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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

STACK, n.
1. A large conical pile of hay, grain or straw, sometimes covered with thatch. In America, the stack differs from the cock only in size, both being conical. A long pile of hay or grain is called a rick. In England, this distinction is not always observed. This word in Great Britain is sometimes applied to a pile of wood containing 108 cubic feet, and also to a pile of poles; but I believe never in America.
Against every pillar was a stack of billets above a mans highth.
2. A number of funnels or chimneys standing together. We say, a stack of chimneys; which is correct, as a chimney is a passage. But we also call the whole stack a chimney. Thus we say, the chimney rises ten feet above the roof.
STACK, v.t.
1. To lay in a conical or other pile; to make into a large pile; as, to stack hay or grain.
2. In England, to pile wood, poles, etc.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: an orderly pile
2: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money" [syn: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad]
3: a list in which the next item to be removed is the item most recently stored (LIFO) [syn: push-down list, push-down stack, stack]
4: a large tall chimney through which combustion gases and smoke can be evacuated [syn: smokestack, stack]
5: a storage device that handles data so that the next item to be retrieved is the item most recently stored (LIFO) [syn: push-down storage, push-down store, stack] v
1: load or cover with stacks; "stack a truck with boxes"
2: arrange in stacks; "heap firewood around the fireplace"; "stack your books up on the shelves" [syn: stack, pile, heap]
3: arrange the order of so as to increase one's winning chances; "stack the deck of cards"

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English stak, from Old Norse stakkr; akin to Russian stog stack and probably to Old English staca stake Date: 14th century 1. a large usually conical pile (as of hay, straw, or grain in the sheaf) left standing in the field for storage 2. a. an orderly pile or heap b. a large quantity or number 3. an English unit of measure especially for firewood that is equal to 108 cubic feet 4. a. a number of flues embodied in one structure rising above a roof b. a vertical pipe (as to carry off smoke) c. the exhaust pipe of an internal combustion engine 5. a. a structure of bookshelves for compact storage of books — usually used in plural b. plural a section of a building housing such structures 6. a pile of poker chips 7. a. a memory or a section of memory in a computer for temporary storage in which the last item stored is the first retrieved; also a data structure that simulates a stack <a push-down stack> b. a computer memory consisting of arrays of memory elements stacked one on top of another II. verb Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. a. to arrange in a stack ; pile b. to pile in or on <stacked the table with books> <stack the dishwasher> 2. a. to arrange secretly for cheating <stack a deck of cards> b. to arrange or fix so as to make a particular result likely <the odds are stacked against us> <will stack juries to suit themselves — Patrice Horn> 3. a. to assign (an airplane) by radio to a particular altitude and position within a group circling before landing b. to put into a waiting line <another dozen rigs are stacked up and waiting — P. H. Hutchins, Jr.> 4. compare — used with against <such a crime is nothing when stacked against a murder — Pete Censky> intransitive verb to form a stack • stacker noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 a pile or heap, esp. in orderly arrangement. 2 a circular or rectangular pile of hay, straw, etc., or of grain in sheaf, often with a sloping thatched top, a rick. 3 colloq. a large quantity (a stack of work; has stacks of money). 4 a = chimney-stack. b = SMOKESTACK. c a tall factory chimney. 5 a stacked group of aircraft. 6 (also stack-room) a part of a library where books are compactly stored, esp. one to which the public does not have direct access. 7 Brit. a high detached rock esp. off the coast of Scotland and the Orkneys. 8 a pyramidal group of rifles, a pile. 9 Computing a set of storage locations which store data in such a way that the most recently stored item is the first to be retrieved. 10 Brit. a measure for a pile of wood of 108 cu. ft. (30.1 cubic metres). --v.tr. 1 pile in a stack or stacks. 2 a arrange (cards) secretly for cheating. b manipulate (circumstances etc.) to one's advantage. 3 cause (aircraft) to fly round the same point at different levels while waiting to land at an airport. Phrases and idioms: stack arms hist. = pile arms. stack up US colloq. present oneself, measure up. stack-yard an enclosure for stacks of hay, straw, etc. Derivatives: stackable adj. stacker n. Etymology: ME f. ON stakkr haystack f. Gmc

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Stack Stack, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stacked; p. pr. & vb. n. Stacking.] [Cf. Sw. stacka, Dan. stakke. See Stack, n.] To lay in a conical or other pile; to make into a large pile; as, to stack hay, cornstalks, or grain; to stack or place wood. To stack arms (Mil.), to set up a number of muskets or rifles together, with the bayonets crossing one another, and forming a sort of conical pile.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Stack Stack, a. [Icel. stakkr; akin to Sw. stack, Dan. stak. Sf. Stake.] 1. A large pile of hay, grain, straw, or the like, usually of a nearly conical form, but sometimes rectangular or oblong, contracted at the top to a point or ridge, and sometimes covered with thatch. But corn was housed, and beans were in the stack. --Cowper. 2. A pile of poles or wood, indefinite in quantity. Against every pillar was a stack of billets above a man's height. --Bacon. 3. A pile of wood containing 108 cubic feet. [Eng.] 4. (Arch.) (a) A number of flues embodied in one structure, rising above the roof. Hence: (b) Any single insulated and prominent structure, or upright pipe, which affords a conduit for smoke; as, the brick smokestack of a factory; the smokestack of a steam vessel.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(stacks, stacking, stacked) 1. A stack of things is a pile of them. There were stacks of books on the bedside table and floor. N-COUNT: usu N of n 2. If you stack a number of things, you arrange them in neat piles. Mme Cathiard was stacking the clean bottles in crates... They are stacked neatly in piles of three. VERB: V n, V-ed • Stack up means the same as stack. He ordered them to stack up pillows behind his back. ...plates of delicious food stacked up on the counters. PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), V-ed P 3. If you say that someone has stacks of something, you mean that they have a lot of it. (INFORMAL) If the job's that good, you'll have stacks of money. N-PLURAL: N of n 4. If someone in authority stacks an organization or body, they fill it with their own supporters so that the decisions it makes will be the ones they want it to make. (mainly AM) They said they were going to stack the court with anti-abortion judges... = pack VERB: V n with n 5. see also stacked, chimney stack 6. If you say that the odds are stacked against someone, or that particular factors are stacked against them, you mean that they are unlikely to succeed in what they want to do because the conditions are not favourable. The odds are stacked against civilians getting a fair trial... Everything seems to be stacked against us. PHRASE: V inflects, PHR n

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

stak: Ex 22:6 the King James Version, the Revised Version (British and American) "shocks" (of grain).

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