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De - Pt| English Dictionary: tackled | by the DICT Development Group |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Tackle \Tac"kle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tackled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tackling}.] [Cf. LG. takeln to equip. See {Tackle}, n.] 1. To supply with tackle. --Beau. & Fl. 2. To fasten or attach, as with a tackle; to harness; as, to tackle a horse into a coach or wagon. [Colloq.] 3. To seize; to lay hold of; to grapple; as, a wrestler tackles his antagonist; a dog tackles the game. The greatest poetess of our day has wasted her time and strength in tackling windmills under conditions the most fitted to insure her defeat. --Dublin Univ. Mag. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Tackled \Tac"kled\, a. Made of ropes tacked together. My man shall be with thee, And bring thee cords made like a tackled stair. --Shak. | |
