| Sack (sack) |
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| n. | (s***scr]k) |
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| Sack |
| [OE. seck, F.
sec dry (cf. Sp. seco, It. secco |
A name formerly given to various dry Spanish
wines.
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A bag for holding and carrying goods of any
kind; a receptacle made of some kind of pliable material, as cloth,
leather, and the like; a large pouch.
A measure of varying capacity, according to
local usage and the substance. The American sack of salt is 215
pounds; the sack of wheat, two bushels.
Originally, a
loosely hanging garment for women, worn like a cloak about the
shoulders, and serving as a decorative appendage to the gown; now, an
outer garment with sleeves, worn by women; as, a dressing
sack.
A sack coat; a kind of coat worn by men,
and extending from top to bottom without a cross seam.
See 2d Sac,
2.
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To
put in a sack; to bag; as, to sack corn.
To bear or carry in a sack upon the back or
the shoulders.
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The pillage or plunder, as
of a town or city; the storm and plunder of a town; devastation;
ravage.
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To plunder or
pillage, as a town or city] to devastate; to ravage.
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