dictionary definitions for "sac"


From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sacs \Sacs\ (s[add]ks), n. pl.; sing. Sac. (Ethnol.)
     A tribe of Indians, which, together with the Foxes, formerly
     occupied the region about Green Bay, Wisconsin. [Written also
     Sauks.]
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sac \Sac\ (s[add]k), n. (Ethnol.)
     See Sacs.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sac \Sac\, n. [See Sake, Soc.] (O.Eng. Law)
     The privilege formerly enjoyed by the lord of a manor, of
     holding courts, trying causes, and imposing fines. --Cowell.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sac \Sac\ (s[a^]k), n. [F., fr. L. saccus a sack. See Sack a
     bag.]
     1. See 2d Sack.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Biol.) A cavity, bag, or receptacle, usually containing
        fluid, and either closed, or opening into another cavity
        to the exterior; a sack.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  sac
      n 1: an enclosed space; "the trapped miners found a pocket of
           air" [syn: pouch, sac, sack, pocket]
      2: a case or sheath especially a pollen sac or moss capsule
         [syn: theca, sac]
      3: a member of the Algonquian people formerly living in
         Wisconsin in the Fox River valley and on the shores of Green
         Bay [syn: Sauk, Sac]
      4: a structure resembling a bag in an animal

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008) [foldoc]:

  SAC
  
     1. An early system on the Datatron 200 series.
  
     [Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959)].
  
     (1995-04-12)
  
     2. Service Access Controller.
  
     (2002-12-30)
  


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