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Adhere
verb · 78% connection
To stick fast or cleave, as a glutinous substance does; to become joined or united; as, wax to the finger; the lungs sometimes adhere…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: stick, tighten, rope, woolding.
Backlog
noun · 78% connection
A large stick of wood, forming the back of a fire on the hearth.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: stick, tighten, rope, woolding.
Backsword
noun · 78% connection
In England, a stick with a basket handle, used in rustic amusements; also, the game in which the stick is used. Also called singlestic…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: stick, tighten, rope, woolding.
Balter
verb · 78% connection
To stick together.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: stick, tighten, rope, woolding.
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: stick, tighten, rope, woolding.
Brace
verb · 78% connection
To draw tight; to tighten; to put in a state of tension; to strain; to strengthen; as, to brace the nerves.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: stick, tighten, rope, woolding.
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: stick, tighten, rope, woolding.
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: stick, tighten, rope, woolding.
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: stick, tighten, rope, woolding.
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: stick, tighten, rope, woolding.
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: stick, tighten, rope, woolding.
Frap
verb · 78% connection
To draw together; to bind with a view to secure and strengthen, as a vessel by passing cables around it; to tighten; as a tackle by dr…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: stick, tighten, rope, woolding.
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: stick, tighten, rope, woolding.
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: stick, tighten, rope, woolding.
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: stick, tighten, rope, woolding.
Key
verb · 78% connection
To fasten or secure firmly; to fasten or tighten with keys or wedges.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: stick, tighten, rope, woolding.
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: stick, tighten, rope, woolding.
Render
verb · 78% connection
To pass; to run; -- said of the passage of a rope through a block, eyelet, etc.; as, a rope renders well, that is, passes freely; also…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: stick, tighten, rope, woolding.
