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Indigenous Australian playwright (1917–2000)
Jack Leonard Davis (11 March 1917 – 17 March 2000) was an Australian 20th-century Aboriginal playwright, poet and Aboriginal Australian activist. His
Jack_Davis_(playwright)
Topics referred to by the same term
Jack Davis may refer to: Jack Davis (actor) (1914–1992), American child actor Jack Davis (playwright) (1917–2000), Australian playwright and poet Jack
Jack_Davis
Charmaine Bennell Eddie Bennell Claire G. Coleman Glenys Collard Jack Davis (playwright) Graeme Dixon (poet) Dallas Winmar Kim Scott Archie Weller Ken Colbung
List_of_Noongar_people
Former government department in Western Australia
Madame Kira Bousloff, Madame Alice Carrard, Peter Cowan, Writer Jack Davis, Playwright Margaret Ford, Vaughan Hanly, Elizabeth Jolley, Robert Juniper,
Department of Culture and the Arts
Department_of_Culture_and_the_Arts
year of death. 11 March Nancy Cato, novelist and poet (died 2000) Jack Davis, playwright, poet and Indigenous rights campaigner (died 2000) 21 March – Frank
1917_in_Australian_literature
American playwright (born 1971)
Eisa Davis (born May 5, 1971) is an American playwright, actress and singer-songwriter. She is known for her work as the co-creator of the Warriors concept
Eisa_Davis
Second collection of poems by Noongar playwright and poetry Jack Davis
published in 1978, is the second collection of poems by Noongar playwright and poet Jack Davis, often referred to as the 20th Century's Aboriginal Poet Laureate
Jagardoo: Poems from Aboriginal Australia
Jagardoo:_Poems_from_Aboriginal_Australia
Zealand) 11 March – Gerald Glaskin, writer (born 1923) 17 March – Jack Davis, playwright, poet and Indigenous rights campaigner (born 1917) 6 May – Elizabeth
2000_in_Australian_literature
American actor, director, writer, and activist (1917–2005)
DeLuise and Suzanne Pleshette. Davis starred with Cosby and Poitier in the 1975 film Let's Do It Again. As a playwright, Davis wrote Paul Robeson: All-American
Ossie_Davis
American actress and producer (born 1965)
black playwrights such as August Wilson and Lorraine Hansberry aren't studied in the same way as the others she had learned from. In 1992, Davis starred
Viola_Davis
British playwright (born 1974)
playwright from Muswell Hill, London. She is a recipient of The Sunday Times Drama Award. Rosenthal was born in 1974, the daughter of dramatist Jack Rosenthal
Amy_Rosenthal
American playwright and actor (1951–2021)
William Clarke Davis (August 24, 1951 – February 26, 2021) was an American playwright and actor. He was best known for his 1980 play Mass Appeal. Other
Bill_C._Davis
American dramatist
Bruce Norris (born May 16, 1960) is an American character actor and playwright associated with the Steppenwolf Theatre Company of Chicago. His play Clybourne
Bruce_Norris_(playwright)
American actor (born 1978)
afford his own apartment. During the mid-2000s, he worked as a typist for playwright Wendy Wasserstein. At night, he performed the role of an alcoholic Irishman
Jeremy_Strong
and poet Jack Davis – poet and playwright Wesley Enoch – playwright, director Lionel Fogarty – poet and activist Richard Frankland – playwright, scriptwriter
List of Indigenous Australian writers
List_of_Indigenous_Australian_writers
English actress (born 1988)
(2013–2022), Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man (2026) and Ann Walker in Gentleman Jack (2019–2022). Her other credits include Lucy in The Bletchley Circle (2012–2014)
Sophie_Rundle
American theatrical producer (1890–1969)
Hallie Flanagan Davis (August 27, 1890 – July 23, 1969) was an American theatrical producer and director, playwright and author, best known for running
Hallie_Flanagan
American actor (born 2002)
Swedish ancestry. On his father's side, Hawke is a distant cousin of the playwright Tennessee Williams. On his mother's side, he is a grandson of Buddhist
Levon_Hawke
2023 play by Doug Wright
Good Night, Oscar is a comedy-drama play written by American playwright Doug Wright. The story revolves around a fictional event in which pianist and humorist
Good_Night,_Oscar
English actor and director (1923–2015)
ten films of Jack Hawkins, who had lost his voice to throat cancer, Hawkins was dubbed by Rietti. Rietti was also a prolific playwright who translated
Robert_Rietti
American actor (born 1983)
played supporting roles in Lincoln (2012), Frances Ha (2012), Inside Llewyn Davis (2013), and While We're Young (2014), before gaining more extensive recognition
Adam_Driver
Notable playwrights from the United States include: Hugh Henry Brackenridge William Dunlap Robert Hunter Royall Tyler Mercy Otis Warren George Aiken Nathaniel
List of playwrights from the United States
List_of_playwrights_from_the_United_States
American actor and playwright (born 1969)
Colman Jason Domingo (born November 28, 1969) is an American actor, playwright and director. Prominent on both screen and stage since the 2010s, Domingo
Colman_Domingo
American playwright and actress (born 1953)
Charlaine "Charlayne" Woodard (born December 29, 1953) is an American playwright and actress. She is a two-time Obie Award winner as well as a Tony Award
Charlayne_Woodard
Playwright list
This is a list of notable playwrights. See also Literature; Drama; List of playwrights by nationality and date of birth; Lists of authors. Contents: A
List_of_playwrights
American actress and vaudevillian (1912–1961)
co-creator) of Duffy's Tavern and eventually a Broadway playwright. The tea shop setting continued in Joan Davis Time, a CBS Saturday-night series from October
Joan_Davis
Afford (1912–1988) Kylie Tennant (1916–1999) Morris West (1917–2000) Jack Davis (1921–2024) Ray Lawler (1923–2002) Dorothy Hewett (1927–2015) Alan Seymour
List of playwrights by nationality and year of birth
List_of_playwrights_by_nationality_and_year_of_birth
American writer and director (1887–1995)
1887 – January 31, 1995) was an American theatre producer, director, playwright, screenwriter, film director and producer whose career spanned eight decades
George_Abbott
Canadian author and illustrator
Again. Sun also served as a writer on the television shows BoJack Horseman and Mrs. Davis. Sun is from Calgary and attended the University of Toronto,
Jonny_Sun
Canadian playwright, screenwriter, director and actress
Rosa Labordé is a Canadian playwright, screenwriter, director and actress. She is playwright-in-residence at Tarragon Theatre and Aluna Theatre. Her play
Rosa_Labordé
American actress (1924–2014)
Herald Tribune. Kiss Mama - Thompson, Jack (October 2, 1964). "La Rosa Turns to Acting". American. Kiss Mama - Davis, James (October 2, 1964). "'Mama' Is
Francine_Beers
Australian actor and Aboriginal elder (1943–2022)
Also in the cast was a young David Gulpilil. His stage work includes Jack Davis' play No Sugar for the Black Swan Theatre Company in Perth, Western Australia
Jack_Charles
American actress (born 1986)
role as a nun who battles A.I. in the Peacock science-fiction series Mrs. Davis. She most recently guest starred in 2026 comedy-horror series Widow's Bay
Betty_Gilpin
American actor (born 1954)
Hinson of The Washington Post praised his performance, comparing him to Jack Nicholson: "The same is true for Quaid. A gator grin spreading over his face
Dennis_Quaid
Australian actor and playwright
Toby Schmitz (born 4 May 1977) is an Australian actor, playwright, director and novelist. Schmitz was born in Perth, Western Australia, where he was raised
Toby_Schmitz
American dramatist
William Harrison Gunn (July 15, 1934 – April 5, 1989) was an American playwright, novelist, actor and film director. His 1973 cult classic horror film
Bill_Gunn_(writer)
American author, journalist and social activist (1876–1916)
September 4, 2023. "JOSEPH NOEL, 65, ONCE PLAYWRIGHT; Ex-Newspaper Man and Author Dies—Wrote Book About Jack London and Ambrose Bierce". The New York Times
Jack_London
American actor (born 1995)
opposite Lucas Hedges in the Off-Broadway stage production of Yen by playwright Anna Jordan. The production ran at the Lucille Lortel Theatre starting
Justice_Smith
Name list
(1937–2015), British romance novelist Jackie Davis (writer) (born 1963), New Zealand author, poet, and playwright Jackie DeShannon, American singer-songwriter
Jackie_(given_name)
British playwright and screenwriter
Peter Julian Robin Morgan CBE (born 10 April 1963) is a British playwright and screenwriter. Known for his work for stage and screen, he often writes about
Peter_Morgan
American actor, director and producer
popularity as a gay-porn star was so great that "Jack Wrangler" was prominently mentioned in playwright Doric Wilson's 1984 play, Forever After. As Wrangler
Jack_Wrangler
1985 film by Ron Howard
director wants.' The other two guys were in between. Jack Gilford was a comedian. Hume Cronyn was a playwright as well as an actor. They could riff with Wilford
Cocoon_(film)
Award ceremony for films of 2025
Whitlock Jr. – actor Homayoun Ershadi – actor Tom Stoppard – screenwriter, playwright Jackie Burch – casting director Stuart Craig – production designer Terence
98th_Academy_Awards
American actor (1976–2020)
(/ˈboʊzmən/; November 29, 1976 – August 28, 2020) was an American actor and playwright. Through his two-decade career, he appeared in a number of projects spanning
Chadwick_Boseman
Play about indigenous people in Western Australia
No Sugar is a postcolonial play written by Indigenous Australian playwright Jack Davis, set during the Great Depression, in Northam, Western Australia
No_Sugar
American essayist and professor (born 1952)
non-fiction prose, baseball, jazz, prizefighting, Motown, Miles Davis, Muhammad Ali and Sammy Davis Jr. In 2024, he was elected to the American Philosophical
Gerald_Early
American actor
(2017–2018), and the Netflix series A Man on the Inside (2024). Getz married playwright Grace McKeaney on January 3, 1987; she has a daughter. "John Getz". www
John_Getz
British television writer, producer and director (born 1963)
that when she was 16 years old, she saw a play called Bastard Angel by playwright Barrie Keeffe at the Royal Shakespeare Company, and was impressed by its
Sally_Wainwright
Scottish actor and playwright
Roland MacLaren (10 June 1839 – 30 June 1912) was a Scottish actor and playwright. MacLaren was born in Bonhill, Dunbartonshire to Archibald MacLaren and
James_Roland_MacLaren
English actress (born 1986)
Robert Lindsay in a virtual reading of the play Private Lives by English playwright Noël Coward. It was announced that all funds raised from the performance
Emilia_Clarke
1895 farcical comedy play by Oscar Wilde
unsuccessfully schemed to throw a bouquet of rotten vegetables at the playwright at the end of the performance. This feud led to a series of legal trials
The Importance of Being Earnest
The_Importance_of_Being_Earnest
American actor and director (born 1957)
produced, and directed. He also starred in Heartbreak Ridge (1986), New Jack City (1991), and USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage (2016), the latter two
Mario_Van_Peebles
American actor, author, broadcaster and comedian (born 1964)
Copeland (born 1964) is an American actor, comedian, radio talk show host, playwright and author based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Copeland has been the
Brian_Copeland
British show business family
Edwardian theatre. Angela Worthington was an actress. Her father was English playwright Frederick Lonsdale and her sister was Felicity Shaw, who wrote mystery
Robin_Fox_family
American actor (born 1950)
Golden Globe Awards. Macy rose to prominence for his collaborations with playwright David Mamet, before building a film career on appearances in small, independent
William_H._Macy
Award ceremony for films of 2023
and defending the actions of the Israeli government. Others, including playwright Tony Kushner and director of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, Piotr
96th_Academy_Awards
British actor (born 1989)
great-grandson of the playwright Frederick Lonsdale. He is the nephew of producer Robert Fox and actor James Fox, and a cousin to Laurence and Jack. He was named
Freddie_Fox_(actor)
American and French actor (born 1995)
autobiographical play Prodigal Son at Manhattan Theatre Club. Handpicked by its playwright and director John Patrick Shanley and producer Scott Rudin, Chalamet portrayed
Timothée_Chalamet
American dramatist (1876–1944)
Walter C. Hackett) (November 10, 1876 – January 20, 1944) was an American playwright and theater manager. A native of Oakland, California, Hackett attended
Walter_Hackett
American actress (born 1943)
Taylor was born in Philadelphia on January 14, 1943, to Virginia (née Davis), a painter, and C. Tracy Taylor, an attorney. She attended high school
Holland_Taylor
House of Representatives 1930–1944; planter in Tensas Parish Luther Davis, playwright and screenwriter Kevin Dean, NHL hockey player Vadhir Derbez, actor
List of Culver Academies people
List_of_Culver_Academies_people
American actor (1882–1942)
critically and commercially weak, but the second work introduced him to playwright Edward Sheldon, who would "reshape ... [Barrymore's] entire career". In
John_Barrymore
Welsh screenwriter and television producer (born 1963)
Davies had aspirations as a comic artist before focusing on being a playwright and screenwriter. After graduating from Oxford University, he joined the
Russell_T_Davies
British actress (1909–1994)
Retrieved 30 May 2019. Blackadar, Bruce (10 May 1980). "Hume Cronyn turns playwright with Foxfire". Toronto Star. p. F1. "Olivier Winners 1979". Olivier Awards
Jessica_Tandy
American poet, screenwriter and playwright (1992–2024)
(October 8, 1992 – December 15, 2024) was an American poet, screenwriter and playwright. Barnes frequently performed slam poetry and performed at the Da Poetry
Aziza_Barnes
2025. Petski, Denise (21 January 2025). "Jules Feiffer Dies: Cartoonist, Playwright & 'Carnal Knowledge' Screenwriter Was 95". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved
2025_in_film
Ashim Ahluwalia, filmmaker Raphael Bob-Waksberg, actor, producer, writer (BoJack Horseman) Anne Bogart, theater director Jordan Bridges, actor Salvador Carrasco
List_of_Bard_College_people
American playwright (1937–2023)
Mabel Davis "Tina" Howe (November 21, 1937 – August 28, 2023) was an American playwright. In a career that spanned more than four decades, Howe's best-known
Tina_Howe
Surname list
owner of the Los Angeles Avengers Dale Wasserman (1914–2008), American playwright Dan Wasserman, American political cartoonist Dave Wasserman (born 1984)
Wasserman
American dramatic anthology TV series (1949)
different cast each week who appeared in short works by established playwrights. The plays were broadcast live from 8 to 8:30 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday
Academy_Theatre_(TV_series)
American actor and playwright
SSR, Soviet Union Education Southern Methodist University (BFA) Occupations Actor, playwright Notable work Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play
Michael_Aronov
Cemetery in Los Angeles, California, US
Ken Annakin (1914–2009), director Eve Arden (1908–1990), actress, comedian Jack Arnold (1916–1992), director Robert Armstrong (1890–1973), actor James Aubrey
Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park and Mortuary
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Day of the year
begins, in which Ottoman forces attempt and fail to conquer Malta. 1593 – Playwright Thomas Kyd's accusations of heresy lead to an arrest warrant for Christopher
May_18
Australian actor, playwright, director and activist
Indigenous playwright to be published, televised, and tour internationally. He later directed Roger Bennett's Up the Ladder (1989), Jack Davis' No Sugar
Bob_Maza
American actress (born 1972)
one-act play written by Wendy Wasserstein, All Night Long by American playwright John O'Keefe, and the first American musical adaptation of Jane Eyre.
Alyssa_Milano
1952 film noir by David Miller
of the same name by Edna Sherry. Myra Hudson is a successful Broadway playwright who rejects Lester Blaine as the leading man in her new play. She subsequently
Sudden_Fear
Jones (Playwrights 2011) Julia Jordan (Playwrights 1995) Abe Koogler (Playwrights 2016) Deborah Zoe Laufer (Playwrights 2000) Michael Lew (Playwrights 2013)
List of Juilliard School people
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American actress (born 1963)
Shue and her brothers, Andrew and John, produced Gracie. Her husband, Davis Guggenheim, also produced and directed. Shue played the mother of the main
Elisabeth_Shue
American television anthology series
early 20s when this series premiered). Writer, editor, critic, and radio playwright Anthony Boucher served as consultant on the series. Later syndicated under
Kraft_Suspense_Theatre
Australian actor (1934–2022)
Australia) in 2005 for his services to the performing arts as an actor, playwright and producer, and to the community through raising awareness of men's
Alan_Hopgood
songwriter Beryl Davis (1924–2011), singer Bette Davis (1908–1989), actress Brad Davis (1949–1991), actor Gail Davis (1925–1997), actress Rufe Davis (1908–1974)
List of interments at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills)
List_of_interments_at_Forest_Lawn_Memorial_Park_(Hollywood_Hills)
British-born American actress
American. For a number of years she was in a relationship with American playwright Adam Rapp. His 2011 three-play collection The Hallway Trilogy is dedicated
Katherine_Waterston
Leon "Chu" Berry, jazz saxophonist Leo Brady, playwright, novelist, and director Bobby Campo, actor Jack Canfield, motivational speaker John Corbett, actor
List of people from Wheeling, West Virginia
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American stage director and librettist
Elliot Lapine (born January 10, 1949) is an American stage director, playwright, screenwriter, and librettist. He has won the Tony Award for Best Book
James_Lapine
American actor (born 1951)
Ryerson in Glee, Stu Beggs in Californication and White Famous, "Action" Jack Barker in Silicon Valley, Dr. Leslie Berkowitz in One Day at a Time, Principal
Stephen_Tobolowsky
Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park
(1874–1965), actress Jack Oakie (1903–1978), actor and comedian Merle Oberon (1911–1979), actress Clifford Odets (1906–1963), playwright Charles Ogle (1865–1940)
List of burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale)
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Award for Best Supporting Actor– Television Film for his portrayal of Sammy Davis Jr. in the 1998 film The Rat Pack. In 2001, he was cast as Basher Tarr in
List of Don Cheadle performances
List_of_Don_Cheadle_performances
Banning of Communists from U.S. entertainment
dancer* Sheridan Gibney, screenwriter Paul Green, playwright and screenwriter Lillian Hellman, playwright and screenwriter* Canada Lee, actor Paul Robeson
Hollywood_blacklist
American actress
Golden Globe Awards. She was married for 10 years (1973–1983) to the playwright and screenwriter Neil Simon, who wrote all but the first film cited above
Marsha_Mason
Jesse Eisenberg is an American actor, playwright, and filmmaker known for his work on stage and screen. He began his career as a child with regular and
Works_by_Jesse_Eisenberg
American actress (born 1949)
80-year-old woman in a wheelchair in a comedy written by then-unknown playwrights Christopher Durang and Albert Innaurato. She was a student of choreographer
Meryl_Streep
American actor (born 1947)
forward in 1974 when he met David Mamet. Hailed as one of the great playwrights of the modern era, Mamet saw Mantegna as the ideal vehicle for his work
Joe_Mantegna
English actress, filmmaker, and writer (born 1985)
2023, titled Bad Cinderella, with Fennell's original book adapted by playwright Alexis Scheer. Naveen Kumar for Variety criticised the revised book, writing
Emerald_Fennell
Cardinals). Musa Akhmadov, 70, Russian playwright, poet and writer. Reg Austin, 91, Zimbabwean lawyer and academic. Jack Bass, 91, American author and journalist
Deaths_in_April_2026
American actor (born 1956)
he has starred in the Broadway production of Coastal Disturbances by playwright Tina Howe opposite Annette Bening and received a 1987 Theatre World Award
Tim_Daly
American actor (born 1944)
Levi, Robert (2013). "Playwright: From Page to Stage". pbs.org. Retrieved June 6, 2014. Propst, Andy (March 8, 2010). "Glenn Davis, Arian Moayed, Kevin
Kevin_Tighe
British theatre and film actress (1881–1958)
Scudamore, the young daughter of a well-known actor-playwright-manager Fortunatus Augustine Davis who had added "Scudmore" to his surname many years before
Margaret_Scudamore
American playwright, actor, producer, director
New Jack City (2022). Johnson is the author of the urban fiction novel Men, Money, and Gold Diggers, is a four-time national championship playwright, and
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Dynamic list of films and television series involving American actor Bryan Cranston
Year Title Role Playwright Venue Ref. Barefoot in the Park Paul Bratter Neil Simon Granada Theatre, Santa Barbra 1987 The Steve Weed Show Shawn Schepps
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ISBN 978-0-7864-6290-2. "Robert Downey Jr. Credits". TV Guide. Retrieved August 29, 2014. Davis, Steve (January 25, 1985). "Tuff Turf". The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved
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JACK DAVIS-PLAYWRIGHT
JACK DAVIS-PLAYWRIGHT
Male
English
 English pet form of Hebrew David, DAVIE means "beloved." Compare with another form of Davie.
Girl/Female
English
Beloved. Feminine of David.
Boy/Male
Shakespearean American Hebrew Polish English
Henry VI, Part 2' Jack Cade, a rebel.
Male
English
Scottish form of English Jack, JOCK means "God is gracious."
Girl/Female
Australian, Netherlands, Portuguese
Variant of Jack
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, Christian, Danish, English, French, Hebrew, Irish
Cherished; Beloved; Variant of David Beloved; Diminutive of David
Male
Finnish
Short form of Finnish Jaako, JAAK means "supplanter."
Surname or Lastname
English and North German
English and North German : patronymic from Jack.
Male
Portuguese
Brazilian Portuguese form of Hebrew David, DAVI means "beloved."
Male
Scottish
 Pet form of Scottish Gaelic Dà ibhidh, DAVIE means "beloved." Compare with another form of Davie.
Female
English
Pet form of English Jackalyn, JACKI means "supplanter."
Female
English
English bird name, MAVIS means "song thrush."
Girl/Female
American, Australian, British, English, Hebrew
Beloved; Feminine Form of David
Boy/Male
American, Anglo, Australian, British, Chinese, Christian, English, French, German, Hebrew, Scottish
Son of David; David's Son; Dear One; Beloved
Male
English
Probably originally an Anglicized form of French Jacques, JACK means "supplanter," it is now considered a pet form of English John, meaning "God is gracious."
Boy/Male
American, Anglo, Australian, British, Celebrity, Chinese, Christian, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Hebrew, Indian, Jamaican, Latin, Polish, Swedish, Swiss, Tamil
God is Gracious; Son of Jack; He who Supplants; Diminutive of Jack; Supplanter
Male
Norse
Old Norse form of Hebrew David, DAVIÃ means "beloved."
Female
Native American
Native American Tupi name JACI means "moon."
Boy/Male
British, English, Welsh
David's Son; Surname; Variant of David; Beloved
Male
English
English surname transferred to forename use, from Hebrew David, DAVIS means "beloved."
JACK DAVIS-PLAYWRIGHT
JACK DAVIS-PLAYWRIGHT
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Who Win the War
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Gift of Allah
Boy/Male
Russian
Little.
Boy/Male
Swedish
noble'.
Boy/Male
Hindu
Lord Shiva
Girl/Female
English
Rhyming, meaning pure; or Cady, meaning a rhythmic flow of sounds.
Surname or Lastname
Irish
Irish : reduced form of McCammack.English : habitational name from Cammock in Settle, North Yorkshire, possibly a Celtic name meaning ‘crooked one’, referring to a lofty hill in a bend of the Ribble river.English : perhaps a nickname for a prickly person, from Old English cammoc ‘thorny shrub’.
Girl/Female
Assamese, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Sikh, Sindhi, Telugu
Satisfied
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of the habitational name Bruton, from a place in Somerset, so named with a Celtic river name meaning ‘brisk’ + Old English tūn ‘farmstead’.
Female
Arthurian
, mother of Lohot by Arthur.
JACK DAVIS-PLAYWRIGHT
JACK DAVIS-PLAYWRIGHT
JACK DAVIS-PLAYWRIGHT
JACK DAVIS-PLAYWRIGHT
JACK DAVIS-PLAYWRIGHT
n.
A machine or contrivance for turning a spit; a smoke jack, or kitchen jack.
v. i.
To make a back for; to furnish with a back; as, to back books.
n.
A pitcher or can of waxed leather; -- called also black jack.
n.
A spar formerly used on board of ships, as a crane to hoist the flukes of the anchor to the top of the bow, without injuring the sides of the ship; -- called also the fish davit.
n.
Curved arms of timber or iron, projecting over a ship's side of stern, having tackle to raise or lower a boat, swing it in on deck, rig it out for lowering, etc.; -- called also boat davits.
a.
Being at the back or in the rear; distant; remote; as, the back door; back settlements.
v. i.
To hunt game at night by means of a jack. See 2d Jack, n., 4, n.
v. t.
To put in a sack; to bag; as, to sack corn.
n.
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.
n.
A hood or other device placed over a chimney or vent pipe, to prevent a back draught.
v. i.
To write upon the back of; as, to back a letter; to indorse; as, to back a note or legal document.
n.
See Jack-with-a-lantern, under 2d Jack.
adv.
In, to, or toward, the rear; as, to stand back; to step back.
v. t.
To move or lift, as a house, by means of a jack or jacks. See 2d Jack, n., 5.
n.
A popular colloquial name for a sailor; -- called also Jack tar, and Jack afloat.
n.
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.
n.
see Ils Jack.
n.
Dais.
v. t.
To bear or carry in a sack upon the back or the shoulders.
n.
To make a pack of; to arrange closely and securely in a pack; hence, to place and arrange compactly as in a pack; to press into close order or narrow compass; as to pack goods in a box; to pack fish.