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Attachment
noun · 78% connection
Something attached; some adjunct attached to an instrument, machine, or other object; as, a sewing machine attachment (i. e., a device…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: short, rope, grafted, harpoon, longer.
Autograft
noun · 78% connection
tissue that is taken from one site and grafted to another site on the same person; "When fractures fail to unite, autografts of bone c…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: short, rope, grafted, harpoon, longer.
Autoplasty
noun · 78% connection
tissue that is taken from one site and grafted to another site on the same person; "When fractures fail to unite, autografts of bone c…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: short, rope, grafted, harpoon, longer.
Becket
noun · 78% connection
A small grommet, or a ring or loop of rope / metal for holding things in position, as spars, ropes, etc.; also a bracket, a pocket, or…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: short, rope, grafted, harpoon, longer.
Billethead
noun · 78% connection
A round piece of timber at the bow or stern of a whaleboat, around which the harpoon lone is run out when the whale darts off.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: short, rope, grafted, harpoon, longer.
Bridle
noun · 78% connection
A span of rope, line, or chain made fast as both ends, so that another rope, line, or chain may be attached to its middle.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: short, rope, grafted, harpoon, longer.
Cleat
noun · 78% connection
A device made of wood or metal, having two arms, around which turns may be taken with a line or rope so as to hold securely and yet be…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: short, rope, grafted, harpoon, longer.
Composite
verb · 78% connection
Belonging to a certain order which is composed of the Ionic order grafted upon the Corinthian. It is called also the Roman or the Ital…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: short, rope, grafted, harpoon, longer.
Cuckold's knot
unknown · 78% connection
A hitch or knot, by which a rope is secured to a spar, the two parts of the rope being crossed and seized together; -- called also cuc…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: short, rope, grafted, harpoon, longer.
Effete
adjective · 78% connection
No longer capable of producing young, as an animal, or fruit, as the earth; hence, worn out with age; exhausted of energy; incapable o…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: short, rope, grafted, harpoon, longer.
Eye
noun · 78% connection
A loop forming part of anything, or a hole through anything, to receive a rope, hook, pin, shaft, etc.; as an eye at the end of a tie…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: short, rope, grafted, harpoon, longer.
Eye-splice
noun · 78% connection
A splice formed by bending a rope's end back, and fastening it into the rope, forming a loop or eye. See Illust. under Splice.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: short, rope, grafted, harpoon, longer.
Gig
noun · 78% connection
A kind of spear or harpoon. See Fishgig.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: short, rope, grafted, harpoon, longer.
Grain
noun · 78% connection
An iron first speak or harpoon, having four or more barbed points.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: short, rope, grafted, harpoon, longer.
Grist
noun · 78% connection
In rope making, a given size of rope, common grist being a rope three inches in circumference, with twenty yarns in each of the three…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: short, rope, grafted, harpoon, longer.
Guy
noun · 78% connection
A rope, chain, or rod attached to anything to steady it; as: a rope to steady or guide an object which is being hoisted or lowered; a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: short, rope, grafted, harpoon, longer.
Harping iron
unknown · 78% connection
A harpoon.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: short, rope, grafted, harpoon, longer.
Harpoon
verb · 78% connection
To strike, catch, or kill with a harpoon.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: short, rope, grafted, harpoon, longer.
