Definition of tack

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Tack (v. t.) To fasten or attach.

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Conversion :: Conversion (n.) A change of front, as a body of troops attacked in the flank..
Ticktack :: Ticktack (adv.) With a ticking noise, like that of a watch..
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..
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..
Surprise :: Surprise (n.) To come or fall suddenly and unexpectedly; to take unawares; to seize or capture by unexpected attack.
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..
Hard-tack :: Hard-tack (n.) A name given by soldiers and sailors to a kind of hard biscuit or sea bread.
Assail :: Assail (v. t.) To attack morally, or with a view to produce changes in the feelings, character, conduct, existing usages, institutions; to attack by words, hostile influence, etc.; as, to assail one with appeals, arguments, abuse, ridicule, and the like..
Gambit :: Gambit (n.) A mode of opening the game, in which a pawn is sacrificed to gain an attacking position..
Rally :: Rally (v. t.) To attack with raillery, either in good humor and pleasantry, or with slight contempt or satire..
Tackle :: Tackle (n.) To supply with tackle.
Stacket :: Stackage (n.) A tax on things stacked.
Ticktack :: Ticktack (n.) A kind of backgammon played both with men and pegs; tricktrack.
Raise :: Raise (v. t.) To let go; as in the command, Raise tacks and sheets, i. e., Let go tacks and sheets..
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..
War :: War (v. i.) To make war; to invade or attack a state or nation with force of arms; to carry on hostilities; to be in a state by violence.
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..
Tack :: Tack (v. t.) A rope used to hold in place the foremost lower corners of the courses when the vessel is closehauled (see Illust. of Ship); also, a rope employed to pull the lower corner of a studding sail to the boom..
Ticktack :: Ticktack (n.) A noise like that made by a clock or a watch.
Barrier :: Barrier (n.) An any obstruction; anything which hinders approach or attack.
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