(n.) A short line used in drawing and engraving, especially in shading and denoting different surfaces, as in map drawing. See Hatching.
hacienda
(n.) A large estate where work of any kind is done, as agriculture, manufacturing, mining, or raising of animals
a cultivated farm, with a good house, in distinction from a farming establishment with rude huts for herdsmen, etc.
-- a word used in Spanish-American regions.
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(n.) A frame or grating of various kinds
as, a frame for drying bricks, fish, or cheese
a rack for feeding cattle
a grating in a mill race, etc.
(n.) Unburned brick or tile, stacked up for drying.
(v. t.) To cut irregulary, without skill or definite purpose
to notch
to mangle by repeated strokes of a cutting instrument
as, to hack a post.
(v. t.) Fig.: To mangle in speaking.
(v. i.) To cough faintly and frequently, or in a short, broken manner
as, a hacking cough.
(n.) A notch
a cut.
(n.) An implement for cutting a notch
a large pick used in breaking stone.
(n.) A hacking
a catch in speaking
a short, broken cough.
(n.) A kick on the shins.
(n.) A horse, hackneyed or let out for common hire
also, a horse used in all kinds of work, or a saddle horse, as distinguished from hunting and carriage horses.
(n.) A coach or carriage let for hire
particularly, a a coach with two seats inside facing each other
a hackney coach.
(n.) A bookmaker who hires himself out for any sort of literary work
an overworked man
a drudge.
(n.) A procuress.
(a.) Hackneyed
hired
mercenary.
(v. t.) To use as a hack
to let out for hire.
(v. t.) To use frequently and indiscriminately, so as to render trite and commonplace.
(v. i.) To be exposed or offered or to common use for hire
to turn prostitute.
(v. i.) To live the life of a drudge or hack.
hackamore
(n.) A halter consisting of a long leather or rope strap and headstall, -- used for leading or tieing a pack animal.
hackberry
(n.) A genus of trees (Celtis) related to the elm, but bearing drupes with scanty, but often edible, pulp. C. occidentalis is common in the Eastern United States.
hackbolt
(n.) The greater shearwater or hagdon. See Hagdon.