A northern name for the cuttle-fish.
·noun A long strip of wood, curved upwards in front, used on the foot for sliding. ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·noun A stain; a tache. II. Tack ·vt To fasten or attach. III. Tack ·vt Confidence; reliance. IV....
A rope to confine the weather lower corners of the courses and staysails when the wind crosses the s...
The Sailor's Word-Book
Working to windward, or along shore, by long and short boards, or legs, alternately. ...
·noun A name given by soldiers and sailors to a kind of hard biscuit or sea bread. ...
Weather tack of the fore-sail hauled to the fore-boomkin when on a wind. ...
That which is most favourable to the course when working to windward. ...
See soft tommy ...
The belaying pins of the fife-rail; called also Jack-pins. ...
A block forming part of the purchase used for hauling the main-tack down to. ...
Any way or every way; a colloquialism. ...
A man's saying that he will not start tack or sheet implies resolution. ...
In hoisting signals, that piece of rope called the distant line which keeps the flags so far asunder...