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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Nautical, a heavy tackle which is applied to the top-pendant in fidding or unfidding a topmast.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Naut.) A tackle used in hoisting and lowering the topmast.
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