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Pungy :: Pungy (n.) A small sloop or shallop, or a large boat with sails..

Shuttle :: Shuttle (n.) The sliding thread holder in a sewing machine, which carries the lower thread through a loop of the upper thread, to make a lock stitch..

Geometrid :: Geometrid (n.) One of numerous genera and species of moths, of the family Geometridae; -- so called because their larvae (called loopers, measuring worms, spanworms, and inchworms) creep in a looping manner, as if measuring. Many of the species are injurious to agriculture, as the cankerworms..

Diaster :: Diaster (n.) A double star; -- applied to the nucleus of a cell, when, during cell division, the loops of the nuclear network separate into two groups, preparatory to the formation of two daughter nuclei. See Karyokinesis..

Loop :: Loop (n.) A wire forming part of a main circuit and returning to the point from which it starts.

Loophole :: Loophole (n.) A hole or aperture that gives a passage, or the means of escape or evasion..

Eye-splice :: Eye-splice (n.) A splice formed by bending a rope's end back, and fastening it into the rope, forming a loop or eye. See Illust. under Splice..

Looped :: Looped (a.) Bent, folded, or tied, so as to make a loop; as, a looped wire or string..

Clip :: Clip (n.) An embracing strap for holding parts together; the iron strap, with loop, at the ends of a whiffletree..

Crenel :: Crenel (n.) An embrasure or indentation in a battlement; a loophole in a fortress; an indentation; a notch. See Merlon, and Illust. of Battlement..

Latching :: Latching (n.) A loop or eye formed on the head rope of a bonnet, by which it is attached to the foot of a sail; -- called also latch and lasket..

Frigatoon :: Frigatoon (n.) A Venetian vessel, with a square stern, having only a mainmast, jigger mast, and bowsprit; also a sloop of war ship-rigged..

Bearing Rein :: Bearing rein () A short rein looped over the check hook or the hames to keep the horse's head up; -- called in the United States a checkrein.

Loop :: Loop (n.) A mass of iron in a pasty condition gathered into a ball for the tilt hammer or rolls.

Shifter :: Shifter (n.) A wire for changing a loop from one needle to another, as in narrowing, etc..

Sling :: Sling (v. t.) A loop of rope, or a rope or chain with hooks, for suspending a barrel, bale, or other heavy object, in hoisting or lowering..

Noose :: Noose (n.) A running knot, or loop, which binds the closer the more it is drawn..

Checkrein :: Checkrein (n.) A short rein looped over the check hook to prevent a horse from lowering his head; -- called also a bearing rein.

Oillet :: Oillet (n.) A small opening or loophole, sometimes circular, used in mediaeval fortifications..

Cloop :: Cloop (n.) The sound made when a cork is forcibly drawn from a bottle.

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