Definition of tuck

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Tuck (v. t.) To draw up; to shorten; to fold under; to press into a narrower compass; as, to tuck the bedclothes in; to tuck up one's sleeves..

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Stuck :: Stuck () imp. & p. p. of Stick.
Tuck-net :: Tuck-net (n.) See Tuck, n., 2..
Oidium :: Oidium (n.) A genus of minute fungi which form a floccose mass of filaments on decaying fruit, etc. Many forms once referred to this genus are now believed to be temporary conditions of fungi of other genera, among them the vine mildew (Oidium Tuckeri), which has caused much injury to grapes..
Sticked :: Stuck (imp. & p. p.) of Stic.
Corsned :: Corsned (n.) The morsel of execration; a species of ordeal consisting in the eating of a piece of bread consecrated by imprecation. If the suspected person ate it freely, he was pronounced innocent; but if it stuck in his throat, it was considered as a proof of his guilt..
Tuckahoe :: Tuckahoe (n.) A curious vegetable production of the Southern Atlantic United States, growing under ground like a truffle and often attaining immense size. The real nature is unknown. Called also Indian bread, and Indian loaf..
Pincushion :: Pincushion (n.) A small cushion, in which pins may be stuck for use..
Stump :: Stump (n.) One of the three pointed rods stuck in the ground to form a wicket and support the bails.
Tuck :: Tuck (v. i.) To contract; to draw together.
Poa :: Poa (n.) A genus of grasses, including a great number of species, as the kinds called meadow grass, Kentucky blue grass, June grass, and spear grass (which see)..
Stick-lac :: Stickit (a.) Stuck; spoiled in making.
Dangleberry :: Dangleberry (n.) A dark blue, edible berry with a white bloom, and its shrub (Gaylussacia frondosa) closely allied to the common huckleberry. The bush is also called blue tangle, and is found from New England to Kentucky, and southward..
Triangle :: Triangle (n.) A kind of frame formed of three poles stuck in the ground and united at the top, to which soldiers were bound when undergoing corporal punishment, -- now disused..
Tucking :: Tucking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tuc.
Stick :: Stick (n.) To run or plane (moldings) in a machine, in contradistinction to working them by hand. Such moldings are said to be stuck..
Tuck :: Tuck (n.) Food; pastry; sweetmeats.
Tucket :: Tucket (n.) A steak; a collop.
Stuck-up :: Stuckle (n.) A number of sheaves set together in the field; a stook.
Tuck :: Tuck (n.) A small net used for taking fish from a larger one; -- called also tuck-net.
Unstick :: Unstick (v. t.) To release, as one thing stuck to another..
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