| Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A large pile of hay, grain, straw, or the like, usually of a nearly conical form, but sometimes rectangular or oblong, contracted at the top to a point or ridge, and sometimes covered with thatch. 2. (n.) A pile of poles or wood, indefinite in quantity. 3. (n.) A pile of wood containing 108 cubic feet. 4. (n.) A number of flues embodied in one structure, rising above the roof. Hence: 5. (a.) Any single insulated and prominent structure, or upright pipe, which affords a conduit for smoke; as, the brick smokestack of a factory; the smokestack of a steam vessel. 6. (n.) A section of memory in a computer used for temporary storage of data, in which the last datum stored is the first retrieved. 7. (n.) A data structure within random-access memory used to simulate a hardware stack; as, a push-down stack. 8. (n.) To lay in a conical or other pile; to make into a large pile; as, to stack hay, cornstalks, or grain; to stack or place wood. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia STACK stak: Exodus 22:6 the King James Version, the Revised Version (British and American) "shocks" (of grain). | Multi-Version Concordance Stack (1 Occurrence) Exodus 22:6 If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the stacks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field, be consumed therewith; he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution. (Root in KJV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV) |