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Strand :: Strand (v. t.) To break a strand of (a rope).

Twist :: Twist (v. i.) To be contorted; to writhe; to be distorted by torsion; to be united by winding round each other; to be or become twisted; as, some strands will twist more easily than others..

Aground :: Aground (adv. & a.) On the ground; stranded; -- a nautical term applied to a ship when its bottom lodges on the ground.

Twist :: Twist (n.) A cord, thread, or anything flexible, formed by winding strands or separate things round each other..

Twist :: Twist (v. t.) To unite by winding one thread, strand, or other flexible substance, round another; to form by convolution, or winding separate things round each other; as, to twist yarn or thread..

Playa :: Playa (n.) A beach; a strand; in the plains and deserts of Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona, a broad, level spot, on which subsequently becomes dry by evaporation..

Splice :: Splice (v. t.) To unite, as two ropes, or parts of a rope, by a particular manner of interweaving the strands, -- the union being between two ends, or between an end and the body of a rope..

Snake :: Snake (v. t.) To wind round spirally, as a large rope with a smaller, or with cord, the small rope lying in the spaces between the strands of the large one; to worm..

Loper :: Loper (n.) A swivel at one end of a ropewalk, used in laying the strands..

Beach :: Beach (n.) The shore of the sea, or of a lake, which is washed by the waves; especially, a sandy or pebbly shore; the strand..

Sliver :: Sliver (n.) A strand, or slender roll, of cotton or other fiber in a loose, untwisted state, produced by a carding machine and ready for the roving or slubbing which preceeds spinning..

Unbraid :: Unbraid (v. t.) To separate the strands of; to undo, as a braid; to unravel; to disentangle..

Beached :: Beached (p. p. & a.) Driven on a beach; stranded; drawn up on a beach; as, the ship is beached..

Strand :: Strand (n.) One of the twists, or strings, as of fibers, wires, etc., of which a rope is composed..

Single :: Single (a.) Not doubled, twisted together, or combined with others; as, a single thread; a single strand of a rope..

Fid :: Fid (n.) A pin of hard wood, tapering to a point, used to open the strands of a rope in splicing..

Plait :: Plait (v. t.) To interweave the strands or locks of; to braid; to plat; as, to plait hair; to plait rope..

Stranded :: Strand (n.) The shore, especially the beach of a sea, ocean, or large lake; rarely, the margin of a navigable river..

Grommet :: Grommet (n.) A ring formed by twisting on itself a single strand of an unlaid rope; also, a metallic eyelet in or for a sail or a mailbag. Sometimes written grummet..

Top :: Top (n.) A plug, or conical block of wood, with longitudital grooves on its surface, in which the strands of the rope slide in the process of twisting..

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