(n.) 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.
(n.) Unburned brick or tile, stacked up for drying.
(v. t.) To cut irregulary, without skill or definite purpose; to
notch; to mangle by repeated strokes of a cutting instrument; as, to
hack a post.
(v. t.) Fig.: To mangle in speaking.
(v. i.) To cough faintly and frequently, or in a short, broken
manner; as, a hacking cough.
(n.) A notch; a cut.
(n.) An implement for cutting a notch; a large pick used in
breaking stone.
(n.) A hacking; a catch in speaking; a short, broken cough.
(n.) A kick on the shins.
(n.) 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.
(n.) A coach or carriage let for hire; particularly, a a coach
with two seats inside facing each other; a hackney coach.
(n.) A bookmaker who hires himself out for any sort of literary
work; an overworked man; a drudge.
(n.) A procuress.
(a.) Hackneyed; hired; mercenary.
(v. t.) To use as a hack; to let out for hire.
(v. t.) To use frequently and indiscriminately, so as to render
trite and commonplace.
(v. i.) To be exposed or offered or to common use for hire; to
turn prostitute.
(v. i.) To live the life of a drudge or hack.
