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- English Word Hack Definition To cough faintly and frequently, or in a short, broken manner; as, a hacking cough.
- English Word Hack Definition Fig.: To mangle in speaking.
- English Word Hack Definition To cut irregulary, without skill or definite purpose; to notch; to mangle by repeated strokes of a cutting instrument; as, to hack a post.
- English Word Hack Definition 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.
- English Word Hack Definition Unburned brick or tile, stacked up for drying.
- English Word Hack Definition A kick on the shins.
- English Word Hackamore Definition A halter consisting of a long leather or rope strap and headstall, -- used for leading or tieing a pack animal.
- English Word Hackberry Definition A genus of trees (Celtis) related to the elm, but bearing drupes with scanty, but often edible, pulp. C. occidentalis is common in the Eastern United States.
- English Word Hackbolt Definition The greater shearwater or hagdon. See Hagdon.
- English Word Hackbuss Definition Same as Hagbut.
- 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 To tear asunder; to break in pieces.
- 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 An artificial fly for angling, made of feathers.
- 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.