From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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.
[Slang]
{To hit the sack}, to go to bed. [Slang]
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