Frap: alternatives and connections

To bind fast; to constrict; to contract; to cause parts to draw together; to compress.

A straight line, real or imaginary, passing through a body, on which it revolves, or may be supposed to revolve; a line passing throug…

A narrow strip of cloth or other material on any article of dress, to bind, strengthen, ornament, or complete it.

To tie, or confine with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.; to fetter; to make fast; as, to bind grain in bundles; to bind a prisoner.

To secure or support by means of blocks; to secure, as two boards at their angles of intersection, by pieces of wood glued to each.

To draw tight; to tighten; to put in a state of tension; to strain; to strengthen; as, to brace the nerves.

A small line made of spun yarn, to bind or worm cables, seize tackles, etc.

A water-tight structure (as a large box or boxes) used to assist a vessel in passing over a shoal or bar or in navigating shallow wate…

A vertical cleated drum or cylinder, revolving on an upright spindle, and surmounted by a drumhead with sockets for bars or levers. It…

A strong tackle used to draw an anchor up to the cathead of a ship.

To fasten, bind, or connect with a chain; to fasten or bind securely, as with a chain; as, to chain a bulldog.

To verify, to guard, to make secure, by means of a mark, token, or other check; to distinguish by a check; to put a mark against (an i…

Hoisted as high as the tackle will admit; brought close together, as the two blocks of a tackle in hoisting.

A piece of wood placed across another, or inserted into another, to bind or strengthen.

To fall together suddenly, as the sides of a hollow vessel; to close by falling or shrinking together; to have the sides or parts of (…

To draw together; to render narrower or smaller; to bind; to cramp; to contract or cause to shrink.

To move; to come or go; literally, to draw one's self; -- with prepositions and adverbs; as, to draw away, to move off, esp. in racing…

To draw apart the blocks of; -- said of a tackle.