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Belay :: Belay (v. t.) To make fast, as a rope, by taking several turns with it round a pin, cleat, or kevel..

Turn :: Turn (n.) A round of a rope or cord in order to secure it, as about a pin or a cleat..

Cleat :: Cleat (n.) A strip of wood or iron fastened on transversely to something in order to give strength, prevent warping, hold position, etc..

Nonnucleated :: Nonnucleated (a.) Without a nucleus.

Reeve :: Reeve (v. t.) To pass, as the end of a pope, through any hole in a block, thimble, cleat, ringbolt, cringle, or the like..

Enucleate :: Enucleate (v. t.) To remove without cutting (as a tumor).

Capstan :: Capstan (n.) A vertical cleated drum or cylinder, revolving on an upright spindle, and surmounted by a drumhead with sockets for bars or levers. It is much used, especially on shipboard, for moving or raising heavy weights or exerting great power by traction upon a rope or cable, passing around the drum. It is operated either by steam power or by a number of men walking around the capstan, each pushing on the end of a lever fixed in its socket..

Uninucleated :: Uninucleated (a.) Possessed of but a single nucleus; as, a uninucleated cell..

Enucleate :: Enucleate (v. t.) To bring to light; to make clear.

Swilled :: Swig (v. t.) To pull upon (a tackle) by throwing the weight of the body upon the fall between the block and a cleat.

Multinucleated :: Multinucleated (a.) Multinuclear.

Nucleate :: Nucleate (a.) Having a nucleus; nucleated.

Binucleate :: Binucleate (a.) Having two nuclei; as, binucleate cells..

Multinucleate :: Multinucleate (a.) Alt. of Multinucleate.

Myeloplax :: Myeloplax (n.) One of the huge multinucleated cells found in the marrow of bone and occasionally in other parts; a giant cell. See Osteoclast.

Nucleated :: Nucleated (a.) Having a nucleus; nucleate; as, nucleated cells..

Nucleate :: Nucleate (v. t.) To gather, as about a nucleus or center..

Enucleating :: Enucleating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Enucleat.

Enucleate :: Enucleate (v. t.) To bring or peel out, as a kernel from its enveloping husks its enveloping husks or shell..

Riffle :: Riffle (n.) A trough or sluice having cleats, grooves, or steps across the bottom for holding quicksilver and catching particles of gold when auriferous earth is washed; also, one of the cleats, grooves, or steps in such a trough. Also called ripple..

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