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The act of sending back. [R.] Stackhouse.

A stack or pile, as of grain, straw, or hay, in the open air, usually protected from wet with thatching. Golden clusters of beehive ricks, rising at intervals beyond the hedgerows. G. Eliot.

vent the escape of sparks while it allows the passage of gas, -- chiefly used in the smokestack of a wood-burning locomotive. Called also spark consumer. [U.S.]

The frame of a stack of hay or grain. [Eng.]

The art of writing or inscribing characters on pillars. [R.] Stackhouse.

The act of coming under. "The subvention of a cloud." Stackhouse.

Moisture issuing from any substance; as, the sweat of hay or grain in a mow or stack. Mortimer.

Joint rule or sovereignity. [R.] Stackhouse.

ine he is the Joseph of the country, and keeps the poor from starving. Then he tameth his stacks of corn, which not his covetousness, but providence, hath reserved for time of need. Fuller.

Straw, rushes, or the like, used for making or covering the roofs of buildings, or of stacks of hay or grain.

, to complete by putting on, or finishing, the top or uppermost part of; as, to top off a stack of hay; hence, to complete; to finish; to adorn.

Metaphorical; figurative; not literal. Stackhouse.

The pipe leading upward from the smoke box of a steam boiler to the chimney, or smokestack; a flue leading upward.