Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sac"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sac \Sac\ (s[add]k), n. (Ethnol.)
See {Sacs}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sac \Sac\ (s[a^]k), n. [F., fr. L. saccus a sack. See {Sack} a
bag.]
1. See 2d {Sack}.
2. (Biol.) A cavity, bag, or receptacle, usually containing
fluid, and either closed, or opening into another cavity
to the exterior; a sack.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
sac
n 1: an enclosed space [syn: {pouch}, {sack}, {pocket}]
2: a case or sheath especially a pollen sac or moss capsule
[syn: {theca}]
3: a structure resembling a bag in an animal
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