Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb (Naut.) To take another turn with, as a cable around a windlass.
- noun (Naut.) A turn of the cable about the end of the windlass, without the bits.
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- noun nautical A turn of the
cable about the end of thewindlass , without thebits .
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He was a lad in the early twenties, weather-bit and with bloodshot eyes.
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