Definition of cable

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Cable (n.) A large, strong rope or chain, of considerable length, used to retain a vessel at anchor, and for other purposes. It is made of hemp, of steel wire, or of iron links..

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Applicancy :: Applicancy (n.) The quality or state of being applicable.
Beggarly :: Beggarly (adv.) In an indigent, mean, or despicable manner; in the manner of a beggar..
Jew''s-harp :: Jew's-harp (n.) The shackle for joining a chain cable to an anchor.
Dress Goods :: Dress goods () A term applied to fabrics for the gowns of women and girls; -- most commonly to fabrics of mixed materials, but also applicable to silks, printed linens, and calicoes..
Parting :: Parting (n.) The breaking, as of a cable, by violence..
Weatherbit :: Weatherbit (v. t.) To take another turn with, as a cable around a windlass..
Superchery :: Superchemical (a.) Above or beyond chemistry; inexplicable by chemical laws.
Communicable :: Communicable (a.) Communicative; free-speaking.
Impacable :: Impacable (a.) Not to be appeased or quieted.
Noncontagious :: Noncontagious (a.) Not contagious; not catching; not communicable by contact.
Boom :: Boom (n.) A strong chain cable, or line of spars bound together, extended across a river or the mouth of a harbor, to obstruct navigation or passage..
Mean :: Mean (superl.) Of little value or account; worthy of little or no regard; contemptible; despicable.
Keckling :: Keckling (n.) Old rope or iron chains wound around a cable. See Keckle, v. t..
Labyrinth :: Labyrinth (n.) An inextricable or bewildering difficulty.
Basely :: Basely (adv.) In a base manner; with despicable meanness; dishonorably; shamefully.
Wretched :: Wretched (a.) Hatefully contemptible; despicable; wicked.
Unappliable :: Unappliable (a.) Inapplicable.
Ignominious :: Ignominious (a.) Deserving ignominy; despicable.
Astay :: Astay (adv.) An anchor is said to be astay, when, in heaving it, an acute angle is formed between the cable and the surface of the water..
Amicableness :: Amicableness (n.) The quality of being amicable; amicability.
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