That which alternates with something else; vicissitude.
A substitute; an alternative; one designated to take the place of another, if necessary, in performing some duty.
A replacement of equal or greater value or function.
A proportion derived from another proportion by interchanging the means.
Figures or tinctures that succeed each other by turns.
To vary by turns.
To perform by turns, or in succession; to cause to succeed by turns; to interchange regularly.
To perform an alternation (removal of alternate vertices) on (a polytope or tessellation); to remove vertices (from a face or edge) as part of an alternation.
To happen, succeed, or act by turns; to follow reciprocally in place or time; followed by with.
Other; alternative.
Distributed singly at different heights of the stem, and at equal intervals as respects angular divergence
Designating the members in a series, which regularly intervene between the members of another series, as the odd or even numbers of the numerals; every other; every second.
Happening by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; first one and then the other (repeatedly)
A direction or course of action, especially a new one.
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 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".