Sac
[sæk]
Definition
(n.) See Sacs.
(n.) The privilege formerly enjoyed by the lord of a manor, of holding courts, trying causes, and imposing fines.
(n.) See 2d Sack.
(n.) A cavity, bag, or receptacle, usually containing fluid, and either closed, or opening into another cavity to the exterior; a sack.
Edited by Leopold
Definition
n. (bot. zool.) a sack or bag for a liquid.—adjs. Sac′cāte -d pouched: pouch-like; Sac′cular like a sac sacciform; Sac′culate -d formed in a series of sac-like expansions: encysted.—ns. Sacculā′tion the formation of a sac: a series of sacs; Sac′cule Sac′culus a small sac:—pl. Sac′culi.
n. (law) the privilege of a lord of manor of holding courts.
Edited by Albert
Examples
- The ordinary man prefers easy ways so long as they may be followed, and is almost wilfully heedless whether they end at last in a cul-de-sac. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- She was still wearing her hat, and her sac coat of blue silk. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Her colourless hair was untidy, wisps floating down on to her sac coat of dark blue silk, from under her blue silk hat. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- He saw the blind valley, the great cul-de-sac of snow and mountain peaks, under the heaven. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
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