Obs. exc. dial. [f. TACK sb.3: cf. F. tac there.] trans. To taint, infect; ? to tinge, stain; dial. to give a smack or tang to.
1601. Holland, Pliny, XVI. xliv. In case any of the sheep were deeply tackt and infected with the rot.
1643. Trapp, Comm. Gen. xxxi. 19. She was somewhat tackt with her fathers superstition. Ibid., xxxiv. 28. All the Corinthians were tackt with … the incestuous mans offence.
1868. Atkinson, Cleveland Gloss., Takt, adj. Having a marked flavour; usually applied in the case of an acid liquid.
