A distance that a sailing vessel does without changing the sails from one side to the other.
A part of garment, such as a pair of trousers/pants, that covers a leg.
One side of a multiple-sided (often triangular) course in a sailing race.
One of the branches of a hyperbola or other curve which extend outward indefinitely.
Denotes the half of the field on the same side as the batsman's legs; the left side for a right-handed batsman.
A branch circuit; one phase of a polyphase system.
In a grain elevator, the case containing the lower part of the belt which carries the buckets.
In humans, the lower limb extending from the groin to the ankle.
A branch or lateral circuit connecting an instrument with the main line.
A single game or match played in a tournament or other sporting contest.
An army soldier assigned to a paratrooper unit who has not yet been qualified as a paratrooper.
The portion of the lower limb of a human that extends from the knee to the ankle.
An underlying instrument of a derivatives strategy.
An extension of a steam boiler downward, in the form of a narrow space between vertical plates, sometimes nearly surrounding the furnace and ash pit, and serving to support the boiler; called also water leg.
The ability of something to persist or succeed over a long period of time.
A stage of a journey, race etc.
A column, as a unit of length of text as laid out.
A rod-like protrusion from an inanimate object, such as a piece of furniture, supporting it from underneath.
Something that supports.
One of the two sides of a right triangle that is not the hypotenuse.
A limb or appendage that an animal uses for support or locomotion on land.
To remove the legs from an animal carcass.
To apply force using the leg (as in 'to leg a horse').
To put a series of three or more options strikes into the stock market.
To build legs onto a platform or stage for support.
The distance a sailing vessel runs between these maneuvers when working to windward; a board.
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.
Any of the various equipment and accessories worn by horses in the course of their use as domesticated animals.
The maneuver by which a sailing vessel turns its bow through the wind so that the wind changes from one side to the other.
A contract by which the use of a thing is set, or let, for hire; a lease.
The stickiness of a compound, related to its cohesive and adhesive properties.
That which is tacky; something cheap and gaudy.
A small nail with a flat head.
A stain; a tache.
That which is attached; a supplement; an appendix.
A direction or course of action, especially a new one.
A course or heading that enables a sailing vessel to head upwind.
Food generally; fare, especially of the bread kind.
A loose seam used to temporarily fasten pieces of cloth.
A thumbtack.
The lower corner on the leading edge of a sail relative to the direction of the wind.
To nail with a tack (small nail with a flat head).
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.
To add something as an extra item.
To sew/stitch with a tack (loose seam used to temporarily fasten pieces of cloth).
to tack (something) onto (something)
To place the tack on a horse; often paired with "up".