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- Tack - n. - A stain; a tache.
- Tack - n. - A peculiar flavor or taint; as, a musty tack.
- Tack - n. - A small, short, sharp-pointed nail, usually having a broad, flat head.
- Tack - n. - That which is attached; a supplement; an appendix. See Tack, v. t., 3.
- Tack - v. t. - 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.
- Tack - v. t. - 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).
- Tack - v. t. - 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.
- Tack - v. t. - A contract by which the use of a thing is set, or let, for hire; a lease.
- Tack - v. t. - Confidence; reliance.
- Tack - v. t. - To fasten or attach.
- Tack - v. t. - 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.
- Tack - v. t. - In parliamentary usage, to add (a supplement) to a bill; to append; -- often with on or to.
- Tack - v. t. - 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.
- 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.
- Tacked - imp. & p. p. - of Tack
- Tacker - n. - One who tacks.
- Tacket - n. - A small, broad-headed nail.
- Tackey - a. & n. - See Tacky.
- Tacking - p. pr. & vb. n. - of Tack
- Tacking - n. - A union of securities given at different times, all of which must be redeemed before an intermediate purchaser can interpose his claim.
- Tackle - n. - Apparatus for raising or lowering heavy weights, consisting of a rope and pulley blocks; sometimes, the rope and attachments, as distinct from the block.
- Tackle - n. - Any instruments of action; an apparatus by which an object is moved or operated; gear; as, fishing tackle, hunting tackle; formerly, specifically, weapons.
- Tackle - n. - The rigging and apparatus of a ship; also, any purchase where more than one block is used.
- Tackle - n. - To supply with tackle.
- Tackle - n. - To fasten or attach, as with a tackle; to harness; as, to tackle a horse into a coach or wagon.
- Clubhaul - v. t. - To put on the other tack by dropping the lee anchor as soon as the wind is out of the sails (which brings the vessel's head to the wind), and by cutting the cable as soon as she pays off on the other tack. Clubhauling is attempted only in an exigency.
- Overreach - v. i. - To sail on one tack farther than is necessary.
- Tack - v. t. - 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).
- Boxhaul - v. t. - To put (a vessel) on the other tack by veering her short round on her heel; -- so called from the circumstance of bracing the head yards abox (i. e., sharp aback, on the wind).
- Tack - v. t. - 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.
- Boxhauling - n. - A method of going from one tack to another. See Boxhaul.
- Stretch - n. - The reach or extent of a vessel's progress on one tack; a tack or board.
- Chapel - v. t. - To cause (a ship taken aback in a light breeze) so to turn or make a circuit as to recover, without bracing the yards, the same tack on which she had been sailing.
- Tacksman - n. - One who holds a tack or lease from another; a tenant, or lessee.
- Leg - n. - The course and distance made by a vessel on one tack or between tacks.
- Bumkin - n. - A projecting beam or boom; as: (a) One projecting from each bow of a vessel, to haul the fore tack to, called a tack bumpkin. (b) One from each quarter, for the main-brace blocks, and called brace bumpkin. (c) A small outrigger over the stern of a boat, to extend the mizzen.
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- H5706 עַד - 5706 עַד - עַד - - ʻad - ad - the same as עַד in the sense of the aim of an attack; booty; prey. - Noun Masculine - heb
- H5909 עַכְבָּר - 5909 עַכְבָּר - עַכְבָּר - - ʻakbâr - ak-bawr' - probably from the same as עַכָּבִישׁ in the secondary sense of attacking; a mouse (as nibbling); mouse. - Noun Masculine - heb
- H5849 עָטַר - 5849 עָטַר - עָטַר - - ʻâṭar - aw-tar' - a primitive root; to encircle (for attack or protection); especially to crown (literally or figuratively); compass, crown. - Verb - heb
- G497 ἀντιστρατεύομαι - 497 ἀντιστρατεύομαι - ἈΝΤΙΣΤΡΑΤΕΎΟΜΑΙ - - antistrateúomai - an-tee-strat-yoo'-om-ahee - from ἀντί and στρατεύομαι; (figuratively) to attack, i.e. (by implication) destroy:--war against. - Verb - greek
- H2256 חֶבֶל - 2256 חֶבֶל - חֶבֶל - - chebel - kheh'-bel - or חֵבֶל; from חָבַל; a rope (as twisted), especially a measuring line; by implication, a district or inheritance (as measured); or a noose (as of cords); figuratively, a company (as if tied together); also a throe (especially of parturition); also ruin; band, coast, company, cord, country, destruction, line, lot, pain, pang, portion, region, rope, snare, sorrow, tackling. - Noun Masculine - heb
- G1881 ἐπανίσταμαι - 1881 ἐπανίσταμαι - ἘΠΑΝΊΣΤΑΜΑΙ - - epanístamai - ep-an-is'-tam-ahee - middle voice from ἐπί and ἀνίστημι; to stand up on, i.e. (figuratively) to attack:--rise up against. - Verb - greek
- G1904 ἐπέρχομαι - 1904 ἐπέρχομαι - ἘΠΈΡΧΟΜΑΙ - - epérchomai - ep-er'-khom-ahee - from ἐπί and ἔρχομαι; to supervene, i.e. arrive, occur, impend, attack, (figuratively) influence:--come (in, upon). - Verb - greek
- H1430 גָּדִישׁ - 1430 גָּדִישׁ - גָּדִישׁ - - gâdîysh - gaw-deesh' - from an unused root (meaning to heap up); a stack of sheaves; by analogy, a tomb; shock (stack) (of corn), tomb. - Noun Masculine - heb
- H1464 גּוּד - 1464 גּוּד - גּוּד - - gûwd - goode - a primitive root (akin to גָּדַד); to crowd upon, i.e. attack; invade, overcome. - Verb - heb
- G3731 ὅρμημα - 3731 ὅρμημα - ὍΡΜΗΜΑ - - hórmēma - hor'-may-mah - from ὁρμή; an attack, i.e. (abstractly) precipitancy:--violence. - Noun Neuter - greek
- H3611 כֶּלֶב - 3611 כֶּלֶב - כֶּלֶב - - keleb - keh'-leb - from an unused root means. to yelp, or else to attack; a dog; hence (by euphemism) a male prostitute; dog. - Noun Masculine - heb
- H4645 מִפְגָּע - 4645 מִפְגָּע - מִפְגָּע - - miphgâʻ - mif-gaw' - from פָּגַע; an object of attack; mark. - Noun Masculine - heb
- H5066 נָגַשׁ - 5066 נָגַשׁ - נָגַשׁ - - nâgash - naw-gash' - a primitive root; to be or come (causatively, bring) near (for any purpose); euphemistically, to lie with a woman; as an enemy, to attack; religious to worship; causatively, to present; figuratively, to adduce an argument; by reversal, to stand back; (make to) approach (nigh), bring (forth, hither, near), (cause to) come (hither, near, nigh), give place, go hard (up), (be, draw, go) near (nigh), offer, overtake, present, put, stand. - Verb - heb
- H5362 נָקַף - 5362 נָקַף - נָקַף - - nâqaph - naw-kaf' - a primitive root; to strike with more or less violence (beat, fell, corrode); by implication (of attack) to knock together, i.e. surround or circulate; compass (about, -ing), cut down, destroy, go round (about), inclose, round. - Verb - heb
- H7853 שָׂטַן - 7853 שָׂטַן - שָׂטַן - - sâṭan - saw-tan' - a primitive root; to attack, (figuratively) accuse; (be an) adversary, resist. - Verb - heb
- H7973 שֶׁלַח - 7973 שֶׁלַח - שֶׁלַח - - shelach - sheh'-lakh - from שָׁלַח; a missile of attack, i.e. spear; also (figuratively) a shoot of growth; i.e. branch; dart, plant, [idiom] put off, sword, weapon. - Noun Masculine - heb
- G4631 σκευή - 4631 σκευή - ΣΚΕΥΉ - - skeuḗ - skyoo-ay' - from σκεῦος; furniture, i.e. spare tackle:--tackling. - Noun Feminine - greek
- G4820 συμβάλλω - 4820 συμβάλλω - ΣΥΜΒΆΛΛΩ - - symbállō - soom-bal'-lo - from σύν and βάλλω; to combine, i.e. (in speaking) to converse, consult, dispute, (mentally) to consider, (by implication) to aid, (personally) to join, attack:--confer, encounter, help, make, meet with, ponder. - Verb - greek
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- Isaiah 23 33:23 Thy tacklings are loosed; they could not well strengthen their mast, they could not spread the sail: then is the prey of a great spoil divided; the lame take the prey.
חֶבֶל נָטַשׁ כֵּן חָזַק תֹּרֶן פָּרַשׂ נֵס עַד מַרְבֶה שָׁלָל חָלַק פִּסֵּחַ בָּזַז בַּז - Acts 44 27:19 And the third day we cast out with our own hands the tackling of the ship.
ΚΑΊ ΤΡΊΤΟΣ ῬΊΠΤΩ ΑὐΤΌΧΕΙΡ ΣΚΕΥΉ ΠΛΟῖΟΝ - Exodus 2 22:6 If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the stacks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field, be consumed therewith; he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.
אֵשׁ יָצָא מָצָא קוֹץ גָּדִישׁ קָמָה שָׂדֶה אָכַל בָּעַר בְּעֵרָה שָׁלַם שָׁלַם