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Tuck
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(n.) The beat of a drum.
(2):
(v. t.) To inclose; to put within; to press into a close place; as, to tuck a child into a bed; to tuck a book under one's arm, or into a pocket.
(3):
(v. t.) To full, as cloth.
(4):
(n.) A small net used for taking fish from a larger one; - called also tuck-net.
(5):
(n.) A horizontal sewed fold, such as is made in a garment, to shorten it; a plait.
(6):
(n.) Food; pastry; sweetmeats.
(7):
(n.) The part of a vessel where the ends of the bottom planks meet under the stern.
(8):
(n.) A pull; a lugging.
(9):
(n.) A long, narrow sword; a rapier.
(10):
(v. i.) To contract; to draw together.
(11):
(v. t.) To make a tuck or tucks in; as, to tuck a dress.
(12):
(v. t.) To draw up; to shorten; to fold under; to press into a narrower compass; as, to tuck the bedclothes in; to tuck up one's sleeves.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Tuck'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/t/tuck.html. 1828.
