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Definition of tack
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Tack (v. t.) To
fasten
or
attach.
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Laveer
::
Laveer
(v. i.) To beat
against
the wind; to tack.
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..
Beating
::
Beating
(n.) The
process
of
sailing
against
the wind by tacks in
zigzag
direction.
Iconoclast
::
Iconoclast
(n.) One who
exposes
or
destroys
impositions
or
shams;
one who
attacks
cherished
beliefs;
a
radical.
Reach
::
Reach (v. i.) To sail on the wind, as from one point of
tacking
to
another,
or with the wind
nearly
abeam..
Curmurring
::
Curmurring
(n.)
Murmuring;
grumbling;
--
sometimes
applied
to the
rumbling
produced
by a
slight
attack
of the
gripes.
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..
Runner
::
Runner
(n.) A rope rove
through
a block and used to
increase
the
mechanical
power of a
tackle.
Swig
::
Swig (n.) A
tackle
with ropes which are not
parallel.
Paper
::
Paper (n.) A paper
containing
(usually)
a
definite
quantity;
as, a paper of pins,
tacks,
opium,
etc..
Whip
::
Whip (v. t.) A small
tackle
with a
single
rope, used to hoist light
bodies..
Forearm
::
Forearm
(v. t.) To arm or
prepare
for
attack
or
resistance
before
the time of need.
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..
Stack
::
Stack (a.) A pile of wood
containing
108 cubic feet.
Indirect
::
Indirect
(a.) Not
tending
to an aim,
purpose,
or
result
by the
plainest
course,
or by
obvious
means,
but
obliquely
or
consequentially;
by
remote
means;
as, an
indirect
accusation,
attack,
answer,
or
proposal..
Tackle
::
Tackle
(n.)
Apparatus
for
raising
or
lowering
heavy
weights,
consisting
of a rope and
pulley
blocks;
sometimes,
the rope and
attachments,
as
distinct
from the
block..
Offensive
::
Offensive
(a.)
Making
the first
attack;
assailant;
aggressive;
hence,
used in
attacking;
--
opposed
to
defensive;
as, an
offensive
war;
offensive
weapons..
Thatch
::
Thatch
(n.)
Straw,
rushes,
or the like, used for
making
or
covering
the roofs of
buildings,
or of
stacks
of hay or
grain..
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..
Fishing
::
Fishing
(n.)
Pertaining
to
fishing;
used in
fishery;
engaged
in
fishing;
as,
fishing
boat;
fishing
tackle;
fishing
village..
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