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Rope :: Rope (n.) A row or string consisting of a number of things united, as by braiding, twining, etc.; as, a rope of onions..

Serpentine :: Serpentine (a.) Resembling a serpent; having the shape or qualities of a serpent; subtle; winding or turning one way and the other, like a moving serpent; anfractuous; meandering; sinuous; zigzag; as, serpentine braid..

Braiding :: Braiding (n.) Braids, collectively; trimming..

Tress :: Tress (n.) A braid, knot, or curl, of hair; a ringlet..

Whipcord :: Whipcord (n.) A kind of hard-twisted or braided cord, sometimes used for making whiplashes..

Aiglet :: Aiglet (n.) A tag of a lace or of the points, braids, or cords formerly used in dress. They were sometimes formed into small images. Hence, aglet baby (Shak.), an aglet image..

Rope :: Rope (n.) A large, stout cord, usually one not less than an inch in circumference, made of strands twisted or braided together. It differs from cord, line, and string, only in its size. See Cordage..

Wick :: Wick (n.) A bundle of fibers, or a loosely twisted or braided cord, tape, or tube, usually made of soft spun cotton threads, which by capillary attraction draws up a steady supply of the oil in lamps, the melted tallow or wax in candles, or other material used for illumination, in small successive portions, to be burned..

Carrier :: Carrier (n.) That which drives or carries; as: (a) A piece which communicates to an object in a lathe the motion of the face plate; a lathe dog. (b) A spool holder or bobbin holder in a braiding machine. (c) A movable piece in magazine guns which transfers the cartridge to a position from which it can be thrust into the barrel.

Braid :: Braid (v. t.) Deceitful.

Epiplexis :: Epiplexis (n.) A figure by which a person seeks to convince and move by an elegant kind of upbraiding.

Imbraid :: Imbraid (v. t.) See Embraid.

Rickrack :: Rickrack (n.) A kind of openwork edging made of serpentine braid.

Upbraid :: Upbraid (v. t.) To reprove severely; to rebuke; to chide.

Tressed :: Tressed (a.) Formed into ringlets or braided; braided; curled.

Inkle :: Inkle (n.) A kind of tape or braid.

Brede :: Brede (n.) A braid.

Upbraid :: Upbraid (v. t.) To object or urge as a matter of reproach; to cast up; -- with to before the person.

Brouded :: Brouded (p.a.) Braided; broidered.

Upbraid :: Upbraid (v. i.) To utter upbraidings.

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