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to tuck
To gather into a narrow compass; to crush together; to hinder from spreading.--Johnson. In the Unit...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
The after-part of a ship, immediately under the stern or counter, where the ends of the bottom planks are collected and terminate by the tuck-rail. Thus the fir frigates of 1812-14 had flat, square transoms similar to boats, or heart-shaped. Hence our square-tucked frigates, brigs, &c.
To gather into a narrow compass; to crush together; to hinder from spreading.--Johnson. In the Unit...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.