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Definition of tack
Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of tack is as below...
Tack (v. t.) The part of a sail to which the tack is
usually
fastened;
the
foremost
lower
corner
of
fore-and-aft
sails,
as of
schooners
(see
Illust.
of
Sail)..
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Ambuscade
::
Ambuscade
(v. t.) A place in which
troops
lie hid, to
attack
an enemy
unexpectedly..
Boxhauling
::
Boxhauling
(n.) A
method
of going from one tack to
another.
See
Boxhaul.
Chicken Pox
::
Chicken
pox () A mild,
eruptive
disease,
generally
attacking
children
only;
varicella..
Attack
::
Attack
(v. t.) To begin to
affect;
to begin to act upon,
injuriously
or
destructively;
to begin to
decompose
or
waste..
Escalade
::
Escalade
(v. t.) A
furious
attack
made by
troops
on a
fortified
place,
in which
ladders
are used to pass a ditch or mount a
rampart..
Rot
::
Rot (n.) A fatal
distemper
which
attacks
sheep and
sometimes
other
animals.
It is due to the
presence
of a
parasitic
worm in the liver or gall
bladder.
See 1st
Fluke,
2..
Tack
::
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..
Feint
::
Feint (a.) A mock blow or
attack
on one part when
another
part is
intended
to be
struck;
-- said of
certain
movements
in
fencing,
boxing,
war, etc..
Unstack
::
Unstack
(v. t.) To
remove,
or take away, from a
stack;
to
remove,
as
something
constituting
a
stack..
Defence
::
Defence
(n.) That which
defends
or
protects;
anything
employed
to
oppose
attack,
ward off
violence
or
danger,
or
maintain
security;
a
guard;
a
protection..
Feint
::
Feint (v. i.) To make a
feint,
or mock
attack..
Earthwork
::
Earthwork
(n.) Any
construction,
whether
a
temporary
breastwork
or
permanent
fortification,
for
attack
or
defense,
the
material
of which is
chiefly
earth..
Clubhaul
::
Clubhaul
(v. t.) To put on the other tack by
dropping
the lee
anchor
as soon as the wind is out of the sails
(which
brings
the
vessel's
head to the
wind),
and by
cutting
the cable as soon as she pays off on the other tack.
Clubhauling
is
attempted
only in an
exigency..
Retard
::
Retard
(v. t.) To put off; to
postpone;
as, to
retard
the
attacks
of old age; to
retard
a
rupture
between
nations..
Fast
::
Fast (v.) Firm
against
attack;
fortified
by
nature
or art;
impregnable;
strong.
Tacksman
::
Tacksman
(n.) One who holds a tack or lease from
another;
a
tenant,
or
lessee..
Fish-tackle
::
Fish-tackle
(n.) A
tackle
or
purchase
used to raise the
flukes
of the
anchor
up to the
gunwale.
The block used is
called
the
fish-block.
Strong
::
Strong
(superl.)
Solid;
tough;
not
easily
broken
or
injured;
able to
withstand
violence;
able to
sustain
attacks;
not
easily
subdued
or
taken;
as, a
strong
beam; a
strong
rock; a
strong
fortress
or
town..
Chapel
::
Chapel
(v. t.) To cause (a ship taken aback in a light
breeze)
so to turn or make a
circuit
as to
recover,
without
bracing
the
yards,
the same tack on which she had been
sailing..
Coronary
::
Coronary
(n.)
Informal
shortening
of
coronary
thrombosis,
also used
generally
to mean heart
attack..
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