Lexicographical Neighbors of Retacks
Literary usage of Retacks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and by Colin MacFarquhar, George Gleig (1797)
"... and then retacks in the fame manner as before. See fig. 44. To interchange
the weather and centre columns: The wea- change r he t},er ar}j ]ee columns ..."
2. Lectures on the Book of proverbs, ed. by J.S. Wardlaw by Ralph Wardlaw (1869)
"The ship's course is instantly lost: and it tacks and retacks, and stretches from
point to point, to attain its destination. It is impossible to follow the ..."
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