Staccato and peremptory [literary criticism].
G. Eliot.
Stack (?), a. [Icel. stakkr; akin to Sw. stack, Dan. stak. Sf. Stake.]
1. 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.
But corn was housed, and beans were in the stack.
Cowper.