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tacked 音标拼音: [t'ækt] 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]
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