2. An implement for cutting a notch; a large pick used in breaking stone.
3. A hacking; a catch in speaking; a short, broken cough. Dr. H. More.
4. (Football)
Defn: A kick on the shins. T. Hughes. Hack saw, a handsaw having a narrow blade stretched in an iron frame, for cutting metal.
HACK
Hack, n. Etym: [Shortened fr. hackney. See Hackney.]
1. A horse, hackneyed or let out for common hire; also, a horse used in all kinds of work, or a saddle horse, as distinguished from hunting and carriage horses.
2. A coach or carriage let for hire; particularly, a a coach with two seats inside facing each other; a hackney coach. On horse, on foot, in hacks and gilded chariots. Pope.
3. A bookmaker who hires himself out for any sort of literary work; an overworked man; a drudge. Here lies poor Ned Purdon, from misery freed, Who long was a bookseller's hack. Goldsmith.
4. A procuress.
HACK
Hack, a.