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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Jacket \Jack"et\, verb (used with an object)
1. To put a jacket on; to furnish, as a boiler, with a jacket.
2. To thrash; to beat. [Low]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Jacket \Jack"et\, noun [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.]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
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"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
159 Moby Thesaurus words for "jacket": Eton jacket, Leatherette, Leatheroid, Mao jacket, Smyth sewing, backing, bandage, bandaging, bark, bibliopegy, binder, binder board, binding, blazer, blouse, body coat, bolero, bomber jacket, bonnet, book cloth, book cover, book jacket, bookbinding, bookcase, boot, bran, breech, cap, capsule, capuchin, car coat, case, casemaking, casing-in, chaff, chaqueta, chesterfield, claw hammer, claw-hammer coat, cloak, coat, coif, collating, collating mark, corn shuck, cornhusk, cover, cutaway coat, cuticle, dermis, dinner jacket, doublet, dress coat, duffel, dust cover, dust jacket, envelope, envelopment, fell, fingertip coat, fitted coat, fleece, flesh, folding, footband, frock, frock coat, fur, furring, gathering, gift wrapping, gluing-off, gown, greatcoat, hard binding, hat, headband, hide, hood, hull, husk, imitation fur, imitation leather, integument, jerkin, jumper, jupe, leather, leather paper, library binding, lining, lining-up, loden coat, mackinaw, mantle, mechanical binding, mess jacket, midicoat, monkey jacket, niggerhead, outer layer, outer skin, overcoat, palea, parka, pea jacket, peel, pelt, peltry, perfect binding, plastic binding, pod, rawhide, reefer, rind, rounding, sack, saddle stitching, san benito, sewing, sheath, shell, shirt, shoe, shuck, side sewing, signature, ski jacket, skin, skins, sleeve waistcoat, slipcase, slipcover, smashing, smoking jacket, sock, soft binding, spiketail coat, spiral binding, stamping, stapling, stocking, swallowtail, tabard, tail coat, tailband, tails, tegument, tipping, topcoat, trimming, vair, watch coat, windbreaker, wire stitching, woolly, wrap, wrapper, wrapping
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