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Definition of tack

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Tack (v. t.) Especially, to attach or secure in a slight or hasty manner, as by stitching or nailing; as, to tack together the sheets of a book; to tack one piece of cloth to another; to tack on a board or shingle; to tack one piece of metal to another by drops of solder..

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Grapple :: Grapple (v. t.) To seize; to lay fast hold of; to attack at close quarters: as, to grapple an antagonist..

Attack :: Attack (v. t.) To fall upon with force; to assail, as with force and arms; to assault..

Circumvallation :: Circumvallation (n.) A line of field works made around a besieged place and the besieging army, to protect the camp of the besiegers against the attack of an enemy from without..

Unstack :: Unstack (v. t.) To remove, or take away, from a stack; to remove, as something constituting a stack..

Stretch :: Stretch (n.) The reach or extent of a vessel's progress on one tack; a tack or board.

Descend :: Descend (v. i.) To make an attack, or incursion, as if from a vantage ground; to come suddenly and with violence; -- with on or upon..

Ambush :: Ambush (v. t.) To attack by ambush; to waylay.

Tilt :: Tilt (n.) A military exercise on horseback, in which the combatants attacked each other with lances; a tournament..

Rick :: Rick (n.) A stack or pile, as of grain, straw, or hay, in the open air, usually protected from wet with thatching..

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..

Muscule :: Muscule (n.) A long movable shed used by besiegers in ancient times in attacking the walls of a fortified town.

Stack :: Stack (a.) A pile of poles or wood, indefinite in quantity..

Bombard :: Bombard (v. t.) To attack with bombards or with artillery; especially, to throw shells, hot shot, etc., at or into..

Ambush :: Ambush (v. t.) A concealed station, where troops or enemies lie in wait to attack by surprise..

Boxhaul :: Boxhaul (v. t.) To put (a vessel) on the other tack by veering her short round on her heel; -- so called from the circumstance of bracing the head yards abox (i. e., sharp aback, on the wind)..

Haggard :: Haggard (n.) A stackyard.

Orgue :: Orgue (n.) Any one of a number of long, thick pieces of timber, pointed and shod with iron, and suspended, each by a separate rope, over a gateway, to be let down in case of attack..

Ammunition :: Ammunition (n.) Military stores, or provisions of all kinds for attack or defense..

Tackled :: Tackled (a.) Made of ropes tacked together.

Tackle :: Tackle (n.) Any instruments of action; an apparatus by which an object is moved or operated; gear; as, fishing tackle, hunting tackle; formerly, specifically, weapons..