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Stack   /stæk/   Listen
noun
Stack  n.  
1.
A large and to some degree orderly 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."
2.
Hence: An orderly pile of any type of object, indefinite in quantity; used especially of piles of wood. A stack is usually more orderly than a pile "Against every pillar was a stack of billets above a man's height."
3.
Specifically: A pile of wood containing 108 cubic feet. (Eng.)
4.
Hence: A large quantity; as, a stack of cash. (Informal)
5.
(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.
6.
(Computer programming)
(a)
A section of memory in a computer used for temporary storage of data, in which the last datum stored is the first retrieved.
(b)
A data structure within random-access memory used to simulate a hardware stack; as, a push-down stack.
7.
pl. The section of a library containing shelves which hold books less frequently requested.
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.
to blow one's stacks to become very angry and lose one's self-control, and especially to display one's fury by shouting.


verb
Stack  v. t.  (past & past part. stacked; pres. part. stacking)  
1.
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.
2.
Specifically: To place in a vertical arrangement so that each item in a pile is resting on top of another item in the pile, except for the bottom item; as, to stack the papers neatly on the desk; to stack the bricks.
3.
To select or arrange dishonestly so as to achieve an unfair advantage; as, to stack a deck of cards; to stack a jury with persons prejudiced against the defendant.
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.





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"Stack" Quotes from Famous Books



... of the "Republic Afloat" formed a cordon across the mouth of the Thames, and intercepted all traffic. But he did not burn a long peat stack, to use a Scotticism; for the nation was enraged at him, and one by one his ships went back to their allegiance. He was seized, and after a three days' trial was condemned and executed, cool and intrepid ...
— As We Sweep Through The Deep • Gordon Stables
... bubbling gold. If it be Christmas—and nowhere is Christmas so Christmasy as in California—the clubs and hotels show facades covered with jewel-designs in red and green lights; mistletoe, holly, stack high the sidewalks on each side of the flower stands. The beautiful Native Daughter, eyes dancing, lips smiling, dressed with much color and more chic, is everywhere. And everywhere too, crowding the streets, thronging the cafes, ...
— The Native Son • Inez Haynes Irwin
... eggs of the sea-urchin. Women go about their labour through the throng, some carrying stones upon their heads, or unloading boats and bearing planks of wood in single file, two marching side by side beneath one load of lime, others scarcely visible under a stack of oats, another with her baby ...
— Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Complete - Series I, II, and III • John Symonds
... from the stack-yard sod The stinking henbane's belted pod, By youth's warm fancies sweetly led To christen ...
— The Folk-lore of Plants • T. F. Thiselton-Dyer
... appropriate the winnings of the more inexperienced players, and he was aware that many of his gold pieces were being deliberately stolen. Here he thought was at least a helping hand, and he was on the point of moving his stack toward her side when DeMille interfered. He had watched the duchess, and had called the croupier's attention to her neat little method. But that austere individual silenced him by saying in surprise, "Mais c'est madame la duchesse, ...
— Brewster's Millions • George Barr McCutcheon


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