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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..

Strang :: Strand (v. i.) To drift, or be driven, on shore to run aground; as, the ship stranded at high water..

Strike :: Strike (v. i.) To run upon a rock or bank; to be stranded; as, the ship struck in the night..

Masoola Boat :: Masoola boat () A kind of boat used on the coast of Madras, India. The planks are sewed together with strands of coir which cross over a wadding of the same material, so that the shock on taking the beach through surf is much reduced..

Houseline :: Houseline (n.) A small line of three strands used for seizing; -- called also housing.

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..

Thrum :: Thrum (n.) Any coarse yarn; an unraveled strand of rope.

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

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..

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

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..

Flat :: Flat (n.) A level tract lying at little depth below the surface of water, or alternately covered and left bare by the tide; a shoal; a shallow; a strand..

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

Hawser :: Hawser (n.) A large rope made of three strands each containing many yarns.

Rope-yarn :: Rope-yarn (n.) the yarn or thread of any stuff of which the strands of a rope are made.

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

Lay :: Lay (v. t.) To put the strands of (a rope, a cable, etc.) in their proper places and twist or unite them; as, to lay a cable or rope..

Twine :: Twine (n.) A strong thread composed of two or three smaller threads or strands twisted together, and used for various purposes, as for binding small parcels, making nets, and the like; a small cord or string..

Strand :: Strand (v. t.) To drive on a strand; hence, to run aground; as, to strand a ship..

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