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Määritelmät

Substantiivi

1. A coil or loop of something, especially twine, yarn, or rope.
2. (nautical) A ring or shackle that secures a staysail to its stay and allows the sail to glide smoothly up and down.
3. (Ulster) Doubt, difficulty.
4. (Ulster) Mess, tangle.
5. A rope or withe for fastening a gate.
6. (obsolete) Hold; influence.
7. (wrestling) A throw in which a wrestler turns his left side to his opponent, twines his left leg about his opponent's right leg from the inside, and throws him backward.

Verbi

1. (transitive) To form into hanks.
2. (transitive, UK, dialect) To fasten with a rope, as a gate.