Halter-sack

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• halter

  halter, ēris, m., = ἁλτήρ, in gymnastics, leaden weights held in the hands in leaping exercises, to...

  A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

• Halter

  ·noun A strong strap or cord. II. Halter ·noun One who halts or limps; a cripple. III. Halter ·nou...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Sack

  ·noun ·see 2d Sac, 2. II. Sack ·noun <<Bed>>. III. Sack ·noun A name formerly given to various dry...

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• sack

  A pocket. To buy the sack: to get drunk. To dive into the sack; to pick a pocket. To break a bottle ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• Latigo halter

  ·add. ·- A kind of halter usually made of raw hide. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Wag-halter

  ·noun One who moves or wears a halter; one likely to be hanged. ...

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• Sack-winged

  ·adj Having a peculiar pouch developed near the front edge of the wing; — said of certain bats of t...

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• doodle sack

  A bagpipe. Dutch.--Also the private parts of a woman. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• sack, to

  [from the Anglo-Saxon sæc]. To pillage a place which has been taken by storm. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• sh-t sack

  A dastardly fellow: also a non-conformist. This appellation is said to have originated from the foll...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• Friars of the Sack or Penance

  See (Fratres de) Penitentia. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.