sacheverel

[After Dr. Sacheverel.] An iron door or blower to the mouth of a stove. ( Hal liwell.) săck (1), *sacke, *sak, *sakke, s . [A. S. sacc, from Lat. saccus ; Gr. sakkos , from Heb. saq =stuff made of haircloth, sackcloth; a sack for corn; prob. a borrowed word in Hebrew; cf. Coptic sok = sackcloth; Ethiopic saka sack; Dut. zak ; Dan. säk ; Sw. säkk : Goth. sakkus ; Icel. sekkr ; Sp. & Port. saco; It. sacco; Fr. sac; Ir. & Gael. sac: Welsh sack .] 1. A bag, commonly of a large size, made of strong, coarse material, used for holding and carrying corn, wool, hops, . "The Parricide was afterward sow'd up in a sack or bag."- Holiday : Juvenal, sat. 8. (Note.) 2. A measure or weight, varying according to the article and country. Thus, in most European markets, a sack in dry measure is 5 bushels; of coal, 3 heaped bushels; in coal weight, 112 lbs.; wool, 2 weys or 13 tods, or 364 lbs. (in Scotland, 24 stone of 16 lbs. each or 384 lbs.); grain or flour weight, 280 lbs.; sacks of flour vary from 140 to 200 lbs. according to the standards of the countries from which they come. *(1) Sack and fork : The same as Pit and Gal lows (q. v.). (2) To get the sack: To be dismi ed or discharged from employ in ent. (Brewer suggests that the expre ion may be derived from the Turkish custom of fastening up in a sack and throwing into the Bosphorus any one obnoxious to the Sultan.) "I wonder what old Fogg 'ud say, if he knew it. I should get the sack." -Dickens: Pickwick, ch. xx. (3) To give the sack to: [GIVE, v., 10.].