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THE ASHLEY BOOK OF KNOTS

Lashings that are in constant use are apt to be fitted at one end

with a ring, an EYE SPLICE or a hook, and with a lanyard at the other

end.

Frapping turns are round turns which heave the several parts of

a lashing together to tighten them, and racking turns are taken S-wise

2.0 b' z.068 around two parts for the same purpose and also to hold them se-

curely in position.

Service, seizings and whippings are closely related to lashings but

2.0&& are made of smaller material.

2066. In making up a parcel, bale, bundle, or roll (the commonest

form of lashing), the lashing is generally started by tying a loop

in the end of the rope. At sea the BOWLINE KNOT (l!holO) is used

for the purpose.

2067. For tying in twine the ANGLER'S Loop (# 10 17) is to be

recommended; it is as easily tied as the BOWLINE, is neater, has a better

lead and is quite as strong; but it is not so easily untied.

2068. The Loop KNOT (~1009), sometimes called "THUMB KNOT,"

2.0"71 is commonly used in shops when tying up heavy parcels.

2069. The Loop KNOT (2) is more often tied in the manufacturing

and wholesale districts, where heavier cord is required.

2070. If a lashing is permanent, such as that on a boat or on a sea

chest, where it is replaced after each opening, an EYE SPLICE is put

in the end.

2071. The RUNNING BOWLINE is the NOOSE that is customarily put

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around any parcel or bale that is made up at sea. Ashore a Loop

KNOT (~I 009) is more apt to be used in forming the NOOSE.

A NOOSE is formed by reeving the end through any of the five

loops that have just been shown. But a much quicker way to form a

NOOSE is to lay a bight from the standing part across the loop and

pull the bight through until it is the size required.

2072. When a loop is not made in hand the common shopkeeper's

way is to tie it directly around the parcel in the manner pictured

here. An OVERHAND KNOT is added to the end of the cord to prevent

spilling. This is not quite the same as NOOSE ~ 2069 but the OVER-

HAND KNOT makes it about as secure.

2073. In the days when the cotton brokers of New Bedford used

to carry their samples from mill to mill, the bundles or rolls were
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sometimes tied with the knot shown here, which is the same as the

ADJUSTABLE JAM I I ITCH (# 1994). The advantage of this knot was that

the NOOSE could be drawn as tightly as wished, and would not render,

so no further lashing or knotting was necessary. All that was required

when the samples were to be displayed was to slide the knot open. It

was closed in the same way. (See also # 1 230.)

2074. Where a long object is to be lashed, a series of SINGLE

HITCHES, or MARLINE HITCHES, is required along its full length.

2075. MARLINE HITCHES are preferable, since they are firmer. In

the Navy seven such hitches were formerly required when a ham-

mock was to be lashed, but nowadays five appears to be the standard.

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