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Webster 1913 Edition
Hack
1.
A frame or grating of various kinds; as, a frame for drying bricks, fish, or cheese; a rack for feeding cattle; a grating in a mill race, etc.
2.
Unburned brick or tile, stacked up for drying.
Hack
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Hacked
(hăkt)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Hacking
.] 1.
To cut irregulary, without skill or definite purpose; to notch; to mangle by repeated strokes of a cutting instrument;
as, to
. hack
a postMy sword
hacked
like a handsaw. Shakespeare
2.
Fig.: To mangle in speaking.
Shak.
Hack
,Verb.
I.
To cough faintly and frequently, or in a short, broken manner;
as, a
. hacking
coughHack
,Noun.
1.
A notch; a cut.
Shak.
2.
An implement for cutting a notch; a large pick used in breaking stone.
3.
A hacking; a catch in speaking; a short, broken cough.
Dr. H. More.
4.
(Football)
A kick on the shins, or a cut from a kick.
T. Hughes.
Hack saw
, a handsaw having a narrow blade stretched in an iron frame, for cutting metal.
1.
A horse, hackneyed or let out for common hire; also, a horse used in all kinds of work, or a saddle horse, as distinguished from hunting and carriage horses.
On horse, on foot, in
hacks
and gilded chariots. Pope.
3.
A bookmaker who hires himself out for any sort of literary work; an overworked man; a drudge.
Here lies poor Ned Purdon, from misery freed,
Who long was a bookseller’s
Who long was a bookseller’s
hack
. Goldsmith.
4.
A procuress.
Hack
,Adj.
Hackneyed; hired; mercenary.
Wakefield.
Hack writer
, a hack; one who writes for hire.
“A vulgar hack writer.” Macaulay.
Hack
,Verb.
T.
1.
To use as a hack; to let out for hire.
2.
To use frequently and indiscriminately, so as to render trite and commonplace.
The word “remarkable” has been so
hacked
of late. J. H. Newman.
Hack
,Verb.
I.
1.
To be exposed or offered to common use for hire; to turn prostitute.
Hanmer.
2.
To live the life of a drudge or hack.
Goldsmith.
Webster 1828 Edition
Hack
HACK
, v.t.1.
To cut irregularly and into small pieces; to notch; to mangle by repeated strokes of a cutting instrument.2.
To speak with stops or catches; to speak with hesitation.HACK
,Noun.
HACK
,Noun.
1.
A coach or other carriage kept for hire. [from hackney.]2.
Hesitating or faltering speech.3.
A rack for feeding cattle.HACK
,Adj.
HACK
,Verb.
I.
1.
To make an effort to raise phlegm. [See Hawk.]