jim-crow

2 definitions found

jim-crow - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Jim-crow \Jim"-crow`\, a.
     For negroes only; set aside for used of negroes as a policy
     of racial discrimination.
     [PJC]

  Jim-crow \Jim"-crow`\, n. (Mach.)
     1. A machine for bending or straightening rails.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A planing machine with a reversing tool, to plane both
        ways.
        [1913 Webster]