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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Â© The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology 1996, originally published by Oxford University Press 1996. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

stack pile, heap XIII; cluster of chimneys XVII. — ON. stakkr haystack :- Gmc. *stakkaz.
Hence stack vb. pile up XIV; (U.S.) pack (cards) fraudulently XIX.

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