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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: unwind, open, coil, rope.
Bight
verb · 78% connection
The double part of a rope when folded, in distinction from the ends; that is, a round, bend, or coil not including the ends; a loop.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: unwind, open, coil, rope.
Bought
noun · 78% connection
A flexure; a bend; a twist; a turn; a coil, as in a rope; as the boughts of a serpent.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: unwind, open, coil, rope.
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: unwind, open, coil, rope.
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: unwind, open, coil, rope.
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: unwind, open, coil, rope.
Dehiscence
noun · 78% connection
(biology) release of material by splitting open of an organ or tissue; the natural bursting open at maturity of a fruit or other repro…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: unwind, open, coil, rope.
Eglomerate
verb · 78% connection
To unwind, as a thread from a ball.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: unwind, open, coil, rope.
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: unwind, open, coil, rope.
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: unwind, open, coil, rope.
Fake
noun · 78% connection
One of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it lies in a coil; a single turn or coil.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: unwind, open, coil, rope.
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: unwind, open, coil, rope.
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: unwind, open, coil, rope.
Hank
noun · 78% connection
a coil of rope or wool or yarn
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: unwind, open, coil, rope.
Helix
noun · 78% connection
a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops; "a coil of rope"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: unwind, open, coil, rope.
Hyalonema
noun · 78% connection
A genus of hexactinelline sponges, having a long stem composed of very long, slender, transparent, siliceous fibres twisted together l…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: unwind, open, coil, rope.
Lay
verb · 78% connection
To put the strands of (a rope, a cable, etc.) in their proper places and twist or unite them; as, to lay a cable or rope.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: unwind, open, coil, rope.
Open
verb · 78% connection
To make or set open; to render free of access; to unclose; to unbar; to unlock; to remove any fastening or covering from; as, to open…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: unwind, open, coil, rope.
