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SACK, n. [L. saccus. Heb. See the verb to sack.] 1. A bag, usually a large cloth bag, used for holding and conveying corn, small wares, wool, cotton, hops, and the like. Gen 42.Sack of wool, in England, is 22 stone of 14lb. each, or 308 pounds. In Scotland, it is 24 stone of 16 pounds each, or 384 pounds.A sack of cotton, contains usually about 300lb. but it may be from 150 to 400 pounds.Sack of earth, in fortification, is a canvas bag filled with earth, used in making retrenchments in haste.2. The measure of three bushels.SACK, n. A species of sweet wine, brought chiefly from the Canary isles. SACK, n. [L. sagum, whence Gr. But the word is Celtic or Teutonic.] Among our rude ancestors, a kind of cloak of a square form, worn over the shoulders and body, and fastened in from by a clasp or thorn. It was originally made of skin, afterwards of wool. In modern times, this name has been given to a woman's garment, a gown with loose plaits on the back; but no garment of this kind is now worn, and the word is in disuse. [See Varro, Strabo, Cluver, Bochart.]SACK, v.t. To put in a sac or in bags. SACK, v.t. [From comparing this word and sack, a bag, in several languages, it appears that they are both from one root, and that the primary sense is to strain, pull, draw; hence sack, a bag, is a tie, that which is tied or drawn together; and sack, to pillage, is to pull, to strip, that is, to take away by violence.] To plunder or pillage, as a town or city. Rome was twice taken and sacked in the reign of one pope. This word is never, I believe, applied to the robbing of persons, or pillaging of single houses, but to the pillaging of towns and cities; and as towns are usually or often sacked, when taken by assault, the word may sometimes include the sense of taking by storm.The Romans lay under the apprehension of seeing their city sacked by a barbarous enemy.SACK, n. The pillage or plunder of a town or city; or the storm and plunder of a town; as the sack of Troy.
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SACK, n. [L. saccus. Heb. See the verb to sack.] 1. A bag, usually a large cloth bag, used for holding and conveying corn, small wares, wool, cotton, hops, and the like. Gen 42.Sack of wool, in England, is 22 stone of 14lb. each, or 308 pounds. In Scotland, it is 24 stone of 16 pounds each, or 384 pounds.A sack of cotton, contains usually about 300lb. but it may be from 150 to 400 pounds.Sack of earth, in fortification, is a canvas bag filled with earth, used in making retrenchments in haste.2. The measure of three bushels.SACK, n. A species of sweet wine, brought chiefly from the Canary isles. SACK, n. [L. sagum, whence Gr. But the word is Celtic or Teutonic.] Among our rude ancestors, a kind of cloak of a square form, worn over the shoulders and body, and fastened in from by a clasp or thorn. It was originally made of skin, afterwards of wool. In modern times, this name has been given to a woman's garment, a gown with loose plaits on the back; but no garment of this kind is now worn, and the word is in disuse. [See Varro, Strabo, Cluver, Bochart.]SACK, v.t. To put in a sac or in bags. SACK, v.t. [From comparing this word and sack, a bag, in several languages, it appears that they are both from one root, and that the primary sense is to strain, pull, draw; hence sack, a bag, is a tie, that which is tied or drawn together; and sack, to pillage, is to pull, to strip, that is, to take away by violence.] To plunder or pillage, as a town or city. Rome was twice taken and sacked in the reign of one pope. This word is never, I believe, applied to the robbing of persons, or pillaging of single houses, but to the pillaging of towns and cities; and as towns are usually or often sacked, when taken by assault, the word may sometimes include the sense of taking by storm.The Romans lay under the apprehension of seeing their city sacked by a barbarous enemy.SACK, n. The pillage or plunder of a town or city; or the storm and plunder of a town; as the sack of Troy. | SACK, n.1 [Sax. sæc, sacc; D. zak, sek; G. sack; Dan. sæk; Sw. säck; W. saç; Ir. sac; Corn. zah; Arm. sach; Fr. sac; It. sacco; Sp. saco, saca; Port. saco, sacco; L. saccus; Gr. σακκος; Hungarian, saak; Slav. shakel; Heb. שק. See the verb to sack.]- A bag, usually a large cloth bag, used for holding and conveying corn, small wares, wool, cotton, hops, and the like. Gen. xlii.
Sack of wool, in England, is 22 stone of 14 lbs. each, or 308 pounds. In Scotland, it is 24 stone of 16 pounds each, or 384 pounds.
A sack of cotton, contains usually about 300 lbs, but it may be from 150 to 400 pounds.
Sack of earth, in fortification, is a canvas bag filled with earth, used in making retrenchments in haste. – Encyc.
- The measure of three bushels. – Johnson.
SACK, n.2 [Fr. sec, seche, dry.]A species of sweet wine, brought chiefly from the Canary isles. – Encyc. Fr. Dict. SACK, n.3 [L. sagum, whence Gr. σαγος. But the word is Celtic or Teutonic; W. segan, a covering, a cloke.]Among our rude ancestors, a kind of cloke of a square form, worn over the shoulders and body, and fastened in front by a clasp or thorn. It was originally made of skin, afterward of wool. In modern times, this name has been given to a woman's garment, a gown with loose plaits on the back; but no garment of this kind is now worn, and the word is in disuse. [See Varro, Strabo, Cluver, Bochart.] SACK, n.4The pillage or plunder of a town or city; or the storm and plunder of a town; as, the sack of Troy. – Dryden. SACK, v.t.1To put in a sack or in bags. – Betterton. SACK, v.t.2 [Arm. sacqa; Ir. sacham, to attack; Sp. and Port. saquear, to plunder or pillage; Sp. to ransack; Sp. and Port. sacar, to pull out, extort, dispossess; It. saccheggiare, to sack; Fr. saccager, to pillage; saccade, a jerk, a sudden pull. From comparing this word and sack, a bag, in several languages, it appears that they are both from one root, and that the primary sense is to strain, pull, draw; hence sack, a bag, is a tie, that which is tied up or drawn together; and sack, to pillage, is to pull, to strip, that is, to take away by violence. See Class Sg, No. 5, 15, 16, 18, 30, 74, 77, &c.]To plunder or pillage, as a town or city. Rome was twice taken and sacked in the reign of one pope. This word is never, I believe, applied to the robbing of persons, or pillaging of single houses, but to the pillaging of towns and cities; and as towns are usually or often sacked, when taken by assault, the word may sometimes include the sense of taking by storm.
The Romans lay under the apprehension of seeing their city sacked by a barbarous enemy. – Addison. | Sack
- A name formerly given to various dry Spanish
wines.
- 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.
- To
put in a sack; to bag; as, to sack corn.
- The pillage or plunder, as
of a town or city; the storm and plunder of a town; devastation;
ravage.
- To plunder or
pillage, as a town or city] to devastate; to ravage.
- 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.
- To bear or carry in a sack upon the back or
the shoulders.
- 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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Sack SACK, noun [Latin saccus. Heb. See the verb to sack ] 1. A bag, usually a large cloth bag, used for holding and conveying corn, small wares, wool, cotton, hops, and the like. Genesis 42:25. SACK of wool, in England, is 22 stone of 14lb. each, or 308 pounds. In Scotland, it is 24 stone of 16 pounds each, or 384 pounds. A sack of cotton, contains usually about 300lb. but it may be from 150 to 400 pounds. SACK of earth, in fortification, is a canvas bag filled with earth, used in making retrenchments in haste. 2. The measure of three bushels. SACK, noun A species of sweet wine, brought chiefly from the Canary isles. SACK, noun [Latin sagum, whence Gr. But the word is Celtic or Teutonic.] Among our rude ancestors, a kind of cloak of a square form, worn over the shoulders and body, and fastened in from by a clasp or thorn. It was originally made of skin, afterwards of wool. In modern times, this name has been given to a woman's garment, a gown with loose plaits on the back; but no garment of this kind is now worn, and the word is in disuse. [See Varro, Strabo, Cluver, Bochart.] SACK, verb transitive To put in a sac or in bags. SACK, verb transitive [From comparing this word and sack a bag, in several languages, it appears that they are both from one root, and that the primary sense is to strain, pull, draw; hence sack a bag, is a tie, that which is tied or drawn together; and sack to pillage, is to pull, to strip, that is, to take away by violence.] To plunder or pillage, as a town or city. Rome was twice taken and sacked in the reign of one pope. This word is never, I believe, applied to the robbing of persons, or pillaging of single houses, but to the pillaging of towns and cities; and as towns are usually or often sacked, when taken by assault, the word may sometimes include the sense of taking by storm. The Romans lay under the apprehension of seeing their city sacked by a barbarous enemy. SACK, noun The pillage or plunder of a town or city; or the storm and plunder of a town; as the sack of Troy.
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