Jack (playing card) Jack (playing card) A jack or knave is a playing card which, in traditional French and English decks, pictures a man in the traditional or historic aristocratic dress generally associated with Europe of the 16th or 17th century. The usual rank of a jack, within its suit, plays as if it was an 11 (that is, between the 10 and the queen). As the lowest face (or "court") card, the jack often represents a minimum standard — for example, many poker games require a minimum hand of a pair of jacks ("jacks or better") in order to continue play. The
Sir Lancelot (clipper) Sir Lancelot (clipper) Sir Lancelot was a clipper ship which sailed in the China trade and the India-Mauritius trade. Built in 1865 by Robert Steele & Company, Greenock, "Sir Lancelot" was "a beautiful tea clipper" called the "Yacht of the Indian Ocean". There is some discussion as to whether "Sir Lancelot" was an exact sister ship of Ariel, but it is clear that the two ships were very similar. "Sir Lancelot" was typical of all of Steele's ships, celebrated for their beauty of model, perfection of build, and superb finish. In the poem "By the Old Pagoda Anchorage," she is