While searching our database we found 1 possible solution for the: Carpet fastener crossword clue. This crossword clue was last seen on February 11 2025 Thomas Joseph Crossword puzzle. The solution we have for Carpet fastener has a total of 4 letters.
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Definition
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A stain; a tache.
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A peculiar flavor or taint; as, a musty tack.
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A small, short, sharp-pointed nail, usually having a broad,
flat head.
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That which is attached; a supplement; an appendix. See Tack,
v. t., 3.
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A rope used to hold in place the foremost lower corners of
the courses when the vessel is closehauled (see Illust. of Ship); also,
a rope employed to pull the lower corner of a studding sail to the
boom.
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The part of a sail to which the tack is usually fastened;
the foremost lower corner of fore-and-aft sails, as of schooners (see
Illust. of Sail).
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The direction of a vessel in regard to the trim of her
sails; as, the starboard tack, or port tack; -- the former when she is
closehauled with the wind on her starboard side; hence, the run of a
vessel on one tack; also, a change of direction.
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A contract by which the use of a thing is set, or let, for
hire; a lease.
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Confidence; reliance.
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To fasten or attach.
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Especially, to attach or secure in a slight or hasty
manner, as by stitching or nailing; as, to tack together the sheets of
a book; to tack one piece of cloth to another; to tack on a board or
shingle; to tack one piece of metal to another by drops of solder.
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In parliamentary usage, to add (a supplement) to a bill;
to append; -- often with on or to.
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To change the direction of (a vessel) when sailing
closehauled, by putting the helm alee and shifting the tacks and sails
so that she will proceed to windward nearly at right angles to her
former course.
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To change the direction of a vessel by shifting the
position of the helm and sails; also (as said of a vessel), to have her
direction changed through the shifting of the helm and sails. See Tack,
v. t., 4.
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Thomas Joseph Crossword, February 11 2025
The answer we have in our database for "Carpet fastener" is: TACK
There are a total of 4 letters in TACK
The crossword clue "Carpet fastener" was last spotted on February 11 2025
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