stacker noun. ['stakǝ] M18.
[formed as STACKEN-CLOUD + -ER¹.]
1. A person building up a stack or pile. M18.

2. A machine for raising things and depositing them in a stack or pile; spec. a stacker crane. L19.
b. A part of a data-processing machine in which punched cards are deposited in a stack after having passed through the machine. M20.

Comb.:
stacker crane a hoist running on a fixed horizontal track for stacking and retrieving pallets etc.

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stacker verb intrans. ['stakǝ] obsolete exc. dial. ME.
[Old Norse stakra frequentative of staka push, stagger. Cf. STAGGER verb.]
1. Totter, reel in one's gait, stagger. ME.

2. Stammer, hesitate in speech. LME-M16.

3. fig. Be insecure or in danger; waver, hesitate. LME-M16.

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