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English → English (gcide) Definition: Sack tree Sack \Sack\, n. [OE. sak, sek, AS. sacc, s[ae]cc, L. saccus, Gr. sa`kkos from Heb. sak; cf. F. sac, from the Latin. Cf. Sac, Satchel, Sack to plunder.] 1. A bag for holding and carrying goods of any kind; a receptacle made of some kind of pliable material, as cloth, leather, and the like; a large pouch. [1913 Webster] 2. A measure of varying capacity, according to local usage and the substance. The American sack of salt is 215 pounds; the sack of wheat, two bushels. --McElrath. [1913 Webster] 3. [Perhaps a different word.] Originally, a loosely hanging garment for women, worn like a cloak about the shoulders, and serving as a decorative appendage to the gown; now, an outer garment with sleeves, worn by women; as, a dressing sack. [Written also sacque.] [1913 Webster] 4. A sack coat; a kind of coat worn by men, and extending from top to bottom without a cross seam. [1913 Webster] 5. (Biol.) See 2d Sac, 2. [1913 Webster] 6. Bed. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] Sack bearer (Zo["o]l.). See Basket worm, under Basket. Sack tree (Bot.), an East Indian tree (Antiaris saccidora ) which is cut into lengths, and made into sacks by turning the bark inside out, and leaving a slice of the wood for a bottom. To give the sack to or get the sack, to discharge, or be discharged, from employment; to jilt, or be jilted. [Slang] To hit the sack, to go to bed. [Slang] [1913 Webster +PJC]