hauling rope
121warp — ► VERB 1) make or become bent or twisted, typically from the action of heat or damp. 2) make abnormal; distort. 3) move (a ship) along by hauling on a rope attached to a stationary object ashore. ► NOUN 1) a distortion or twist in shape. 2) the… …
122guy — English has two separate words guy. The guy of guy rope [14] was probably borrowed from a Low German word (of which Dutch gei ‘rope used for hauling a sail in’ may well be a descendant), but its ultimate ancestry is not clear. Guy ‘fellow, man’… …
123spilling line — noun : a rope used for spilling a sail (as by hauling up the foot, brailing in an edge) * * * spilling line noun A rope for spilling the wind out of a square sail • • • Main Entry: ↑spill …
124Downhaul — Down haul (doun h[add]l ), n. (Naut.) A rope to haul down, or to assist in hauling down, a sail; as, a staysail downhaul; a trysail downhaul. [1913 Webster] …
125Outhaul — Out haul (out h[add]l ), n. (Naut.) A rope used for hauling out a sail upon a spar; opposite of {inhaul}. [1913 Webster] …
126Tally — Tal ly, v. i. 1. To be fitted; to suit; to correspond; to match. [1913 Webster] I found pieces of tiles that exactly tallied with the channel. Addison. [1913 Webster] Your idea . . . tallies exactly with mine. Walpole. [1913 Webster] 2. To make a …
127Tally on — Tally Tal ly, v. i. 1. To be fitted; to suit; to correspond; to match. [1913 Webster] I found pieces of tiles that exactly tallied with the channel. Addison. [1913 Webster] Your idea . . . tallies exactly with mine. Walpole. [1913 Webster] 2. To… …
128Warp — Warp, n. [AS. wearp; akin to Icel. varp a casting, throwing, Sw. varp the draught of a net, Dan. varp a towline, OHG. warf warp, G. werft. See {Warp}, v.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Weaving) The threads which are extended lengthwise in the loom, and… …
