jacket

  • 1jacket — ● jacket nom masculin (anglais jacket) Four à cuve à double paroi métallique à circulation d eau, utilisé pour la fusion des mattes dans les métallurgies du cuivre, du plomb et du nickel. ● jacket (synonymes) nom masculin (anglais jacket) Four à… …

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  • 2Jacket — Jack et, n. [F. jaquette, dim. of jaque. See 3d {Jack}, n.] [1913 Webster] 1. A short upper garment, extending downward to the hips; a short coat without skirts. [1913 Webster] 2. An outer covering for anything, esp. a covering of some… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 3Jacket — Jack et, v. t. 1. To put a jacket on; to furnish, as a boiler, with a jacket. [1913 Webster] 2. To thrash; to beat. [Low] [1913 Webster] …

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  • 4Jacket — steht für: The Jacket, Filmtitel Red Jacket, Indianerhäuptling Tragkonstruktion von Offshore Bauwerken Die Tarierweste für Taucher Siehe auch: Jackett …

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  • 5jacket — jȁcket (izg. džȅkit) m DEFINICIJA ovitak, omot, ovoj, ob. u: SINTAGMA jacket kruna med. u stomatologiji porculanska kruna koja se stavlja na liječeni zub ETIMOLOGIJA engl. jacket: kaput …

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  • 6jacket — [jak′it] n. [ME jaket < OFr jaquette, dim. of jaque < Sp jaco < Ar shakk] 1. a short coat, usually with sleeves 2. an outer coating or covering; specif., a) DUST JACKET ☆ b) a cardboard holder for a phonograph record c) the metal casi …

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  • 7jacket — verb, meaning ‘to cover with a jacket’, has inflected forms jacketed, jacketing, with one t …

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  • 8jacket — ► NOUN 1) an outer garment extending to the waist or hips, with sleeves. 2) an outer covering placed around something for protection or insulation. 3) the skin of a potato. ► VERB (jacketed, jacketing) ▪ cover with a jacket. ORIGIN …

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  • 9jacket — jack·et n: a standard insurance policy to which other coverage or exclusions may be attached Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …

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  • 10jacket — (n.) mid 15c., short garment for men, from M.Fr. jaquet short coat with sleeves, dim. of O.Fr. jaque, a kind of tunic, probably from Jacque, the male proper name, also the generic name of a French peasant (see JACQUERIE (Cf. jacquerie)), but… …

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