a frame or grating of various kinds; as, a frame for drying bricks, fish, or cheese; a rack for feeding cattle; a grating in a mill race, etc.-unburned brick or tile, stacked up for drying.-to cut irregulary, without skill or definite purpose; to notch; to mangle by repeated strokes of a cutting instrument; as, to hack a post.-fig.: to mangle in speaking.-to cough faintly and frequently, or in a short, broken manner; as, a hacking cough.-a notch; a cut.-an implement for cutting a notch; a large pick used in breaking stone.-a hacking; a catch in speaking; a short, broken cough.-a kick on the shins.-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.-a coach or carriage let for hire; particularly, a a coach with two seats inside facing each other; a hackney coach.-a bookmaker who hires himself out for any sort of literary work; an overworked man; a drudge.-a procuress.-hackneyed; hired; mercenary.-to use as a hack; to let out for hire.-to use frequently and indiscriminately, so as to render trite and commonplace.-to be exposed or offered or to common use for hire; to turn prostitute.-to live the life of a drudge or hack.