Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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†JACK, n.2 Sc. variant of Eng. jakes, a privy. Also jacks, and comb. jack-stool, a night-stool.Sc. 1695 Acts Parl. Scot. IX. 455:
For more than these twenty years they have only served for a Dunghill and Common Jacks to the great deformity of the Burgh.Sc. 1705 Foulis Account Bk. (S.H.S.) 415:
For a jack to Woodhall . £1400Gsw. 1733 Burgh Rec. Gsw. (1909) 404:
For iron girrs, handles and clouk naills for jack stools to the tollbooth.Sc. 1788 Scots Mag. (May) 251:
This was atchieved by his converting the iron handle of the jack or bucket of the necessary into a pick-lock.
