To be shed or fall, as corn at harvest.To feed on stubble, or upon the waste corn of the field.To hibernate, as an animal, especially the bear: also said of men who “lay up” or “hole up” for the winter, or go into winter quarters.n. Grain fallen from the ear and eaten by hogs, etc., after harvest; also, fallen mast or acorns.n. Liberty of winter pasturage.n. In the fisheries, bait picked up at sea by any means, as the flesh of porpoises or of sea-birds, refuse fish, etc., as distinguished from the regular stock of bait carried by the vessel or otherwise depended upon. Also shack-bait.n. [⟨ shack, verb, 3.] A very roughly built house or cabin, especially such a one as is put up for temporary occupation while securing a claim under the United States preëmption laws.To rove about, as a stroller or beggar.To go after, as a ball batted to a distance.n. A strolling vagabond; a shiftless or worthless fellow; a tramp.n. A seafaring catch of fish made up of hake, pollack, and other cheap varieties, especially those of the cod family.n. The right of common pasturage; the straying of cattle into public or on inclosed land.Relating to a catch of sea-fish of the cheaper varieties, or of shack-bait.