different between felling vs tacking

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?l??

Verb

felling

1. present participle of fell

Noun

felling (plural fellings)

1. The act by which something is felled.
   • 2013, B. G. Karlsson, Contested Belonging (page 107)

     One forest officer, stationed in the buffer of the Buxa Tiger Reserve, argued that 80% of the illegal fellings are carried out by forest villagers and that more or less all Rabhas are involved.

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f?tli?k/
• Rhymes: -?tli?k

Noun

felling f (genitive singular fellingar, nominative plural fellingar)

1. pleat, crease, fold

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English

Verb

tacking

1. present participle of tack

Noun

tacking (countable and uncountable, plural tackings)

1. (sewing) Loose temporary stitches in dressmaking etc.
2. (nautical) The act of changing tack.
3. (law) A union of securities given at different times, all of which must be redeemed before an intermediate purchaser can interpose a claim.

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   • 1826, James Kent, Commentaries on American Law

     The English doctrine of tacking was first solemnly established in Marsh v . Lee , under the assistance of Sir Matthew Hale , who compared the operation to a plank in shipwreck gained by the last mortgagee

4. (law) The joining together of consecutive periods of possession of property, especially between squatters in cases of adverse possession.

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