'Sack tree' definitions:

Definition of 'Sack tree'

From: GCIDE
  • Sack \Sack\, n. [OE. sak, sek, AS. sacc, saecc, 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] [1913 Webster]
  • Sack bearer (Zool.). 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]