tackle 
To tackle up, to !mrin>- :inil hii.-ti a horso or homes. 
K'olloq.) 
Well, I shall jest tackle HJ> umi ;ro over mul brlriK them 
children home :i({in. //. /;. .sVi./i.-, nMton n. ]i j : ,. 
tackle-block (tak'1-blok), . A pulley over 
wliich a rope runs. Sec l>lnrl;l anil tin-l.lr. 
tackle-board (tiik'1-bord), . In r/ -'''''.'/, 
a frame at the head of a ropewalk to whic-li 
yarns niv attached to be twisted into strands. 
Tackle-post. 
a, whirls, driven by the 
spur-wheel t>, which meshes 
into a pinion on each whirl ; 
' , ciank on shaft of b. 
a. a, whitls, winches, or forelock -hooks ; 4. 6. cranks by which 
the whirls are turned. 
It consists of stout upright posts to which is fastened a 
cross-plank having holes corresponding to the number of 
strands composing each rope, in which holes work winches 
or forelock-hooks. See tacklt-piat. E. H. Knight. 
tackled (tak'ld), p. a. [< tackle + -ed2.] Made 
of ropes. 
My man shall be with thee, 
And bring thee cords made like a taclrled stair. 
5Aa*., K. and ]., It. 4. 201. 
tackle-fall (tak'1-fal), H. A rope rove through 
a block. 
tackle-hook (tak'1-huk), n. A hook by which 
a tackle is attached to an object to bo hoisted. 
tackle-post (tak'1-post), n. In a ropewalk, a 
post with whirls, often 
turned simultaneously by 
a crank and geared mas- 
ter-wheel, by which are 
twisted the three strands 
to be laid up into a rope or 
cord. 
tackier (tak'ler), n. In 
mining, one of a number 
of small chains putaround 
loaded corves to keep the 
coal from falling off. Ores- 
ley. [Prov. Eng.] 
tack-lifter (tak' lifter), 
n. Same as tack-claw. 
tackling (tak'ling), n. [< 
ME. takelyng, takcllingc; 
verbal n. of tackle, r.] That which is used to 
tackle with ; anything that serves as tackle, or 
as part of a tackle ; means of attaching one thine 
to another, as for hold, purchase, or draft : used 
of the rigging or the working parts of a ship, of 
the holding parts or the whole of a harness of 
any kind, of appliances for angling or other 
sport, of military equipments, etc. 
Great shippes require costlle taMing. 
Ascham, The Scholemaster, p. 65. 
Ye schall fynde them gentylmanly, comfortable felawes, 
and that they wol and dare abyde be ther 'r/A -/</".'- and if 
ye undrestond that any assawte schold be towardys I send 
yow thes men. Potion Letters, II. 828. 
On one hand of him, his lines, hooks, and other tack- 
liny, lying in a round. /. Walton, Complete Angler, p. 52. 
tack-pint (tak'pin), n. Naut., a belaying-pin in 
a fife-rail. 
tack-rivet (tak'riv'et), n. One of a series of 
small rivets by which two plates of iron are 
fastened together. 
tacksman (taks'man), n. ; pi. tacksnicn (-men). 
[< tack's, poss. of tack 1 , + man.] In Scots lair, 
one who holds a tack or lease of land from an- 
other; a tenant or lessee. Any lessee In Scotland 
is a tacksman ; but the word has been much used specin- 
cally for a large holder of land by lease, or formerly by 
v ant from the chief of his clan, who sublets it to smal 
holders, often under very oppressive conditions. 
The system of middle-men, or, as they were termed, 
tiii'ktini-n. became almost universal ; and It produced all 
those evils which were so well known in Ireland before 
the famine. Lecky, Eng. in 18th Cent, v. 
tack-tackle (tak'tak'l), . \aiit., a small tackle 
for pulling down the tacks of the courses. 
tacky 1 (tak'i), a. [< tack 1 + -1/1.] Adhesive; 
sticky; tenacious: noting viscous substances 
or surfaces. Also tarkey. 
A tacky composition for holding sensitive paper during 
exposure In the camera. Set. Amer., N. S., L\. 107. 
tacky- (tak'i), H. ; pi. tackies (-iz). [Origin ob- 
scure.] An ill-fed or neglected horse ; a rough, 
bony nag: sometimes used also of persons in 
tin like condition. Also tiickfi/ ami ticky. 
[Southern U. 8.] 
6155 
"Examine hlm!"sald Peter, taking hold uf the hi idle 
close to the month ; "he ' nothing hut a tacky." 
>t Scenet, p. 27. 
If Mr. will come to Georgia and go among Hie 
"po' whites" and "plney-wood tackeyt," he will hear the 
terms "we-uns " and "you-uns" In every-day use. 
The Century, XXXVI. 798. 
tacky :! , tackey :f (tuk'i), w. [South Africa.] A 
long and stout branch of mimosa with the 
thorns left on at the end. />,,,,,/,/ l;,t < NVu 
York), April 4, 1891. 
taclobo (tak'lo-bo), n. [Native name.] A 
gigantic bivalve mollusk, Tridacna gigas; the 
giant clam. See cut under Tridacna. 
The taelttbo shell sometimes weighs 200 lb., and Is used 
for baptismal fonts. Kncyc. Brit., XVIII. 750. 
tac-locus (tak'lo'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. 
tacmahack. . See tacaniinic. 
tacnpde (tak'nod), 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. 
tacnode-cusp (tak'nod-kusp), >i. A higher sin- 
gularity of plane curves, consisting in the co- 
incidence of two nodes and a cusp, giving the 
effect of a cusp on another part of the curve. 
laconic system. See system. 
Tacsonia (tak-so'ni-a), H. [NL. (A. L. de Jua- 
sieu, 1789), < Peruv. tacso, the name in Peru.] A 
genus of polypetalous plants, of the order Pas- 
sifloraeeee and tribe Passiflorese, distinguished 
from the related genus Passiflora 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 compressed arillate seeds; it is edible in T. 
tripartita of Quito and T. moUimma and T. sprciosa 
of Bogota. Several species, cultivated under glass, are 
known by the generic name Tactonia; others, like the re- 
lated species of Pamiflora, are called passion-flower, as T. 
pinnatigtipula, the trumpet, and T. manicata, the scarlet 
passion-flower, the latter a beautiful vine from Peru, In 
which the usually long calyx-tube Is much reduced. 
tact (takt), n. [= F. tact = Sp. Pg. tacto = It. 
tatto, < L. tactus, a touching, touch, handling, 
the sense of touch, feeling, < tangere, pp. tactus, 
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. ForsythX p. 225. 
2. The sense of touch. 
Sight Is a very refined taet. Le Conte, Sight, p. 77. 
Tact is passive ; touch, active. Dunglaon, Med. Diet. 
3. Mental perception ; especially, fine percep- 
tion ; intuitive sense of what is true, right, or 
proper; fineness 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 ; adroitness ; cleverness ; 
address. 
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 Ulst. 
Lady Maruey . . . 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. 
Ditraeli, Sybil, I. 5. (Latham.) 
And she by tact of love was well aware 
That Lancelot knew that she was looking at him. 
Tcnm/*i, Lancelot and Elaine. 
On that shore, with fowler's tact, 
Coolly bagging fact on fact 
WhitOer, to my old Schoolmaster. 
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), n. [< 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. 
Ma$ninffer, Parliament of Love, 11. 1. 
tactful (takt'ful), . [< tact + -//.] Having 
or manifesting tact; possessing or arising from 
nice discernment. 
It was this memory of individual traits and his tactful 
use of it that helped to launch him on the sea of social 
success. E. Eygletton, Faith Doctor, 11. 
tactic (tak'tik), a. and n. [I. a. = F. "tactique 
= Sp. Uictico = Pg. tactico = It. tattico, < NL. 
"tacticus, < Gr. r<wr6f, of or pertaining to ar- 
ranging or ordering or order, esp. in war, < TOK- 
Twf, verbal adj. of raaativ, arrange, order, regu- 
late. II. . = F. tactique = Sp. tdctica = Pg. 
tactile 
Ini'lii'ii = It. Inltii'ii, < NL. turtini, < <!r. ruxniu/ 
(sc. rlxvi), the art of drawing up soldiers in ar- 
ray, tactic, fern, of TaxnK6f, of or pertaining to 
arranging or ordering: see I. Hence also ult. 
(from Gr. rdnariv) E. taxi*, ataria, nyntui, xyn- 
t'K-tic, etc.] I. <7. Same an tactical. [Rare.] 
II. n. A tactical system or method ; the use 
or practice of tact i< .-. 
It seems more Important to keep in view the general 
tactic on which Its leader was prepared with confidence 
to meet so unequal a force. 
./. U. Burton, Hist. Scotland, xxill. 
So completely did this tactic turn the tables . . . that 
I utterly forgot my own woes. 
C. Lever, Harry Lorrequer, vl. 
tactical (tak'ti-kal), a. [< tactic + -al.] 1. 
Pertaining or relating to tactics; connected 
with the art or practice of conducting hostile 
operations: as, tactical combinations. 
The tactical error . . . had been the display of the 
wrong signal at a vital moment. 
KtiiAurgh Rev., CLXIV. 688. 
2. Characterized by adroit planning or man- 
agement; artfully directed; manoeuveriug: as, 
tactical efforts or movements in politics. 
<i Hiding me uphill by that devious tactical ascent which 
seems peculiar to men of his trade (drovers of sheep). 
R. L. Stevenim, Pastoral. 
Tactical diameter, in naval tactia. See diameter. 
Tactical point, a point or position in a field of battle 
the possession of which affords some special advantage 
over the enemy. 
tactically (tak'ti-kal-i), nilr. 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. 
If his battles were not those of a great tactician, they 
entitled him [William III.) to be called a great man. 
Macaulay, Hist. Eng., vii. 
Candidates are selected to be run for nomination by 
knots of persons who, however expert as party tactician*, 
are usually commonplace men. 
J. Bryce, American Commonwealth, I. 75. 
tactics (tak'tiks), n. [PI. of tactic (see -e*).] 
1. The science or art of disposing military or 
naval forces in order for battle, and perform- 
ing military or naval maneuvers or evolutions. 
2. Expedients for effecting a purpose ; plan 
or mode of procedure with reference to advan- 
tage or success ; used absolutely, artful or skil- 
ful devices for gaining an end. 
The indiscretion of one man had deranged the whole 
system of tactia which had been so ably concerted by the 
chiefs of the Opposition. Macaulay, Hist Eng., vl. 
The poet admires the man of energy and tactics. 
Emerson, Essays, 1st ser., p. 201. 
St. The art of inventing and making machines 
for throwing missile weapons, 
tactile (tak^il), a. [< F. tactile = Sp. Pg. fttc- 
til, < L. taetilis, that may be touched, tangible, 
< tangere, pp. tactus, touch: see tact, tangent.] 
Of or pertaining to the sense of touch, (a) Per- 
ceptible by or due to touch ; capable of giving impres- 
sions by contact ; tangible ; palpable. 
They tell us ... that colour, taste, smell, and the tae- 
tUe qualities can subsist after the destruction of the sob- 
stance. Kn-liin. To Eev. Father Patrick, Sept 27, 1671. 
A deaf and dumb man can weave his tactile and visual 
images into a system of thought quite as effective and ra- 
tional as that of a word-user. 
W. Jamet, Prln. of Psycho!., I. 286. 
What we distinguish as Touch proper or Tactile Sensi- 
bility is possessed in a specially fine form by certain por- 
tions of the skin. J. Svlly, Outlines of Psychol., p. 112. 
(ft) Adapted or used for feeling or touching ; tactual : as, 
the whiskers of the cat are tactile organs ; a mouse's ear 
or a bat's wing Is a highly tactilr surface. 
At this proud yielding word, 
She on the scene her tactile sweets presented. 
J. Beaumont, Psyche, IT. ISO. 
All tactilr resistances are unconditionally known as co- 
existent with some extension. 
H. Spencer, Prin. of Psychol., { 821. 
(c) Effected by or consisting In the action of touching; 
produced or caused by physical contact 
The skin Is not merely the seat of tactile Impressions, 
but also of impressions of temperature. 
Kneyc. Brit., XXIII. 481 
He ... had been apparently occupied in a tactile ex- 
amination of his woolen stockings. 
George Eliot, Mill on the Floss, L 2. 
Tactile anaesthesia, loss or Impairment of tactile sensi- 
bility of a part. Also called aiutahetia cutanea. Tactile 
apparatus, the terminations of the nerves of tactile sen- 
sation. Tactile cells, cells in which the axis-cylinders 
of medullated nerve-fibers terminate. They are found In 
the ret* mucosnm, the Crandry corpuscles, etc. Herkel. 
Tactile corpuscle, hair, papilla, quality. See the 
nouns. Tactile menisci, expansions of the terminal fila- 
ments of the axis-cylinders of sensory nerves which are 
distributed among the cells of the epidermis. Tactile 
reflex, a reflex movement due to stimulation of nerves of 
touch. 
