tack

lower front corner of the sail

Tack may refer to: ==People== ===Given name or nickname=== Tacks Latimer (1875–1936), American baseball catcher Tacks Neuer (1877–1966), American baseball pitcher Tack Wilson (born 1955¹), American baseball outfielder Wong Tack (born 1959), Malaysian politician Irwin "Tack" Kuntz ( ), American pharmaceutical chemist ===Surname=== François Tack ( –1686), Dutch East India Company officer Augustus Vincent Tack (1870–1949), American painter Anita Tack (born 1951), German politician of the Left Party Erik Tack (born 1958), Belgian politician Kerstin Tack (born 1968), German politician of the Social Democratic Party ==Implements, and creative or constructive tasks and materials== Tack (sewing) (also baste or pin), quick, temporary stitching intended to be removed Blu Tack, a reusable putty-like pressure-sensitive adhesive used for attaching paper items to walls Horse tack, equipment used to allow riding or driving of horses and some other riding animals Thumbtack or drawing pin, a short nail or pin easily placed and removed by hand Shoe tack, a type of cut nail, used in upholstery, shoe making and saddle manufacture ==Sailing== A tack as a part of the tacking maneuver; in which a sailing boat turns its bow through the wind Tack (sailing), the lower corner of a sail's leading edge Tack (square sail), a type of rigging unique to square sails ==Other uses== Hardtack, a hard cracker or biscuit used for food on sea voyages and by soldiers during the American Civil War. Scottish lease, as held by a tacksman Tack, another name for stickiness in chemistry The Tack, a parliamentary maneuver supported by Tackers in 1704 The grand tack hypothesis on the origin of the structure of the Solar System "TACK", a proposed archaeal taxon, presumably a sister taxon of hypothetical "Asgard" taxon within the "Proteoarchaeota" kingdom; now renamed to Thermoproteati TACK, a proposed network security standard co-created by Moxie Marlinspike Any of the four symbols right tack \vdash down tack \top up tack \bot left tack \dashv

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