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noun
1.
a short, sharp-pointed nail, usually with a flat, broad head.
2.
Nautical.
a.
a rope for extending the lower forward corner of a course.
b.
the lower forward corner of a course or fore-and-aft sail.
c.
the heading of a sailing vessel, when sailing close-hauled, with reference to the wind direction.
d.
a course run obliquely against the wind.
e.
one of the series of straight runs that make up the zigzag course of a ship proceeding to windward.
3.
a course of action or conduct, especially one differing from some preceding or other course.
4.
one of the movements of a zigzag course on land.
5.
EXPANDa stitch, especially a long stitch used in fastening seams, preparatory to a more thorough sewing.
6.
a fastening, especially of a temporary kind.
7.
stickiness, as of nearly dry paint or glue or of a printing ink or gummed tape; adhesiveness.
8.
COLLAPSEthe gear used in equipping a horse, including saddle, bridle, martingale, etc.
verb (used with object)
9.
to fasten by a tack or tacks: to tack a rug to the floor.
10.
to secure by some slight or temporary fastening.
11.
to join together; unite; combine.
12.
to attach as something supplementary; append; annex (often followed by on or onto).
13.
EXPANDNautical.
a.
to change the course of (a sailing vessel) to the opposite tack.
b.
to navigate (a sailing vessel) by a series of tacks.
14.
COLLAPSEto equip (a horse) with tack.
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Tacking
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verb (used without object)
Idiom15.
Nautical.
a.
to change the course of a sailing vessel by bringing the head into the wind and then causing it to fall off on the other side: He ordered us to tack at once.
b.
(of a sailing vessel) to change course in this way.
c.
to proceed to windward by a series of courses as close to the wind as the vessel will sail.
16.
to take or follow a zigzag course or route.
17.
to change one's course of action, conduct, ideas, etc.
18.
to equip a horse with tack (usually followed by up): Please tack up quickly.
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tack
"food," 1833, perhaps a shortening and special use of tackle in the sense of "gear." Hard-tack was originally "ship's biscuit," soft-tack being bread.
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