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Tack

A stain; a tache.

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Broader term 21

Aim 76% connected

To point or direct a missile weapon, or a weapon which propels as missile, towards an object or spot with the intent of hitting it; as, to aim at a f…

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Appurtenance 76% connected

That which belongs to something else; an adjunct; an appendage; an accessory; something annexed to another thing more worthy; in common parlance and…

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Attach 76% connected

To bind, fasten, tie, or connect; to make fast or join; as, to attach one thing to another by a string, by glue, or the like.

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Bearing 76% connected

of Bear

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Create 76% connected

Created; composed; begotten.

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Fasten 76% connected

To fix firmly; to make fast; to secure, as by a knot, lock, bolt, etc.; as, to fasten a chain to the feet; to fasten a door or window.

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Fix 76% connected

Fixed; solidified.

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Gear 76% connected

Clothing; garments; ornaments.

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Heading 76% connected

of Head

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Join 76% connected

To bring together, literally or figuratively; to place in contact; to connect; to couple; to unite; to combine; to associate; to add; to append.

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Line 76% connected

Flax; linen.

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Make 76% connected

A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.

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Nail 76% connected

the horny scale of plate of epidermis at the end of the fingers and toes of man and many apes.

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Paraphernalia 76% connected

Something reserved to a wife, over and above her dower, being chiefly apparel and ornaments suited to her degree.

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Reverse 76% connected

Turned backward; having a contrary or opposite direction; hence; opposite or contrary in kind; as, the reverse order or method.

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Sail 76% connected

An extent of canvas or other fabric by means of which the wind is made serviceable as a power for propelling vessels through the water.

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Sailing 76% connected

of Sail

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Secure 76% connected

Free from fear, care, or anxiety; easy in mind; not feeling suspicion or distrust; confident.

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Sew 76% connected

Juice; gravy; a seasoned dish; a delicacy.

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Stitch 76% connected

A single pass of a needle in sewing; the loop or turn of the thread thus made.

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Turn 76% connected

To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wh…

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Bit 76% connected

The part of a bridle, usually of iron, which is inserted in the mouth of a horse, and having appendages to which the reins are fastened.

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Caparison 76% connected

An ornamental covering or housing for a horse; the harness or trappings of a horse, taken collectively, esp. when decorative.

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Cinch 76% connected

A strong saddle girth, as of canvas.

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Girth 76% connected

A band or strap which encircles the body; especially, one by which a saddle is fastened upon the back of a horse.

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Hame 76% connected

Home.

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Harness 76% connected

Originally, the complete dress, especially in a military sense, of a man or a horse; hence, in general, armor.

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Headgear 76% connected

Headdress.

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Housing 76% connected

of House

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Martingale 76% connected

Alt. of Martingal

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Pushpin 76% connected

A child's game played with pins.

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Saddlecloth 76% connected

A cloth under a saddle, and extending out behind; a housing.

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Trapping 76% connected

of Trap

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Yoke 76% connected

A bar or frame of wood by which two oxen are joined at the heads or necks for working together.

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Manner of action 9

Comfit 76% connected

A dry sweetmeat; any kind of fruit, root, or seed preserved with sugar and dried; a confection.

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Compound 76% connected

In the East Indies, an inclosure containing a house, outbuildings, etc.

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Confect 76% connected

To prepare, as sweetmeats; to make a confection of.

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Confection 76% connected

A composition of different materials.

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Configure 76% connected

To arrange or dispose in a certain form, figure, or shape.

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Confuse 76% connected

Mixed; confounded.

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Jumble 76% connected

To mix in a confused mass; to put or throw together without order; -- often followed by together or up.

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Reassemble 76% connected

To assemble again.

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Subjoin 76% connected

To add after something else has been said or written; to ANNEX; as, to subjoin an argument or reason.

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Derivationally related 4

Tacker 74% connected

One who tacks.

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Tacker 74% connected

One who tacks.

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Containing whole 1

Ship 70% connected

Pay; reward.

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Synonym 13

Alternate 92% connected

Being or succeeding by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; by turns first one and then the other; hence, reciprocal.

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Append 92% connected

To hang or attach to, as by a string, so that the thing is suspended; as, a seal appended to a record; the inscription was appended to the column.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Assemble 92% connected

To collect into one place or body; to bring or call together; to convene; to congregate.

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Baste 92% connected

To beat with a stick; to cudgel.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Flip 92% connected

A mixture of beer, spirit, etc., stirred and heated by a hot iron.

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Interchange 92% connected

To put each in the place of the other; to give and take mutually; to exchange; to reciprocate; as, to interchange places; they interchanged friendly…

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Mainsheet 92% connected

One of the ropes by which the mainsail is hauled aft and trimmed.

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Piece 92% connected

A fragment or part of anything separated from the whole, in any manner, as by cutting, splitting, breaking, or tearing; a part; a portion; as, a piec…

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Saddlery 92% connected

The materials for making saddles and harnesses; the articles usually offered for sale in a saddler's shop.

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Sheet 92% connected

In general, a large, broad piece of anything thin, as paper, cloth, etc.; a broad, thin portion of any substance; an expanded superficies.

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Shroud 92% connected

That which clothes, covers, conceals, or protects; a garment.

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Switch 92% connected

A small, flexible twig or rod.

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Tacking 92% connected

of Tack

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