Definition of hack

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Hack (v. t.) To cut irregulary, without skill or definite purpose; to notch; to mangle by repeated strokes of a cutting instrument; as, to hack a post..

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Mutilate :: Mutilate (v. t.) To cut off or remove a limb or essential part of; to maim; to cripple; to hack; as, to mutilate the body, a statue, etc..
Shackle :: Shackle (n.) Something which confines the legs or arms so as to prevent their free motion; specifically, a ring or band inclosing the ankle or wrist, and fastened to a similar shackle on the other leg or arm, or to something else, by a chain or a strap; a gyve; a fetter..
Hackney :: Hackney (n.) A hired drudge; a hireling; a prostitute.
Bolt :: Bolt (n.) An iron to fasten the legs of a prisoner; a shackle; a fetter.
Fiacre :: Fiacre (n.) A kind of French hackney coach.
Manacle :: Manacle (n.) A handcuff; a shackle for the hand or wrist; -- usually in the plural.
Unfetter :: Unfetter (v. t.) To loose from fetters or from restraint; to unchain; to unshackle; to liberate; as, to unfetter the mind..
Wear :: Wear (v. t.) To carry or bear upon the person; to bear upon one's self, as an article of clothing, decoration, warfare, bondage, etc.; to have appendant to one's body; to have on; as, to wear a coat; to wear a shackle..
Hackmatack :: Hackmatack (n.) The American larch (Larix Americana), a coniferous tree with slender deciduous leaves; also, its heavy, close-grained timber. Called also tamarack..
Hack :: Hack (n.) A procuress.
Ramshackle :: Ramshackle (a.) Loose; disjointed; falling to pieces; out of repair.
Shackly :: Shackly (a.) Shaky; rickety.
Whacker :: Whacker (n.) One who whacks.
Shack :: Shack (n.) The grain left after harvest or gleaning; also, nuts which have fallen to the ground..
Hackle :: Hackle (n.) Any flimsy substance unspun, as raw silk..
Woodhacker :: Woodhacker (n.) The yaffle.
Unbind :: Unbind (v. t.) To remove a band from; to set free from shackles or fastenings; to unite; to unfasten; to loose; as, unbind your fillets; to unbind a prisoner's arms; to unbind a load..
Screw :: Screw (n.) An unsound or worn-out horse, useful as a hack, and commonly of good appearance..
Bilbo :: Bilbo (n.) A long bar or bolt of iron with sliding shackles, and a lock at the end, to confine the feet of prisoners or offenders, esp. on board of ships..
Bolt :: Bolt (v. t.) To fasten or secure with, or as with, a bolt or bolts, as a door, a timber, fetters; to shackle; to restrain..
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