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| Jack | The national flag flown on a jackstaff on the bow of naval ships while anchored. |
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| Jack Lines | Safety lines, usually of flat webbing, that run along the deck between bow and stern used to attach a tether from a safety harness. |
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| Jack Nastyface | Nickname for an unpopular seaman. |
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| Jack Tar | Nickname for a British naval seaman. |
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| Jack With a Lantern | Used by some seamen to describe St. Elmo's Fire. |
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| Jackanapes | see Monkey Jacket. |
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| Jackass Barque | Four-masted sailing ship square-rigged on the two foremost masts and fore-and-aft rigged on the two after masts. |
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| Jackstaff | A short vertically erected pole at the bow on which the national flag is hoisted on naval ships while at anchor. |
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| Jackstay | A line or cable secured between two points and used as a support for various purposes. |
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| Jackyard | A yard or pole extending the head or foot of the topsail beyond the topmast or gaff of a gaff-rigged boat |
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| Jacobs Ladder | A rope ladder with wooden steps. A rope ladder, lowered from the deck, as when pilots or passengers come aboard. |
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| Jam Cleat | A cleat designed to hold a line in place without slipping. It consists of two narrowing jaws with teeth in which the line is placed. |
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| Jaw | The distance between a rope's adjacent strands, giving a measure of the tightness of the lay. The shorter the distance, the harder the lay. When a line has been overused and the lay has become slack, it is said to be slack-jawed. |
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| Jaws | A fitting holding a boom or gaff to the mast. |
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| Jenny | A genoa jib. A large jib that overlaps the mast. |
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