See Also: tacket(dictionary)

rebarbative (iou) and tacket (iou)


rebarbative (iou)



rebarbative adjective. L19.
[French rebarbatif, -ive, from barbe beard: see -ATIVE.]
Repellent; unattractive; objectionable.
rebarbatively adverb M20.
rebarbativeness noun L20.

tacket (iou)



tacket noun & verb. Now Scot. & dial. ME.
[from TACK noun1 + -ET1.]
A. noun. A nail. Later, a small nail, a tack; esp. (Scot. & north.) a hobnail used to stud the soles of shoes etc. ME.
b. verb trans. Stud (shoes etc.) with tackets. Chiefly as tacketed ppl adjective. M19.
tackety adjective (Scot.) (of a shoe) studded with tackets M19.