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Bible Dictionaries
Hack
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(a.) Hackneyed; hired; mercenary.
(2):
(n.) A procuress.
(3):
(n.) 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.
(4):
(n.) Unburned brick or tile, stacked up for drying.
(5):
(v. t.) To cut irregulary, without skill or definite purpose; to notch; to mangle by repeated strokes of a cutting instrument; as, to hack a post.
(6):
(v. i.) To live the life of a drudge or hack.
(7):
(v. i.) To be exposed or offered or to common use for hire; to turn prostitute.
(8):
(v. t.) To use frequently and indiscriminately, so as to render trite and commonplace.
(9):
(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.
(10):
(v. t.) To use as a hack; to let out for hire.
(11):
(n.) A kick on the shins, or a cut from a kick.
(12):
(v. t.) To kick the shins of (an opposing payer).
(13):
(v. i.) To cough faintly and frequently, or in a short, broken manner; as, a hacking cough.
(14):
(v. t.) Fig.: To mangle in speaking.
(15):
(n.) A bookmaker who hires himself out for any sort of literary work; an overworked man; a drudge.
(16):
(n.) A coach or carriage let for hire; particularly, a a coach with two seats inside facing each other; a hackney coach.
(17):
(n.) 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.
(18):
(n.) A kick on the shins.
(19):
(n.) A hacking; a catch in speaking; a short, broken cough.
(20):
(n.) An implement for cutting a notch; a large pick used in breaking stone.
(21):
(n.) A notch; a cut.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Hack'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/h/hack.html. 1828.
