wiktionarypar tackTack may refer to A type of cut Nail fastener nail , used in upholstery, shoe making and saddle manufacture Horse tack , harness and equipment to allow horse back riding Tack sewing also baste or pin , quick, temporary stitching intended to be removed Hardtack , a hard cracker or biscuit used for food on sea voyages and during the American Civil War Thumbtack or drawing pin , a short nail or pin easily placed and removed by hand Augustus Vincent Tack 1870 1949 , American painter In sailing A tack as a part of the Tacking sailing 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 Scottish lease, as held by a tacksman . Blu Tack , a reusable putty like pressure sensitive adhesive used for attaching paper items to walls Tack weld, a specific short and often temporary type of weld . See also Tacking disambiguation disambig pl Hals ... more details
Tick Tack may refer to Tick Tack , a visual novel by Navel. tic tac candy tic tac , the brand name of small, hard mints manufactured by the Italian confectioner Ferrero. Tic tac , a betting signalling system. Tick Tack U KISS single Tick Tack , South Korean boy band U KISS s single. disambig ... more details
Unreferenced date October 2006 A tack shop is an equestrianism equestrian supply store. Buyers may purchase various pieces of Equestrianism riding equipment and training aids, as well as Riding boot boot s and riding apparel, stable equipment, horse care products, Horse grooming grooming supplies, horse blanket s and sheets, model horse s, and equine books, magazines, and videos. In many cases, individual tack shops are geared to a certain type of riding, such as English riding English , Western riding Western style , or Saddle seat . Online tack shops also provide many of the same products to their buyers. In many tack shops, the hired staff is knowledgeable and may recommend the appropriate piece of equipment or product to a buyer. Additionally, some tack shops offer services such as saddle fitting and tack repair. In general, equine nutrition horse feed and hay is not sold in tack shops. However, supplements and de worming supplies generally are offered. DEFAULTSORT Tack Shop Category Horse tack Category Retailing ... more details
unreferenced date February 2011 Tack strip US or gripper rod UK is an instrument used in the installation of carpet . The tack strip is a thin piece of wood, between 1 and 2 meters long, studded with hundreds of sharp Nail fastener nail s or tack s. The tack strips are nailed, tack side up, to the perimeter of the area being carpeted. Once the underlay is installed, and carpet is stretched over the area, the carpet is firmly anchored to the floor via the tack strips. This prevents the carpet from coming loose over time. The strip has 2 fixing mechanisms first the carpet edge is jammed into the gap between the tack strip and the wall, second the tacks gripthe carpet to stop it pulling away. Tack strip was invented by Roy Roberts in 1939. This product revolutionized the power stretch method still used today for installing tufted carpet. Gripper Edge and Smoothedge were original trademarks made famous by Roy Roberts and his companies. Tack strip is also known as carpet gripper, gripper rod, tackless, and gripper edge. Rugs and carpets Category Fasteners Category Rugs and carpets furniture stub ... more details
Peacock date April 2011 Refimprove date April 2011 Image Actual blu tack.jpg right thumb 180px Blu Tack Image T5a.jpg right thumb 180px Blu Tack looked at with a Scanning Electron Microscope Deleted image removed Image Blu Tack.jpg right thumb 100px Australia n Blu Tack packaging Blu Tack is a versatile ... to launch as Blu Tack. In its conceptual stage Blu Tack was white, but was coloured blue in response ... it for edible confectionery . ref cite web title Blu Tack and how it is made work Frequently Asked ... archive archivedate 2005 12 10 ref In the United States during March 2008, Blu Tack changed ... url http www.express.co.uk posts view 36960 Blu Tack goes pink for charity title Daily Express & 124 UK News Blu Tack goes pink for charity publisher Express.co.uk date 2008 03 04 accessdate 2009 07 28 ... coloured variations have been made, including the green Halloween pack , red and white. Blu Tack launched a competition in October 2009 Where date February 2009 to Create the next Blu Tack advert that will be used ... Tack is commonly known as Prestik as made by Bostik , or Sticky Stuff as made by Pritt . In Iceland ... manufacturers include Tack it by Faber Castell, Buddies coloured pink , Pritt Tack , Poster Putty , Tac N Stick , Ticky Tack , Sticky Tack and White Tack by German company UHU . In the US, a similar, competing product in an orange colour is marketed under the brand Elmer s Tack. In Italy and France ... putties, Blu Tack provides an excellent alternative to the artist s traditional kneaded eraser, having a superior grip and plasticity. Blu Tack can be finely shaped and worked into even very small areas. Like kneaded erasers, it can be stretched and kneaded to freshen its working surfaces. Blu Tack s unique density and grip make it a favorite of graphite artists around the world. Blu Tack is also ... using Blu Tack over a wire frame. It took 4000 packs and was exhibited at London Zoo in 2007. ref http ..., and there is a large international body of dedicated users of Blu Tack who create minor ... more details
Wikify date December 2011 Orphan date December 2010 Tack cloth t k kl th a.k.a tack rag tac cloth is a specialized ..., laminated, photo etched, or otherwise finished. Introduction Tack cloth is intended to pick up and hold contaminating particulates without leaving any trace residue from the tack treatment, or lint fiber from the cloth substrate. For example, tack cloths are most typically used to remove sanding dust from car bodies or wood furniture before these are painted or varnished. Tack cloths have been a common item in painting preparation for more than 100 years, and tack off wiping is still considered essential to many Class A finishing processes. How they re made Tack Cloths can vary greatly in their design and quality, and therefore, in their cost and performance. br The tack component is typically ..., water based, or more commonly in North America a hot melt. Different tack treatment materials, formulations and systems present different advantages or disadvantages. Concerns with different tack treatments ..., etc. Common misnomers for tack treatments are varnish , lacquer , beeswax or other references that do not describe the actual materials in modern commercial tack cloths. Adjuncts may be incorporated into the tack treatments, such as antistatic additives, fire retardants, dyes or other performance enhancing materials. Overall tack performance is actually a combination of independent qualities such as adhesion , cohesion , wet tack quick stick and other well defined adhesive related properties ... 20tack 20specs.htm Gold JLyman.com tack graph ref The cloth component is most commonly a cotton gauze ..., such as 50x80 cms . Other textiles used in tack cloths are made from continuous filament non fibrous ... in tack cloth cost, and that these variables can differ greatly among tack cloth brands and product ... of lint free tack cloths made from continuous filament non fibrous synthetic yarns and finished ... in automotive assembly plants . Another important innovation has been modification of common tack ... more details
Tack is a term used in sailing that has different meanings in different contexts, variously a part of a sail, and an alignment with the wind. When using the latter sense, the maneuver of turning between starboard and port tack is either tacking sailing tacking or jibe jibing . Sail The tack is the lower corner of the sail s leading edge. On a sloop rigged sailboat, the mainsail tack is connected to the Mast sailing mast and the Boom sailing boom at the gooseneck . On the same boat, a foresail tack is clipped to the deck ship deck and forestay . Position Image PrideofBaltimore1.jpg right 200px thumb This vessel is on port tack. Unsourced image removed Image Stephen Taber 2006.jpg right 200px thumb This vessel is on starboard tack. Tack is the alignment of a sailing vessel with respect to the wind when moving upwind that is, when the vessel s bow ship bow is pointed within 90 degrees of the wind. If the wind is to starboard , the vessel is on starboard tack , and if to port, on port tack . However, a better rule to use is to look at what side of the boat the sail is on. If the sail is on the port side of the boat you are on starboard tack and vice versa. For example, in smaller boats you will often let your sail past 90 degrees on a downwind leg and reverse the flow on the sail. This is called running by the leeward lee . In this case the wind is coming over the port side of the boat but you are still on starboard tack because the sail is on the port side. Therefore this method of determining your tack overrules the first method described. The International Regulations for Preventing ... and boats declare that when the courses of two sailing vessels converge, the vessel on port tack must give way to a vessel on starboard tack . For this purpose, port and starboard tack include any position ... is to port the vessel is on starboard tack, and vice versa. There are exceptions to the requirement to give way in particular, if the vessel on port tack does not have sea room to tack or maneuver ... more details
File Pave Tack pod.jpg thumb right Pave Tack The Ford Aerospace AN AVQ 26 Pave Tack is an electro optical targeting pod developed by the United States Air Force USAF for military attack aircraft . It uses a laser and a forward looking infrared to find and designate targets for laser guided bomb s and other precision guided weapon s. Pave Tack s images are routed to a cockpit display, usually for the weapon systems officer . Pave Tack was developed in the late 1970s, and was initially used by the USAF McDonnell Douglas F 4 Phantom II and General Dynamics General Dynamics F 111 F 111F Aardvark strike aircraft. Its combat debut came in 1986 during Operation Eldorado Canyon s air raid against Libya from F 111F aircraft stationed at RAF Lakenheath England. F 111s used it to great effect in the Gulf War of 1991, both against fixed targets and against tanks the destruction of tanks with LGBs designated GBU 15 , became known as tank plinking . Pave Tack is a large installation, with the pod alone weighing some 629 kg 1,385 lb and measuring 4,220 mm 166 inches in length. On the F 4, the size of the pod meant that it had to be carried on the centerline station in place of the standard drop tank, and it imposed a substantial drag physics drag penalty crews referred to it as Pave Drag, and it was generally unpopular. The F 111C and F 111F carried the Pave Tack pod on a rotating ... the sensors from damage. File F 111F 493 TFS with Pave Tack and GBU 10s 1982.JPEG thumb A 48th Fighter Wing 48th TFW General Dynamics F 111 Aardvark F 111F in 1982, equipped with a Pave Tack and GBU ... Force RAAF purchased ten Pave Tack pods in 1980 for its F 111 fleet. All 24 F 111Cs were wired for the pod ... surplus. The RoKAF uses the pods on its F 4 Phantoms. The age of the Pave Tack system has made for a maintenance ... External links http www.ausairpower.net TE AVQ 26 GBU 15.html Ford Aerospace AN AVQ 26 Pave Tack on APA ... Joint Electronics Type Designation System US mil stub pl Pave Tack ... more details
unreferenced date November 2007 In music , the tack piano sometimes referred to as jangle piano , junk ... music Canadian pianist Glenn Gould experimented with a tack piano made especially for his use ... Collection . Lou Harrison called for a tack piano in his Symphony No. 2 Elegaic , the octet Solstice ... television series of the same name, Mike Wofford plays a tack piano. On the jazz combo Weather Report s Mysterious Traveller leaders Wayne Shorter and Joe Zawinul play tack pianos. On Don Ellis em Autumn em , Pete Robinson plays tack piano on em Scratt and Fluggs em , a jazz inflected version ... Reichel had considerable success c. 1955 57 on the Top 40 hit parade with his tack piano recordings ..., ragtime and blues pianist Johnny Maddox also recorded The Crazy Otto Medley with a tack piano, starting ... hits Sweet Blindness and Wedding Bell Blues both start with a tack piano intro. The Zombies use a tack piano on Care of Cell 44 , the opening track of Odessey and Oracle . A tack piano was used on The Beach Boys hit Good Vibrations . A tack piano was used briefly in the studio version of Cheap Trick ... . The Fiery Furnaces also make extensive use of the tack piano to produce a Vaudeville Vaudevillian sound. Patrick Warren plays the tack piano on many of the tracks of Bruce Springsteen s Magic Bruce Springsteen album Magic album. A honky tonk tack piano is prominent in Emerson, Lake and Palmer s Jeremy Bender, on their Tarkus album. Benmont Tench of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers plays a tack .... Elvis Costello used a tack piano on two songs on the album Mighty Like a Rose The Other Side of Summer ... , Neil Young used a tack piano on the tracks My Heart and A Dream That Can Last. Hanne Hukkelberg plays a tack piano in several of the tracks of her album Rykestrasse 68 . Ben Folds first experimented ... the Suburbs . Elliott Smith uses a tack piano on his album XO album XO , notably in the opening ... include bassist Stefan Lessard on the tack piano it is assumed to be in use for the single Crash ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Tack s Beach was a small hamlet in the Burin District . It was located on King Island , Western Channel . The population was 98 in 1951 and the community was depopulated on May 23, 1967. See also List of communities in Newfoundland and Labrador coord 47 34 40 N 54 12 44 W display title DEFAULTSORT Tack s Beach, Newfoundland And Labrador Category Populated coastal places in Canada Category Ghost towns in Newfoundland and Labrador Category Populated places in Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland geo stub Canada ghost town stub ... more details
Infobox VG width title Tick Tack image Image Tick Tack logo.png 200px caption developer Navel Company Navel publisher distributor designer series Shuffle engine version released sup Japan JPN sup October 16, 2005 genre Visual novel , Eroge modes Single player ratings 18 The game is NOT rated Mature. The ESRB does not rate foreign games. platforms IBM PC compatible PC media CD ROM CD requirements input Tick Tack is the second eroge visual novel in the Shuffle series created by Navel Company Navel for Microsoft Windows . The game is the first sequel to Navel s first game, Shuffle , continuing Nerine Shuffle Nerine s path. The basic set up is that Rin, Nerine, Itsuki, and Mayumi find a strange watch that transports them back in time, where they met Forbesii before he is married and has Nerine. While he is engaged to Ai, his maid, Sage, is also in love with him, causing a love triangle. The players actions determine who Forbesii ultimately ends up with, and thus who is the mother of Nerine. Nerine Watch system Just like in Shuffle , the player will encounter events that will ask them to choose some option. Choosing one of them may cause an event to happen, while choosing the other may not have any effect on the game. This feature returns in Tick Tack . However, the company has included a new feature by displaying an antique watch on the top left hand side of the screen. This watch is a gauge that shows the player Nerine s changes as a result of the player s meddling with the past. When the player chooses an option, the watch will either tick counter clockwise the green side, by making random contacts with all the characters , clockwise the red side, usually by making contact with Sage ... Song Pieces, by Miyuki Hashimoto . Adaptations Tick Tack received a manga adaptation titled Tick Tack Never Say Goodbye which ran in Comp Ace . Tick Tack also has a novel titled Tick Tack ... Tack ko it Tick Tack ja Tick Tack tl Tick Tack zh Tick Tack ... more details
Unreferenced date September 2007 In transport , a trace is one of two, or more, straps, ropes or chains by which a carriage or wagon , or the like, is drawn by a Driving horse harness horse or other Working animal draught animal . The once popular idiom kick over the traces comes from a frisky animal kicking one or both feet outside a trace. Unable to understand the entanglement, the animal may become wildly confused and out of control, possibly even breaking away. Hence, to kick over the traces , when referencing a person, means to become wild and uncontrollable. Expression used in TV series, Father Knows Best , Jim, the Tyrant episode. See also Horse harness horse tack Category Horse tack de Str nge ... more details
Unreferenced date May 2007 Bar tack is a series of hand or machine made stitch textile arts stitch es used for reinforcing areas of stress on a garment , such as pocket openings, bottom of a Fly clothing fly opening or buttonhole s. It consists of a series of close set zig zag stitches machine or whip stitch es hand , usually 1 16 1 8 in width and 1 4 3 8 in length. In denim jeans , it is often in a contrasting color, such as orange or white. sewing textile arts stub Category Sewing stitches ... more details
Infobox MLB player name Tack Wilson position Outfielder birth date Birth date and age 1955 5 16 birth place Shreveport, Louisiana bats Right throws Right debutdate April 9 debutyear 1983 debutteam Minnesota Twins finaldate October 3 finalyear 1987 finalteam Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim California Angels stat1label Batting Average stat1value .333 stat2label Games Played stat2value 12 stat3label At Bats stat3value 6 teams nowiki nowiki This forces MediaWiki to recognize the first bullet. Kind of a workaround to a bug. Minnesota Twins 1983 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim California Angels 1987 Michael Tack Wilson born May 16, 1955 in Shreveport, Louisiana is a former Major League Baseball outfielder . He played in 12 games with the Minnesota Twins and Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim California Angels in 1983 and 1987. External links Baseballstats mlb espn br w wilsota01 fangraphs cube Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Wilson, Tack ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION American baseball player DATE OF BIRTH May 16, 1955 PLACE OF BIRTH Shreveport, Louisiana DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Wilson, Tack Category 1955 births Category Living people Category California Angels players Category Edmonton Trappers players Category Major League Baseball outfielders Category Baseball players from Louisiana Category Minnesota Twins players US baseball outfielder 1950s stub ... more details
orphan date March 2010 Infobox nrhp name Tack Factory, The nrhp type image caption nearest city Norwell, Massachusetts lat degrees 42 lat minutes 7 lat seconds 21 lat direction N long degrees 70 long minutes 48 long seconds 33 long direction W locmapin Massachusetts area built 1834 architect Unknown architecture No Style Listed added December 3, 1980 governing body Private refnum 80000472 ref name nris NRISref 2008a ref The Tack Factory is an historic factory in Norwell, Massachusetts Norwell , Massachusetts , United States . Built in 1834, the factory was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. ref name nris References reflist Registered Historic Places Category Buildings and structures completed in 1834 Category Manufacturing plants in the United States Category Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts Category Buildings and structures in Plymouth County, Massachusetts PlymouthMA NRHP stub ... more details
Image Basting PSF .png right 250px In sewing , to tack or baste is to make quick, temporary stitch textile arts stitch ing intended to be removed. Tacking is used in a variety of ways To temporarily hold a seam sewing seam or trim sewing trim in place until it can be permanently sewn, usually with a long running stitch made by hand or sewing machine machine called a tacking stitch or basting stitch . X shaped tacking switches are also very common on suit jacket Vents vent s slits on the back of men s suit jacket . They are meant to hold the flaps in place during shipping and when on display in the store. They should be removed before being worn however many buyers do not realize it. ref http www.career.vt.edu Interviewing InterviewAppearance.html MEN Formal appearance and attire ref ref http www.quiltingboard.com t 57914 1.htm Quilters Board Tacking Stitch ref Brand labels loosely basted on the outer edges of the sleeves of suits as well as women s Pea coat winter coat should also be removed after purchase. They are meant to help customers to easily identify the brands in the store without reaching into the collar. ref http www.themitchelli.com 2011 03 fashion faux pas tags on sleeves Fashion faux pas Tags on sleeves ref To temporarily attach a lace collar clothing collar , ruffle s, or other trim to clothing so that the attached article may be removed easily for cleaning or to be worn with a different garment. For this purpose, tacking stitches are sewn by hand in such a way that they are almost invisible from the outside of the garment. To transfer pattern sewing pattern markings to textile fabric , or to otherwise mark the point where two pieces of fabric are to be joined. A special loose looped stitch used for this purpose is called a tack or tailor s tack . A basting stitch is essentially a straight stitch, sewn with long stitches and unfinished ends. The basting stitch is used for temporarily holding sandwiched pieces of fabric in place. The stitch is removed after ... more details
unreferenced date October 2011 Punctuation marks The up tack , bot in TeX is a constant symbol used to represent Bottom element in lattice theory . The bottom type in type theory. A logical constant denoting contradiction falsum in logic. It appears as the upside down Tee symbol tee symbol . The similar looking perpendicular symbol &perp , perp in TeX is a binary relation symbol used to represent Perpendicular Perpendicularity of lines in geometry. Orthogonality in linear algebra. Independence probability theory Independence of random variables in probability theory. Comparability in order theory . In number theory it is often used to indicate two integers are coprime , written as a &perp b . See also turnstile tee Table of mathematical symbols Category Mathematical notation Category Mathematical symbols Category Logical symbols fr ... more details
See Equipment disambiguation Tack is a term used to describe any of the various equipment and accessories worn by horse s in the course of their use as domestication of the horse domesticated animal s. Saddles, stirrups, bridles, halters, reins, bits, harnesses, martingales, and breastplates are all forms of horse tack. Equipping a horse is often referred to as tacking up . Saddles main Saddle Image mounted police.jpg 250px thumb A horse equipped with a saddle for mounted police. Saddles are seats for the horseback riding rider , fastened to the horse s Back horse back by means of a Girth tack girth English style riding , known as a cinch in the Western US, a wide strap that goes around the horse at a point about four inches behind the forelegs. Some western saddles will also have a second strap known as a flank or back cinch that fastens at the rear of the saddle and goes around the widest part of the horse s belly. ref name Catalog167 Price, Steven D. ed. The Whole Horse Catalog Revised ... Breastplate tack Breastplate or breastcollar Prevents saddles of all styles from sliding sideways ... & Tack A Complete One Volume Reference on Horses and Their Care Rev. ed. Boston Houghton Mifflin ..., thus longer and wider than even a driving rein. ref name Ensg385 Ensminger, M. E. Horses & Tack ... and training. ref name Ensg371 Ensminger, M. E. Horses & Tack A Complete One Volume Reference ... a wide leather strap going horizontally across the horses breast, attached to the trace tack traces ... collar around the horses neck with wood or metal hame s in the collar. The trace tack traces attach ... martingale main Breastplate tack Martingale tack Image Elastic Jumper Breastplate.jpg thumb left An English style breastplate with elastic and a running martingale attachment Breastplate tack ... Fireside 1998 ISBN 0 684 83995 4 p. 179 181 ref A Martingale tack martingale is a piece of equipment ... wraps bell boots See also Glossary of equestrian terms References Reflist Equine Category Horse tack ... more details
using what sailors call the bottle sling . ref http www.moonrakerqh.com tack gfx breaking hack.jpg ... tack catalog ref often together with a frentera . In Spain it is also used on bridles. ref Bolet n ... Australian online tack catalog ref References reflist wiktionarypar fiador Category Horse tack ... more details
tack breastplate is used as well. Pack animals Image Pack Horse 2.jpg thumb Breeching on a pack ... DEFAULTSORT Breeching Tack Category Horse tack de Schweifmetze fi M kivy ... more details
at the bottom of the yoke which runs through the horse s front legs and attaches to the girth tack ..., but also may be used to attach a Market Harborough or standing and running martingale tack martingales ... design. attach to the dee rings that hold the latigo of the girth tack cinch , while one suitable for a horse ... snugly. Category Horse tack an Pitral ca Pitral de Vorderzeug es Pretal fr Bricole attelage ja pl ... more details
Other uses Martingale disambiguation Martingale A martingale is any of several designs of horse tacktack that are used on horse s to control head carriage. Martingales may be seen in a wide variety of equestrianism equestrian disciplines, both riding and driving horse driving . Rules for their use vary widely in some disciplines they are never used, others allow them for schooling but not in judged performance, and some organizations allow certain designs in competition. The two most common types of martingale, the standing and the running, are used to control the horse s head height, and to prevent the horse from throwing its head so high that the rider gets hit in the face by the horse s poll livestock poll or upper neck. When a horse s head gets above a desired height, the martingale places pressure on the head so that it becomes more difficult or impossible to raise it higher. The standing martingale File Norfolk Hunt Horse Show.jpg right thumb The standing martingale. File Barrel Racing Szmurlo.jpg right thumb The tiedown The standing martingale, also known as a tiedown or a head check, ref name PCA The Pony Club Association of NSW, Handbook , Simpson & Sons, 1982 ref has a single strap which is attached to the girth, passes between the horse s front legs and is fixed to the back of the noseband. To prevent it from catching on other objects, it also has a neck strap. A variation is attached to a breastplate tack breastplate in lieu of a neck strap. When correctly fitted for English riding, it should be possible to push the martingale strap up to touch the horse s equine anatomy throatlatch . A variation of the standing martingale, called a tiedown, is seen almost exclusively in the western riding disciplines. A tiedown is adjusted much shorter than a standing martingale and is intended primarily to prevent the horse from flipping its head up when asked to abruptly ... tack cs Martingal de Martingal Reitsport fr Martingale quitation it Martingala finimento no Martingal ... more details
in crossties, usually for horse grooming grooming , horse tack tacking up and related activities ... References Reflist DEFAULTSORT Lead Tack Category Horse tack it Lunghina sv Grimskaft ... more details
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