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n. One who, or that which, backs; especially one who backs a person or thing in a contest. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. one who backpacks; as, two backpackers were mauled by bears in Yellowstone this week. [ PJC ]

n. 1. One accustomed to beat about, or travel through, bushes. [ U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

They were gallant bushwhackers, and hunters of raccoons by moonlight. W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A guerrilla; a marauding assassin; one who pretends to be a peaceful citizen, but secretly harasses a hostile force or its sympathizers. [ U.S. ] Farrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. caquerel cagarel (Cotgr.), from the root of E. cack. ] (Zoöl.) The mendole; a small worthless Mediterranean fish considered poisonous by the ancients. See Mendole. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who clacks; that which clacks; especially, the clapper of a mill. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A claqueur. See Claqueur. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who, or that which, cracks. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A noisy boaster; a swaggering fellow. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

What cracker is this same that deafs our ears? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A small firework, consisting of a little powder inclosed in a thick paper cylinder with a fuse, and exploding with a sharp noise; -- usually called firecracker. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A thin, dry biscuit, often hard or crisp; as, a Boston cracker; a Graham cracker; a soda cracker; an oyster cracker. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. A nickname to designate a poor white in some parts of the Southern United States. Bartlett. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Zool.) The pintail duck. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. pl. (Mach.) A pair of fluted rolls for grinding caoutchouc. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. characteristic of country life; as, cracker-barrel philosophy.
Syn. -- folksy, homespun. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a creeping red-berried perenial herb (Cornus canadensis) distinguished by clustered leaf whorls at tips of shoots; Greenland to Alaska.
Syn. -- bunchberry, dwarf cornel, pudding berry, Cornus canadensis. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ also spelled crackerjack. ] [ prob. from crack + jack, a man. ] 1. An individual of marked ability or excellence, esp. in some sport; as, he is a crackajack at tennis. [ Slang ]
Syn. -- jimdandy, jimhickey. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

2. A preparation of popped corn, candied and pressed into small cakes. The name Cracker Jack(TM) is now a trademark for a similar confection. [ U. S. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

3. something excellent of its kind.
Syn. -- jimdandy, jimhickey. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ also spelled crackajack. ] Of marked ability or excellence. [ Slang ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

adj. crazy. [ informal or slang ]
Syn. -- balmy, barmy, bats, batty, bonkers, buggy, cracked, daft, dotty, fruity, haywire, kooky, kookie, loco, loony, loopy, nuts, nutty, wacky. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

. Georgia; -- a nickname. See Cracker, n. 5. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. A small explosive device consisting of a paper or cardboard cylinder having only sufficient explosive mixture to make a loud bang, ignited by a short fuse, and used mostly as an entertainment or in celebrations. Same as Cracker., n., 3. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

v. i. [ OE. flakeren, fr. flacken to move quickly to and fro; cf. icel. flakka to rove about, AS. flacor fluttering, flying, G. flackern to flare, flicker. ] To flutter, as a bird. [ Prov. Eng. ] Grose. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Ornamental objects of no great value.
Syn. -- falderal, folderol, frills, nonsense, trumpery, trinkets, gewgaws, knickknacks, tchotchkes. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. One of those who supported greenback or paper money, and opposed the resumption of specie payments. [ Colloq. U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, hacks. Specifically: A cutting instrument for making notches; esp., one used for notching pine trees in collecting turpentine; a hack. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Hind. chhakrā. ] A cart with wooden wheels, drawn by bullocks. [ Bengal ] Malcom. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ n. Also }. [ Jack + kangaroo. ] A young man living as an apprentice on a sheep station, or otherwise engaged in acquainting himself with colonial life. [ Colloq., Australia ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. 1. One who makes knickknacks, toys, etc. Mortimer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One of two or more pieces of bone or wood held loosely between the fingers, and struck together by moving the hand; -- called also clapper. Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Icel. hnakkr a saddle. ] 1. a harness maker. [ Obs. or Prov. Eng. ] Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who slaughters worn-out horses and sells their flesh for dog's meat. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Knickknacks. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who lacks or is in want. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. & v. See Lacquer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. maquerel, F. maquereau, fr. D. makelaar mediator, agent, fr. makelen to act as agent. ] A pimp; also, a bawd. [ Obs. ] Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. maquerel, F. maquereau (LL. macarellus), prob. for maclereau, fr. L. macula a spot, in allusion to the markings on the fish. See Mail armor. ] (Zool.) Any species of the genus Scomber of the family Scombridae, and of several related genera. They are finely formed and very active oceanic fishes. Most of them are highly prized for food. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The common mackerel (Scomber scombrus), which inhabits both sides of the North Atlantic, is one of the most important food fishes. It is mottled with green and blue. The Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus maculatus), of the American coast, is covered with bright yellow circular spots. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bull mackerel,
Chub mackerel. (Zool.) See under Chub. --
Frigate mackerel. See under Frigate. --
Horse mackerel . See under Horse. --
Mackerel bird (Zool.), the wryneck; -- so called because it arrives in England at the time when mackerel are in season. --
Mackerel cock (Zool.), the Manx shearwater; -- so called because it precedes the appearance of the mackerel on the east coast of Ireland. --
Mackerel guide. (Zool.) See Garfish (a). --
Mackerel gull (Zool.) any one of several species of gull which feed upon or follow mackerel, as the kittiwake. --
Mackerel midge (Zool.), a very small oceanic gadoid fish of the North Atlantic. It is about an inch and a half long and has four barbels on the upper jaw. It is now considered the young of the genus Onos, or Motella. --
Mackerel plow, an instrument for creasing the sides of lean mackerel to improve their appearance. Knight. --
Mackerel shark (Zool.), the porbeagle. --
Mackerel sky, or
Mackerel-back sky, a sky flecked with small white clouds; a cirro-cumulus. See Cloud. [ 1913 Webster ]

Mackerel sky and mare's-tails
Make tall ships carry low sails. Old Rhyme. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A small silvery fish (Decapterus macarellus) found from Nova Scotia to Brazil. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A sky filled with rows of cirrocumulus or small altocumulus clouds. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. See Nacre. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Knickknackery. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. An instrument for cracking nuts. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) (a) A European bird (Nucifraga caryocatactes), allied to the magpie and crow. Its color is dark brown, spotted with white. It feeds on nuts, seeds, and insects. (b) The American, or Clarke's, nutcracker (Picicorvus Columbianus) of Western North America. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A person whose business is to pack things; especially, one who packs food for preservation or for the market; as, a pork packer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A ring of packing or a special device to render gas-tight and water-tight the space between the tubing and bore of an oil well. [ U. S. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

prop. n. A genus of American or East Asian perennial herbs with yellow to orange or red flower rays; it is sometimes included in genus Senecio.
Syn. -- genus Packera. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n.; pl. Quackeries The acts, arts, or boastful pretensions of a quack; false pretensions to any art; empiricism. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who racks. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A horse that has a racking gait. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who repacks. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who sacks; one who takes part in the storm and pillage of a town. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who tacks. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ . See Thatch, Thatcher. [ Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who, or that which, tracks or pursues, as a man or dog that follows game. [ 1913 Webster ]

And of the trackers of the deer
Scarce half the lessening pack was near. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mus.) In the organ, a light strip of wood connecting (in path) a key and a pallet, to communicate motion by pulling. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who unpacks. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ 1913 Webster ]

1. One who whacks. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Anything very large; specif., a great lie; a whopper. [ Colloq. ] Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who breaks jests; a joker. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The nuthatch. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. (Zool.) The yaffle. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]