Confidence; reliance.

To fasten or attach.

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.

A contract by which the use of a thing is set, or let, for
hire; a lease.

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).

That which is attached; a supplement; an appendix. See Tack,
v. t., 3.

A peculiar flavor or taint; as, a musty tack.

A stain; a tache.

A small, short, sharp-pointed nail, usually having a broad,
flat head.

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.