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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
tack \tack\, v. t. imp.  p. p. tacked; p. pr.  vb. n.
   tacking. cf. od. tacken to touch, take, seize, fix, akin
   to e. take. see tack a small nail.
   1. to fasten or attach. "in hopes of getting some commendam
      tacked to their sees." --swift.
      1913 webster

            and tacks the center to the sphere.   --herbert.
      1913 webster

   2. 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.
      1913 webster

   3. in parliamentary usage, to add a supplement to a bill;
      to append; -- often with on or to; as, to tack on a
      non-germane appropriation to a bill. --macaulay.
      1913 webster

   4. naut. 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.
      1913 webster

   note: in tacking, a vessel is brought to point at first
         directly to windward, and then so that the wind will
         blow against the other side.
         1913 webster
see also:
tacked tacking tack 

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