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A large pile of hay, grain, straw, or the like, usually of a
nearly conical form, but sometimes rectangular or oblong, contracted at
the top to a point or ridge, and sometimes covered with thatch. |
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A pile of poles or wood, indefinite in quantity. |
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A pile of wood containing 108 cubic feet. |
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A number of flues embodied in one structure, rising above
the roof. Hence: |
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Any single insulated and prominent structure, or upright
pipe, which affords a conduit for smoke; as, the brick smokestack of a
factory; the smokestack of a steam vessel. |
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A section of memory in a computer used for temporary storage
of data, in which the last datum stored is the first retrieved. |
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A data structure within random-access memory used to
simulate a hardware stack; as, a push-down stack. |
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To lay in a conical or other pile; to make into a large
pile; as, to stack hay, cornstalks, or grain; to stack or place wood. |