sack¹ /sak/

1. A large bag made of coarse fabric, thick paper, etc
2. A sackful
3. A varying, usu large measure of capacity
4. (with the) dismissal from employment (informal)
5. (with the) a form of the death penalty by which the criminal was condemned to be sewn up in a sack and drowned (historical)
6. Bed (slang)
7. An instance of sacking a quarterback (American football)

1. To put into a sack
2. To dismiss from employment (informal)
3. To tackle (a quarterback) behind the line of scrimmage and before he or she can pass the ball (American football)

sackˈable adjective

sackˈful noun (pl sackˈfuls)

1. As much as a sack will hold
2. A large quantity (informal)

sackˈing noun

Coarse cloth used in making sacks, sackcloth

sackˈlike adjective

sackˈcloth noun

1. Coarse cloth used for making sacks
2. Coarse material, formerly worn in mourning or penance

sack-doudling /-dŭdˈlin/ adjective (Walter Scott)

Bagpiping (cf doodle²and Ger Dudelsack)

sack race noun

One in which each runner's legs are enclosed in a sack

sack tree noun

The upas (from the use of its inner bark to make sacks)

hit the sack (slang)

To go to bed

in sackcloth and ashes

1. Showing extreme regret, penitence, etc (often facetious)
2. In deep mourning

sad sack (esp US sl)

A person who seems to attract mishap and disaster, a misfit

sack² /sak/

1. Plundering or devastation (of a town or city)
2. Pillage

1. To plunder
2. To pillage

sackˈage (rare) or sackˈing noun

sackˈer noun

sack³ /sak/

The old name of various dry white wines from Spain and the Canaries

sackˈ-possˈet noun

Posset made with sack

burnt sack

Mulled sack

sack⁴ or sacque /sak/ (historical)

1. A woman's loose-fitting gown (also sack dress)
2. A train of silk hanging from the shoulders of such a gown
3. A woman's hip-length coat with a loose-fitting back

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• C of A
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• coffee
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