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Definition of tack

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Tack (v. t.) Especially, to attach or secure in a slight or hasty manner, as by stitching or nailing; as, to tack together the sheets of a book; to tack one piece of cloth to another; to tack on a board or shingle; to tack one piece of metal to another by drops of solder..

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Sortie :: Sortie (n.) The sudden issuing of a body of troops, usually small, from a besieged place to attack or harass the besiegers; a sally..

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

Onslaught :: Onslaught (n.) An attack; an onset; esp., a furious or murderous attack or assault..

Picador :: Picador (n.) A horseman armed with a lance, who in a bullfight receives the first attack of the bull, and excites him by picking him without attempting to kill him..

Invasion :: Invasion (n.) The incoming or first attack of anything hurtful or pernicious; as, the invasion of a disease..

Thatch :: Thatch (n.) Straw, rushes, or the like, used for making or covering the roofs of buildings, or of stacks of hay or grain..

Attacker :: Attacker (n.) One who attacks.

Tack :: Tack (v. i.) To change the direction of a vessel by shifting the position of the helm and sails; also (as said of a vessel), to have her direction changed through the shifting of the helm and sails. See Tack, v. t., 4..

Mantelet :: Mantelet (n.) A musket-proof shield of rope, wood, or metal, which is sometimes used for the protection of sappers or riflemen while attacking a fortress, or of gunners at embrasures; -- now commonly written mantlet..

Stroke :: Stroke (v. t.) The act of striking; a blow; a hit; a knock; esp., a violent or hostile attack made with the arm or hand, or with an instrument or weapon..

Tacking :: Tacking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tac.

Cat''s-paw :: Cat's-paw (n.) A particular hitch or turn in the bight of a rope, into which a tackle may be hooked..

Arm :: Arm (v. i.) To provide one's self with arms, weapons, or means of attack or resistance; to take arms..

Mob :: Mob (v. t.) To crowd about, as a mob, and attack or annoy; as, to mob a house or a person..

Garnet :: Garnet (n.) A tackle for hoisting cargo in our out.

Tack :: Tack (v. t.) The part of a sail to which the tack is usually fastened; the foremost lower corner of fore-and-aft sails, as of schooners (see Illust. of Sail)..

Tacky :: Tacky (a.) Sticky; adhesive; raw; -- said of paint, varnish, etc., when not well dried..

Offension :: Offension (n.) Assault; attack.

Cannonade :: Cannonade (v. t.) To attack with heavy artillery; to batter with cannon shot.

Tackling :: Tackling (n.) The straps and fixures adjusted to an animal, by which he draws a carriage, or the like; harness..