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Jack-in-the-boxn. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: Jack n.2, in prep., the adj., box n.2 Etymology: In α. forms < Jack n.2 + in prep. + the adj. + box n.2 In β. forms < Jack n.2 + of prep. + the adj. + box n.2 In γ. forms < Jack n.2 + in prep. + a adj. + box n.2 In δ. forms < Jack n.2 + in prep. + the plural of box n.2In sense 1 with allusion to the practice among Catholics of reserving (reserve v.1 3c) a part of the consecrated host in a pyx. society > faith > artefacts > consumables > eucharistic elements > bread > [noun] 1554 J. Gwynneth f. 9 This holy sacrament..whiche sticke not, some in the pulpet, and moe in the ale howse, to call it iacke in the boxe. 1563 J. Foxe 1360/2 You..fixed railyng bils against the Lords supper, terming it Iack of the boxe, the sacrament of the halter, round Robin, wt like vnsemely termes. 1606 W. Attersoll iii. 267 Iack in the boxe goeth abroad in solemne processions to be seene. 1700 9 With us a Priest can do none of these Feats..; not a Jack in a Box admitted among us, nor the Priest's Absolution valued. 1866 Nov. 501 It was a common thing among the Reformed to call the wafer by the name of Jack-in-the-box. 1909 C. A. Briggs 284 Christ is not shut up by the priest in the bread and the wine as a Jack in a box. 2007 C. Skidmore iv. 89 Cries of ‘Jack in the box’ derided the sacrament of the altar. †2. the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > defrauder or swindler > [noun] 1570 in J. Cranstoun (1891) I. xxii. 78 Jak in the bokis, for all thy mokis a vengeance mot the fall! Thy subteltie and palȝardrie our fredome bringis in thrall. a1627 T. Middleton & W. Rowley (1653) sig. G Jack in Boxes, nor Decoyes, Puppets nor such poore things, Nor are we those roring Boys, that cosen Fooles with guilt Rings. 1665 R. Head I. xvi. 168 The Box-keeper shall walk off..whilst your Antagonist shall put the change upon you, or make use of his own Jack-in-a-box. 1719 A. Smith Thieves New Canting Dict. sig. a5 in (ed. 5) I. Bleaters, they that are cheated by Jack in a Box. 1822 C. Dibdin iii. i. 37 Of all jacks in office, a jack in a box, Or a jack for a jill, if you'd catch 'em. society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > other games of chance > [noun] ?1593 H. Chettle sig. F3 Yet they can bypasse, compasse, and bring vnder one another as cunningly and commonly, as euer poore Cuckoe coulde command his Iacke in a Boxe. 1664 J. Wilson iv. i. 46 Did not I..teach you, your Top, your Palm, and your Slur?—Shew'd you the mystery, of your Jack in a Box, and the frail Dye? 1690 W. Winstanley 65 He thought to catch them by craft, and therefore pulling out a Jack in a Box, some Counters and Dice to do more feats withall, he lays them..upon the Table. 3. society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > children's game > other children's games > [noun] > others 1600 T. Nashe sig. Giij When I should haue beene at schoole, I was close vnder a hedge..playing at spanne counter or Iacke in a boxe. 1754 S. Derrick tr. C. de Bergerac 42 I was taught to play Jack in the Box, to tumble Head over Heels, and a thousand other Tricks. 1879 Dec. 746 It is a merry game to play jack-in-the-box, and duck their heads under the shelter of the gig when the spray springs into the air. 1915 L. I. Lincoln vii. 84 Sometimes sufficient exercise for the time may be furnished by playing jack-in-the-box, by playing row or pump, [etc.]. 1946 21 June 46/6 The little boy and girl, according to the story told by Marion, were playing Jack-in-the-box. 2009 G. S. Kaltman i. iii. 23 Provide a large box for the children to play Jack-in-the-Box. society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > other specific games > [noun] > others 1836 C. Dickens 1st Ser. I. 316 The allurements of the stout proprietress of the ‘Jack-in-the-box—three shies a penny’. the world > matter > light > firework > [noun] > in the form of a box 1635 J. Babington xxxvii. 45 Another, which I call Iack in a box. 1651 J. White sig. I8v (heading) An other dainty one with Fisgigs, called Iacke in a Box. 1841 J. T. J. Hewlett II. 44 Jacks-in-the-box, and all sorts of fireworks. 1892 1 Nov. 5/2 There is more attraction to the ordinary child in a handful of ‘blue devils’,..‘Roman candles’, and a ‘jack-in-the-box’ than a grand Crystal Palace show. 1937 21 May 9/4 The programme was varied and colourful... A jack-in-the-box, asteroid rockets, a discharge of red, white and blue shells, [etc.]. 2016 (Nexis) 2 Nov. 4 Then, came the more ‘Exciting Ones’—like Jack in the Box, or Krakatoa. society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > other toys > [noun] > others 1659 H. More ii. ii. 124 If any Matter have Sense, it will follow that upon Reaction all shall have the like, and that..every Jack-in-a-box that Schoolboyes play with, while it is held in by the cover pressing against it, shall be living Animals. 1702 Infernal Wanderer in R. Nares (1888) 445/1 Up started every one in his seat, like a Jack in a box, crying out Legit aut non Legit. 1777 P. Davall tr. Cardinal de Retz (new ed.) III. 126 Mazarin is but a sort of a jack in a box, who is one day hiding himself, and shewing himself the next. 1856 C. Reade III. xviii. 193 Two figures..came bounding like Jacks-in-the-box out of the gloom into the red light. 1899 14 Oct. 8/1 Battles are won by resolute, enthusiastic men, not by jacks-in-boxes. 1927 ‘A. A. Horn’ & E. Lewis (1930) i. xii. 141 He was alert and came out like a Jack in the Box, spear in hand. 1990 Winter 114 Never before had there been a president who was..such a fist-thumping, arm-waving, toothy jack-in-the-box. 2016 (Nexis) 1 Dec. The jack-in-the-box that frightened the hell out of me on Christmas morning 1957 is stored in the shed to preserve its spring from overuse. society > trade and finance > selling > seller > [noun] > stall-keeper > in the street 1699 E. Ward I. iii. 13 Here and there a Jack in a box, like a Parson in a Pulpit, selling C[u]res for your Corns, Glass Eyes for the Blind. †7. Any of various machines or devices; esp. one consisting of a jack or lever enclosed in a box or block and/or where a component moves in a way considered similar to that of a jack-in-the-box (sense 5). society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > control(s) > [noun] > valve > others 1728 J. T. Desaguliers in (Royal Soc.) 34 82 This Machine, which from its Make, we call'd a Jack in a Box, will be useful wherever Water is to be convey'd a great way in Pipes. society > occupation and work > equipment > equipment for altering dimensions > [noun] > press > screw 1801 J. J. Moore Jack in the box, a large wooden male screw, turning in a female one, which forms the upper part of a strong wooden box, shaped like the frustrum of a pyramid. It is used..as a press. 1875 E. H. Knight II. 1209/1 Jack-in-a-box... 2. a. A large, wooden, solid screw turning in a nut in a bridge-piece and rotated by means of a lever. It is a clumsy form of screw-press, used for various purposes. the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture of thread or yarn > [noun] > spinning > machine > parts of 1814 (1830) VII. 293/2 This machine (the jack in the box,) has been superseded by another, which is more simple. 1875 E. H. Knight II. 1209/1 Jack-in-a-box. 1. A name conferred upon the jack-frame, a device for giving a twist to the drawn sliver and winding the same on a bobbin as it was received in the roving can. society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > other equipment of vessel > [noun] > lifting jack 1817 (1830) XI. 599/1 Masons employ a hand jack, screw jack, or jack in a box. 1824 (1825) 8 Apr. 49/1 [He] with the assistance of hand-spikes and a hand screw, called by the sailors, ‘Jack in the Box’,..threw over the stone. 1875 E. H. Knight II. 1209/1 Jack-in-a-box... 2. b. A screw-jack for lifting and for stowing cargo. the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > treating or processing textile materials > [noun] > drawing or twisting > equipment for > parts of 1841 E. Jones 2 This differential movement now commonly called the ‘Jack-in-the-box’ is governed by the varying rotation of the pinion D. 1878 Jan. 274 The connection between the gearing and the driving-wheels was effected by a device called by builders of cotton-machinery a Jack-in-the-box gear, or differential gear. 1896 27 Dec. 99/2 Houldsworth's compensating gear or Jack-in-the-box is now generally used on traction engines, and has been employed since 1862. 1908 20 Feb. 905/2 It consists merely in the manifold application of the principle of the common bevel gear differential or ‘jack-in-the-box’. the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > burglary > [noun] > instruments used by burglars 1850 J. Chubb 23 Some years ago, one of Chubb's locks, fixed on a common iron safe, was forced open by a burglar's instrument, called a ‘Jack-in-the-Box’. 1891 Nov. 34/2 For a time the ingenious cracksman forced the lock from the safe door by means of an implement called a ‘Jack-in-the-box’. 8. As the name of a plant. the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > South American and West Indian trees or shrubs > [noun] > others 1735 P. Miller at Hernandia Hernandia with a large, umbilicated, Ivy Leaf, commonly called in the West-Indies, Jack in a Box. 1756 P. Browne ii. ii. 373 Jack-in-a-Box... The cups that sustain..the nuts are very large, and as they move in the wind, keep a whistling noise, which is often frightful to unwary travellers. 1819 A. Rees XVII. at Hernandia The whistling hernandia..in the West Indies is frequently denominated the Jack-in-a-box tree. 1902 25 Apr. 7/2 ‘Jack-in-the-box’ is not a native of the West Indies, but of the East Indies and the Pacific Islands. 2006 I. J. Taafaki et al. 209 Hernandia nymphaeifolia..lantern tree, jack in-the-box tree. 1823 J. L. Drummond vii. 200 It [sc. Arum maculatum] has a ridiculous resemblance to an image standing in a case, and hence has received the vulgar names of Jack in a box, and Jack in the pulpit. 1875 24 Apr. 523/3 The Arum has as many names in English alone as would suffice for several Spanish grandees... ‘Parson-in-the-pulpit’ and ‘Jack-in-the-box’ explain themselves. 1906 21 Apr. 553/2 Jack-in-the-Box, Parson (or Lamb)-in-a-Pulpit, and Schoolmaster all..refer to the spadix set apart, as it were, in the box or pulpit of the green spathe. the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > primrose and allied flowers > primrose or auricula 1850 C. M. Yonge in May 171 Another is that curious dweller in cottage gardens, called Jack-in-a-box, his box being no other than his calyx, very much enlarged, but a few traces of its origin remaining in the green marks on the edges. 1923 J. Macwatt 50 Another name of the Pantaloon is Jack-in-the-Green or Jack-in-the-box. 1962 Spring 119/2 Jack-in-the-green, Jack-in-the-box, or Pantaloons are names given to still another abnormal form. the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [noun] > subclass Malacostraca > division Thoracostraca > order Decapoda > suborder Macrura > member of family Paguridae of Anomura 1889 III. Jack-in-a-box,..a hermit-crab, as Eupagurus pollicaris: so called by fishermen. 1901 Dec. 177/1 Among the names applied to the hermit-crab by fishermen are ‘jack-in-the-box’, ‘thief’, and ‘stone lobster’. the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > venereal disease > [noun] 1899 ii. 43 The venereal disease—the pox: ‘Jack-in-the-Box’. 1987 A. Richter v. 89 The pox was..the source of rhyming slang terms for syphilis such as band in the box, coachman on the box and jack-in-the-box. 1997 S. Stern 208 Why ain't you come around tom-cattin' no more? You got jack-in-the-box disease? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  n.1554 |
