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1828 Definition

TUCK, n.

1. A long narrow sword.

2. A kind of net.

3. [from the verb following.] In a ship, the part where the ends of the bottom planks are collected under the stern.

4. A fold; a pull; a lugging. [See Tug.]

TUCK, v.t. [In some parts of England, this verb signifies to full, as cloth.]

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 anything.

2. To inclose by tucking close around; as, to tuck a child into a bed.

3. To full, as cloth. [Local.]

TUCK, v.i. To contract; to draw together. [Not in use.]

1913 Definition
Tuck (tuck)
n.(?)
Tuck
[F. estoc; cf. It. stocco; both of German origin, and akin to E. stock. See Stock.]
  1. 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.

  2. The beat of a drum.
    Scot.
  3. 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.
  4. To make a tuck or tucks in; as, to tuck a dress.
  5. 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.
  6. To full, as cloth.
    [Prov. Eng.]
  7. To contract; to draw together.
    [Obs.]
  8. A horizontal sewed fold, such as is made in a garment, to shorten it; a plait.
  9. A small net used for taking fish from a larger one; -- called also tuck-net.
  10. A pull; a lugging.
    [Obs.] See Tug. Life of A. Wood.
  11. The part of a vessel where the ends of the bottom planks meet under the stern.
  12. Food; pastry; sweetmeats.
    [Slang] T. Hughes.
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