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Board :: Board (n.) The stretch which a ship makes in one tack.

Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To change tack; as a ship.

Jigger :: "Jigger (n. & v.) A light tackle, consisting of a double and single block and the fall, used for various purposes, as to increase the purchase on a topsail sheet in hauling it home; the watch tackle..

Tack :: Tack (v. t.) To fasten or attach.

Derrick :: Derrick (n.) A mast, spar, or tall frame, supported at the top by stays or guys, with suitable tackle for hoisting heavy weights, as stones in building..

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..

Stacking :: Stacked (imp. & p. p.) of Stac.

Tackle :: Tackle (n.) To seize; to lay hold of; to grapple; as, a wrestler tackles his antagonist; a dog tackles the game..

Have :: Have (v. t.) To take or hold (one's self); to proceed promptly; -- used reflexively, often with ellipsis of the pronoun; as, to have after one; to have at one or at a thing, i. e., to aim at one or at a thing; to attack; to have with a companion..

Sciatica :: Sciatica (n.) Neuralgia of the sciatic nerve, an affection characterized by paroxysmal attacks of pain in the buttock, back of the thigh, or in the leg or foot, following the course of the branches of the sciatic nerve. The name is also popularly applied to various painful affections of the hip and the parts adjoining it. See Ischiadic passion, under Ischiadic..

Ticktack :: Ticktack (adv.) With a ticking noise, like that of a watch..

Assailment :: Assailment (n.) The act or power of assailing; attack; assault.

Leg :: Leg (n.) The course and distance made by a vessel on one tack or between tacks.

Hysterogenic :: Hysterogenic (a.) Producing hysteria; as, the hysterogenicpressure points on the surface of the body, pressure upon which is said both to produce and arrest an attack of hysteria..

Tack :: Tack (n.) A stain; a tache.

Uptake :: Uptake (n.) The pipe leading upward from the smoke box of a steam boiler to the chimney, or smokestack; a flue leading upward..

Defenseless :: Defenseless (a.) Destitute of defense; unprepared to resist attack; unable to oppose; unprotected.

Tack :: Tack (v. t.) A contract by which the use of a thing is set, or let, for hire; a lease..

Haystack :: Haystack (n.) A stack or conical pile of hay in the open air.

Bulwark :: Bulwark (n.) That which secures against an enemy, or defends from attack; any means of defense or protection..

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