Definition of cleat

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Cleat (n.) A device made of wood or metal, having two arms, around which turns may be taken with a line or rope so as to hold securely and yet be readily released. It is bolted by the middle to a deck or mast, etc., or it may be lashed to a rope..

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Enucleated :: Enucleated (imp. & p. p.) of Enucleat.
Swilled :: Swig (v. t.) To pull upon (a tackle) by throwing the weight of the body upon the fall between the block and a cleat.
Enucleate :: Enucleate (v. t.) To remove without cutting (as a tumor).
Nucleated :: Nucleated (a.) Having a nucleus; nucleate; as, nucleated cells..
Enucleation :: Enucleation (n.) The act of enucleating; elucidation; exposition.
Binuclear :: Binuclear (a.) Alt. of Binucleat.
Kevel :: Kevel (n.) A strong cleat to which large ropes are belayed.
Siding :: Siding (n.) The covering of the outside wall of a frame house, whether made of weatherboards, vertical boarding with cleats, shingles, or the like..
Cleat :: Cleat (v. t.) To strengthen with a cleat.
Reeve :: Reeve (v. t.) To pass, as the end of a pope, through any hole in a block, thimble, cleat, ringbolt, cringle, or the like..
Entosthoblast :: Entosthoblast (n.) The granule within the nucleolus or entoblast of a nucleated cell.
Enucleating :: Enucleating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Enucleat.
Cleat :: Cleat (n.) A strip of wood or iron fastened on transversely to something in order to give strength, prevent warping, hold position, etc..
Multinucleate :: Multinucleate (a.) Alt. of Multinucleate.
Belay :: Belay (v. t.) To make fast, as a rope, by taking several turns with it round a pin, cleat, or kevel..
Enucleate :: Enucleate (v. t.) To bring to light; to make clear.
Cystoplast :: Cystoplast (n.) A nucleated cell having an envelope or cell wall, as a red blood corpuscle or an epithelial cell; a cell concerned in growth..
Binucleate :: Binucleate (a.) Having two nuclei; as, binucleate cells..
Monerula :: Monerula (n.) A germ in that stage of development in which its form is simply that of a non-nucleated mass of protoplasm. It precedes the one-celled germ. So called from its likeness to a moner.
Turn :: Turn (n.) A round of a rope or cord in order to secure it, as about a pin or a cleat..
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