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Definition of tack

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Tack (v. t.) The direction of a vessel in regard to the trim of her sails; as, the starboard tack, or port tack; -- the former when she is closehauled with the wind on her starboard side; hence, the run of a vessel on one tack; also, a change of direction..

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

Disadvantageous :: Disadvantageous (a.) Attended with disadvantage; unfavorable to success or prosperity; inconvenient; prejudicial; -- opposed to advantageous; as, the situation of an army is disadvantageous for attack or defense..

Stacking :: Stacked (imp. & p. p.) of Stac.

Weed :: Weed (n.) A sudden illness or relapse, often attended with fever, which attacks women in childbed..

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

Fortify :: Fortify (v. t.) To strengthen and secure by forts or batteries, or by surrounding with a wall or ditch or other military works; to render defensible against an attack by hostile forces..

Ammunition :: Ammunition (n.) Military stores, or provisions of all kinds for attack or defense..

Barrier :: Barrier (n.) An any obstruction; anything which hinders approach or attack.

Fortification :: Fortification (n.) That which fortifies; especially, a work or works erected to defend a place against attack; a fortified place; a fortress; a fort; a castle..

Tacksmen :: Tacksmen (pl. ) of Tacksma.

Illapse :: Illapse (v. i.) A gliding in; an immisson or entrance of one thing into another; also, a sudden descent or attack..

Sciatica :: Sciatica (n.) Neuralgia of the sciatic nerve, an affection characterized by paroxysmal attacks of pain in the buttock, back of the thigh, or in the leg or foot, following the course of the branches of the sciatic nerve. The name is also popularly applied to various painful affections of the hip and the parts adjoining it. See Ischiadic passion, under Ischiadic..

Attackable :: Attackable (a.) Capable of being attacked.

Draught :: Draught (n.) A sudden attack or drawing upon an enemy.

Tackling :: Tackling (n.) Furniture of the masts and yards of a vessel, as cordage, sails, etc..

Tack :: Tack (n.) A stain; a tache.

Betongue :: Betongue (v. t.) To attack with the tongue; to abuse; to insult.

Tye :: Tye (n.) A chain or rope, one end of which passes through the mast, and is made fast to the center of a yard; the other end is attached to a tackle, by means of which the yard is hoisted or lowered..

Frap :: Frap (v. t.) To draw together; to bind with a view to secure and strengthen, as a vessel by passing cables around it; to tighten; as a tackle by drawing the lines together..

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