Look up: tack

1. tack
   [n] - the heading or position of a vessel relative to the trim of its sails 2. [n] - a short nail with a sharp point and a large head 3. [n] - (nautical) the act of changing tack 4. [n] - sailing a zigzag course 5. [v] - turn (a boat) into the wind 6. [v] - fasten with tacks
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2. Tack
   All the equipment used on a pony.
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3. Tack
   Sail a zig-zag course towards the wind. Also means the lower part of a sail.
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4. Tack
   the side of the boat where the helm is sitting. Also the bottom front corner of a sail
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5. Tack
   Quick adhesion. The property of a pressure-sensitive label which causes it to adhere to a surface instantly with a minimum of pressure and contact time as measured by TLM Tester or equivalent equipment.
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6. Tack
   Stickiness of an uncured prepreg.
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7. tack
   ..also the lower forward corner of a sail Category: Sports, entertainments and leisure • the resistance of an adhesive to traction while it still is in a condition of viscous or plastic flow Category: Various industries and crafts • term used to describe surface adhesiveness ...
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8. Tack
   Tack noun [ From an old or dialectal form of French tache . See Techy .] 1. A stain; a tache. [ Obsolete] 2. [ Confer Latin tactus .] A peculiar flavor or taint; as, a musty tack . [ Obsolete or Colloq.] Drayton.
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9. Tack
   Tack noun [ Middle English tak , takke , a fastening; akin to Dutch tak a branch, twig, German zacke a twig, prong, spike, Danish takke a tack, spike; confer also Swedish tagg prickle, point, Icelandic t&#x...
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10. Tack
    Tack transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Tacked ; present participle & verbal noun Tacking .] [ Confer OD. tacken to touch, take, seize, fix, akin to English take ....
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11. Tack
    Tack intransitive verb (Nautical) 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 ,
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12. tack
    noun sailing a zigzag course
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13. tack
    noun a short nail with a sharp point and a large head
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14. tack
    noun the heading or position of a vessel relative to the trim of its sails
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15. tack
    noun (nautical) the act of changing tack
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16. tack
    weather sheet noun (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind
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17. 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. • (v. t.) A contract by which the use of a thing is set, or let, for hire;...
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18. tack
    (from the article `rigging`) ...for making or shortening sail are known as the running rigging. The running rigging is subdivided into the lifts, jeers, and halyards (haulyards), ... ...was termed `fore-and-aft` sails—that is, those capable of taking the wind on either their front or back surfaces. Such sails are hung alo...
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19. Tack
    the front, lower corner of the sail, also course with the wind coming from the side of the boat, also to change course by turning into the wind so that the wind comes from the other side of the boat
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20. Tack
    Tack is slang for cooked food.
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21. Tack
    Tack is slang for cooked food.
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22. Tack
    The name tack is given to a rope employed to pull the lower corner of a studding sail to the boom and to the part of a sail to which the tack is usually fastened; the foremost lower corner of fore-and-aft sails, as of schooners.
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23. Tack
    On a triangular sail, the bottom forward corner. Also, to turn the bow of the boat through the wind so the wind exerts pressure on the opposite side of the
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24. TACK
    The property which renders a film of printing ink sticky to the touch. It is governed by viscosity and adhesion.
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25. Tack
    Characteristic of ink making it sticky.
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