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Fool’s knot see Tom Fool’s knot.

Forming a knot: a knot may be first formed in the hands before being

‘cast’ (dropped) over the object to which it is being secured, a term
applied mainly to hitches; alternatively, when it must be made around an
object which has no available end, such as a continuous railing, the knot is
‘turned’ (formed) around the object.

Frapping turns: when applied to whipping, these are turns taken around
the whipping parallel to, and in between, the ropes being seized together.
The turns are best finished with a clove hitch (see page 40) and secured

with a thumb knot (see page 171); see also flat seizing, racking seizing and
round seizing.