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Bast :: Bast (n.) The inner fibrous bark of various plants; esp. of the lime tree; hence, matting, cordage, etc., made therefrom..

Water-laid :: Water-laid (a.) Having a left-hand twist; -- said of cordage; as, a water-laid, or left-hand, rope..

Point :: Point (n.) A short piece of cordage used in reefing sails. See Reef point, under Reef..

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..

Coir :: Coir (n.) A material for cordage, matting, etc., consisting of the prepared fiber of the outer husk of the cocoanut..

Kyar :: Kyar (n.) Cocoanut fiber, or the cordage made from it. See Coir..

Tackling :: Tackling (n.) Furniture of the masts and yards of a vessel, as cordage, sails, etc..

Plain-laid :: Plain-laid (a.) Consisting of strands twisted together in the ordinary way; as, a plain-laid rope. See Illust. of Cordage..

Tucum :: Tucum (n.) A fine, strong fiber obtained from the young leaves of a Brazilian palm (Astrocaryum vulgare), used for cordage, bowstrings, etc.; also, the plant yielding this fiber. Called also tecum, and tecum fiber..

Mahoe :: Mahoe (n.) A name given to several malvaceous trees (species of Hibiscus, Ochroma, etc.), and to their strong fibrous inner bark, which is used for strings and cordage..

Boatswain :: Boatswain (n.) An officer who has charge of the boats, sails, rigging, colors, anchors, cables, cordage, etc., of a ship, and who also summons the crew, and performs other duties..

Lif :: Lif (n.) The fiber by which the petioles of the date palm are bound together, from which various kinds of cordage are made..

Shakings :: Shakings (n. pl.) Deck sweepings, refuse of cordage, canvas, etc..

Hawser-laid :: Hawser-laid (a.) Made in the manner of a hawser. Cf. Cable-laid, and see Illust. of Cordage..

Mail :: Mail (n.) A contrivance of interlinked rings, for rubbing off the loose hemp on lines and white cordage..

Esparto :: Esparto (n.) A species of Spanish grass (Macrochloa tenacissima), of which cordage, shoes, baskets, etc., are made. It is also used for making paper..

Rattan :: Rattan (n.) One of the long slender flexible stems of several species of palms of the genus Calamus, mostly East Indian, though some are African and Australian. They are exceedingly tough, and are used for walking sticks, wickerwork, chairs and seats of chairs, cords and cordage, and many other purposes..

Leaper :: Leaper (n.) A kind of hooked instrument for untwisting old cordage.

Junk :: "Junk (n.) Pieces of old cable or old cordage, used for making gaskets, mats, swabs, etc., and when picked to pieces, forming oakum for filling the seams of ships..

Dolphin :: Dolphin (n.) A kind of wreath or strap of plaited cordage.

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