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Aggressor :: Aggressor (n.) The person who first attacks or makes an aggression; he who begins hostility or a quarrel; an assailant.

Staddle :: Staddle (v. i.) The frame of a stack of hay or grain.

Tack :: 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..

Affret :: Affret (n.) A furious onset or attack.

Trip :: Trip (n.) A single board, or tack, in plying, or beating, to windward..

Paroxysm :: Paroxysm (n.) The fit, attack, or exacerbation, of a disease that occurs at intervals, or has decided remissions or intermissions..

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

Whipper :: Whipper (n.) One who raises coal or merchandise with a tackle from a chip's hold.

Tack :: 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..

Tackled :: Tackled (imp. & p. p.) of Tackl.

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

Raise :: Raise (v. t.) To let go; as in the command, Raise tacks and sheets, i. e., Let go tacks and sheets..

Chockablock :: Chockablock (a.) Hoisted as high as the tackle will admit; brought close together, as the two blocks of a tackle in hoisting..

Overreach :: Overreach (v. i.) To sail on one tack farther than is necessary.

Tackling :: Tackling (n.) The straps and fixures adjusted to an animal, by which he draws a carriage, or the like; harness..

Take :: Take (v. t.) To obtain possession of by force or artifice; to get the custody or control of; to reduce into subjection to one's power or will; to capture; to seize; to make prisoner; as, to take am army, a city, or a ship; also, to come upon or befall; to fasten on; to attack; to seize; -- said of a disease, misfortune, or the like..

Tug :: Tug (n.) An iron hook of a hoisting tub, to which a tackle is affixed..

Sally :: Sally (v. i.) To leap or rush out; to burst forth; to issue suddenly; as a body of troops from a fortified place to attack besiegers; to make a sally.

Invade :: Invade (v. t.) To attack; to infringe; to encroach on; to violate; as, the king invaded the rights of the people..

Fence :: Fence (n.) That which fends off attack or danger; a defense; a protection; a cover; security; shield.

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