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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A rope by which a yarn-stoppered sail is loosened without its being necessary to send men aloft.
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chained_bear commented on the word smiting-line
"'How I do loathe unpunctuality,' said Captain Aubrey. 'Even by land. Forward there: belay that smiting-line.' This last was delivered in a voice so strong that it echoed from the walls of Noman's Land Fort, and the words 'that smiting-line' mingled faintly with his next remark, which was addressed to his wife..."
--Patrick O'Brian, The Ionian Mission, 24
February 11, 2008