A variety of appliqué work for quilts, table covers, etc. Caulfeild & S. (Dict. of Needlework). [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. sak, sek, AS. sacc, saecc, L. saccus, Gr.
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Sack bearer (Zool.).
Sack tree (Bot.),
To give the sack to
get the sack
To hit the sack,
n. [ OE. seck, F. sec dry (cf. Sp. seco, It. secco), from L. siccus dry, harsh; perhaps akin to Gr.
Sack posset,
v. t.
Bolsters sacked in cloth, blue and crimson. L. Wallace. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. sac plunder, pillage, originally, a pack, packet, booty packed up, fr. L. saccus. See Sack a bag. ] The pillage or plunder, as of a town or city; the storm and plunder of a town; devastation; ravage. [ 1913 Webster ]
The town was stormed, and delivered up to sack, -- by which phrase is to be understood the perpetration of all those outrages which the ruthless code of war allowed, in that age, on the persons and property of the defenseless inhabitants, without regard to sex or age. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
The Romans lay under the apprehensions of seeing their city sacked by a barbarous enemy. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Same as Saddle-backed. [ 1913 Webster ]
Saddleback roof. (Arch.)
n.
n. Work or things made for sale; hence, work done carelessly or slightingly. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Turk. sanjāg. ] A district or a subvision of a vilayet. [ Turkey ] [ 1913 Webster ]
imp. of Sink. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ AS. serce, syrce, a shirt; akin to Icel. serkr, Sw. särk. ] A shirt. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. (Carp.) To cover with sarking, or thin boards. [ 1913 Webster ]
(Bot.) The bark of a West African leguminous tree (Erythrophlaeum Guineense, used by the natives as an ordeal poison, and also medicinally; -- called also
n.
double sawbuck, a twenty-dollar bill. [ PJC ]
n. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of marine annelids of the family
n. See Sheik. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A book used in schools for learning lessons. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Zool.) A skink. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A slunk calf. [ Obs. or Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A blank book in which extracts cut from books and papers may be pasted and kept. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A toy which imitates the sound of tearing cloth, -- used by drawing it across the back of unsuspecting persons. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. See Scratch coat. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.
n. A creaking; a screech; a shriek. Bp. Bull. [ 1913 Webster ]
(Zool.) Any one of numerous species of ducks which frequent the seacoasts and feed mainly on fishes and mollusks. The scoters, eiders, old squaw, and ruddy duck are examples. They may be distinguished by the lobate hind toe. [ 1913 Webster ]
(Zool.) A jager gull. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Soap prepared for use in milling cloth. [ 1913 Webster ]
(Zool.)
n. Any elevated object on land which serves as a guide to mariners; a beacon; a landmark visible from the sea, as a hill, a tree, a steeple, or the like. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
(Zool.) See Monk seal, under Monk. [ 1913 Webster ]
(Bot.) See Thrift. [ 1913 Webster ]
(Zool.) An American compound ascidian (Amoroecium stellatum) which forms large whitish masses resembling salt pork. [ 1913 Webster ]
Risk of injury, destruction, or loss by the sea, or while at sea. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Affected with seasickness. [ 1913 Webster ]
(Zool.) The bar-tailed godwit. [ 1913 Webster ]
(Bot.) See Wrack. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ F. sec, properly, dry, L. siccus. ] Barren; unprofitable. See
a. Sick. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
The man saked him, saying, What seekest thou? And he said, I seek my brethren. Gen. xxxvii. 15, 16. [ 1913 Webster ]
Others, tempting him, sought of him a sign. Luke xi. 16. [ 1913 Webster ]
Seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal. Amos v. 5. [ 1913 Webster ]
Since great Ulysses sought the Phrygian plains. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To make search or inquiry; to endeavor to make discovery. [ 1913 Webster ]
Seek ye out of the book of the Lord, and read. Isa. xxxiv. 16. [ 1913 Webster ]
To seek,
To seek after,
To seek for,
To seek to,
To seek upon,
To seek
Upon a man and do his soul unrest. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
‖n. [ Turk. tshāprāk, whence F. chabraque, G. shabracke. ] (Mil.) The saddlecloth or housing of a cavalry horse. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ Prov. E., to shake, to shed. See Shake. ]
n. [ Cf. Shack, v. i. ] a small simple dwelling, usually having only one room and of flimsy construction; a hut; a shanty; a cabin. [ Colloq. ]
n. [ Cf. Scot. shag refuse of barley or oats. ]
All the poor old shacks about the town found a friend in Deacon Marble. H. W. Beecher. [ 1913 Webster ]
These miserable shacks are so low that their occupants cannot stand erect. D. C. Worcester. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
Common of shack (Eng.Law),