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GLOSSARY

VEER, To, or To VEER AWAY: To slacken and WEED, To: To clear rigginR. cable and clothes-

payout gradually. lines of stops, rope yarns, etc.

VEER AND HAUL, To: To slack on one rope and WHIP, To: To bind the end of a rope to prevent

haul on another that leads to the same spar fraying.

(Braces, etc.). WITH THE LAY, or WITH THE SUN (TO CoIL): A

WAKE KNOT: A name for the CARRICK BEND in right-hand or clockwise coil.

heraldry. WOOLDER: A ropemaker's tool consisting of a stick

WARP, To: To shift a vessel by means of hawsers. with one or two trailers. for twisting, holding

A warp is generally hawser-laid. and laying rope. Nowadays called a heaver.

WATER-LAm ROPE: (I) Three-strand, left-laid WORK. To: To draw up and mold a knot. To

rope. (z) Rope that is moistened in the mak- work up yam is to make small stuff of it by

ing instead of being oiled, sometimes called hand.

"white rope." (3) Cable-laid rope, which is WORM A ROPE. To: To fill the seams with spun

said to absorb less water than hawser-laid yarn, marline or fishline.

rope. YARN: A number of fibers twisted together.

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