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Jacob(encyclopedia)
Jacob(dictionary)
Cats, Jacob(us)(encyclopedia)
Epstein, Sir Jacob(encyclopedia)
Frank, Jacob(encyclopedia)
Jacob (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
Jacob ben Asher(encyclopedia)
Epstein, Jacob(dictionary)
Jordaens, Jacob(encyclopedia)

Jacob (iou)



Jacob noun. M17.

= JACOBUS. Only in M17.
A ladder. slang. Now rare or obsolete. E18.
A foolish person. slang. Only in E19.
(An animal of) a piebald breed of sheep, usu. two- or four-horned, kept since the 18th cent. as an ornamental park breed and, esp. in the Hebrides, for wool. Also Jacob sheep, Jacob's sheep. E20.