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Tuck \Tuck\, v. i.
To contract; to draw together. [Obs.]
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Tuck \Tuck\, n.
1. A horizontal sewed fold, such as is made in a garment, to
shorten it; a plait.
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2. A small net used for taking fish from a larger one; --
called also {tuck-net}.
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3. A pull; a lugging. [Obs.] See {Tug}. --Life of A. Wood.
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4. (Naut.) The part of a vessel where the ends of the bottom
planks meet under the stern.
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5. Food; pastry; sweetmeats. [Slang] --T. Hughes.
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Tuck \Tuck\, n. [F. estoc; cf. It. stocco; both of German
origin, and akin to E. stock. See {Stock}.]
A long, narrow sword; a rapier. [Obs.] --Shak.
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He wore large hose, and a tuck, as it was then called,
or rapier, of tremendous length. --Sir W. Scot.
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Tuck \Tuck\, n. [Cf. {Tocsin}.]
The beat of a drum. --Scot.
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Tuck \Tuck\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tucked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Tucking}.] [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}.]
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.
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2. To make a tuck or tucks in; as, to tuck a dress.
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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.
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4. [Perhaps originally, to strike, beat: cf. F. toquer to
touch. Cf. {Tocsin}.] To full, as cloth. [Prov. Eng.]
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