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Slipknot

knot which slips along the rope or line around which it is made.

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Knot 76% connected

A fastening together of the pars or ends of one or more threads, cords, ropes, etc., by any one of various ways of tying or entangling.

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Gin 70% connected

Against; near by; towards; as, gin night.

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Noose 70% connected

A running knot, or loop, which binds the closer the more it is drawn.

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Snare 70% connected

A contrivance, often consisting of a noose of cord, or the like, by which a bird or other animal may be entangled and caught; a trap; a gin.

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Alignment noun · 78% connection

The act of adjusting to a line; arrangement in a line or lines; the state of being so adjusted; a formation in a straight line; also,…

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Axis noun · 78% connection

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

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Bend noun · 78% connection

A knot by which one rope is fastened to another or to an anchor, spar, or post.

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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.

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Capstan noun · 78% connection

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

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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…

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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…

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Directrix noun · 78% connection

A line along which a point in another line moves, or which in any way governs the motion of the point and determines the position of t…

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Dirigent noun · 78% connection

The line of motion along which a describent line or surface is carried in the genesis of any plane or solid figure; a directrix.

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Drag verb · 78% connection

To be drawn along, as a rope or dress, on the ground; to trail; to be moved onward along the ground, or along the bottom of the sea, a…

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Favor noun · 78% connection

A gift or represent; something bestowed as an evidence of good will; a token of love; a knot of ribbons; something worn as a token of…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: knot, slips, along, rope, line.
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Gnarl noun · 78% connection

a knot in wood; a large or hard knot, or a protuberance with twisted grain, on a tree.

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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…

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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: knot, slips, along, rope, line.
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Hitch noun · 78% connection

A knot or noose in a rope which can be readily undone; -- intended for a temporary fastening; as, a half hitch; a clove hitch; a timbe…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: knot, slips, along, rope, line.
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Inknot verb · 78% connection

To fasten or bind, as with a knot; to knot together.

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Keckle verb · 78% connection

To wind old rope around, as a cable, to preserve its surface from being fretted, or to wind iron chains around, to defend from the fri…

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Kink verb · 78% connection

To wind into a kink; to knot or twist spontaneously upon itself, as a rope or thread.

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