Stack
[stæk]
Definition
(noun.) an orderly pile.
(verb.) arrange the order of so as to increase one's winning chances; 'stack the deck of cards'.
(verb.) arrange in stacks; 'heap firewood around the fireplace'; 'stack your books up on the shelves'.
(verb.) load or cover with stacks; 'stack a truck with boxes'.
Editor: Nell--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) A large 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.
(a.) A pile of poles or wood, indefinite in quantity.
(a.) A pile of wood containing 108 cubic feet.
(a.) A number of flues embodied in one structure, rising above the roof. Hence:
(a.) Any single insulated and prominent structure, or upright pipe, which affords a conduit for smoke; as, the brick smokestack of a factory; the smokestack of a steam vessel.
(a.) A section of memory in a computer used for temporary storage of data, in which the last datum stored is the first retrieved.
(a.) A data structure within random-access memory used to simulate a hardware stack; as, a push-down stack.
(n.) 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.
Typist: Sharif
Definition
n. a large pile of bay corn wood &c.: a number of chimneys standing together: a pyramid formed by a number of muskets with fixed bayonets interlocked and the stocks spread widely apart.—v.t. to pile into a stack: to make up cards for cheating.—ns. Stack′-stand a frame of wood iron or stone supported on short props for building a stack upon; Stack′yard a yard for stacks.
Edited by Kathleen
Examples
- The boiler was tubular, and the exhaust steam was carried into the chimney by a pipe in front of the smoke stack as shown. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- I found the reason of the mud was that I carried so much water it passed over into the stack, and this washed out all the accumulated soot. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The hay can be gathered by any number of sweep rakes and dumped near the stacker, which will stack on any side and in any shape. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- At the operator’s left hand is a stack of blanks and in his left hand he holds one ready to be placed in the draw press. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- SHOWING A BOX OF IMPORTED MICA Above on the table, a stack of cores and several elements ready for insertion in the iron. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- At the edge of the table is a stack of mica strips known as cores. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The stack was at the end of the dwelling, and the men engaged in building it were Humphrey and Sam, the old man looking on. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- The arms, artillery and public property to be parked and stacked, and turned over to the officer appointed by me to receive them. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The arms, artillery, and public property to be parked and stacked, and turned over to the officers appointed by me to receive them. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- At the appointed hour the garrison of Vicksburg marched out of their works and formed line in front, stacked arms and marched back in good order. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Four chambers, C, E, E′, C′, are filled with fire brick loosely stacked with spaces between, in checker-work style. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- There was an immense amount of cotton, in bales, stacked outside. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- With the new machine a man can cut one and one-half acres in ten hours, to be raked, bound, and stacked by two others. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The fourth side was the house, a quaint, low-roofed, old-fashioned place, with deep diamond-paned lattices, and stacks of curiously-twisted chimneys. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- His office was filled with stacks of books all relating to metaphysics and kindred matters. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The high chimney-stacks telegraph family secrets to him. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The old latticed windows, the stone porch, the walls, the roof, the chimney-stacks, were rich in crayon touches and sepia lights and shades. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Bread in stacks. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- The question of stacking ensilage is sometimes raised, being urged upon our people by the practice of our English friends, who are experimenting quite largely in this direction. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
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