sac
NounWordNet 3.0
Noun (4)
- an enclosed space“the trapped miners found a pocket of air”Synonyms: pouchsackpocket
- a case or sheath especially a pollen sac or moss capsuleSynonyms: theca
- a member of the Algonquian people formerly living in Wisconsin in the Fox River valley and on the shores of Green BaySynonyms: SaukSac
- a structure resembling a bag in an animal
Webster's Dictionary (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]
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]
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]
Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
SAC
1.An early system on the Datatron 200 series.
[Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959)].
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