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tack
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /tæk/
- (Northern England) IPA(key): /tak/
- Rhymes: -æk
Etymology 1
From Middle English tak, takke (“hook; staple; nail”), from Old Northern French taque (“nail, pin, peg”), probably from a Germanic source, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *takkô (“tip; point; protrusion; prong; tine; jag; spike; twig”), from Proto-Indo-European *dHg?n-, *déHg?- (“to pinch; tear; rip; fray”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Takke (“bough; branch; twig”), West Frisian takke (“branch”), tûk (“branch, smart, sharp”), Dutch tak (“twig; branch; limb”), German Zacke (“jag; prong; spike; tooth; peak”).
Noun
tack (countable and uncountable, plural tacks)
- A small nail with a flat head.
- 2012, July 15. Richard Williams in Guardian Unlimited, Tour de France 2012: Carpet tacks cannot force Bradley Wiggins off track
- A tough test for even the strongest climber, it was new to the Tour de France this year, but its debut will be remembered for the wrong reasons after one of those spectators scattered carpet tacks on the road and induced around 30 punctures among the group of riders including Bradley Wiggins, the Tour's overall leader, and his chief rivals.
- 2012, July 15. Richard Williams in Guardian Unlimited, Tour de France 2012: Carpet tacks cannot force Bradley Wiggins off track
- A thumbtack.
- (sewing) A loose seam used to temporarily fasten pieces of cloth.
- (nautical) The lower corner on the leading edge of a sail relative to the direction of the wind.
- (nautical) A course or heading that enables a sailing vessel to head upwind. See also reach, gybe.
- A direction or course of action, especially a new one.
- 1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion song 11 p. 172[1]:
- So stoutly held to tack by those near North-wales men;
- 1922 , James Joyce, Ulysses, chapter V:[2]
- Maud Gonne’s letter about taking them off O’Connell street at night: disgrace to our Irish capital. Griffith’s paper is on the same tack now: an army rotten with venereal disease: overseas or halfseasover empire.
- 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus 2010, p. 637:
- I thought that my refusing Barnard would alienate Botha, and decided that such a tack was too risky.
- 1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion song 11 p. 172[1]:
- (nautical) The maneuver by which a sailing vessel turns its bow through the wind so that the wind changes from one side to the other.
- (nautical) The distance a sailing vessel runs between these maneuvers when working to windward; a board.
- (nautical) A rope used to hold in place the foremost lower corners of the courses when the vessel is close-hauled; also, a rope employed to pull the lower corner of a studding sail to the boom.
- Any of the various equipment and accessories worn by horses in the course of their use as domesticated animals. Saddles, stirrups, bridles, halters, reins, bits, harnesses, martingales, and breastplates are all forms of horse tack.
- (manufacturing, construction, chemistry) The stickiness of a compound, related to its cohesive and adhesive properties.
- The laminate adhesive has very aggressive tack and is hard to move once in place.
- Food generally; fare, especially of the bread kind.
- hardtack; soft tack
- 1913, D. H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers
- But if a woman's got nothing but her fair fame to feed on, why, it's thin tack, and a donkey would die of it!
- That which is attached; a supplement; an appendix.
- Some tacks had been made to money bills in King Charles's time.
- (law, Scotland) A contract by which the use of a thing is set, or let, for hire; a lease.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Burrill to this entry?)
- 1885: The Crofter in History by Lord Colin Campbell
- In the Breadalbane papers, for example, there is a "tack" which was given by Sir John Campbell of Glenurchy to his "weil belouit" servant John M'Conoquhy V'Gregour, in the year 1530.
- (obsolete) Confidence; reliance.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)
Synonyms
- (nautical maneuver): coming about
Hyponyms
- (nail-like object for affixing thin things): thumbtack
Derived terms
- Blu-Tack
- hardtack
- thumbtack
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English takken (“to attach; nail”), from the noun (see above).
Verb
tack (third-person singular simple present tacks, present participle tacking, simple past and past participle tacked)
- To nail with a tack (small nail with a flat head).
- To sew/stich with a tack (loose seam used to temporarily fasten pieces of cloth).
- (nautical) To maneuver a sailing vessel so that its bow turns through the wind, i.e. the wind changes from one side of the vessel to the other.
- To add something as an extra item.
- to tack (something) onto (something)
- Often paired with "up", to place the tack on a horse.
Synonyms
- (nautical: to turn the bow through the wind): to change tack
Antonyms
- (nautical: to turn the stern through the wind): to wear
Translations
Related terms
- tacky
See also
- Tack (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Blu-Tack
Etymology 3
From an old or dialectal form of French tache. See techy.
Noun
tack (plural tacks)
- A stain; a tache.
- (obsolete) A peculiar flavour or taint.
- a musty tack
Etymology 4
Noun
tack (uncountable)
- (colloquial) That which is tacky; something cheap and gaudy.
References
- tack in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- tack at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- ATCK, Tkac
Scots
Noun
tack (plural tacks)
- Lease, tenancy
- The period of such a contract
- A leasehold; especially, the tenure of a land or a farm.
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse þ?kk, from Proto-Germanic *þank?, *þankaz. Cognates include English thank, German Dank, Danish tak and Icelandic and Norwegian takk.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tak/
Interjection
tack
- thanks, please
Noun
tack n
- a thank; a word which shows gratitude
Declension
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saddlery
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?sædl??i/
Etymology
saddle +? -ery
Noun
saddlery (countable and uncountable, plural saddleries)
- (uncountable) The trade or craft of a saddler.
- 1792, John Naismith, “Statistical Account of the Parish of Hamilton,” The Edinburgh Magazine or Literary Miscellany, Volume 16, July, 1792, p. 12,[1]
- A good deal of dressed leather is now sent to London, from whence formerly much of what was used here was brought. Saddlery is carried on to some extent.
- 1863, Rachel Henning, letter dated 27 January, 1863, in David Adams (ed.), The Letters of Rachel Henning, Penguin, 1969, p. 124,[2]
- The whole station is engaged in saddlery just now. It is wonderful how soon people learn to do everything for themselves in the bush.
- 1892, G. A. Henty, The Dash for Khartoum, London: Blackie & Son, Chapter 6, p. 101,[3]
- He resolved that when winter came he would go into one of the regimental workshops and learn a trade, either saddlery or ferriery, which would enable him to earn his living for a time abroad until he saw something better to do.
- 1905, John F. Hume, The Abolitionists, Together with Personal Memories of the Struggle for Human Rights, 1830-1864, New York: Putnam, Chapter 6, p. 53,[4]
- He traveled almost altogether afoot, observing the strictest economy and supporting himself by occasional jobs of saddlery and harness mending.
- 1792, John Naismith, “Statistical Account of the Parish of Hamilton,” The Edinburgh Magazine or Literary Miscellany, Volume 16, July, 1792, p. 12,[1]
- A place of business of a saddler.
- 1892, James Lane Allen, “A Home of the Silent Brotherhood” in The Blue-Grass Region of Kentucky and Other Kentucky Articles, New York: Harper, p. 185,[5]
- There is a tinker’s shop and a pharmacy; a saddlery, where the broken gear used in cultivating the monastery lands is mended […]
- 1931, Ruth Russell, Lake Front, Chicago: Thomas S. Rockwell, Part 3, Chapter 2, p. 209,[6]
- Occasional stores pressed close to the wooden walk, and you got the dry smell of hay-and-feed shops or leathery whiffs from saddleries […]
- 1990, Suzanne Carmichael, The Traveler’s Guide to American Crafts West of the Mississippi, New York: Dutton, p. 145,[7]
- Although there are saddleries in almost every Montana town, only a few have national reputations and are convenient for travelers to visit.
- 1892, James Lane Allen, “A Home of the Silent Brotherhood” in The Blue-Grass Region of Kentucky and Other Kentucky Articles, New York: Harper, p. 185,[5]
- (uncountable) The inventory and equipment of a saddler; saddles and other horse-riding equipment, or the materials for making them.
- 1787, “Irish Parliamentary Intelligence,” Walker’s Hibernian Magazine, July, 1787, p. 387,[8]
- The next article, and the most important article of all to this country, was saddlery. This embraced every part of the leather manufacture, boots, shoes, gloves, &c.
- 1873, W. E. Griffis, “Inside Japan,” Lippincott’s Magazine, Volume 12, No. 29, August, 1873, p. 174,[9]
- […] we notice that the most gorgeous piece of Japanese saddlery is the crupper, which, even on a pack-horse, is painted crimson and gilded gloriously.
- 1904, Rudyard Kipling, “The Army of a Dream” in Traffics and Discoveries, London: Macmillan, pp. 272-273,[10]
- A heap of saddlery was thrown in a corner, and from this each man, as he captured his mount, made shift to draw proper equipment […]
- 1911, Archibald Marshall, The Eldest Son, New York: Dodd, Mead, 1919, Chapter 10,[11]
- He heard the creak of saddlery and the thud of a horse’s hoofs on the hard turf behind him.
- 1787, “Irish Parliamentary Intelligence,” Walker’s Hibernian Magazine, July, 1787, p. 387,[8]
Translations
Anagrams
- Drysdale, Ledyards, draydels
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