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Webster 1913 Edition
Stack
1.
A large and to some degree orderly 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.
Against every pillar was a
stack
of billets above a man’s height. Bacon.
3.
Specifically:
A pile of wood containing 108 cubic feet.
[Eng.]
5.
(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 smoke
. stack
of a factory; the smokestack
of a steam vesselStack
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Stacked
(stăkt)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Stacking
.] 1.
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 1828 Edition
Stack
STACK
,Noun.
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
,Verb.
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, &c.