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Tack
v. t.
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Confidence; reliance.
Tacked
imp. & p. p.
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of Tack
Tacking
p. pr. & vb. n.
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of Tack
Tack
v. t.
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To fasten or attach.
Tack
v. t.
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Especially, to attach or secure in a slight or hasty manner, as by stitching or nailing; as, to tack together the sheets of a book; to tack one piece of cloth to another; to tack on a board or shingle; to tack one piece of metal to another by drops of solder.
Tack
v. t.
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In parliamentary usage, to add (a supplement) to a bill; to append; -- often with on or to.
Tack
v. t.
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To change the direction of (a vessel) when sailing closehauled, by putting the helm alee and shifting the tacks and sails so that she will proceed to windward nearly at right angles to her former course.
Tack
v. i.
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To change the direction of a vessel by shifting the position of the helm and sails; also (as said of a vessel), to have her direction changed through the shifting of the helm and sails. See Tack, v. t., 4.
Tacket
n.
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A small, broad-headed nail.
Tackey
a. & n.
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See Tacky.
Tacking
n.
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A union of securities given at different times, all of which must be redeemed before an intermediate purchaser can interpose his claim.
Tackle
n.
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Apparatus for raising or lowering heavy weights, consisting of a rope and pulley blocks; sometimes, the rope and attachments, as distinct from the block.
Tackle
n.
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Any instruments of action; an apparatus by which an object is moved or operated; gear; as, fishing tackle, hunting tackle; formerly, specifically, weapons.
Tackle
n.
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The rigging and apparatus of a ship; also, any purchase where more than one block is used.
Tackled
imp. & p. p.
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of Tackle
Tackling
p. pr. & vb. n.
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of Tackle
Tackle
n.
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To supply with tackle.
Tackle
n.
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To fasten or attach, as with a tackle; to harness; as, to tackle a horse into a coach or wagon.
Tackle
n.
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To seize; to lay hold of; to grapple; as, a wrestler tackles his antagonist; a dog tackles the game.
Tackle
n.
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To begin to deal with; as, to tackle the problem.
Tackled
a.
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Made of ropes tacked together.
Tackling
n.
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Furniture of the masts and yards of a vessel, as cordage, sails, etc.
Tackling
n.
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Instruments of action; as, fishing tackling.
Tackling
n.
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The straps and fixures adjusted to an animal, by which he draws a carriage, or the like; harness.
Tacksmen
pl.
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of Tacksman
Tacksman
n.
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One who holds a tack or lease from another; a tenant, or lessee.
Tacky
a.
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Sticky; adhesive; raw; -- said of paint, varnish, etc., when not well dried.
Taconic
a.
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Designating, or pertaining to, the series of rocks forming the Taconic mountains in Western New England. They were once supposed to be older than the Cambrian, but later proved to belong to the Lower Silurian and Cambrian.
Tact
n.
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The sense of touch; feeling.
Tact
n.
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The stroke in beating time.