| Tack (tack) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Tack |
| [From an old or dialectal form
of F. tache. See Techy.] |
A stain; a
tache.
A peculiar flavor or
taint; as, a musty tack.
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A
small, short, sharp-pointed nail, usually having a broad, flat
head.
That which is attached; a supplement; an
appendix. See Tack, v. t., 3.
A rope used
to hold in place the foremost lower corners of the courses when the vessel
is closehauled (see Illust. of Ship); also, a rope employed
to pull the lower corner of a studding sail to the boom.
A contract by which the use
of a thing is set, or let, for hire; a lease.
Confidence; reliance.
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| Tack (tack) |
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| v. t. | (?) |
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| Tack |
| [imp. *** p.
p. Tacked (?)] p. pr. *** vb. n.
Tacking.] [Cf. OD. tacken to touch, take, seize, fix, akin to
E. take. See Tack a small nail.] |
To
fasten or attach.
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.
In parliamentary usage, to add (a supplement) to
a bill; to append; -- often with on or to.
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.
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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.
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