n. An ass; a donkey.n. A stupid or silly fellow; a clown.n. A lever mounted on a tripod for lifting stones, leveling up railroad-ties, etc.; a lever-jack.n. Nautical, a room or cabin a baft and under the poop-deck, in which the officers and cabin-passengers take their meals; also, a sort of cabin or cook-room in lighters, barges, etc.; in small boats, a locker.n. Hence Any small cupboard or storehouse for odds and ends.n. A name of the coalfish.n. The gallinule, Gallinula chloropus. Montagu.n. A counterweight, a loaded truck used to balance the car on an incline.n. Nautical: A platform in the stern of a fishing-boat, on which a drift-net is carried when not in use.