a loose temporary sewing stitch to hold layers of fabric together
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(nautical) the act of changing tack
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Tacking \Tack"ing\, n. (Law) A union of securities given at different times, all of which must be redeemed before an intermediate purchaser can interpose his claim. --Bouvier.
Note: The doctrine of tacking is not recognized in American law. --Kent.
Tack \Tack\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tacked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tacking}.] [Cf. OD. tacken to touch, take, seize, fix, akin to E. take. See {Tack} a small nail.] 1. To fasten or attach. ``In hopes of getting some commendam tacked to their sees.'' --Swift.
And tacks the center to the sphere. --Herbert.
2. Especially, to attach or secure in a slight or hasty manner, as by stitching or nailing; as, to tack together the sheets of a book; to tack one piece of cloth to another; to tack on a board or shingle; to tack one piece of metal to another by drops of solder.
3. In parliamentary usage, to add (a supplement) to a bill; to append; -- often with on or to; as, to tack on a non-germane appropriation to a bill. --Macaulay.
4. (Naut.) To change the direction of (a vessel) when sailing closehauled, by putting the helm alee and shifting the tacks and sails so that she will proceed to windward nearly at right angles to her former course.
Note: In tacking, a vessel is brought to point at first directly to windward, and then so that the wind will blow against the other side.
Mr Hepburn is currently managing Pounds 1.5m, which the London-based Henry Smith's charity has decided to invest in projects tacking social deprivation in the north east.
Minutes before adjourning, the Senate rushed through a more than $28 billion transportation bill for the new fiscal year, after tacking on a $10.9 million provision sought by GOP Leader Robert Dole of Kansas for a highway project in Wichita.
Mr. Whitehead is planning a trip to Europe toward the end of April and is considering tacking on a trip to Iraq.
As a result, the NYFE board recently approved tacking on an unusual $6,000 annual, rebatable fee for badges permitting access to the new trading floor.
Northerly winds for northbound boats on the West Coast always signal a frustrating, time-consuming tacking drill, also tough on the crew.
Tonkin claimed the manufacturers recover those costs by tacking hundreds of dollars onto the price of every new car.
Some lenders charge more, in addition to tacking on hefty loan origination fees.
Scarcity of many products has led to the emergence of a thriving black market with layers of middlemen, each tacking on a premium to the ultimate retail price.
And he intends to: 'You sometimes have to tack and trim to get from Dover to some far distant port, but providing you get to the port a bit of tacking and a bit of trimming en route doesn't matter'.
The Spanish ships were miserably unseaworthy, so slow they could barely stem a healthy tide and so cranky that tacking took more than half an hour.
"We're getting slammed from far too many directions," said Stephen Mazzulli, an editor at the student newspaper on the University of Massachusetts's Boston campus. "They're upping our tuition, they're tacking on fees.