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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Hackneyed :: Hackneyed (imp. & p. p.) of Hackne.
Stricken :: Strick (n.) A bunch of hackled flax prepared for drawing into slivers.
Fiacre :: Fiacre (n.) A kind of French hackney coach.
Jarvy :: Jarvy (n.) The driver of a hackney coach.
Whacking :: Whacking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Whac.
Gyve :: Gyve (v. t.) To fetter; to shackle; to chain.
Stonechat :: Stonechat (n.) A small, active, and very common European singing bird (Pratincola rubicola); -- called also chickstone, stonechacker, stonechatter, stoneclink, stonesmith..
Hacker :: Hacker (n.) One who, or that which, hacks. Specifically: A cutting instrument for making notches; esp., one used for notching pine trees in collecting turpentine; a hack..
Hack :: Hack (n.) A hacking; a catch in speaking; a short, broken cough..
Trammel :: Trammel (n.) Fig.: Whatever impedes activity, progress, or freedom, as a net or shackle..
Hackneyman :: Hackneyman (n.) A man who lets horses and carriages for hire.
Rash :: Rash (v. t.) To slash; to hack; to cut; to slice.
Hack :: Hack (v. t.) Fig.: To mangle in speaking.
Shackle :: Shackle (v. t.) Figuratively: To bind or confine so as to prevent or embarrass action; to impede; to cumber.
Hackbolt :: Hackbolt (n.) The greater shearwater or hagdon. See Hagdon.
Page :: Page (n.) A track along which pallets carrying newly molded bricks are conveyed to the hack.
Shack :: Shack (v. t.) To feed in stubble, or upon waste corn..
Whinchat :: Whinchat (n.) A small warbler (Pratincola rubetra) common in Europe; -- called also whinchacker, whincheck, whin-clocharet..
Trite :: Trite (a.) Worn out; common; used until so common as to have lost novelty and interest; hackneyed; stale; as, a trite remark; a trite subject..
Dub :: Dub (v. t.) To prepare for fighting, as a gamecock, by trimming the hackles and cutting off the comb and wattles..
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