1513. Dunbar, Poems (1883–4), i. 106. Jok that was wont to keep the
stinks.
1589. Nashe, Anatomie of Absurdity, in Works [Grosart, i. 9]. They
distinguish a gentleman from a ... Jacke.
c. 1636. London Chanticleers, Sc. i. Thou believ’st that more may
be gotten with a Good your worship to every Jack than a Sirrah,
deliver your purse to the best lord i’ th’ land.
1678. Cotton, Virgil Travestie, in Wks. (1725), Bk. iv. p. 122.
Shall I invite ... Some saucy, proud Numidian Jack, and humbly beg
of him to take Æneas’ leavings.
Verb. (American).—1. To brand an unmarked yearling or maverick (q.v.).
1871. De Vere, Americanisms, 211. Any owner of a large herd
considers himself authorised to brand a maverick which he finds on
or near his ranche, and this operation is called to jack a
maverick.