Shack

[ʃæk]

Definition

(v. t.) To shed or fall, as corn or grain at harvest.

(v. t.) To feed in stubble, or upon waste corn.

(v. t.) To wander as a vagabond or a tramp.

(n.) The grain left after harvest or gleaning; also, nuts which have fallen to the ground.

(n.) Liberty of winter pasturage.

(n.) A shiftless fellow; a low, itinerant beggar; a vagabond; a tramp.

Checked by Freda

Definition

v.i. to shed or fall out as ripe grain from the ear: to feed on stubble: (U.S.) to hibernate to go into winter quarters.—n. grain &c. fallen on the ground: liberty of winter pasturage: a hastily-built cabin a rickety house.—ns. Shack′-bait such bait as may be picked up at sea; Shack′le stubble.

v.i. to tramp or wander about.—n. a tramp a vagabond.

Editor: Rodney