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Nettles :: Nettles (n. pl.) Reef points.

Clue :: Clue (n.) A combination of lines or nettles by which a hammock is suspended.

Nettles :: Nettles (n. pl.) The halves of yarns in the unlaid end of a rope twisted for pointing or grafting.

Admiral :: Admiral (n.) A handsome butterfly (Pyrameis Atalanta) of Europe and America. The larva feeds on nettles.

Sting :: Sting (v. t.) A sharp-pointed hollow hair seated on a gland which secrets an acrid fluid, as in nettles. The points of these hairs usually break off in the wound, and the acrid fluid is pressed into it..

Urtica :: Urtica (n.) A genus of plants including the common nettles. See Nettle, n..

Nettles :: Nettles (n. pl.) Small lines used to sling hammocks under the deck beams.

Urtication :: Urtication (n.) The act or process of whipping or stinging with nettles; -- sometimes used in the treatment of paralysis.

Nettler :: Nettler (n.) One who nettles.

Urticate :: Urticate (v. t. & i.) To sting with, or as with, nettles; to irritate; to annoy..

Smart :: Smart (v. i.) Quick, pungent, lively pain; a pricking local pain, as the pain from puncture by nettles..

Sting :: Sting (v. t.) To pierce or wound with a sting; as, bees will sting an animal that irritates them; the nettles stung his hands..

Urtical :: Urtical (a.) Resembling nettles; -- said of several natural orders allied to urticaceous plants.

Knittle :: Knittle (n.) See Nettles.

Acalephae :: Acalephae (n. pl.) A group of Coelenterata, including the Medusae or jellyfishes, and hydroids; -- so called from the stinging power they possess. Sometimes called sea nettles..

Io Moth :: Io moth () A large and handsome American moth (Hyperchiria Io), having a large, bright-colored spot on each hind wing, resembling the spots on the tail of a peacock. The larva is covered with prickly hairs, which sting like nettles..

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