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Cord :: Cord (n.) A string, or small rope, composed of several strands twisted together..

Stranded :: Strand (n.) The shore, especially the beach of a sea, ocean, or large lake; rarely, the margin of a navigable river..

Strand :: Strand (v. t.) To drive on a strand; hence, to run aground; as, to strand a ship..

Twist :: Twist (v. t.) To unite by winding one thread, strand, or other flexible substance, round another; to form by convolution, or winding separate things round each other; as, to twist yarn or thread..

Braid :: Braid (n.) A plait, band, or narrow fabric formed by intertwining or weaving together different strands..

Rounding :: Rounding (n.) Small rope, or strands of rope, or spun yarn, wound round a rope to keep it from chafing; -- called also service..

Worm :: Worm (n.) To wind rope, yarn, or other material, spirally round, between the strands of, as a cable; to wind with spun yarn, as a small rope..

Cablelaid :: Cablelaid (a.) Composed of three three-stranded ropes, or hawsers, twisted together to form a cable..

Strand :: Strand (n.) One of the twists, or strings, as of fibers, wires, etc., of which a rope is composed..

Strand :: Stranding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stran.

Rope-yarn :: Rope-yarn (n.) the yarn or thread of any stuff of which the strands of a rope are made.

Beach :: Beach (v. t.) To run or drive (as a vessel or a boat) upon a beach; to strand; as, to beach a ship..

Playa :: Playa (n.) A beach; a strand; in the plains and deserts of Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona, a broad, level spot, on which subsequently becomes dry by evaporation..

Yarn :: Yarn (n.) One of the threads of which the strands of a rope are composed.

Houseline :: Houseline (n.) A small line of three strands used for seizing; -- called also housing.

Masoola Boat :: Masoola boat () A kind of boat used on the coast of Madras, India. The planks are sewed together with strands of coir which cross over a wadding of the same material, so that the shock on taking the beach through surf is much reduced..

Hyalonema :: Hyalonema (n.) A genus of hexactinelline sponges, having a long stem composed of very long, slender, transparent, siliceous fibres twisted together like the strands of a color. The stem of the Japanese species (H. Sieboldii), called glass-rope, has long been in use as an ornament. See Glass-rope..

Quilting :: Quilting (n.) A coating of strands of rope for a water vessel.

Plait :: Plait (v. t.) To interweave the strands or locks of; to braid; to plat; as, to plait hair; to plait rope..

Stranding :: Stranded (imp. & p. p.) of Stran.

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