Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A short nail with a prominent head, worn in the soles of strong shoes; a clout-nail or hob-nail.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Scot. A small, broad-headed nail.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A small, broad-headed nail or tack.

Etymologies

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tack +‎ -et

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Examples

  • So who knows meby that was mr tacket whos husband had that Elsie smith scatter gun, ..,

    The Great Barrel Break-In Fad 2007

  • Merry Christmas Mrs. Tackett you must be near a hundert and does old man tacket still got that purty double barrel it was a barker or something like that? thanks to everybody yall are good folks one and all. did yall know that mr dave writes in my huntin and fishin magazin thats how i found this here bogg

    The Great Barrel Break-In Fad 2007

  • "And forbye that, there was a wee bit mud on the floor and a tacket mark in that!"

    Simon 1907

  • Some of my Irish friends had not yet settled, and I asked one of them if he would be good enough to take my money and get me a ticket when he was getting one for himself, and he quickly replied "yes sir, I will get you a tacket," So he relieved me of

    Narrative of the life and adventures of Henry Bibb : an American slave : written by himself, 1849

  • Some of my Irish friends had not yet settled, and Iasked one of them if he would be good enough to take my money and get me a ticket when he was getting one for himself, and he quickly replied "yes sir, I will get you a tacket," So he relieved me of my greatest trouble.

    Narrative of the life and adventures of Henry Bibb Bibb, Henry, b. 1815 1849

  • Some of my Irish friends had not yet settled, and I asked one of them if he would be good enough to take my money and get me a ticket when he was getting one for himself, and he quickly replied "yes sir, I will get you a tacket."

    Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb, an American Slave, Written by Himself Henry Bibb 1834

  • Parcel E. Beginning at the southerly end of Sengekon - tacket pond at point of outlet to Trapps pond: thence northeasterly to the west line of the state highway '; thence by said highway northwesterly to the old entrance to said pond; thence westerly by said old entrance to the pond; thence southeasterly by the pond to the point of beginning.

    Acts and resolves passed by the General Court 1663

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