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(small nail with a flat head) A small nail with a flat head.

(thumbtack) A thumbtack.

(loose temporary seam) (sewing) A loose seam used to temporarily fasten pieces of cloth.

(corner of sail) (nautical) The lower corner on the leading edge of a sail relative to the direction of the wind.

(heading enabling upwind sailing) (nautical) A course or heading that enables a sailing vessel to head upwind.

(direction, course of action, method, or approach) (figurative) A direction or course of action, especially a new one; a method or approach to solving a problem.

(maneuver to change heading of vessel) (nautical) The maneuver by which a sailing vessel turns its bow through the wind so that the wind changes from one side to the other.

(board when working to windward) (nautical) The distance a sailing vessel runs between these maneuvers when working to windward; a board.

(rope to pull corner of sail) (nautical) A rope used to hold in place the foremost lower corners of the courses when the vessel is close-hauled; also, a rope employed to pull the lower corner of a studding sail to the boom.

(horse equipment) {{anchor|horse tack}} Any of the various equipment and accessories worn by horses in the course of their use as domesticated animals.

(stickiness of a material) (chemistry) The stickiness of a compound, related to its cohesive and adhesive properties.

(food, especially bread or breadlike food) Food generally; fare, especially of the hard bread or breadlike kind.

(something attached, such as an appendix) That which is attached; a supplement; an appendix.

(confidence or reliance) (obsolete) Confidence; reliance.

(nail with a tack) To nail (something) with a tack {{gloss|small nail with a flat head}}.

(sew) To sew/stitch with a tack {{gloss|loose seam used to temporarily fasten pieces of cloth}}.

(weld) To weld with initial small welds to temporarily fasten in preparation for full welding. +

(turn through the wind while sailing) (nautical) To maneuver a sailing vessel so that its bow turns through the wind, i.e. the wind changes from one side of the vessel to the other. +

(sail to windward using alternating turns) (nautical) To sail to windward using a series of alternate tacks across the wind. +

(add, as in adding on) To add something as an extra item.

(to prepare a horse for riding by equipping it with a tack).

(obsolete) To join in wedlock.

A stain; a tache.

(obsolete) A peculiar flavour or taint.

(colloquial) That which is tacky; something cheap and gaudy. +

(contract)(northern England) A contract by which the use of a thing is set, or let, for hire; a lease.