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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Unshackle :: Unshackle (v. t.) To loose from shackles or bonds; to set free from restraint; to unfetter.
Garreteer :: Garreteer (n.) One who lives in a garret; a poor author; a literary hack.
Pallet :: Pallet (n.) A board on which a newly molded brick is conveyed to the hack.
Whacking :: Whacking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Whac.
Rouncy :: Rouncy (n.) A common hackney horse; a nag.
Whacking :: Whacking (a.) Very large; whapping.
Shack :: Shack (n.) A shiftless fellow; a low, itinerant beggar; a vagabond; a tramp..
Trammel :: Trammel (n.) A kind of shackle used for regulating the motions of a horse and making him amble.
Heckle :: Heckle (n. & v. t.) Same as Hackle.
Hamper :: Hamper (v. t.) To put a hamper or fetter on; to shackle; to insnare; to inveigle; hence, to impede in motion or progress; to embarrass; to encumber..
Hackney :: Hackney (n.) A hired drudge; a hireling; a prostitute.
Whinchat :: Whinchat (n.) A small warbler (Pratincola rubetra) common in Europe; -- called also whinchacker, whincheck, whin-clocharet..
Haggle :: Haggle (v. t.) To cut roughly or hack; to cut into small pieces; to notch or cut in an unskillful manner; to make rough or mangle by cutting; as, a boy haggles a stick of wood..
Whack :: Whack (n.) A smart resounding blow.
Gyve :: Gyve (v. t.) To fetter; to shackle; to chain.
Penny-a-liner :: Penny-a-liner (n.) One who furnishes matter to public journals at so much a line; a poor writer for hire; a hack writer.
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..
Ramshackle :: Ramshackle (a.) Loose; disjointed; falling to pieces; out of repair.
Hackle :: Hackle (v. t.) To separate, as the coarse part of flax or hemp from the fine, by drawing it through the teeth of a hackle or hatchel..
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..
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