Usually means: Dry, dense biscuit for sustenance.
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  1. hard tack: Collins English Dictionary
  2. hard-tack: Wordnik
  3. hard tack: Wiktionary
  4. Hard-tack: Dictionary.com
  5. Hard Tack (horse), Hard tack: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. Hard-tack: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. hard-tack: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  8. Hard-tack: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. hard-tack: FreeDictionary.org
  10. hard tack: TheFreeDictionary.com

Definitions from Wiktionary (Hard tack)

noun:  Alternative form of hardtack [(nautical) A large, hard biscuit made from unleavened flour and water; formerly used as a long-term staple food aboard ships.]

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