codline

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noun nautical a small line made of eighteen threads, once used for cod fishing, and subsequently in place of rope for delicate work onboard ship

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I fastened the boat, and then, with the oars on my shoulder and the slack of the codline in my hand, start him up the shell road.

Swept Out to Sea Clint Webb Among the Whalers W. Bertram Foster
There was a piece of codline in my pocket and I had his wrists knotted behind him in short order -- nor was I particular whether I hurt him, or not!

Swept Out to Sea Clint Webb Among the Whalers W. Bertram Foster
The peach in the garden is destroyed by the curculio, and the apple both by the curculio and the codline moth.

A Guide to Capitalists and Emigrants: Being a Statistical and Descriptive Account of the Several Counties of the State of North Carolina, United States of America; Together with Letters of Prominent Citizens of the State in Relation to the Soil, Climate, Productions, Minerals, &C., and an Account of the Swamp Lands of the State North Carolina Land Co. 1869
(of trawlnet) (de chalut) (de arte de arrastre) codline raban da cul estrobillo

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