Definition of cable

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Cable (v. t. & i.) To telegraph by a submarine cabl.

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Ineffaceable :: Ineffaceable (a.) Incapable of being effaced; indelible; ineradicable.
Poser :: Poser (n.) One who, or that which, puzzles; a difficult or inexplicable question or fact..
Unbit :: Unbit (v. t.) To remove the turns of (a rope or cable) from the bits; as, to unbit a cable..
Anchor :: Anchor (v. t.) To fix or fasten; to fix in a stable condition; as, to anchor the cables of a suspension bridge..
Hound :: Hound (n.) A despicable person.
Unplacable :: Unplacable (a.) Implacable.
Inexpiable :: Inexpiable (a.) Incapable of being mollified or appeased; relentless; implacable.
Fake :: Fake (n.) One of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it lies in a coil; a single turn or coil..
Clubhaul :: Clubhaul (v. t.) To put on the other tack by dropping the lee anchor as soon as the wind is out of the sails (which brings the vessel's head to the wind), and by cutting the cable as soon as she pays off on the other tack. Clubhauling is attempted only in an exigency..
Imparlance :: Imparlance (n.) Time given to a party to talk or converse with his opponent, originally with the object of effecting, if possible, an amicable adjustment of the suit. The actual object, however, has long been merely to obtain further time to plead, or answer to the allegations of the opposite party..
Appliable :: Appliable (a.) Applicable; also, compliant..
Impertinent :: Impertinent (a.) Not pertinent; not pertaining to the matter in hand; having no bearing on the subject; not to the point; irrelevant; inapplicable.
Gall :: Gall (v. t.) To fret and wear away by friction; to hurt or break the skin of by rubbing; to chafe; to injure the surface of by attrition; as, a saddle galls the back of a horse; to gall a mast or a cable..
Mooring :: Mooring (n.) That which serves to confine a ship to a place, as anchors, cables, bridles, etc..
Weather-bit :: Weather-bit (n.) A turn of the cable about the end of the windlass, without the bits..
Irrevocable :: Irrevocable (a.) Incapable of being recalled or revoked; unchangeable; irreversible; unalterable; as, an irrevocable promise or decree; irrevocable fate..
Gordian :: Gordian (a.) Pertaining to Gordius, king of Phrygia, or to a knot tied by him; hence, intricate; complicated; inextricable..
Tractable :: Tractable (v. t.) Capable of being handled; palpable; practicable; feasible; as, tractable measures..
Assets :: Assets (n. pl.) Effects of an insolvent debtor or bankrupt, applicable to the payment of debts..
Inexplicableness :: Inexplicableness (n.) A state of being inexplicable; inexplicability.
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