Shack (?), v. t. [Prov. E., to shake, to
shed. See Shake.] 1. To shed or fall, as
corn or grain at harvest. [Prov. Eng.] Grose.
2. To feed in stubble, or upon waste
corn. [Prov. Eng.]
3. To wander as a vagabond or a tramp.
[Prev.Eng.]
Shack, n. [Cf. Scot. shag refuse
of barley or oats.] 1. The grain left after
harvest or gleaning; also, nuts which have fallen to the ground.
[Prov. Eng.]
2. Liberty of winter pasturage. [Prov.
Eng.]
3. A shiftless fellow; a low, itinerant
beggar; a vagabond; a tramp. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U.S.]
Forby.
All the poor old shacks about the town found a
friend in Deacon Marble.
H. W. Beecher.
Common of shack (Eng.Law), the right
of persons occupying lands lying together in the same common field to
turn out their cattle to range in it after harvest.
Cowell.
Shack, n. [Cf. Shack, v.
i.] A hut; a shanty; a cabin. [Colloq.]
These miserable shacks are so low that their
occupants cannot stand erect.
D. C.
Worcester.
Shack (?), v. t. [Prov. E., to shake, to
shed. See Shake.] 1. To shed or fall, as
corn or grain at harvest. [Prov. Eng.] Grose.
2. To feed in stubble, or upon waste
corn. [Prov. Eng.]
3. To wander as a vagabond or a tramp.
[Prev.Eng.]
Shack, n. [Cf. Scot. shag refuse
of barley or oats.] 1. The grain left after
harvest or gleaning; also, nuts which have fallen to the ground.
[Prov. Eng.]
2. Liberty of winter pasturage. [Prov.
Eng.]
3. A shiftless fellow; a low, itinerant
beggar; a vagabond; a tramp. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U.S.]
Forby.
All the poor old shacks about the town found a
friend in Deacon Marble.
H. W. Beecher.
Common of shack (Eng.Law), the right
of persons occupying lands lying together in the same common field to
turn out their cattle to range in it after harvest.
Cowell.
Shack, n. [Cf. Shack, v.
i.] A hut; a shanty; a cabin. [Colloq.]
These miserable shacks are so low that their
occupants cannot stand erect.
D. C.
Worcester.
