Tack, v. n. (Naut.) Go about, tack ship.
Tack, n. Small nail.
Tackle, n.
- 1. Pulley.
- 2. Equipment, gear, rigging, tackling, furniture, implements, apparatus.
- 3. Harness, tackling.
- 4. Weapons, instruments of action.
Tackle, v. a. (Local and Colloq.)
- 1. Harness.
- 2. Attack, seize, lay hold of, seize upon.
Tackling, n.
- 1. Tackle, implements, equipment.
- 2. Sailing apparatus, sails and cordage, rigging.
- 3. Harness.
Tact, n.
- 1. (Rare.) Touch, feeling, taction, sense of feeling.
- 2. Adroitness (in appreciating circumstances and acting accordingly), skill (in saying or doing what is
most appropriate to the occasion), quick judgment, nice perception, cleverness, dexterity, knack, savoir
faire.
Tactician, n. Manœuvrer, wire-puller, adroit manager.
Tactics, n.
- 1. Strategy, military science, generalship, art of war.
- 2. Management, manœuvring, policy, diplomacy.