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jack (n.)
Old form(s):
Iacks
jacket, tunic, coat [usually of quilted leather]
1H4 IV.ii.47
[Prince Hal to Falstaff] How now, blown Jack? How now, quilt?
E3 I.ii.29
[King David to Lorraine, of the Scots soldiers] never shall [they] ... lay aside their jacks of gimmaled mail