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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. |
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Unburned brick or tile, stacked up for drying. |
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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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Fig.: To mangle in speaking. |
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To cough faintly and frequently, or in a short, broken
manner; as, a hacking cough. |
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A notch; a cut. |
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An implement for cutting a notch; a large pick used in
breaking stone. |
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A hacking; a catch in speaking; a short, broken cough. |
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A kick on the shins. |
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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. |
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A coach or carriage let for hire; particularly, a a coach
with two seats inside facing each other; a hackney coach. |
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A bookmaker who hires himself out for any sort of literary
work; an overworked man; a drudge. |
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A procuress. |
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Hackneyed; hired; mercenary. |
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To use as a hack; to let out for hire. |
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To use frequently and indiscriminately, so as to render
trite and commonplace. |
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To be exposed or offered or to common use for hire; to
turn prostitute. |
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To live the life of a drudge or hack. |