Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In rope-making:
- noun A method of spinning or twisting together the ends of two ropes so as to unite them with a seamless joint.
- noun A system of tying in pairs the yarns when they are laid on the posts in a ropewalk, in order to prevent entanglement or confusion.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A process (resembling splicing) by which two ropes are joined end to end so as to form one rope.
- noun The process of tying together the ends of yarns in pairs, to prevent tangling.
- Stinging; irritating.
- (Zoöl.) a lasso cell. See under
Lasso .
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- verb Present participle of
nettle .
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Examples
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And writer Raymond S. Kraft weighs in with the kind of nettling facts that make Leftists like Obama so incurably nauseated: "In little more than two centuries, despite its faults,
The Two Malcontents 2009
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His last work Nettles published in 1930 just eleven days after his death were a series of bitter, “nettling” but often amusing attacks on the moral climate of England.
d.h. lawrence | we are transmitters « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground 2008
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Sometimes, especially if you were tired, his nettling questions could become irksome.
Men Don't Leave Me 2010
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His last work Nettles published in 1930 just eleven days after his death were a series of bitter, “nettling” but often amusing attacks on the moral climate of England.
March « 2008 « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground 2008
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The entire troublesome world, including its nettling competitors, seemed to fall away.
A Happy Marriage Rafael Yglesias 2009
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The entire troublesome world, including its nettling competitors, seemed to fall away.
A Happy Marriage Rafael Yglesias 2009
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The entire troublesome world, including its nettling competitors, seemed to fall away.
A Happy Marriage Rafael Yglesias 2009
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It can't be the daily photos of dead Palestinian children that upset her so, it must be something more selfishly personal nettling her.
At the Corner of Hollywood and Whine: James Wolcott Wolcott, James, 1952- 2009
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The entire troublesome world, including its nettling competitors, seemed to fall away.
A Happy Marriage Rafael Yglesias 2009
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The entire troublesome world, including its nettling competitors, seemed to fall away.
A Happy Marriage Rafael Yglesias 2009
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