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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Hack

Hăck, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. HACKED (hăkt); p. pr. & vb. n. HACKING.] [A-S. haccan, D. hakken, Dan. hakke, Sw. hacka, Ger. hacken, whence Fr. hacher, Prov. Fr. héquer, Sp. hachear, It. acciare.]

  1. To cut irregularly, without skill or definite purpose; to notch; to mangle by repeated strokes of a cutting instrument. “My sword hacked like a handsaw.” Shak.
  2. To speak with stops or catches; to speak with hesitation. Shak.

Hăck, v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. 1. To be exposed or offered to common use for hire; to turn prostitute. Hammer. 2. To make an effort to raise phlegm; to hawk; to cough faintly and frequently. Halliwell.

Hăck, n.

noun

n. 1. A notch; a cut. Shak.

  1. Hesitating or faltering speech. Sir T. More.
  2. A procuress.

Häck, n.

noun

n. [O. Fr. haque, Sp. haca, O. Sp. & Pg. faca. Cf. Icel. fákr, horse. See HACKNEY.]

  1. A horse, or coach, or other carriage, hackneyed or let out for common hire; also, a family horse used in all kinds of work, as distinguished from hunting and carriage horses.
  2. A book-maker who hires himself out for any sort of literary work; an overworked man; a drudge. Macaulay.
  3. A large pick used in working stone. Simmonds.
  4. A rack for feeding cattle.
  5. A frame for drying fish, or for drying cheeses.
  6. A place where bricks are dried before burning.
  7. The frame, composed of wooden bars, in the tail-race of a mill.

Häck, a.

adjective

a. Hackneyed; hired; mercenary. Wakefield.