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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.) To
change
the
direction
of (a
vessel)
when
sailing
closehauled,
by
putting
the helm alee and
shifting
the tacks and sails so that she will
proceed
to
windward
nearly
at right
angles
to her
former
course..
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Burton
::
Burton
(n.) A
peculiar
tackle,
formed
of two or more
blocks,
or
pulleys,
the
weight
being
suspended
to a hook block in the bight of the
running
part..
Gout
::
Gout (n.) A
constitutional
disease,
occurring
by
paroxysms.
It
consists
in an
inflammation
of the
fibrous
and
ligamentous
parts of the
joints,
and
almost
always
attacks
first the great toe, next the
smaller
joints,
after which it may
attack
the
greater
articulations.
It is
attended
with
various
sympathetic
phenomena,
particularly
in the
digestive
organs.
It may also
attack
internal
organs,
as the
stomach,
the
intestines,
etc..
Mantelet
::
Mantelet
(n.) A
musket-proof
shield
of rope, wood, or
metal,
which is
sometimes
used for the
protection
of
sappers
or
riflemen
while
attacking
a
fortress,
or of
gunners
at
embrasures;
-- now
commonly
written
mantlet..
Node
::
Node (n.) A hard
concretion
or
incrustation
which forms upon bones
attacked
with
rheumatism,
gout, or
syphilis;
sometimes
also, a
swelling
in the
neighborhood
of a
joint..
Hard-tack
::
Hard-tack
(n.) A name given by
soldiers
and
sailors
to a kind of hard
biscuit
or sea
bread.
Curmurring
::
Curmurring
(n.)
Murmuring;
grumbling;
--
sometimes
applied
to the
rumbling
produced
by a
slight
attack
of the
gripes.
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..
Paroxysm
::
Paroxysm
(n.) The fit,
attack,
or
exacerbation,
of a
disease
that
occurs
at
intervals,
or has
decided
remissions
or
intermissions..
Quartation
::
Quartation
(n.) The act,
process,
or
result
(in the
process
of
parting)
of
alloying
a
button
of
nearly
pure gold with
enough
silver
to
reduce
the
fineness
so as to allow acids to
attack
and
remove
all
metals
except
the gold; --
called
also
inquartation.
Compare
Parting..
Lead
::
Lead (v. t.) To go or to be in
advance
of; to
precede;
hence,
to be
foremost
or chief
among;
as, the big sloop led the fleet of
yachts;
the
Guards
led the
attack;
Demosthenes
leads the
orators
of all
ages..
Raid
::
Raid (n.) An
attack
or
invasion
for the
purpose
of
making
arrests,
seizing
property,
or
plundering;
as, a raid of the
police
upon a
gambling
house;
a raid of
contractors
on the
public
treasury..
Belfry
::
Belfry
(n.) A
movable
tower
erected
by
besiegers
for
purposes
of
attack
and
defense.
Tackling
::
Tackling
(n.)
Furniture
of the masts and yards of a
vessel,
as
cordage,
sails,
etc..
Vaccination
::
Vaccination
(n.) The act, art, or
practice
of
vaccinating,
or
inoculating
with the
cowpox,
in order to
prevent
or
mitigate
an
attack
of
smallpox.
Cf.
Inoculation..
Affray
::
Affray
(v. t.) The act of
suddenly
disturbing
any one; an
assault
or
attack.
Shears
::
Shears
(n.) An
apparatus
for
raising
heavy
weights,
and
especially
for
stepping
and
unstepping
the lower masts of
ships.
It
consists
of two or more spars or
pieces
of
timber,
fastened
together
near the top,
steadied
by a guy or guys, and
furnished
with the
necessary
tackle..
Top-tackle
::
Top-tackle
(n.) A
tackle
used in
hoisting
and
lowering
the
topmast.
Stacked
::
Stack (a.) A data
structure
within
random-access
memory
used to
simulate
a
hardware
stack;
as, a
push-down
stack..
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..
Flank
::
Flank (n.) The side of an army, or of any
division
of an army, as of a
brigade,
regiment,
or
battalion;
the
extreme
right or left; as, to
attack
an enemy in flank is to
attack
him on the
side..
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