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  • English Word Hacked Definition of Hack
  • English Word Hackee Definition The chipmunk; also, the chickaree or red squirrel.
  • English Word Hacker Definition One who, or that which, hacks. Specifically: A cutting instrument for making notches; esp., one used for notching pine trees in collecting turpentine; a hack.
  • English Word Hackery Definition A cart with wooden wheels, drawn by bullocks.
  • English Word Hacking Definition of Hack
  • English Word Hackle Definition A comb for dressing flax, raw silk, etc.; a hatchel.
  • English Word Hackle Definition Any flimsy substance unspun, as raw silk.
  • English Word Hackle Definition One of the peculiar, long, narrow feathers on the neck of fowls, most noticeable on the cock, -- often used in making artificial flies; hence, any feather so used.
  • English Word Hackle Definition An artificial fly for angling, made of feathers.
  • English Word Hackle Definition To separate, as the coarse part of flax or hemp from the fine, by drawing it through the teeth of a hackle or hatchel.
  • English Word Hackle Definition To tear asunder; to break in pieces.
  • English Word Hackled Definition of Hackle
  • English Word Hackling Definition of Hackle
  • English Word Hackly Definition Rough or broken, as if hacked.
  • English Word Hackly Definition Having fine, short, and sharp points on the surface; as, the hackly fracture of metallic iron.
  • English Word Hackman Definition The driver of a hack or carriage for public hire.
  • English Word Hackmatack Definition The American larch (Larix Americana), a coniferous tree with slender deciduous leaves; also, its heavy, close-grained timber. Called also tamarack.
  • English Word Hackmen Definition of Hackman
  • English Word Hackney Definition A hired drudge; a hireling; a prostitute.
  • English Word Hackney Definition A horse or pony kept for hire.
  • English Word Hackney Definition A horse for riding or driving; a nag; a pony.
  • English Word Hackney Definition A carriage kept for hire; a hack; a hackney coach.
  • English Word Hackney Definition To carry in a hackney coach.
  • English Word Hackney Definition Let out for hire; devoted to common use; hence, much used; trite; mean; as, hackney coaches; hackney authors.
  • English Word Hackney Definition To devote to common or frequent use, as a horse or carriage; to wear out in common service; to make trite or commonplace; as, a hackneyed metaphor or quotation.
  • English Word Hackneyed Definition of Hackney
  • English Word Hackneying Definition of Hackney
  • English Word Hackneyman Definition A man who lets horses and carriages for hire.
  • English Word Hackneymen Definition of Hackneyman
  • English Word Hackneys Definition of Hackney