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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Tuck

Tŭck, n.

noun

n. [W. twca, a kind of knife, twc, a cut, or chip; Fr. & Pr. estoc, Sp. & Pg. estoque, It. stocco, L. Lat. stocus, stochus, from Ger. stock, a stick, staff. See infra.] 1. A long, narrow sword; a rapier. He wore large hose, and a tuck, as it was then called, or rapier, of tremendous length. W. Scott.

  1. [See infra.] A kind of net. See TUCK-NET.
  2. (Naut.) The part of a ship where the ends of the bottom planks are collected under the stern.
  3. An horizontal fold made in the garment, to accommodate it to the height of a growing person.
  4. A pull; a lugging; a tug. See TUG. A. Wood.

Tŭck, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. TUCKED (tŭkt); p. pr. & vb. n. TUCKING.] [L. Ger. tucken, H. Ger. zucken, to draw with a short and quick motion.]

  1. To thrust or press in or together; to fold under; to press into a narrower compass; as, to tuck up a bed; to tuck up a garment; to tuck in the skirt of any thing.
  2. To inclose by pushing the clothes closely around; as, to tuck a child into a bed.
  3. To full, as cloth. [Prov. Eng.]

Tŭck, v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. To contract; to draw together. [Obs.]