Tuck

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A pull; a lugging.

II. Tuck ·noun The beat of a drum.

III. Tuck ·vt To full, as cloth.

IV. Tuck ·noun Food; pastry; sweetmeats.

V. Tuck ·noun A long, narrow sword; a rapier.

VI. Tuck ·vt To make a tuck or tucks in; as, to tuck a dress.

VII. Tuck ·vi To Contract; to draw together.

VIII. Tuck ·noun A small net used for taking fish from a larger one;

— called also tuck-net.

IX. Tuck ·noun A horizontal sewed fold, such as is made in a garment, to shorten it; a plait.

X. Tuck ·noun The part of a vessel where the ends of the bottom planks meet under the stern.

XI. Tuck ·vt To draw up; to Shorten; to fold under; to press into a narrower compass; as, to tuck the bedclothes in; to tuck up one's sleeves.

XII. Tuck ·vt To Inclose; to put within; to press into a close place; as, to tuck a child into a bed; to tuck a book under one's arm, or into a pocket.

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

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