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Pronunciation : Tuck
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [F. estoc; cf. It. stocco; both of German origin, and akin to E. stock. See Stock.]
Definition : Defn: A long, narrow sword; a rapier. [Obs.] Shak. He wore large hose, and a tuck, as it was then called, or rapier, of tremendous length. Sir W. Scot.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Tuck
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Cf. Tocsin.]
Definition : Defn: The beat of a drum. Scot.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Tuck
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [OE. tukken, LG. tukken to pull up, tuck up, entice; akin to OD. tocken to entice, G. zucken to draw with a short and quick motion, and E. tug. See Tug.]
Definition : 1. 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.

2. To make a tuck or tucks in; as, to tuck a dress.

3. 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.

4. Etym: [Perhaps originally, to strike, beat: cf. F. toquer to touch. Cf. Tocsin.]

Defn: To full, as cloth. [Prov. Eng.]

t. [imp. & p. p. Tucked; p. pr. & vb. n. Tucking.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Tuck
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To contract; to draw together. [Obs.]

i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Tuck
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 1. A horizontal sewed fold, such as is made in a garment, to shorten it; a plait.

2. A small net used for taking fish from a larger one; -- called also tuck-net.

3. A pull; a lugging. [Obs.] See Tug. Life of A. Wood.

4. (Naut.)

Defn: The part of a vessel where the ends of the bottom planks meet under the stern.

5. Food; pastry; sweetmeats. [Slang] T. Hughes.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

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