Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - sack
Sack
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1. n. & v. --n. 1 a a large strong bag, usu. made of hessian, paper, or plastic, for storing or conveying goods. b (usu. foll. by of) this with its contents (a sack of potatoes). c a quantity contained in a sack. 2 (prec. by the) colloq. dismissal from employment. 3 (prec. by the) US sl. bed. 4 a a woman's short loose dress with a sacklike appearance. b archaic or hist. a woman's loose gown, or a silk train attached to the shoulders of this. 5 a man's or woman's loose-hanging coat not shaped to the back. --v.tr. 1 put into a sack or sacks. 2 colloq. dismiss from employment. Phrases and idioms sack race a race between competitors in sacks up to the waist or neck. Derivatives sackful n. (pl. -fuls). sacklike adj. Etymology: OE sacc f. L saccus f. Gk sakkos, of Semitic orig. 2. v. & n. --v.tr. 1 plunder and destroy (a captured town etc.). 2 steal valuables from (a place). --n. the sacking of a captured place. Etymology: orig. as noun, f. F sac in phr. mettre {agrave} sac put to sack, f. It. sacco SACK(1) 3. n. hist. a white wine formerly imported into Britain from Spain and the Canaries (sherry sack). Etymology: 16th-c. wyne seck, f. F vin sec dry wine
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English sak bag, ~cloth, from Old English sacc, from Latin saccus bag & Late Latin saccus ~cloth, both from Greek sakkos bag, ~cloth, of Semitic origin; akin to Hebrew śaq bag, ~cloth Date: before 12th century a usually rectangular-shaped bag (as of paper, burlap, or canvas), the amount contained in a ~, 3. a woman's loose-fitting dress, a short usually loose-fitting coat for women and children, sacque 2, dismissal , 5. hammock, bunk, bed, a base in baseball, an instance of ~ing the quarterback in football, ~ful noun II. transitive verb Date: 14th century to put in or as if in a ~, to dismiss especially summarily, to tackle (the quarterback) behind the line of scrimmage in football, ~er noun III. noun Etymology: modification of Middle French sec dry, from Latin siccus; probably akin to Old High German sīhan to filter, Sanskrit siñcati he pours Date: circa 1532 any of several white wines imported to England from Spain and the Canary Islands during the 16th and 17th centuries, IV. transitive verb Etymology: 5~ Date: circa 1547 to plunder (as a town) especially after capture, to strip of valuables ; loot, see: ravage ~er noun V. noun Etymology: Middle French sac, from Old Italian sacco, literally, bag, from Latin saccus Date: 1549 the plundering of a captured town ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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