Stack (?), a. [Icel. stakkr; akin
to Sw. stack, Dan. stak. Sf. Stake.]
1. 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.
But corn was housed, and beans were in the
stack.
Cowper.
2. A pile of poles or wood, indefinite in
quantity.
Against every pillar was a stack of billets
above a man's height.
Bacon.
3. A pile of wood containing 108 cubic
feet. [Eng.]
4. (Arch.) (a) A number
of flues embodied in one structure, rising above the roof.
Hence: (b) 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.
Stack of arms (Mil.), a number of
muskets or rifles set up together, with the bayonets crossing one
another, forming a sort of conical self-supporting pile.
Stack, v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Stacked (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Stacking.] [Cf. Sw. stacka, Dan. stakke. See
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.
To stack arms (Mil.), to set up a
number of muskets or rifles together, with the bayonets crossing one
another, and forming a sort of conical pile.
Stack (?), a. [Icel. stakkr; akin
to Sw. stack, Dan. stak. Sf. Stake.]
1. 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.
But corn was housed, and beans were in the
stack.
Cowper.
2. A pile of poles or wood, indefinite in
quantity.
Against every pillar was a stack of billets
above a man's height.
Bacon.
3. A pile of wood containing 108 cubic
feet. [Eng.]
4. (Arch.) (a) A number
of flues embodied in one structure, rising above the roof.
Hence: (b) 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.
Stack of arms (Mil.), a number of
muskets or rifles set up together, with the bayonets crossing one
another, forming a sort of conical self-supporting pile.
Stack, v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Stacked (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Stacking.] [Cf. Sw. stacka, Dan. stakke. See
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.
To stack arms (Mil.), to set up a
number of muskets or rifles together, with the bayonets crossing one
another, and forming a sort of conical pile.
