Sack |
A name formerly given to various dry Spanish wines. |
n. |
Sack |
A bag for holding and carrying goods of any kind; a receptacle made of some kind of pliable material, as cloth, leather, and the like; a large pouch. |
n. |
Sack |
A measure of varying capacity, according to local usage and the substance. The American sack of salt is 215 pounds; the sack of wheat, two bushels. |
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Sack |
Originally, a loosely hanging garment for women, worn like a cloak about the shoulders, and serving as a decorative appendage to the gown; now, an outer garment with sleeves, worn by women; as, a dressing sack. |
n. |
Sack |
A sack coat; a kind of coat worn by men, and extending from top to bottom without a cross seam. |
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Sack |
See 2d Sac, 2. |
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Sack |
Bed. |
n. |
Sack |
To put in a sack; to bag; as, to sack corn. |
v. t. |
Sack |
To bear or carry in a sack upon the back or the shoulders. |
v. t. |
Sack |
The pillage or plunder, as of a town or city; the storm and plunder of a town; devastation; ravage. |
n. |
Sack |
To plunder or pillage, as a town or city; to devastate; to ravage. |
v. t. |
Scale-winged |
Having the wings covered with small scalelike structures, as the Lepidoptera; scaly-winged. |
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Scaly-winged |
Scale-winged. |
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Sheath-winged |
Having elytra, or wing cases, as a beetle. |
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Spur-winged |
Having one or more spurs on the bend of the wings. |
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Winged |
of Wing |
imp. & p. p. |
Winged |
Furnished with wings; transported by flying; having winglike expansions. |
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Winged |
Soaring with wings, or as if with wings; hence, elevated; lofty; sublime. |
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Winged |
Swift; rapid. |
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Winged |
Wounded or hurt in the wing. |
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