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Webster 1913 Edition


Tack

Tack

,
Noun.
[From an old or dialectal form of F.
tache
. See
Techy
.]
1.
A stain; a tache.
[Obs.]
2.
[Cf. L.
tactus
.]
A peculiar flavor or taint;
as, a musty
tack
.
[Obs. or Colloq.]
Drayton.

Tack

,
Noun.
[OE.
tak
,
takke
, a fastening; akin to D.
tak
a branch, twig, G.
zacke
a twig, prong, spike, Dan.
takke
a tack, spike; cf. also Sw.
tagg
prickle, point, Icel.
tāg
a willow twig, Ir.
taca
a peg, nail, fastening, Gael.
tacaid
, Armor. & Corn.
tach
; perhaps akin to E.
take
. Cf.
Attach
,
Attack
,
Detach
,
Tag
an end,
Zigzag
.]
1.
A small, short, sharp-pointed nail, usually having a broad, flat head.
2.
That which is attached; a supplement; an appendix. See
Tack
,
Verb.
T.
, 3.
Macaulay.
Some
tacks
had been made to money bills in King Charles’s time.
Bp. Burnet.
3.
(Naut.)
(a)
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.
(b)
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
).
(c)
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;
as, to take a different
tack
; – often used metaphorically
.
4.
(Scots Law)
A contract by which the use of a thing is set, or let, for hire; a lease.
Burrill.
5.
Confidence; reliance.
[Prov. Eng.]
Halliwell.
Tack of a flag
(Naut.)
,
a line spliced into the eye at the foot of the hoist for securing the flag to the halyards.
Tack pins
(Naut.)
,
belaying pins; – also called
jack pins
.
To haul the tacks aboard
(Naut.)
,
to set the courses.
To hold tack
,
to last or hold out.
Milton.

Tack

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Tacked
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Tacking
.]
[Cf. OD.
tacken
to touch, take, seize, fix, akin to E.
take
. See
Tack
a small nail.]
1.
To fasten or attach.
“In hopes of getting some commendam tacked to their sees.”
Swift.
And
tacks
the center to the sphere.
Herbert.
2.
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.
3.
In parliamentary usage, to add (a supplement) to a bill; to append; – often with on or to;
as, to
tack
on a non-germane appropriation to a bill
.
Macaulay.
4.
(Naut.)
To change the direction of (a vessel) when sailing closehauled, by putting the helm alee and shifting the tacks and sails so that she will proceed to windward nearly at right angles to her former course.
☞ In tacking, a vessel is brought to point at first directly to windward, and then so that the wind will blow against the other side.

Tack

,
Verb.
I.
(Naut.)
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
,
Verb.
T.
, 4.
Monk, . . . when he wanted his ship to
tack
to larboard, moved the mirth of his crew by calling out, “Wheel to the left.”
Macaulay.

Webster 1828 Edition


Tack

TACK

,
Verb.
T.
[Gr. to set,place, ordain.]
1.
To fasten; to attach. In the solemn or grave style, this word now appears ludicrous; as, to get a commendam tacked to their sees.
--And tack the center to the sphere.
2.
To unite by stitching together; as, to tack together the sheets of a book; to tack one piece of cloth to another. [In the familiar style, this word is in good use.]
3.
To fasten slightly by nails; as, to tack on a board or shingle.

TACK


Definition 2024


täck

täck

See also: tack

Swedish

Adjective

täck

  1. pretty, beautiful

Declension

Inflection of täck
Indefinite/attributive Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular täck täckare täckast
Neuter singular täckt täckare täckast
Plural täcka täckare täckast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 täcke täckare täckaste
All täcka täckare täckaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in an attributive role.

Related terms

  • otäck

See also

Verb

täck

  1. imperative of täcka.