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<p><b>2.</b> <def>Unburned brick or tile, stacked up for drying.</def>

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<hw>Hack</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Hacked</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Hacking</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>hakken</ets>; akin to D. <ets>hakken</ets>, G. <ets>hacken</ets>, Dan. <ets>hakke</ets>, Sw. <ets>hacka</ets>, and perh. to E. <ets>hew</ets>. Cf. <er>Hew</er> to cut, <er>Haggle</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To cut irregulary, without skill or definite purpose; to notch; to mangle by repeated strokes of a cutting instrument; <as>as, to <ex>hack</ex> a post</as>.</def>

<blockquote>My sword <b>hacked</b> like a handsaw. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Fig.: To mangle in speaking.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

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<hw>Hack</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To cough faintly and frequently, or in a short, broken manner; <as>as, a <ex>hacking</ex> cough</as>.</def>

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<hw>Hack</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A notch; a cut.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An implement for cutting a notch; a large pick used in breaking stone.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A hacking; a catch in speaking; a short, broken cough.</def>

<i>Dr. H. More.</i>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Football)</fld> <def>A kick on the shins.</def>

<i>T. Hughes.</i>

<cs><col>Hack saw</col>, <cd>a handsaw having a narrow blade stretched in an iron frame, for cutting metal.</cd></cs>

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<hw>Hack</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Shortened fr. <ets>hackney</ets>. See <er>Hackney</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>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.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A coach or carriage let for hire; particularly, a a coach with two seats inside facing each other; a hackney coach.</def>

<blockquote>On horse, on foot, in <b>hacks</b> and gilded chariots. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A bookmaker who hires himself out for any sort of literary work; an overworked man; a drudge.</def>

<blockquote>Here lies poor Ned Purdon, from misery freed, Who long was a bookseller's <b>hack</b>. <i>Goldsmith.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A procuress.</def>

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<hw>Hack</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Hackneyed; hired; mercenary.</def>

<i>Wakefield.</i>