Sack

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SACK, sb. and v.1 Var. dial. uses in Sc. Irel. and Eng. Also written sac Yks.; and in form zack Brks.1 [sak, sæk.] 1. sb. In comb. (1) Sack-and-seam road, obs., a horse-road, esp. a road for pack-horses across a moor; (2) Sack-bag, a sack; (3) Sack-gown, obs., the garment worn by an offender when doing public penance; (4) Sack('s mouth, in phr. o send it in the sack('s mouth, obs., of a miller: to return the price of the corn by the man who delivered it; (5) Sack-tackle, a hoist, lift, elevator; cf. seck, 2 (8). (1) N.Cy.1 (2) Som. One o' Blagdon laid a mysterious sack-bag on the grass at Patty's feet while he shook hands, Raymond Men o' Mendip (1898) xiii. (3) Sc. The Scottish representative of the traditional white sheet, which consisted of a cloak of coarse linen, known as the ‘harden goun,’ the ‘harn goun,’ or the ‘sack goun,’ Andrews Bygone Ch. Life (1899) 111. Edb. He was appointed to ‘buy ane sack goun to stand in at the kirk door,’ Lorimer West Kirke (1885) 51. (4) Nhb.1 (5) w.Yks. Ther wor sactackels to save th' trouble o' climin up, Hartley Clock Alm. (1889) 41. 2. Phr. (1) cloth of sack, obs., sackcloth; (2) more sacks to or on the mill, a game; see below. (1) Fif. Ilka monk... pat on claith o' sack, Tennant Papistry (1827) 224. (2) Oxf. This is a rough-and-tumble boys' game, in which as many boys as possible are heaped together, one above another. As each successive boy is added to the heap the boys shout: ‘More sacks on the mill’ (G.O.). Brks.1 A favourite game with children at Christmas time. 3. A bag to contain four bushels. e.Yks. Ray (1691). w.Som.1 4. A dry measure of varying capacity; see below. w.Yks. Of potatoes, 14 pecks = 3½ bushels, Morton Cyclo. Agric. (1863). n.Wal. Of wheat, 1½ hobaid, to weigh 260 lb., MORTON Cyclo. Agric. Lei.1 As a measure of potatoes, &c., a sack is four bushels. War. Of beans and wheat, 3 bushels of 9 gallons each, Morton Cyclo. Agric. Wor. Of apples, 4 bushels, MORTON Cyclo. Agric. Glo. Of potatoes, 3 bushels, or 2½ cwt., MORTON Cyclo. Agric. Bdf. Of corn, 5 bushels, MORTON Cyclo. Agric. Hrt. Of ashes, 5 bushels, 4 striked, 1 heaped, MORTON Cyclo. Agric. Mid. Horn shavings from 6s. to 7s. a sack of eight bushels, well stuffed; leather dust and shreds, 2s. 8d. a sack of five bushels, well stuffed, Middleton Agric. (1798) 302. Ess. Of charcoal, 8 pecks, Morton Cyclo. Agric. Ken. Of apples and potatoes, about 3½ bushels, MORTON Cyclo. Agric. Sur. Of charcoal, 5 bushels; of oats, 4 bushels; of potatoes, 3 bushels of 60 lb. each, MORTON Cyclo. Agric. Wil. Of beans, pease, wheat, and vetches, usually 4 bushels; of potatoes, 36 gallons, or 2 cwt., MORTON Cyclo. Agric. Dor. Of flour and grain, 4 bushels of 9 gallons each = 4½ Winchester bushels, MORTON Cyclo. Agric. Som. Of potatoes, 240 lb., MORTON Cyclo. Agric. w.Som.1 A measure of four bushels. Dev. Of coals, 1¼ cwt., Morton Cyclo. Agric. nw.Dev.1 A sack of oats is five bushels; but of other grain four bushels. 5. Obs. A shirt; also the garment worn by an offender when doing public penance. Bch. Doin' well oursells, we canna help Tho' a' friends binna steddy; Sma' is the kin that canna spare To fill baith sack an' widdy, Forbes Ulysses (1785) 15. Yks. (K.) 6. A bottle. Sh.&Ork.1 7. Obs. A contemptuous term for a man. Cf. sackie, 4. w.Sc. You! ye Sessantilly sacks, what ken ye about pickin' or setting the millstane? Carrick Laird of Logan (1835) 174. 8. pl. A game; see below. Crk. A number of children place their closed fists on top of one another in a pile. The leader asks, pointing to the topmost fist, ‘What's in that sack?’ Answer, ‘Potatoes,’ or anything the child chooses. The leader tips it off with her finger, saying, ‘Knock it away’; and so to the very undermost fist, when she asks, ‘What's in this sack?’ The answer must be, ‘Bread and cheese’; and then the following dialogue takes place:─ ‘Where's my share?’ ‘The mouse eat it.’ ‘Where's the mouse?’ ‘The cat killed it.’ ‘Where's the cat?’ ‘The dog worried it.’ ‘Where's the dog?’ ‘The cow tossed it.’ ‘Where's the cow?’ ‘The butcher killed it.’ ‘Where's the butcher?’ ‘Behind the door.’ And whoever speaks the first word shall get a sound box on the ear, Gomme Games (1898) II. 146-7. 9. v. To put into a sack; fig. ‘to pocket.’ Sc. Though I sack the salary, I'm not a man of science, Vedder Poems (1842) 57. Dmf. Ye maun sack it [the corn] up, i' the thumb o' a glove, Cromek Remains (1810) 119. Hence Sacker, sb. a salt-making term: the man who holds the salt-sacks while they are being filled. Chs.1 10. To shake a sack or bag in order to make the contents settle more closely. Chs.1 Salt-making term. When a sack is too full to stitch properly, the men jump it up and down, to cause the salt to settle more closely; this is called sacking. Shaking corn in a bag to make it more solid is also called sacking it.

SACK, v.2 Irel. Slang. [sak.] To vanquish an opponent, esp. by a show of superior learning. Ir. The terms of defeat or victory, according to their application, were called sacking and bogging... ‘'Twas young Brady that didn't sack him clane... and went nigh to bog the priest himself in Greek,’ Carleton Traits Peas. (ed. 1836) II. 150. N.I.1 [Oxf. Slang. One that has sacked the Christ Church boat, And distanced all the rest, Brasenose Ale (1846).]

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