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Look up: Sack

  1. Sack
    Sack is slang for bed. Sack is slang for being fired from a job (getting the sack).
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  2. sack
    To bag purchases at the checkout. See bagger.
    Found on http://www.fmi.org/facts_figs/glossary_s

  3. Sack
    Ancient Measurement Terms: Weight. Five fotmal (of lead).
    Found on http://www.hemyockcastle.co.uk/measure.h

  4. sack
    [n] - the quantity contained in a sack 2. [n] - any of various light dry strong white wine from Spain and Canary Islands (including sherry) 3. [n] - a woman`s full loose hiplength jacket 4. [n] - a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer`s purchases 5. [v] - plunder after capture, as of a town 6. [v] - put in a sack
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  5. Sack
    An early English term for what is now called Sherry.
    Found on http://www.winedirect.co.uk/winecompanio

  6. Sack
    Sack (s&scr;k) noun [ Middle English seck , French sec dry (cf. Spanish seco , Italian secco ), from Latin siccus dry, harsh; perhaps akin to Greek 'ischno`s , Sanskrit sikata sand, Ir. sesc dry, W. hysp . Confer Desiccate .] A name formerly given to various dry Spanish wines. 'Sherris sack .' Shak. Sa ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/3

  7. Sack
    Sack noun [ Middle English sak , sek , Anglo-Saxon sacc , sæcc , Latin saccus , Greek sa`kkos from Hebrew sak ; confer French sac , from the Latin. Confer Sac , Satchel , Sack to plunder.] 1. A bag for holding and carrying goods of any kind; a receptacle made of some kind of pliable material, as cloth, lea ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/3

  8. Sack
    Sack transitive verb 1. To put in a sack; to bag; as, to sack corn. « Bolsters sacked in cloth, blue and crimson.» Latin Wallace. 2. To bear or carry in a sack upon the back or the shoulders. [ Colloq.]
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/3

  9. Sack
    Sack noun [ French sac plunder, pillage, originally, a pack, packet, booty packed up, from Latin saccus . See Sack a bag.] The pillage or plunder, as of a town or city; the storm and plunder of a town; devastation; ravage. « The town was stormed, and delivered up to sack , -- by which phrase is to be understood the perpetration of all those outrages which the ruthles ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/3

  10. Sack
    Sack transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Sacked ; present participle & verbal noun Sacking .] [ See Sack pillage.] To plunder or pillage, as a town or city; to devastate; to ravage. « The Romans lay under the apprehensions of seeing their city sacked by a barbarous enemy.» Addison.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/3

  11. sack
    To plunder or pillage, as a town or city; to devastate; to ravage. 'The Romans lay under the apprehension of seeing their city sacked by a barbarous enemy.' (Addison) ... Origin: See Sack pillage. ... 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 ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  12. sack
    poke noun a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer`s purchases
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  13. sack
    noun any of various light dry strong white wine from Spain and Canary Islands (including sherry)
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  14. sack
    sackful noun the quantity contained in a sack
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  15. sack
    noun a woman`s full loose hiplength jacket
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  16. Sack
    • (n.) 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. • (n.) 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. • (v. t.) To bear or ca...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  17. sack
    (from the article `dress`) ...framework petticoat to define the shape of the skirt ( photograph). In the early decades this was a hoop skirt, circular in section and very full. ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/3

  18. Sack
    A quantity of cement: 94 Ibs. in the United States, 87.5 Ibs. in Canada, for portland or air entraining portland cement, or as indicated on the sack for other kinds of cement.
    Found on http://www.moxie-intl.com/glossary.htm

  19. sack
    a tackle of the quarterback behind his line of scrimmage.
    Found on http://www.firstbasesports.com/football_

  20. Sack
    See Bag.
    Found on http://www.pavement.com/glossary/A.html

  21. sack
    a traditional unit of weight, varying for different commodities shipped in sacks. In Britain, for example, the sack was a traditional measure for wool, fixed by Edward III at 364 pounds (26 stone) in 1340. In the U.S., a sack of salt is traditionally equal to 215 pounds, a sack of cotton 140 pounds, and a sack of flour 100 pounds. A sack of concret...
    Found on http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/dictS.

  22. sack
    tackling a ball carrier who intends to throw a forward pass. A sack is also awarded if a player forces a fumble of the ball, or the ball carrier to go out of bounds, behind the line of scrimmage on an apparent intended forward pass play. The term gained currency ca. 1970.
    Found on http://www.instantactionsports.com/sport


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