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Tack logo #10101) Adhesive quality 2) Alter course 3) Approach 4) Attach 5) Bearing 6) Brad alternative 7) Bulletin board affixer 8) Bulletin board fastener 9) Bulletin board hardware 10) Bulletin board item 11) Bulletin board sticker 12) Bulletin-board fastener 13) Bulletin-board item 14) Bulletin-board nail 15) Bulletin-board pin
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Tack logo #10101) Assemble 2) Baste 3) Caparison 4) Clip 5) Configure 6) Direction 7) Hame 8) Housings 9) Mainsheet 10) Martingale 11) Pin 12) Pushpin 13) Reassemble 14) Saddlecloth 15) Saddlery 16) Sew 17) Subjoin 18) Thumbtack 19) Tintack 20) Veer
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tack logo #22054grazing agreement (R 170)
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Tack logo #22634Forward lower corner of a fore-and-aft sail.
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Tack logo #22634Line at the lower corners of a sail. On a fore-and-aft sail, the tack was at the forward lower cringle. On a square sail, the tack led forward and the sheets led aft.
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Tack logo #21002• (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; a lease. • (n.) A peculiar flavor or taint; ...
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Tack logo #23313Bridles, saddles, and other equipment used on horses and pack stock.
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tack logo #21003(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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Tack logo #21180Characteristic of ink making it sticky.
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Tack logo #20526All the equipment used on a pony.
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Tack logo #20645Sail a zig-zag course towards the wind. Also means the lower part of a sail.
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Tack logo #20829Quick 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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tack logo #22223grazing agreement (R 170)
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Tack logo #20972Tack 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 , transitive verb , 4. « Monk, ...
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Tack logo #20972Tack 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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Tack logo #20972Tack transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Tacked ; present participle & verbal noun Tacking .] [ Confer OD. tacken to touch, take, seize, fix, akin to English take . See Tack a small nail.] 1. To fa...
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Tack logo #22479Horse tack is all the gear that comes with owning a horse. The bridle, saddle, bit, girths, cinches, saddle pads, lead ropes, halters, whips, stirrup irons and stirrup leathers, horse boots, and most other horse things are tack.
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Tack logo #20872Stickiness of an uncured prepreg.
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Tack logo #21217A tack is a small sharp nail, usually with a large flat head. They are used for fitting a light or thin object to a more solid one, such as carpet to the floor.
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Tack logo #21172On 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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Tack logo #22145A temporary stitch to hold pieces together, usually removed after final stitching. Bar tacks are used in buttonholes. Tailor's tacks are discussed below. Tacking is also known as a term for starting off a seam with a few stitches back and forth for stabilizing.
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Tack logo #23673Stickiness of an adhesive, measurable as the force required to separate an adherent from it by viscous or plastic flow of the adhesive.
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tack logo #20974 noun (nautical) the act of changing tack
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tack logo #20974 noun sailing a zigzag course
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tack logo #23412(1) The lower forward corner of a fore-and-aft sail. (2) The position of a vessel relative to the trim of its sails or the act of changing from one position or direction to another.
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