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ˈroasting-jack
[roasting vbl. n. 2 a.]
A contrivance for turning meat, etc., while it is being roasted. Cf. Jack n.1 7.
1784Cries of London 124 All lodgers to accommodate With roasting Jacks of twisted wire. 1842S. Lover Handy Andy xxiv, Some cross sticks suspended by a string, after the fashion of a roasting-jack. 1876Geo. Eliot Dan. Der. xxxv, It is not the logic of human action, but of a roasting-jack, that must go on to the last turn when it has been once wound up.
attrib.1834Tait's Mag. I. 132/1 The roasting-jack maker, the watchmaker,..the gunmaker, and many others. 1862Catal. Internat. Exhib., Brit. II. No. 5979 Improved roasting-jack screen. |