tact

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

TACT, noun [Latin tactus, from tango, [for tago, ] to touch.] 1. Touch; feeling; formerly, the stroke in beating time in music. 2. Peculiar skill or faculty; nice perception or discernment.
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