From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
shack
n : small crude shelter used as a dwelling [syn: hovel, hut,
hutch, shanty]
v 1: make one's home or live in; "She resides officially in
Iceland"; "I live in a 200-year old house"; "These
people inhabited all the islands that are now deserted";
"The plains are sparsely populated" [syn: dwell,
reside, live, inhabit, people, populate,
domicile, domiciliate]
2: move, proceed, or walk draggingly pr slowly; "John trailed
behind behis class mates"; "The Mercedes trailed behind
the horse cart" [syn: trail]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Shack \Shack\, v. t. [Prov. E., to shake, to shed. See Shake.]
1. To shed or fall, as corn or grain at harvest. [Prov. Eng.]
--Grose.
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2. To feed in stubble, or upon waste corn. [Prov. Eng.]
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3. To wander as a vagabond or a tramp. [Prev.Eng.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Shack \Shack\, n. [Cf. Shack, v. i.]
a small simple dwelling, usually having only one room and of
flimsy construction; a hut; a shanty; a cabin. [Colloq.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Shack \Shack\, n. [Cf. Scot. shag refuse of barley or oats.]
1. The grain left after harvest or gleaning; also, nuts which
have fallen to the ground. [Prov. Eng.]
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2. Liberty of winter pasturage. [Prov. Eng.]
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3. A shiftless fellow; a low, itinerant beggar; a vagabond; a
tramp. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U.S.] --Forby.
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All the poor old shacks about the town found a
friend in Deacon Marble. --H. W.
Beecher.
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These miserable shacks are so low that their
occupants cannot stand erect. --D. C.
Worcester.
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Common of shack (Eng.Law), the right of persons occupying
lands lying together in the same common field to turn out
their cattle to range in it after harvest. --Cowell.
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