Torsibillty: alternatives and connections

Having little or no tendency to take a fixed or definite position or direction: thus, a suspended magnetic needle, when rendered astat…

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…

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.

Heavy twisted fringe, made of fine gold or silver wire and used for epaulets; also, any heavy twisted fringe whose cords are prominent.

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…

Twisted, or twisted together.

A string, or small rope, composed of several strands twisted together.

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…

A colorless, inflammable, poisonous gas, C2N2, with a peach-blossom odor, so called from its tendency to form blue compounds; obtained…

Tendency to become diffused; tendency, as of heat, to become equalized by spreading through a conducting medium.

To untwist; to uncurl; to unplat.

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…

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.

To untwist; to unravel, as the end of a rope.

Rope yarn twisted together, and rubbed with tar; -- used for seizings or mats.

The tendency of a mass of matter toward a center of attraction; esp., the tendency of a body toward the center of the earth; terrestri…

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…

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…