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Hack [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Hack [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. A notch; a cut.

2. A horse kept for hire; a horse much used in draught, or in hard service; any thing exposed to hire, or used in common. [from hackney.]

3. A coach or other carriage kept for hire. [from hackney.]

4. Hesitating or faltering speech.

5. A rack for feeding cattle.

Hack [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To be exposed or offered to common use for hire; to turn prostitute.

2. To make an effort to raise phlegm. [ See Hawk .]

Hack [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

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 [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Hackneyed; hired; mercenary.

Hack [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.

3. A notch; a cut.

4. An implement for cutting a notch; a large pick used in breaking stone.

5. A hacking; a catch in speaking; a short, broken cough.

6. A kick on the shins.

7. 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.

8. A coach or carriage let for hire; particularly, a a coach with two seats inside facing each other; a hackney coach.

9. A bookmaker who hires himself out for any sort of literary work; an overworked man; a drudge.

10. A procuress.

Hack [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To cough faintly and frequently, or in a short, broken manner; as, a hacking cough.

2. To be exposed or offered or to common use for hire; to turn prostitute.

3. To live the life of a drudge or hack.

Hack [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.

2. Fig.: To mangle in speaking.

3. To use as a hack; to let out for hire.

4. To use frequently and indiscriminately, so as to render trite and commonplace.

Hackamore [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A halter consisting of a long leather or rope strap and headstall, -- used for leading or tieing a pack animal.

Hackberry [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A genus of trees (Celtis) related to the elm, but bearing drupes with scanty, but often edible, pulp. C. occidentalis is common in the Eastern United States.

Hackberry Encyclopedia Britannica

HACKBERRY, a name given to the fruit of the Celtis occidentalis, L., belonging to the natural order Ulmace<x. It is also known under the name of “sugar berry,” “beaverwood,” and “nettle tree.” The hackberry tree is of middle size, attaining from 60 to 80 feet in height, and with the aspect of an elm. The leaves are ovate, cordate-ovate, and ovate-lanceolate, with a very long taper point,—mostly glabrous above, and usually soft-pubesceut beneath. The soft filmy flowers appear early in the spring before the expansion of the leaves. The fruit or berry, about the size of a bird-cherry, is of an obovate shape, of a reddish or yellowish, colour when youug, turning to a dark purple in autumn. This tree, together with other species of the same genus, is distributed through the deep shady forests bordering the river banks of New England to Wisconsin and even further southward. The fruit has a sweetish and εlightly astringent taste, and is largely eaten in the United States, and, although not officinal, has been highly recommended in cases of dysentery. The seeds contain an oil like that of almonds. The bark 13 tough and fibrous like hemp, the wood is hard and compact and heavy, and next to ebony and box has been spoken of as the best for durability, strength, and beauty; its tenacity and flexibility have led to its employment as shafts for carriages, hoops, &c. The root has been used as a dye for linens. The root, bark, and leaves of C. orientalis are employed in the East as a remedy in epilepsy.

9th ed. Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 11, p. 360
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Hackbolt [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The greater shearwater or hagdon. See Hagdon.

Hackbuss [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Same as Hagbut.

Hacked [Participle passive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Chopped; mangled.

Hacked [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Hackee [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The chipmunk; also, the chickaree or red squirrel.

Hacker [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

One who, or that which, hacks. Specifically: A cutting instrument for making notches; esp., one used for notching pine trees in collecting turpentine; a hack.

Hackery [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A cart with wooden wheels, drawn by bullocks.

Hacking [Participle present tense] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Chopping into small pieces; mangling; mauling.

Hacking [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Hackle [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. A hatchel. The latter word is used in the U. States.

2. Raw silk; any flimsy substance unspun.

3. A fly for angling, dressed with feathers or silk.

Hackle [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To comb flax or hemp; to separate the coarse part of these substances from the fine, by drawing them through the teeth of a hatchel.

2. To tear asunder.

Hackle [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A comb for dressing flax, raw silk, etc.; a hatchel.

2. Any flimsy substance unspun, as raw silk.

3. One of the peculiar, long, narrow feathers on the neck of fowls, most noticeable on the cock, -- often used in making artificial flies; hence, any feather so used.

4. An artificial fly for angling, made of feathers.

Hackle [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To separate, as the coarse part of flax or hemp from the fine, by drawing it through the teeth of a hackle or hatchel.

2. To tear asunder; to break in pieces.

Hackled [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Hackling [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Hackly [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Rough; broken as if hacked.

2. In mineralogy, having fine, short, and sharp points on the surface; as a hackly fracture.

Hackly [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Rough or broken, as if hacked.

2. Having fine, short, and sharp points on the surface; as, the hackly fracture of metallic iron.

Hackman [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The driver of a hack or carriage for public hire.

Hackmatack [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

The popular name of the red larch, the Pinus microcarpa.

Hackmatack [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The American larch (Larix Americana), a coniferous tree with slender deciduous leaves; also, its heavy, close-grained timber. Called also tamarack.

Hackmen [Plural] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Hackney [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Let out for hire; devoted to common use; as a hackney-coach.

2. Prostitute; vicious for hire.

3. Much used; common; trite; as a hackney author or remark.

Hackney [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. A pad; a nag; a pony.

2. A horse kept for hire; a horse much used.

3. A coach or other carriage kept for hire, and often exposed in the streets of cities. The word is sometimes contracted to hack.

4. Any thing much used or used in common; a hireling; a prostitute.

Hackney [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To use much; to practice in one thing; to make

2. trite.

3. To carry in a hackney-coach.

Hackney [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Let out for hire; devoted to common use; hence, much used; trite; mean; as, hackney coaches; hackney authors.

Hackney [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A horse for riding or driving; a nag; a pony.

2. A horse or pony kept for hire.

3. A carriage kept for hire; a hack; a hackney coach.

4. A hired drudge; a hireling; a prostitute.

Hackney [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To devote to common or frequent use, as a horse or carriage; to wear out in common service; to make trite or commonplace; as, a hackneyed metaphor or quotation.

2. To carry in a hackney coach.

Hackney-coach [\N] Webster's Dictionary 1828

HACK'NEY-COACH . [ See Hackney .]

Hackney-coachman [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A man who drives a hackney-coach.