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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Tackling :: Tackling (n.) The straps and fixures adjusted to an animal, by which he draws a carriage, or the like; harness..
Ammunition :: Ammunition (n.) Military stores, or provisions of all kinds for attack or defense..
Tackle :: Tackle (n.) Apparatus for raising or lowering heavy weights, consisting of a rope and pulley blocks; sometimes, the rope and attachments, as distinct from the block..
Tackle :: Tackle (n.) The rigging and apparatus of a ship; also, any purchase where more than one block is used..
Stack :: Stack (a.) A large pile of hay, grain, straw, or the like, usually of a nearly conical form, but sometimes rectangular or oblong, contracted at the top to a point or ridge, and sometimes covered with thatch..
Hook :: Hook (v. t.) To seize or pierce with the points of the horns, as cattle in attacking enemies; to gore..
Issue :: Issue (v. i.) To go out; to rush out; to sally forth; as, troops issued from the town, and attacked the besiegers..
Belfry :: Belfry (n.) A movable tower erected by besiegers for purposes of attack and defense.
Undertake :: Undertake (v. t.) To engage with; to attack.
Tack :: Tack (v. t.) In parliamentary usage, to add (a supplement) to a bill; to append; -- often with on or to..
Aggress :: Aggress (v. t.) To set upon; to attack.
Aggress :: Aggress (v. i.) To commit the first act of hostility or offense; to begin a quarrel or controversy; to make an attack; -- with on.
Trip :: Trip (n.) A single board, or tack, in plying, or beating, to windward..
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..
Tacket :: Tacket (n.) A small, broad-headed nail..
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)..
Expose :: Expose (v. t.) To lay bare; to lay open to attack, danger, or anything objectionable; to render accessible to anything which may affect, especially detrimentally; to make liable; as, to expose one's self to the heat of the sun, or to cold, insult, danger, or ridicule; to expose an army to destruction or defeat..
Stack :: Stack (a.) Any single insulated and prominent structure, or upright pipe, which affords a conduit for smoke; as, the brick smokestack of a factory; the smokestack of a steam vessel..
Aggression :: Aggression (n.) The first attack, or act of hostility; the first act of injury, or first act leading to a war or a controversy; unprovoked attack; assault; as, a war of aggression. Aggressions of power..
Entackle :: Entackle (v. t.) To supply with tackle.
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