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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Tackling :: Tackling (n.) The straps and fixures adjusted to an animal, by which he draws a carriage, or the like; harness..
Aggress :: Aggress (v. t.) To set upon; to attack.
Affret :: Affret (n.) A furious onset or attack.
Invade :: Invade (v. t.) To attack; to infringe; to encroach on; to violate; as, the king invaded the rights of the people..
Barrier :: Barrier (n.) An any obstruction; anything which hinders approach or attack.
Aggressive :: Aggressive (a.) Tending or disposed to aggress; characterized by aggression; making assaults; unjustly attacking; as, an aggressive policy, war, person, nation..
Attempt :: Attempt (v. t.) To attack; to make an effort or attack upon; to try to take by force; as, to attempt the enemy's camp..
Assailment :: Assailment (n.) The act or power of assailing; attack; assault.
Whipper :: Whipper (n.) One who raises coal or merchandise with a tackle from a chip's hold.
Attack :: Attack (v. t.) To assail with unfriendly speech or writing; to begin a controversy with; to attempt to overthrow or bring into disrepute, by criticism or satire; to censure; as, to attack a man, or his opinions, in a pamphlet..
Tacking :: Tacking (n.) A union of securities given at different times, all of which must be redeemed before an intermediate purchaser can interpose his claim..
Purchase :: Purchase (v. t.) Any mechanical hold, or advantage, applied to the raising or removing of heavy bodies, as by a lever, a tackle, capstan, and the like; also, the apparatus, tackle, or device by which the advantage is gained..
Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To change tack; as a ship.
Strike :: Strike (v. i.) To make an attack; to aim a blow.
Attame :: Attame (v. t.) To pierce; to attack.
Surprise :: Surprise (n.) To come or fall suddenly and unexpectedly; to take unawares; to seize or capture by unexpected attack.
Chigre :: Chigre (n.) A species of flea (Pulex penetrans), common in the West Indies and South America, which often attacks the feet or any exposed part of the human body, and burrowing beneath the skin produces great irritation. When the female is allowed to remain and breed, troublesome sores result, which are sometimes dangerous. See Jigger..
Refuse :: Refuse (v. t.) To throw back, or cause to keep back (as the center, a wing, or a flank), out of the regular aligment when troops ar/ about to engage the enemy; as, to refuse the right wing while the left wing attacks..
Epidemical :: Epidemical (a.) Common to, or affecting at the same time, a large number in a community; -- applied to a disease which, spreading widely, attacks many persons at the same time; as, an epidemic disease; an epidemic catarrh, fever, etc. See Endemic..
Stackstand :: Stacking () a. & n. from Stack.
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