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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..

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

Worm :: Worm (n.) To wind rope, yarn, or other material, spirally round, between the strands of, as a cable; to wind with spun yarn, as a small rope..

Shroud-laid :: Shroud-laid (a.) Composed of four strands, and laid right-handed with a heart, or center; -- said of rope. See Illust. under Cordage..

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

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

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

Beach :: Beach (v. t.) To run or drive (as a vessel or a boat) upon a beach; to strand; as, to beach a ship..

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..

Cablelaid :: Cablelaid (a.) Composed of three three-stranded ropes, or hawsers, twisted together to form a cable..

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

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

Contline :: Contline (n.) The space between the strands on the outside of a rope.

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..

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

Three-ply :: Three-ply (a.) Consisting of three distinct webs inwrought together in weaving, as cloth or carpeting; having three strands; threefold..

Marline :: Marline (v.) A small line composed of two strands a little twisted, used for winding around ropes and cables, to prevent their being weakened by fretting..

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

Rounding :: Rounding (n.) Small rope, or strands of rope, or spun yarn, wound round a rope to keep it from chafing; -- called also service..

Strand :: Stranding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stran.

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