stack

[[t]stæk[/t]]

n.

1) a more or less orderly pile or heap

2) agr. a large, usu. conical, circular, or rectangular pile of hay, straw, or the like

3) Often, stacks. a set of shelves for books ranged compactly one above the other, as in a library

4) lib stacks, the part of a library in which books and other holdings are stored

5) bui a number of chimneys or flues grouped together

6) bui

smokestack

7) inf a great quantity or number

8) rtv a radio antenna consisting of a number of components connected in a substantially vertical series

9) cmp a linear list, as in a computer, arranged so that the last item stored is the first item retrieved

10) mil a conical, free-standing group of three rifles placed on their butts and hooked together

11) aer. a group of airplanes circling over an airport awaiting their turns to land

12) wam an English measure for coal and wood, equal to 108 cubic feet (3 cu. m)

13) gam

a) a given quantity of chips that can be bought at one time, as in poker

b) the quantity of chips held by a player at a given point

14) to pile, arrange, or place in a stack

15) to cover or load with something in stacks or piles

16) to arrange or select unfairly in order to force a desired result:

to stack a jury[/ex]

17) aer. to keep (incoming airplanes) flying in circles over an airport where conditions prevent immediate landings

18) cvb to be arranged in or form a stack

19) phv stack up

a) aer. to control the flight patterns of airplanes waiting to land at an airport so that each circles at a designated altitude

b) to compare; measure up (often fol. by against)

c) to add up

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- stack the deck

Etymology: 1250–1300; (n.) ME stak < ON stakkr haystack stack′er, n. stack′less, adj.