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Hack′ing.


1. (Masonry.) The division of a portion of a course of stones into two of smaller hight when the larger stones do not hold out.

2. A process employed in dressing the faces of rough grindstones by the use of a hack-hammer, an implement resembling an adze. In some cases the faces of metallic or wooden polishing-wheels are similarly treated, a sharper implement being used.

3. Piling of molded bricks to dry. See hack.

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