Definition of tack

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Tack (n.) A small, short, sharp-pointed nail, usually having a broad, flat head..

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Offensive :: Offensive (n.) The state or posture of one who offends or makes attack; aggressive attitude; the act of the attacking party; -- opposed to defensive.
Assault :: Assault (n.) To attack with moral means, or with a view of producing moral effects; to attack by words, arguments, or unfriendly measures; to assail; as, to assault a reputation or an administration..
Tackle :: Tackle (n.) To fasten or attach, as with a tackle; to harness; as, to tackle a horse into a coach or wagon..
Stack-guard :: Stacket (n.) A stockade.
Invade :: Invade (v. t.) To enter with hostile intentions; to enter with a view to conquest or plunder; to make an irruption into; to attack; as, the Romans invaded Great Britain..
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..
Smokestack :: Smokestack (n.) A chimney; esp., a pipe serving as a chimney, as the pipe which carries off the smoke of a locomotive, the funnel of a steam vessel, etc..
Sally :: Sally (v.) A rushing or bursting forth; a quick issue; a sudden eruption; specifically, an issuing of troops from a place besieged to attack the besiegers; a sortie..
Rot :: Rot (n.) A fatal distemper which attacks sheep and sometimes other animals. It is due to the presence of a parasitic worm in the liver or gall bladder. See 1st Fluke, 2..
Assailant :: Assailant (a.) Assailing; attacking.
Undertake :: Undertake (v. t.) To engage with; to attack.
Guard :: Guard (n.) To protect from danger; to secure against surprise, attack, or injury; to keep in safety; to defend; to shelter; to shield from surprise or attack; to protect by attendance; to accompany for protection; to care for..
Stackyard :: Stackstand (n.) A staging for supporting a stack of hay or grain; a rickstand.
Fence :: Fence (v. i.) To make a defense; to guard one's self of anything, as against an attack; to give protection or security, as by a fence..
Stack :: Stacking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stac.
Brick :: Brick (n.) A block or clay tempered with water, sand, etc., molded into a regular form, usually rectangular, and sun-dried, or burnt in a kiln, or in a heap or stack called a clamp..
Crane :: Crane (n.) A machine for raising and lowering heavy weights, and, while holding them suspended, transporting them through a limited lateral distance. In one form it consists of a projecting arm or jib of timber or iron, a rotating post or base, and the necessary tackle, windlass, etc.; -- so called from a fancied similarity between its arm and the neck of a crane See Illust. of Derrick..
Alarm :: Alarm (n.) Sudden surprise with fear or terror excited by apprehension of danger; in the military use, commonly, sudden apprehension of being attacked by surprise..
Boxhauling :: Boxhauling (n.) A method of going from one tack to another. See Boxhaul.
Tacket :: Tacket (n.) A small, broad-headed nail..
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