What is "jack frost"

Frost \Frost\ (fr[o^]st; 115), n. [OE. frost, forst, AS. forst, frost. fr. fre['o]san to freeze; akin to D. varst, G., OHG., Icel., Dan., & Sw. frost. [root]18. See Freeze, v. i.]

1. The act of freezing; -- applied chiefly to the congelation of water; congelation of fluids.

2. The state or temperature of the air which occasions congelation, or the freezing of water; severe cold or freezing weather.

   The third bay comes a frost, a killing frost.
   --Shak.

3. Frozen dew; -- called also hoarfrost or white frost.

   He scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes.
   --Ps. cxlvii. 16.

4. Coldness or insensibility; severity or rigidity of character. [R.]

   It was of those moments of intense feeling when the frost of the Scottish people melts like a snow wreath.
   --Sir W. Scott.

   Black frost, cold so intense as to freeze vegetation and cause it to turn black, without the formation of hoarfrost.

   Frost bearer (Physics), a philosophical instrument illustrating the freezing of water in a vacuum; a cryophorus.

   Frost grape (Bot.), an American grape, with very small, acid berries.

   Frost lamp, a lamp placed below the oil tube of an Argand lamp to keep the oil limpid on cold nights; -- used especially in lighthouses.
   --Knight.

   Frost nail, a nail with a sharp head driven into a horse's shoe to keep him from slipping.

   Frost smoke, an appearance resembling smoke, caused by congelation of vapor in the atmosphere in time of severe cold.

   The brig and the ice round her are covered by a strange black obscurity: it is the frost smoke of arctic winters.
   --Kane.

   Frost valve, a valve to drain the portion of a pipe, hydrant, pump, etc., where water would be liable to freeze.

   Jack Frost, a popular personification of frost.

Jack \Jack\ (j[a^]k), n. [F. Jacques James, L. Jacobus, Gr. ?, Heb. Ya 'aq[=o]b Jacob; prop., seizing by the heel; hence, a supplanter. Cf. Jacobite, Jockey.]

1. A familiar nickname of, or substitute for, John.

   You are John Rugby, and you are Jack Rugby.
   --Shak.

2. An impertinent or silly fellow; a simpleton; a boor; a clown; also, a servant; a rustic. ``Jack fool.''
   --Chaucer.

   Since every Jack became a gentleman, There 's many a gentle person made a Jack.
   --Shak.

3. A popular colloquial name for a sailor; -- called also Jack tar, and Jack afloat.

4. A mechanical contrivance, an auxiliary machine, or a subordinate part of a machine, rendering convenient service, and often supplying the place of a boy or attendant who was commonly called Jack; as:

   1. A device to pull off boots.

   2. A sawhorse or sawbuck.

   3. A machine or contrivance for turning a spit; a smoke jack, or kitchen jack. (b) (Mining) A wooden wedge for separating rocks rent by blasting. (e) (Knitting Machine) A lever for depressing the sinkers which push the loops down on the needles. (f) (Warping Machine) A grating to separate and guide the threads; a heck box. (g) (Spinning) A machine for twisting the sliver as it leaves the carding machine. (h) A compact, portable machine for planing metal. (i) A machine for slicking or pebbling leather. (k) A system of gearing driven by a horse power, for multiplying speed. (l) A hood or other device placed over a chimney or vent pipe, to prevent a back draught. (m) In the harpsichord, an intermediate piece communicating the action of the key to the quill; -- called also hopper. (n) In hunting, the pan or frame holding the fuel of the torch used to attract game at night; also, the light itself.
      --C. Hallock.

5. A portable machine variously constructed, for exerting great pressure, or lifting or moving a heavy body such as an automobile through a small distance. It consists of a lever, screw, rack and pinion, hydraulic press, or any simple combination of mechanical powers, working in a compact pedestal or support and operated by a lever, crank, capstan bar, etc. The name is often given to a jackscrew, which is a kind of jack.

6. The small bowl used as a mark in the game of bowls.
   --Shak.

   Like an uninstructed bowler who thinks to attain the jack by delivering his bowl straight forward upon it.
   --Sir W. Scott.

7. The male of certain animals, as of the ass.

8. (Zo["o]l.)

   1. A young pike; a pickerel.

   2. The jurel.

   3. A large, California rock fish ( Sebastodes paucispinus); -- called also boccaccio, and m['e]rou.

   4. The wall-eyed pike.

9. A drinking measure holding half a pint; also, one holding a quarter of a pint. [Prov. Eng.]
   --Halliwell.

10. (Naut.)

    1. A flag, containing only the union, without the fly, usually hoisted on a jack staff at the bowsprit cap; -- called also union jack. The American jack is a small blue flag, with a star for each State.

    2. A bar of iron athwart ships at a topgallant masthead, to support a royal mast, and give spread to the royal shrouds; -- called also jack crosstree.
       --R. H. Dana, Jr.

11. The knave of a suit of playing cards.

12. (pl.) A game played with small (metallic, with tetrahedrally oriented spikes) objects (the jacks(1950+), formerly jackstones) that are tossed, caught, picked up, and arranged on a horizontal surface in various patterns; in the modern American game, the movements are accompanied by tossing or bouncing a rubber ball on the horizontal surface supporting the jacks. same as jackstones.

13. Money. [slang]

14. Apple jack.

15. Brandy. Note: Jack is used adjectively in various senses. It sometimes designates something cut short or diminished in size; as, a jack timber; a jack rafter; a jack arch, etc. Jack arch, an arch of the thickness of one brick. Jack back (Brewing & Malt Vinegar Manuf.), a cistern which receives the wort. See under 1st Back. Jack block (Naut.), a block fixed in the topgallant or royal rigging, used for raising and lowering light masts and spars. Jack boots, boots reaching above the knee; -- worn in the 17 century by soldiers; afterwards by fishermen, etc. Jack crosstree. (Naut.) See 10, b, above. Jack curlew (Zo["o]l.), the whimbrel. Jack frame. (Cotton Spinning) See 4 (g), above. Jack Frost, frost or cold weather personified as a mischievous person. Jack hare, a male hare. --Cowper. Jack lamp, a lamp for still hunting and camp use. See def. 4 (n.), above. Jack plane, a joiner's plane used for coarse work. Jack post, one of the posts which support the crank shaft of a deep-well-boring apparatus. Jack pot (Poker Playing), the name given to the stakes, contributions to which are made by each player successively, till such a hand is turned as shall take the ``pot,'' which is the sum total of all the bets. See also jackpot. Jack rabbit (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of large American hares, having very large ears and long legs. The California species ( Lepus Californicus), and that of Texas and New Mexico ( Lepus callotis), have the tail black above, and the ears black at the tip. They do not become white in winter. The more northern prairie hare ( Lepus campestris) has the upper side of the tail white, and in winter its fur becomes nearly white. Jack rafter (Arch.), in England, one of the shorter rafters used in constructing a hip or valley roof; in the United States, any secondary roof timber, as the common rafters resting on purlins in a trussed roof; also, one of the pieces simulating extended rafters, used under the eaves in some styles of building. Jack salmon (Zo["o]l.), the wall-eyed pike, or glasseye. Jack sauce, an impudent fellow. [Colloq. & Obs.] Jack shaft (Mach.), the first intermediate shaft, in a factory or mill, which receives power, through belts or gearing, from a prime mover, and transmits it, by the same means, to other intermediate shafts or to a line shaft. Jack sinker (Knitting Mach.), a thin iron plate operated by the jack to depress the loop of thread between two needles. Jack snipe. (Zo["o]l.) See in the Vocabulary. Jack staff (Naut.), a staff fixed on the bowsprit cap, upon which the jack is hoisted. Jack timber (Arch.), any timber, as a rafter, rib, or studding, which, being intercepted, is shorter than the others. Jack towel, a towel hung on a roller for common use. Jack truss (Arch.), in a hip roof, a minor truss used where the roof has not its full section. Jack tree. (Bot.) See 1st Jack, n. Jack yard (Naut.), a short spar to extend a topsail beyond the gaff. Blue jack, blue vitriol; sulphate of copper. Hydraulic jack, a jack used for lifting, pulling, or forcing, consisting of a compact portable hydrostatic press, with its pump and a reservoir containing a supply of liquid, as oil. Jack-at-a-pinch.

    1. One called upon to take the place of another in an emergency.

    2. An itinerant parson who conducts an occasional service for a fee.

       Jack-at-all-trades, one who can turn his hand to any kind of work.

       Jack-by-the-hedge (Bot.), a plant of the genus Erysimum ( Erysimum alliaria, or Alliaria officinalis), which grows under hedges. It bears a white flower and has a taste not unlike garlic. Called also, in England, sauce-alone.
       --Eng. Cyc.

       Jack-in-office, an insolent fellow in authority.
       --Wolcott.

       Jack-in-the-bush (Bot.), a tropical shrub with red fruit ( Cordia Cylindrostachya).

       Jack-in-the-green, a chimney sweep inclosed in a framework of boughs, carried in Mayday processions.

       Jack-of-the-buttery (Bot.), the stonecrop ( Sedum acre).

       Jack-of-the-clock, a figure, usually of a man, on old clocks, which struck the time on the bell.

       Jack-on-both-sides, one who is or tries to be neutral.

       Jack-out-of-office, one who has been in office and is turned out.
       --Shak.

       Jack the Giant Killer, the hero of a well-known nursery story.

       Yellow Jack (Naut.), the yellow fever; also, the quarantine flag. See Yellow flag, under Flag.

n. A personification of winter

Jack Frost is the personification of frost, ice, snow, sleet, and freezing cold weather, a variant of Old Man Winter held responsible for frosty weather, for nipping the nose and toes in such weather, coloring the foliage in autumn, and leaving fernlike patterns on cold windows in winter.

Starting in late 19th century literature, more filled-out characterizations of Jack Frost have made him into a sprite-like character. He sometimes appears as a sinister mischief maker or as a hero.

Jack Frost is the character from English folklore who personifies winter.

Jack Frost may also refer to:

Jack Frost is a 1998 Christmas comedy fantasy drama film, starring Michael Keaton and Kelly Preston. Keaton stars as the title character, a man who dies in a car accident and comes back to life as a snowman. Three of Frank Zappa's four children-- Dweezil Zappa, Ahmet Zappa, and Moon Unit Zappa—appear in the film.

The costume for Jack Frost's snowman form was created by Jim Henson's Creature Shop.

Jack Frost is an American horror comedy film written and directed by Michael Cooney and released in 1997. The movie takes place in the fictional town of Snowmonton, where (on the week before Christmas) a truck carrying serial killer Jack Frost ( Scott MacDonald) to his execution crashes into a genetics truck. The genetic material causes Jack's body to mutate and fuse together with the snow on the ground. Jack is presumed dead and his body melts away. However, he comes back as a killer snowman and takes revenge on the man who finally caught him, Sheriff Sam Tiler ( Christopher Allport).

Detective Inspector William Edward "Jack" Frost, GC, is a fictional detective created by R. D. Wingfield—characterised as sloppy, untidy, hopeless with paperwork—but unmatched at solving mysteries. The character has appeared in two radio plays, nine published novels, and a TV series spanning 42 episodes between 1992 and 2010.

Jack Frost is the name of two unrelated fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The first Jack Frost was published by Marvel's 1940s forerunner Timely Comics during the period fans and historians call the Golden Age of comic books.

Jack Frost, in comics, may refer to:

• Jack Frost (Marvel Comics), two Marvel Comics characters
• Jack Frost (manhwa), a Korean comic by Go Jin-ho
• Jack Frost (Vertigo), a character in Grant Morrison's The Invisibles
• Little Jack Frost, a title from Avon Comics
• Jack Frost (Fables), a character in Fables and Jack of Fables

Jack Frost is a 1979 Christmas stop motion animated television special produced by Rankin/Bass Productions. It was directed by Jules Bass and Arthur Rankin, Jr., written by Romeo Muller and premiered on NBC on December 13, 1979. The special tells the tale of Jack Frost, the winter sprite, and his adventures as a human. It airs annually on the ABC Family cable network as a part of its 25 Days of Christmas programming block.

Jack Frost is a complete manwha series by Jinho Ko . In May 2009, the first volume of Jack Frost was released by Yen Press in English.

Morozko (, Morózko) is a Soviet film ( Gorky Film Studio) originally released in 1964. It was based a traditional Russian fairy tale Morozko known in English as Morozko.

A version with a new soundtrack was released in 1966 in the U.S. It was directed by Aleksandr Rou, and starred Eduard Izotov as Ivan, Natalya Sedykh as Nastenka, and Alexander Khvylya as Father Frost. The script was written by Nikolai Erdman. The soundtrack was composed by Nikolai Budashkin, who was inspired by the works of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov.

Jack Frost (real name John Dempsey, born July 4, 1968 in Jersey City, NJ) is the guitarist/founder of the heavy metal band Seven Witches and also a part of The Bronx Casket Company. Frost is also known for playing guitar on Savatage's tour in support of Poets and Madmen in 2001 and 2002 before being dismissed from the band for unspecified reasons. He is currently touring in Anthrax vocalist Joey Belladonna's backing band. Jack also currently hosts the annual ronny dude class at Brookdale College. He also played in a New Jersey based cover band called Diesel 1 which features Taz Marazz of Seven Witches, Mike Lepond of Symphony X on bass and Jim Pepe on lead vocals

Jack Frost was an Australian rock band, a side project of The Go-Betweens' Grant McLennan and The Church's Steve Kilbey.

Jack Frost released two albums, Jack Frost in 1991 (released on Arista) and Snow Job in 1996 (on Beggars Banquet Records).

The line up on the first album was McLennan, Kilbey and Pryce Surplice on drums and sundries, plus "special guests" including Karin Jansson on backing vocals. The album was recorded over the span of two weeks, and was rereleased on Karmic Hit with three bonus tracks after McLennan's 2006 death. It is closer to The Church (in mellow mode) than The Go-Betweens in sound and style. Kilbey thought highly enough of one song, "Providence", to include it on his 2000 "Acoustic and Intimate" solo album.

The line up on the second album was McLennan, Kilbey, Kilbey's brother Russell, Tim Powles from The Church and Jamie Pattugalan on drums on "Pony Express".

Tracks on Jack Frost (1st album'') (Red Eye Records/Polydor CD; RED CD 18 - 847 548-2)

• 1. "Every Hour God Sends"
• 2. "Birdowner (as Seen on TV)"
• 3. "Civil War Lament"
• 4. "Geneva 4 a.m."
• 5. Trapeze Boy"
• 6. "Providence"
• 7. "Thought That I Was Over You"
• 8. "Threshold"
• 9. "Number Eleven"
• 10. "Didn't Know Where I Was"
• 11. "Even as We Speak"
• 12. "Ramble"
• 13. "Everything Takes Forever"

Stewart Charles Hilton "Jack" Frost (1911 – 27 September 1995) was an Australian politician. The son of federal MP Charles Frost, he was born in Margate, Tasmania. After contesting the federal seat of Franklin unsuccessfully for the Australian Labor Party in 1949, 1951 and 1954, he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly for Franklin in 1964. He was Chair of Committees in 1974 and a minister from 1974 to 1976, when he lost his seat.

Jack Frost (born 25 February 1992) is a professional Australian rules football player at the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was recruited by the club with draft pick #41 in the 2013 Rookie Draft. He made his debut in Round 1, 2013, against at Docklands Stadium.

He is the older brother of Sam Frost, who plays for Melbourne.

Jack Frost (29 December 1870 – 8 July 1935) was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

John "Jack" Frost (13 February 1920 – q1 1988) was an English professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper in the Football League for York City, in non-League football for North Shields and was on the books of Grimsby Town without making a league appearance.