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tack

1 [tak]

–noun

1.	a short, sharp-pointed nail, usually with a flat, broad head.

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, esp. one differing from some preceding or other course.

4.	one of the movements of a zigzag course on land.

5.	a stitch, esp. a long stitch used in fastening seams, preparatory to a more thorough sewing.

6.	a fastening, esp. of a temporary kind.

7.	stickiness, as of nearly dry paint or glue or of a printing ink or gummed tape; adhesiveness.

8.	the 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 fol. by on or onto).

13.

Nautical.

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.	to equip (a horse) with tack.

–verb (used without object)

15.

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 fol. by up): Please tack up quickly.

—Idiom

19.	on the wrong tack, under a misapprehension; in error; astray: His line of questioning began on the wrong tack.

Origin:
1300–50; (n.) ME tak buckle, clasp, nail (later, tack); c. G Zacke prong, D tak twig; (v.) ME tacken to attach, deriv. of the n.; see tache, attach

Related forms:

tacker, noun

tackless, adjective

Synonyms:
12. affix, fasten, add.

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tack

2 [tak]

–noun

food; fare.

Origin:
1740–50; orig. uncert.

tack

3 [tak]

–noun Scot. and North England.

1.	a lease, esp. on farmland.

2.	a rented pasture.

3.	a catch, haul, or take of fish.

Origin:
1250–1300; ME tak < ON tak goods, seizure, grasp. See take

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tack¹ (tāk)

A short, light nail with a sharp point and a flat head.
Nautical
1. A rope for holding down the weather clew of a course.
2. A rope for hauling the outer lower corner of a studdingsail to the boom.
3. The part of a sail, such as the weather clew of a course, to which this rope is fastened.
4. The lower forward corner of a fore-and-aft sail.
5. The position of a vessel relative to the trim of its sails.
6. The act of changing from one position or direction to another.
7. The distance or leg sailed between changes of position or direction.
8. A course of action meant to minimize opposition to the attainment of a goal.
9. An approach, especially one of a series of changing approaches.
Nautical
1. The position of a vessel relative to the trim of its sails.
2. The act of changing from one position or direction to another.
3. The distance or leg sailed between changes of position or direction.
4. A course of action meant to minimize opposition to the attainment of a goal.
5. An approach, especially one of a series of changing approaches.
1. A course of action meant to minimize opposition to the attainment of a goal.
2. An approach, especially one of a series of changing approaches.
A large, loose stitch made as a temporary binding or as a marker.
Stickiness, as that of a newly painted surface.

v. tacked, tack·ing, tacks

v. tr.

To fasten or attach with or as if with a tack: tacked the carpet down.
To fasten or mark (cloth or a seam, for example) with a loose basting stitch.
To put together loosely and arbitrarily: tacked some stories together in an attempt to write a novel.
To add as an extra item; append: tacked two dollars onto the bill.
Nautical To bring (a vessel) into the wind in order to change course or direction.

v. intr.

Nautical
1. To change the direction or course of a vessel: Stand by to tack.
2. To change tack: The ship tacked to starboard.
To change one's course of action.

[Middle English tak, fastener, from Old North French taque, probably of Germanic origin.]
tack'er n., tack'less adj.

tack² (tāk)

n. Food, especially coarse or inferior foodstuffs.

[Origin unknown.]

tack³ (tāk)

n. The harness for a horse, including the bridle and saddle.

[Short for tackle.]

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