Definition of tack

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Tack (v. t.) 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..

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Wear :: Wear (v. t.) To cause to go about, as a vessel, by putting the helm up, instead of alee as in tacking, so that the vessel's bow is turned away from, and her stern is presented to, the wind, and, as she turns still farther, her sails fill on the other side; to veer..
Stackstand :: Stacking () a. & n. from Stack.
Stackyard :: Stackstand (n.) A staging for supporting a stack of hay or grain; a rickstand.
Stackage :: Stack (n.) To lay in a conical or other pile; to make into a large pile; as, to stack hay, cornstalks, or grain; to stack or place wood..
Attack :: Attack (v. t.) To fall upon with force; to assail, as with force and arms; to assault..
Assault :: Assault (n.) To attack with moral means, or with a view of producing moral effects; to attack by words, arguments, or unfriendly measures; to assail; as, to assault a reputation or an administration..
Stack :: Stack (a.) A pile of wood containing 108 cubic feet.
Tackling :: Tackling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tackl.
Strength :: Strength (n.) Power of resisting attacks; impregnability.
Undertake :: Undertake (v. t.) To engage with; to attack.
Reach :: Reach (v. i.) To sail on the wind, as from one point of tacking to another, or with the wind nearly abeam..
Offensive :: Offensive (n.) The state or posture of one who offends or makes attack; aggressive attitude; the act of the attacking party; -- opposed to defensive.
Chockablock :: Chockablock (a.) Hoisted as high as the tackle will admit; brought close together, as the two blocks of a tackle in hoisting..
Stacte :: Stackyard (n.) A yard or inclosure for stacks of hay or grain.
Fence :: Fence (n.) That which fends off attack or danger; a defense; a protection; a cover; security; shield.
Smokestack :: Smokestack (n.) A chimney; esp., a pipe serving as a chimney, as the pipe which carries off the smoke of a locomotive, the funnel of a steam vessel, etc..
Tack :: Tack (n.) A peculiar flavor or taint; as, a musty tack..
Gout :: Gout (n.) A constitutional disease, occurring by paroxysms. It consists in an inflammation of the fibrous and ligamentous parts of the joints, and almost always attacks first the great toe, next the smaller joints, after which it may attack the greater articulations. It is attended with various sympathetic phenomena, particularly in the digestive organs. It may also attack internal organs, as the stomach, the intestines, etc..
Tackling :: Tackling (n.) Instruments of action; as, fishing tackling..
Fall :: Fall (n.) That part (as one of the ropes) of a tackle to which the power is applied in hoisting.
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