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A peculiar flavor or taint; as, a musty tack. [Obs. or Colloq.] Drayton.

One who tacks.

A small, broad-headed nail. [Scot.] Jamieson.

See Tacky.

A union of securities given at different times, all of which must be redeemed before an intermediate purchaser can interpose his claim. Bouvier.

uments of action; an apparatus by which an object is moved or operated; gear; as, fishing tackle, hunting tackle; formerly, specifically, weapons. "She to her tackle fell." Hudibras.

Made of ropes tacked together. My man shall be with thee, And bring thee cords made like a tackled stair. Shak.

Instruments of action; as, fishing tackling. Walton.

One who holds a tack or lease from another; a tenant, or lessee. Sir W. Scott. The tacksmen, who formed what may be called the "peerage" of the little community, must be the captains. Macaulay.

Sticky; adhesive; raw; -- said of paint, varnish, etc., when not well dried. [U. S.]

To fall upon with force; to assail, as with force and arms; to assault. "Attack their lines." Dryden.

Capable of being attacked.

One who attacks.

To supply with tackle. [Obs.] Skelton.

A tackle or purchase used to raise the flukes of the anchor up to the gunwale. The block used is called the fish-block.

The American larch (Larix Americana), a coniferous tree with slender deciduous leaves; also, its heavy, close-grained timber. Called also tamarack.

A name given by soldiers and sailors to a kind of hard biscuit or sea bread.

A stack or conical pile of hay in the open air.

A chimney; esp., a pipe serving as a chimney, as the pipe which carries off the smoke of a locomotive, the funnel of a steam vessel, etc.

or ridge, and sometimes covered with thatch. But corn was housed, and beans were in the stack. Cowper.