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Marlinspike

noun
1.
A pointed iron hand tool that is used to separate strands of a rope or cable (as in splicing).  Synonyms: marlinespike, marlingspike.





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... hallucination, was to undertake to convey an idea of the element that has been his home for years, he would be hissed off the stage as another Munchausen. For this reason nautical men, who have laid aside the marlinspike and taken up the pen, very prudently avoid that portion of the literary arena, leaving Daddy Neptune's dominions to be ...
— An Old Sailor's Yarns • Nathaniel Ames


Words linked to "Marlinspike" :   hand tool


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