4. (Arch.) (a) A number of flues embodied in one structure, rising
above the roof. Hence: (b) Any single insulated and prominent
structure, or upright pipe, which affords a conduit for smoke; as, the
brick smokestack of a factory; the smokestack of a steam vessel.
Stack of arms (Mil.), a number of muskets or rifles set up together,
with the bayonets crossing one another, forming a sort of conical
self-supporting pile.
Stack, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stacked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Stacking.] [Cf.
Sw. stacka, Dan. stakke. See Stack, n.] To lay in a conical or other
pile; to make into a large pile; as, to stack hay, cornstalks, or
grain; to stack or place wood.
To stack arms (Mil.), to set up a number of muskets or rifles together,
with the bayonets crossing one another, and forming a sort of conical
pile.
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Stack"age (?), n. 1. Hay, gray, or the like, in stacks; things stacked.
[R.]