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Definition of Sack
Pronunciation: săk | n. | 1. | A name formerly given to various dry Spanish wines. | | 1. | A bag for holding and carrying goods of any kind; a receptacle made of some kind of pliable material, as cloth, leather, and the like; a large pouch. | | 2. | A measure of varying capacity, according to local usage and the substance. The American sack of salt is 215 pounds; the sack of wheat, two bushels. | | 3. | Originally, a loosely hanging garment for women, worn like a cloak about the shoulders, and serving as a decorative appendage to the gown; now, an outer garment with sleeves, worn by women; as, a dressing sack. | | 4. | A sack coat; a kind of coat worn by men, and extending from top to bottom without a cross seam. | | 5. | (Biol.) See 2d Sac, 2. | | 6. | Bed. | | v. t. | 1. | To put in a sack; to bag; as, to sack corn. | | 2. | To bear or carry in a sack upon the back or the shoulders. | | n. | 1. | The pillage or plunder, as of a town or city; the storm and plunder of a town; devastation; ravage. | | v. t. | 1. | To plunder or pillage, as a town or city; to devastate; to ravage. |
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