Hack (hak), n. [See Hatch a half door.]
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.
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Hack, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hacked (hakt); p. pr. & vb. n. Hacking.] [OE. hakken, AS. haccian; akin to D. hakken, G. hacken, Dan. hakke, Sw. hacka, and perh. to E. hew. Cf. Hew to cut, Haggle.]
1.
To cut irregulary, without skill or definite purpose; to notch; to mangle by repeated strokes of a cutting instrument; as, to hack a post.
My sword hacked like a handsaw.
Shak.
2.
Fig.: To mangle in speaking. Shak.
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Hack, v. i.
To cough faintly and frequently, or in a short, broken manner; as, a hacking cough.
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Hack, n.
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. T. Hughes.
Hack saw, a handsaw having a narrow blade stretched in an iron frame, for cutting metal.
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Hack (hak), n. [Shortened fr. hackney. See Hackney.]
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.
2.
A coach or carriage let for hire; particularly, a coach with two seats inside facing each other; a hackney coach.
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 hack.
Goldsmith.
4.
A procuress.
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Hack, a.
Hackneyed; hired; mercenary. Wakefield.
Hack writer, a hack; one who writes for hire. "A vulgar hack writer." Macaulay.
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Hack, v. 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.
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Hack, v. 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.
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Hack, v. i.
To ride or drive as one does with a hack horse; to ride at an ordinary pace, or over the roads, as distinguished from riding across country or in military fashion.
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Hack, v. t. (Football)
To kick the shins of (an opposing payer).
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Hack, n. (Football)
A kick on the shins, or a cut from a kick.
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