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Ropes end
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steady or guide an object which is being hoisted or lowered a rope which holds in place the end of a boom spar or yard in a ship a chain or wire rope connecting a suspension bridge … A rope chain or rod attached to anything to steady it as a rope to steady or guide an object
Nettling
A process resembling splicing by which two ropes are joined end to end so as to form one rope
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Fag end
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A metal spike having a sharpened point on one end and a hole through which a rope can be passed on the other it is driven into the face of a rock cliff during climbing
Can hook
A device consisting of a short rope with flat hooks at each end for hoisting casks or barrels by the ends of the staves
Eye splice
A splice formed by bending a ropes end back and fastening it into the rope forming a loop or eye See Illust under Splice
Feaze
To untwist to unravel as the end of a rope
Feazings
The unlaid or ragged end of a rope
Nettles
The halves of yarns in the unlaid end of a rope twisted for pointing or grafting
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