The lower corner of a sail. Also, each leg of a zigzag course.

Equipment used for riding horses or driving horses

"clasp, hook, fastener," also "a nail" of some kind, c. 1400, from Old North French taque "nail, pin, peg" (Old French tache, 12c., "nail, spike, tack; pin brooch&qu [..]

"horse's harness, etc.," 1924, shortening of tackle (n.) in sense of "equipment." Tack in a non-equestrian sense as a shortening of tackle is recorded in dialect from 1777.

"food" in general, but in dialect especially "bad food," and especially among sailors "food of a bread kind," 1833, perhaps a shortening and special use of tackle (n.) in [..]

late 14c., "to attach" with a nail, etc., from tack (n.1). Meaning "to attach as a supplement" (with suggestion of hasty or arbitrary proceeding) is from 1680s. Related: Tacked; ta [..]

"turn a ship's course toward the wind at an angle," 1550s, from tack (n.1) in the ship-rigging sense (the ropes were used to move the vessel temporarily to one side or another of its ge [..]

fasten with tacks; "tack the notice on the board" the heading or position of a vessel relative to the trim of its sails a short nail with a sharp point and a large head turn [..]

a short nail with a wide flat head. The same word also means to sew something together with long loose stitches

n. A small sharp-pointed nail.

The adhesive quality of inks.

The pulling power or separation force of ink causing picking or splitting of weak papers.

to combine (a use, possession, or period of time) with that of another esp. in order to satisfy the statutory time period for acquiring title to or a prescriptive easement in the property of a ...

A temporary stitch to hold pieces together, usually removed after final stitching. Tacking is also known as a term for starting off a seam with a few stitches back and forth for stabilizing.

1) Rider's racing equipment. Also applied to stable gear. 2) As a verb, a jockey, including his/her equipment, as in "He tacks 112 pounds."

Refers to the initial bonding of an adhesive to the substrate (High tac, Low tack). Tack is not necessarily an indication of long term adhesion ie an adhesion can be low tack initially to make application easier, then increase in value over time to give strong bonding during the life of the graphic.

 – The condition of the adhesive when it feels sticky or highly adhesive.  Sometimes used to express the ideas of pressure sensitivity. Tearing

The stickiness of an adhesive under a given condition. Some adhesives require a particular temperature range for maximum tack.

See Tacking.

(n) the heading or position of a vessel relative to the trim of its sails(n) a short nail with a sharp point and a large head(n) gear for a horse(n) (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates th [..]

The process of turning the bow of the yacht through the wind and changing the sides of the sails. The lower corner of a sail that is attached to the yacht.

1) Noun, A rider's racing equipment. Also applied to stable gear. 2) Verb, A jockey, including her/his equipment. ("She tacks 112 pounds.")

  On a triangular sail, the bottom forward corner. Also, to turn the bow of the boat through the wind  so the wind exerts pressure on the opposite side of the

Characteristic of ink making it sticky.

In printing inks, the property of cohesion between particles. A tacky ink has high separation forces and can cause surface picking.

the property of certain adhesives, particularly nonvulcanizing rubber adhesives, to adhere on contact to themselves at a stage in the evaporation of volatile constituents, even thought they seem dry t [..]

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1. A short piece of halyard used as a space in a signal flag hoist. 2. A punctuation mark in a written or voice message, written as a dash. 3. A leg of the route of a sailing vessel.

The equipment worn by the horse including saddle and bridle.

Lower foremost corner of a fore and aft sail. 2. Rope by which the weather lower corner of a course is hauled down. 3. Direction of a vessel's fore and aft line relative to the wind when under sa [..]

the lower forward corner of a fore-and-aft sail

A leg of the route of a sailing vessel, particularly in relation to tacking.

Also called takke in Old English. 1. The lower, forward corner of a fore-and-aft sail. In square-rigged ships, it is the rope used to hold in the lower corners of the courses and staysails on the weat [..]

(1) The lower forward corner of a triangular sail (2) The direction that a boat is sailing with respect to the wind. A sailboat cannot sail directly into the wind, and must therefore sail a zig zag co [..]

 The forward most corner of a sail.

go from one tack to another with the' bow passing through the wind

In sailboat racing on an upwind leg of the race course the complex maneuvers of lead and overtaking boats to vie for the aerodynamic advantage of clear air. This results from the on going strategy of the lead boat's effort to keep the following boat(s) in the blanket of disturbed bad air he is creating.

(1) A short (4 to 6 foot long) piece of rope (line) used as a blank in a signal flag hoist, used for punctuation or to set aside a part of the message. (2) A punctuation mark in a written or voice mes [..]

1. the lower corner of the sail's leading edge. On a sloop rigged sailboat, the mainsail tack is connected to the mast and the boom at the gooseneck. On the same boat, a foresail or jib tack is c [..]

(1) The lower forward corner of a triangular sail (2) The direction that a boat is sailing with respect to the wind. A sailboat cannot sail directly into the wind, and must therefore sail a zig zag co [..]

Equipment (collars, leads, grooming products, combs, brushes, shears, etc) used to prepare and show a dog. Hopefully found in a "Tack Box" when not in use.

The lower fore-corner of a sail. To tack is to go about or shift from one tack to another. The side on which the wind blows on the sail, as starboard tack or port tack.

, sb. a rancid taste or taint, in butter, &c.

The adhesive quality of inks.

The adhesive quality of inks.

The adhesive quality of inks.

The adhesive quality of inks.

The adhesive quality of inks.

Turning the bow of the boat through the wind

Riders' racing equipment. Also applied to stable gear.

all the equipment used on a pony.