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Sack \Sack\, n. [OE. sak, sek, AS. sacc, saecc, L. saccus, Gr.
   sa`kkos from Heb. sak; cf. F. sac, from the Latin. Cf. {Sac},
   {Satchel}, {Sack} to plunder.]
   1. 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.
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   2. 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. --McElrath.
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   3. [Perhaps a different word.] 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. [Written also {sacque}.]
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   4. A sack coat; a kind of coat worn by men, and extending
      from top to bottom without a cross seam.
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   5. (Biol.) See 2d {Sac}, 2.
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   {Sack bearer} (Zool.). See {Basket worm}, under {Basket}.

   {Sack tree} (Bot.), an East Indian tree ({Antiaris
      saccidora}) which is cut into lengths, and made into sacks
      by turning the bark inside out, and leaving a slice of the
      wood for a bottom.

   {To give the sack to} or {get the sack}, to discharge, or be
      discharged, from employment; to jilt, or be jilted.
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   {To hit the sack}, to go to bed. [Slang]
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