Emily Dickinson Lexicon

TUCK, v.t. [In G. zucken signifies to stir, to stoop, to shrug In some parts of England, this verb signifies to full, cloth; Ir. tucalam.]

1. To thrust or press in or together; to fold under; to press into a narrower compass; as, to tuck up a bed; to tuck up a garment; to tuck in the skirt of any thing. Addison.
2. To inclose by pushing close around; as, to tuck a child into a bed. Locke.
3. To full, as cloth. [Local.]