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1. breast-board, n. View full entry
...Rope-making. A loaded carriage to which the yarn-ends are attached at the foot of the rope-walk....
2. clearer, n. View full entry 1794
...Rope-making....
3. cordelier, n. View full entry 1878
...Name given to a machine for rope-making....
4. ebauchoir, n. View full entry
...A large hatchel or comb used by ropemakers....
5. fluff, v.1 View full entry 1892
...To make into fluff, pick into oakum....
6. haul, n. View full entry 1794
...Rope-making. (See first quot.)...
7. lay, v.1 View full entry 1486
...To twist yarn to form (a strand), or strands to form (a rope)....
8. lay, v.1 View full entry 1796
...intr. said of the rope....
9. lay, v.1 View full entry c1860
...Rope-making. = sense 37....
10. long-splice in long, adj.1 and n. View full entry 1883
...(see quot. 1968); also as ...
11. loper, n. View full entry 1794
...Rope-making. A swivel upon which yarns are hooked at one end while being twisted into cordage. Perhaps another word, Dutchlooper runner....
12. mail, n.3 View full entry 1750
...Rope-making. A section of interlinked pieces of metal used for rubbing loose hemp off cordage. Obs....
13. pointing, n.1 View full entry 1769
...Naut. The action of unlaying and tapering the end of a rope (see point14b); (also) the end of a rope tapered in this way. Now rare....
14. ramie, n. and adj. View full entry 1851
...The very long, strong, and silky fibre of this plant, used in weaving and rope-making. Also ramie fibre....
15. reaching-post in reaching, n.1 View full entry 1794
...a post used in stretching fibres when making rope....
16. ready, adj., adv., int., and n. View full entry 1851
...Rope-making. A strand in a rope or cable....
17. reel, n.1 View full entry 1797
...Any similar device on which another material, as paper, rope, fabric, etc. is wound during production or processing....
18. register, n.1 View full entry 1793
...Rope-making. A machine for making rope or yarn by twisting together the component strands which are drawn through concentric holes on a rotating disc. See also register plate3....
19. register, v. View full entry 1793
...trans.Rope-making. To form (a strand) by the use of a register (register13). Also intr. Now hist. and rare....
20. registered, adj. and n. View full entry 1800
...Rope-making. Of a strand: formed by means of a register (register13). Obs....
