Hack

·noun A notch; a cut.

II. Hack ·noun A kick on the shins.

III. Hack ·adj Hackneyed; hired; mercenary.

IV. Hack ·vt Fig.: To mangle in speaking.

V. Hack ·noun A Procuress.

VI. Hack ·vi To live the life of a drudge or hack.

VII. Hack ·vt To use as a hack; to let out for hire.

VIII. Hack ·noun Unburned brick or tile, stacked up for drying.

IX. Hack ·noun A hacking; a catch in speaking; a short, broken cough.

X. Hack ·add. ·noun A kick on the shins, or a cut from a kick.

XI. Hack ·add. ·vt To kick the shins of (an opposing payer).

XII. Hack ·noun An implement for cutting a notch; a large pick used in breaking stone.

XIII. Hack ·vi To be exposed or offered or to common use for hire; to turn prostitute.

XIV. Hack ·vt To use frequently and indiscriminately, so as to render trite and commonplace.

XV. Hack ·vi To cough faintly and frequently, or in a short, broken manner; as, a hacking cough.

XVI. Hack ·noun A bookmaker who hires himself out for any sort of literary work; an overworked man; a drudge.

XVII. Hack ·noun A coach or carriage let for hire; particularly, a a coach with two seats inside facing each other; a hackney coach.

XVIII. Hack ·noun A frame or grating of various kinds; as, a frame for drying bricks, fish, or cheese; a rack for feeding cattle; a grating in a mill race, ·etc.

XIX. Hack ·noun A horse, hackneyed or let out for common hire; also, a horse used in all kinds of work, or a saddle horse, as distinguished from hunting and carriage horses.

XX. Hack ·vt To cut irregulary, without skill or definite purpose; to Notch; to mangle by repeated strokes of a cutting instrument; as, to hack a post.

XXI. Hack ·add. ·vi To ride or drive as one does with a hack horse; to ride at an ordinary pace, or over the roads, as distinguished from riding across country or in military fashion.