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Tackle :: Tackle (n.) To fasten or attach, as with a tackle; to harness; as, to tackle a horse into a coach or wagon..

Entackle :: Entackle (v. t.) To supply with tackle.

Fishhook :: Fishhook (n.) A hook with a pendant, to the end of which the fish-tackle is hooked..

Hoist :: Hoist (v. t.) To raise; to lift; to elevate; esp., to raise or lift to a desired elevation, by means of tackle, as a sail, a flag, a heavy package or weight..

Fall :: Fall (n.) That part (as one of the ropes) of a tackle to which the power is applied in hoisting.

Caburn :: Caburn (n.) A small line made of spun yarn, to bind or worm cables, seize tackles, etc..

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

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.

Cat :: Cat (n.) A strong tackle used to draw an anchor up to the cathead of a ship.

Tackle :: Tackle (n.) To begin to deal with; as, to tackle the problem..

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

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

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..

Fleet :: Fleet (v. t.) To draw apart the blocks of; -- said of a tackle.

Tackle :: Tackle (n.) To seize; to lay hold of; to grapple; as, a wrestler tackles his antagonist; a dog tackles the game..

Fish-block :: Fish-block (n.) See Fish-tackle.

Jigger :: "Jigger (n. & v.) A light tackle, consisting of a double and single block and the fall, used for various purposes, as to increase the purchase on a topsail sheet in hauling it home; the watch tackle..

Tackle :: Tackle (n.) To supply with tackle.

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

Untackle :: Untackle (v. t.) To unbitch; to unharness.

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