tackle (takl)

[ G.) takel = Sw. tackel, takel = Dan. takkel (W. tacl, the martingale, to bowse it to windward. We were now employed in... getting tackles upon R. H. Dana , Jr., Before the Mast, p. 258. Hence-2. A mechanism, or apparatus in general, for applying the power of purchase in manipulating, shifting, raising, or lowering objects or materials; a rope and pulley-block, or a combination of ropes and blocks working together, or any similar contrivance for aid in lifting or controlling anything: used either 3. The windla and its appurtenances, as used for hoisting ore from small depths; also, in general, the cages or kibbles, with their chains and hooks, for raising ore or coal. [Eng.] -4. Equipment or gear in general; a combination of appliances: used of arms and armor, harne , anglers' outfit (see fishing - tackle ), many mechanical devices, etc. Thorough myn ye unto myn herte The takel [arrow] smote, and depe it wente. Rom . of the Rose , L. 1729. Chaucer, Gen. Prol. to C. Т., 1. 106. Wel coude he dre e his takel yemanly. IMG:content-2761.png:[blocks in formation] I have little to do now I am lame and taking snuff, and have the worst tackle in the world whereby to subscribe myself. W. Lancaster , in Letters of Eminent Men, L. 295. Angling was extensively practised, with almost the same appliances and tackle as now, even down to the wicker creel at the side. J. Ashton , Social Life in Reign of Queen Anne, I. 311. 5. The act of tackling; a seizing or grasping; grasp or hold, as of an opponent in foot-ball. He [a rusher in foot-ball] runs fast and never mi es his tackle. New York Evening Post , Oct. 31, 1887. 6. Either one of two players in the rush-line in foot-ball, stationed next to the end rushers. See rusher2, 2.- Cutting-tackle, the tackle used in cutting in a whale. - Fall and tackle, another name for block and tackle. See def. 1.- Long-tackle block. See block1. Pendant-tackles, large tackles composed of double blocks, which hook to the masthead-pendants, and are used for setting up lower rigging, staying the mast, or steadying it under certain emergencies. Luce, Seamanship, p. 76.- Relieving tackles. Naut.: (a) Tackles kept in readine to be hooked to the tiller in case of accident to the steering-gear, either in heavy weather or in action. (6) Tackles formerly used in heaving down a ship, to keep her from being canted over too much.-Rolling tackle. Naut.: (a) A luff-tackle purchase for securing and steadying lower or topsail yards. (b) See rolling -tackle. - Side tackle, a tackle consisting of a rope rove through a double and single block and fixed on each side of a gun-carriage, for securing the gun to the side of the ship and for running the gun out through the port.-Side-tackle bolt, the bolt to which the blocks of the side-tackle are hooked. - Stock-and-bill tackle. Same as stock - tackle. - To overhaul, rack, etc., a tackle. See the verbs. - Train tackle, a tackle hooked to the rear of a gun-carriage to run it in. (See also yard -tackle.) tackle (tak'l), v.; pret. and pp. tackled, ppr. tackling. [ They was resolute, strong, hard-work in' women. They could all tackle a ho , or load and fire a gun. H. B. Stowe , Oldtown, p. 168. 3t. To ensnare, as with cords or tackle; entangle. All delytes of all thynges that mane may be tagyld [read takyld ] with in thoghte or dede. Hampole , Prose Treatises (E. E. T. S.), р. 12. 4+. To close or shut with or as if with a fastening; lock; seclude. The Moralist tells us that a quadrat solid wise Man should involve and tackle himself within his own Virtue. Howell, Letters, L. vi. 58. 5t. To furnish with tackle; equip with appliances, as a ship. Haue, at their owne aduenture, costs, and charges, pro other meete ve els. uided, rigged, and tackled certaine ships, pin ne es, and Hakluyt's Voyages , L. 268. 6. To attack or fasten upon, in the widest sense; set to work upon in any way; undertake to master, persuade, solve, perform, and so forth: as, to tackle a bully; to tackle a problem. can. Tackle the lady, and speak your mind to her as best you Thackeray , Philip, xxi. 7. In foot - ball , to seize and stop, as a player while running with the ball: as, he was tackled when within a few feet of the goal. II. in trans. To make an attack or seizure; specifically, to get a grasp or hold, as upon an opponent in foot-ball, to prevent him from running with the ball. - To tackle to, to set to work; bend the energies to the doing of something; take hold vigorously. [Colloq.] The old woman... tackled to for a fight in right earnest. S. Lover. ( Imp. Dict.) IMG:content-2762.jpg:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-2763.png:[blocks in formation] [South Africa.] A mimosa with the Evening Post (New tacky3, tackey3 (tak'i), n. long and stout branch of thorns left on at the end. York), April 4, 1891. taclobo (tak lō-bō), n. [Native name.] A gigantic bivalve mollusk, Tridacna gigas ; the giant clam. See cut under Tridacna . The taclobo shell sometimes weighs 200 lb., and is used for baptismal fonts. Encyc. Brit., XVIII. 750. tac-locus (tak'lō"kus), n . [Irreg. tac ( t ) + lo- cus.] The locus of the points of contact of two non-consecutive curves of a family of curves, or of two curves of two families. tacnode (tak'nōd), n. [Irreg. tac ( t ) + node .] A singularity of a plane curve, consisting in the coincidence of two nodes, or, what is the same thing, in the touching of one part of the curve by another. J. H. Burton, Hist. Scotland, xxiii. that So completely did this tactic turn the tables I utterly forgot my own woes. the po e ion of which affords some special advantage over the enemy. tactically (tak'ti-kal-i), adv . In a tactical man- ner; according to tactics. tactician (tak-tish'an), n. [= F. tacticien ; as tactic +-i-an.] One who is versed in tactics; an adroit manager in any kind of action; spe- cifically, a skilful director of military or naval operations or forces. IMG:content-2764.jpg:[graphic] tacnode-cusp (tak'nōd-kusp), n. A higher sin- gularity of plane curves, consisting in the co- incidence of two nodes and a cusp, giving the Tactical diameter, in naval tactics. See diametettle effect of a cusp on another part of the curve. Taconic system. See system. Tacsonia (tak-sō'ni-ä), n. [NL. (A. L. de Jus- sieu, 1789), tacso , the name in Peru.] A genus of polypetalous plants, of the order Pas- sifloraceæ and tribe Pa if loreæ , distinguished from the related genus Pa iflora by its elon- gated calyx-tube. It includes about 25 species, natives of tropical America. They are shrubby climbers, com- monly hairy, bearing alternate entire or lobed leaves, often with a glandular petiole, and with undivided lateral ten- drils. The handsome axillary flowers are solitary, twin, or racemed, and usually with three free or connate bracts. The fruit is an ovoid or globose dry or pulpy berry with numerous compre ed arillate seeds; it is edible in T. tripart it a of Quito and T. moll is sima and T. speciosa of Bogota. Several species, cultivated under gla , are known by the generic name Tacsonia ; others, like the re- lated species of Pa iflora , are called pa ion - flower , as T. pin natis tipula , the trumpet, and T. manic at a , the scarlet pa ion-flower, the latter a beautiful vine from Peru, in which the usually long calyx-tube is much reduced. tact (takt), n . [F. tact = tat to , tact us , a touching, touch, handling, the sense of touch, feeling, tangere , pp. tact us , touch: see tangent , take .] 1. A touching; touch. The tact of the sword has its principle in what is termed in fencing sensible and insensible play. Rolando , Fencing (ed. Forsyth), p. 225. 2. The sense of touch. Sight is a very refined tact . Tact is pa ive; touch, active. Le Conte, Sight, p. 77. Dunglison, Med. Dict. 3. Mental perception; especially, fine percep- tion; intuitive sense of what is true, right, or proper; finene of discernment as to action or conduct, especially a fine sense of how to avoid giving offense; ability to do or say what is best for the intended effect; adroitne ; cleverne ; addre . His [Hallam's] mind is equally distinguished by the am- plitude of its grasp, and by the delicacy of its tact . Macaulay , Hallam's Const. Hist. Lady Marney.. piqued herself upon her tact , and in- deed she was very quick, but she was so energetic that her art did not always conceal itself. And she by tact of love was well aware That Lance lot knew that she was looking at him. Tennyson, Lance lot and Elaine. On that shore, with fowler's tact , Coolly bagging fact on fact. 4. In music, a beat or pulse; especially, the emphatic down-beat with which a measure be- gins; hence, also, a measure. tactable (tak'ta-bl), a . [ tact + -able .] Capa- ble of being touched, or felt by the sense of touch; tangible; palpable. [Rare.] They [women] being created To be both tractable and tactable . Mas singer , Parliament of Love, ii. 1. tactful (takt'fül), a. [ tact + -ful . ] Having or manifesting tact; po e ing or arising from nice discernment. tactic (tak'tik), a . and n. [I. a. = F. * tactique = Sp. táctico = Pg. tactico = It. tattico , tactic us , τακτικός , of or pertaining to ar- ranging or ordering or order, esp. in war, τός , verbal adj. of τάσσειν , arrange, order, regu- late. II. n. = F. tactique = Sp. táctica = Pg. At this proud yielding word, She on the scene her tactile sweets presented. J. Beaumont , Psyche, iv. 136. (c) Effected by or consisting in the action of touching; produced or caused by physical contact. IMG:content-2765.jpg:[graphic] ened vowel, of tade , toad, + polle , head, poll: see toad and polll . Cf. E. dial. poll head (Sc. powhead ), polliwog , polliwig , etc., a tadpole.] 1. The larva of a batrachian, as a frog or toad, from the time it leaves the egg until it loses its gills and tail. The name is chiefly the popular desig- nation of the young of anurous batrachians, when the head and body form a rounded figure with a long tail, used like a fish's to swim with, and the creatures live in the water and breathe by gills. They gradually sprout their legs, drop or absorb their gills and tail, and come on land to breathe air. The term is also used of any other larvæ of amphibians in which the metamorphosis is le complete, 2. The hooded merganser, Lophodytes cucul- lat us : doubtle so called from the apparent worm. size of the head. See the quotation under mo - tæniacide (te'ni-a-sid), n. Same as tænicide. head. G. Trumbull , 1888. [Florida.] tadpole-fish (tad'pol-fish), n. A fish with a large head like a tadpole's; the tadpole-hake. tadpole-hake (tad'pol-hak), n. The trifur- cated hake, a gadoid fish, Raniceps raninus (or trifurcatus), of the North Atlantic waters of Europe, of a dark color and about a foot long. Also called tadpole - fish , le er fork beard , and tommy-noddy. See cut under Raniceps . tael (tā), n. A Scotch form of toe . 2. The tactual faculty; the sense of touch, or its exercise; perception of objects by feeling them.-3. In geom . , same as tangency . tactle (takt'les), a. [ tact + -le .] Desti- tute of tact; characterized by want of tact. People... goaded by tactle parsons into hardne and rebellion. F. P. Cobbe , Peak in Darien, p. 234. tactle ne (takt'les-nes), n. Want of tact; lack of adroitne or addre . Athenæum , No. 3235, p. 555. tae2 (ta), prep . A Scotch form of tol . tae3 (ta), a. [Sc., also tea ; in the phrase the tae , orig. thet ae , i. e. that one: see that and one , a2, ae. Cf. tother in the tother , for that other .] One: tact us (tak'tus), n. [L.: see tact . ] The sense of touch; taction. - Tactus eruditus, in med . , the skilful touch; an experienced sense of touch acquired by practice, as in exploration in labor-cases and other delicate manipulations. tacuacine (tak'wa-sin), n. [South American.] The South American crab-eating opo um, Di- delphys cancrivora. Encyc . Brit . , XI. 240. tad (tad), n. [Perhaps an abbr. of tadpole .] A very small boy, especially a small street-boy. [Colloq., U. S.] tad-broom (tad'bröm), n. The scouring-rush and other species of Equisetum . Britten and Holland. [Prov. Eng.] gin obscure.] A genus of Anat- idæ , of the sub- family Anatinæ ; b the sheldrakes or barrow-ducks. IMG:content-2766.png:[blocks in formation] other). [Scotch.] taed (tad), n. A Scotch form of toad . tædium (te'di-um), n. [L.: see tedium .] Weari- ne ; irksomene ; tediousne . See tedium . - Tædium vitæ, wearine of life; ennui; in pathol . , a deep disgust with life, tempting to suicide. tael (tal), n . [Formerly also taile ; also tale , tayel ; = F. tael , tael , Malay taïl , tahil , a weight, tael, prob. tola , a weight: see tola .] 1. The Chinese liang or ounce, equal to 1 ounces avoirdupois. See liang .-2. A liang or ounce of "sycee," or fine uncoined silver: the unit of monetary reckoning in China. The tael is a money of account (not a coin), and is divided into 10 mace, or 100 can dare ens. Its value varies with the fluctuations in the price of silver bullion. At present (1891) it is equal to about $1.05 United States gold. One you sand Mexican dollars equal 720 taels. See liang , mace , and candareen . - Haikwan tael, literally 'custom-house tael, the stan- dard weight recognized by the customs authorities of China in their monetary transactions. ta'en (tan). [Formerly also tane , ME. tan , etc.: see take .] A contraction of taken , past partici- tænia (tē'ni-ä), n.; pl. tæniæ (-ē). [Also tenia ; NL., tænia , ταινία , a band, fillet, rib- bon, tape, tapeworm, τείνειν , stretch, extend: see thin.] 1. In cla ical archæol ., a ribbon, band, or head-band; a fillet. Twisted fillet of the athletes and of Hercules consists of several tæniæ of different colours. IMG:content-2767.png:[merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][ocr errors][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small] (a) A tapeworm. ( b ) [ cap .] [NL.] The lead- ing genus of tapeworms, of the family Tæniidæ , formerly very comprehensive, now restricted A , B , with gills; C. more advanced. a, eye; o, ear; m, mouth; n, nasal sacs; d, opercular fold; tb , ki , gills; ks , a single to species like T. solium , the common tape of aperture;, horny jaws; s, ers; y, rudiment of hind limb. Tæniobranchia (tēni-ō-brang'ki-ä), n. pl . [NL., ταινία , a band, + βράγχια , gills.] Α division of ascidians, containing the salps: dis- tinguished from Sac cob ranch i a . See Salpid a . tæniobranchiate (ten i-ō-brang'ki-at), a. [ Gr. ταινία , a band, ribbon, + βράγχια , gills.] Having tæniate gills; of or pertaining to the Tæniobranchia . Tæniocampa (tēni-ō-kam'pā), n. [NL. (Guenée, 1839), ταινία , a band, + κάμπη , a cat- erpillar.] A notable genus of noctuid moths. of the family Orthosiidæ . The body is stout; the wings are moderately broad, straight in front, more or le angular at the tips, and slightly or moderately oblique along the outer border; and the male antennæ are scarce ly pectinate. It is represented in all parts of the world. Tæniocampa Tæniocampa ali a , natural size. as the Elongated and compre ed, a fish scabbard-fish, cutlas-fish, or hairtail; trichiurous; tænio- See cuts under scabbard - fish and Trichiurus. Stand. Nat . Hist ., III. 206. somous. tæniola (te-ni'ō-lä), n.; pl. tæniolæ (-lē). [NL., dim. of L. tænia, a band, ribbon: see tænia.] One of the radial partitions in the body-cavity of some acalephs. Tænioptera irupero. 6157 resembling those of the genus Musa, ranging from the Permian to the Lias; Angiopteridium, with pinnate leaves resembling those of Angiopteris, occurring in the Jura ic of India; Palæovittaria, with leaves somewhat resembling those of Vittaria, but differing in the details of the nervation, occurring in the Raniganj beds of the Damuda series (Lower Mesozoic?); Tæniopteris, occurring in the Carboniferous of Europe and the United States, a genus with long linear entire leathery leaves, and strongly marked rachis or medial nerve, the nervation leaving the rachis at an acute angle, but soon becoming deflected so as to be horizontal, and generally forking into two parts near the base, and continuing quite parallel to the margin of the leaf. Tæniopterinæ (te-ni-op-te-ri'nē), n. pl. [NL., 20 genera and numerous species, chiefly South American, with few forms north of Panama. They are flycatcher like birds, with stout ambulatorial feet, frequenting open places and river-banks rather than forests. Two species of Sayornis, S. say us and S. nigricans, found in the United States, usually cla ed with the Tyranninæ, are by Sclater referred to the Tæniopterinæ. See cuts under Tænioptera, Fluvicola, and Sayornis. tæniopterine (te-ni-op'te-rin), a. Of or per taining to the Tæniopterinæ. Tæniopteris (te-ni-op'te-ris), n. [NL. (Brongniart, 1828), unknown. See Tæniopterideæ. Tæniopygia (ten i-o-pij'i-ä), n. [NL. (Reichenbach, 1861), Tæniopygia cast a not is. two species commonly referred to one of the larger genera Estrelda and Amadina. The common Australian species is T. cast a not is, with orange-brown ear coverts; T. insular is inhabits Timor and Flores. They are tiny birds, only about 3 inches long. The genus is named from the white bands on the black upper tail coverts. tag taffeta (taf'e-tä), n. [Also taffata, taffety, taffaty; early mod. E. also tafata, Sc. taftais; In sangwin and in pers he clad was al, Lyned with taffata and with sendal. Chaucer, Gen. Prol. to C. T., 1. 440. Of zallow Taftais wes hir sark. Sir D. Lyndesay , Squyer Meldrum (E. E. T. S.), 1. 125. Taffeta was made of silk or linen of very thin substance. Encyc. Brit ., XXIII. 210.