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noun • a tight cluster of people or things • any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object • a hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged • (of ships and wind) a unit of speed equal to one nautical mile per hour or about 1.15 statute miles per hour • something twisted and tight and swollen • soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design • a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the Southern Hemisphere verb • make into knots; make knots out of • tie or fasten into a knot • tangle or complicate | ||||||||
| 26% | 6 | Removes a sheepshank | ||||||
verb • undo the ties of • cause to become loose | ||||||||
| 26% | 5 | Sheepshank and half hitch | ||||||
noun • a tight cluster of people or things • any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object • a hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged • (of ships and wind) a unit of speed equal to one nautical mile per hour or about 1.15 statute miles per hour • something twisted and tight and swollen • soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design • a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the Southern Hemisphere verb • make into knots; make knots out of • tie or fasten into a knot • tangle or complicate | ||||||||
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