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Definition of tack
Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of tack is as below...
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..
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Kingbird
::
Kingbird
(n.) A small
American
bird
(Tyrannus
tyrannus,
or T.
Carolinensis),
noted for its
courage
in
attacking
larger
birds,
even hawks and
eagles,
especially
when they
approach
its nest in the
breeding
season.
It is a
typical
tyrant
flycatcher,
taking
various
insects
upon the wing. It is dark ash
above,
and
blackish
on the head and tail. The
quills
and wing
coverts
are
whitish
at the
edges.
It is white
beneath,
with a white
terminal
band on the tail. The
feathers
on the head of the
adults
show
Bate
::
Bate (v. t.) To
attack;
to bait.
Thatch
::
Thatch
(n.)
Straw,
rushes,
or the like, used for
making
or
covering
the roofs of
buildings,
or of
stacks
of hay or
grain..
Tack
::
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..
Tack
::
Tack (v. t.) To
fasten
or
attach.
Circumvallation
::
Circumvallation
(n.) A line of field works made
around
a
besieged
place and the
besieging
army, to
protect
the camp of the
besiegers
against
the
attack
of an enemy from
without..
Remonstrant
::
Remonstrant
(n.) one of the
Arminians
who
remonstrated
against
the
attacks
of the
Calvinists
in 1610, but were
subsequently
condemned
by the
decisions
of the Synod of Dort in 1618. See
Arminian..
Whipper
::
Whipper
(n.) One who
raises
coal or
merchandise
with a
tackle
from a
chip's
hold.
Attack
::
Attack
(v. t.) To
assail
with
unfriendly
speech
or
writing;
to begin a
controversy
with; to
attempt
to
overthrow
or bring into
disrepute,
by
criticism
or
satire;
to
censure;
as, to
attack
a man, or his
opinions,
in a
pamphlet..
Indirect
::
Indirect
(a.) Not
tending
to an aim,
purpose,
or
result
by the
plainest
course,
or by
obvious
means,
but
obliquely
or
consequentially;
by
remote
means;
as, an
indirect
accusation,
attack,
answer,
or
proposal..
Besetting
::
Besetting
(a.)
Habitually
attacking,
harassing,
or
pressing
upon or
about;
as, a
besetting
sin..
Attempt
::
Attempt
(n.) A
essay,
trial,
or
endeavor;
an
undertaking;
an
attack,
or an
effort
to gain a
point;
esp. an
unsuccessful,
as
contrasted
with a
successful,
effort..
Ambuscade
::
Ambuscade
(v. t.) A lying in a wood,
concealed,
for the
purpose
of
attacking
an enemy by
surprise.
Hence:
A lying in wait, and
concealed
in any
situation,
for a like
purpose;
a snare laid for an
enemy;
an
ambush..
Insult
::
Insult
(v. t.) The act of
leaping
on;
onset;
attack.
Barricade
::
Barricade
(n.) A
fortification,
made in
haste,
of
trees,
earth,
palisades,
wagons,
or
anything
that will
obstruct
the
progress
or
attack
of an
enemy.
It is
usually
an
obstruction
formed
in
streets
to block an
enemy's
access..
Stretch
::
Stretch
(n.) The reach or
extent
of a
vessel's
progress
on one tack; a tack or
board.
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..
Muscule
::
Muscule
(n.) A long
movable
shed used by
besiegers
in
ancient
times in
attacking
the walls of a
fortified
town.
Capsheaf
::
Capsheaf
(n.) The top sheaf of a stack of
grain:
(fig.)
the
crowning
or
finishing
part of a
thing.
Chockablock
::
Chockablock
(a.)
Hoisted
as high as the
tackle
will
admit;
brought
close
together,
as the two
blocks
of a
tackle
in
hoisting..
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