstone Bag This problem may be so planned that the boys may use the
bag for marbles and the girls may use it for ..."
2. Therapeutic Gazette (1901)
"The jackstone could be seen a little to the left of the middle line, apparently
on a level with the space between the second and third dorsal spines. ..."
3. Library of Useful Knowledge (1838)
"The jackstone produces mo'ion in one part of a machine ; that, varied by mechanical
influence, is communicated to a second ; from the teeth of one wheel it ..."
4. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman (1897)
"He then resorted to gastrotomy, and by means of threads passed through the
œsophagus finally succeeded in drawing the " jackstone" into the stomach and then ..."
5. Wilson's Photographic Magazine (1897)
"In the first case a little girl of five years swallowed a jackstone, ... Goodspeed,
and the jackstone was successfuly removed by Dr. WH White, ..."
6. The Röntgen Rays in Medical Work by David Walsh (1902)
"As it could not be extracted by the mouth, gastrotomy was performed, and
the 'jackstone' drawn down into the stomach and removed. ..."
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