Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Nautical, to wind; particularly, to wind (a rope) round a mast or yard, when made of two or more pieces, at the place where they are fished, for the purpose of confining and supporting them.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb (Naut.) To wind, or wrap; especially, to wind a rope round, as a mast or yard made of two or more pieces, at the place where it has been fished or scarfed, in order to strengthen it.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb nautical To
wind achain orrope around in order tostrengthen (especially amast oryard ).
Etymologies
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Examples
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He said he woold take from the rich guys and give to the poor guys
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If yoo or some cheezpeeps cood tell mi hows to makes teh profil i woold hav teh berry happytale!
ninja kitty, - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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May 31, 2009 at 5:43 am no iz no wurk ploppin woold be lyke icecreem
3 stages of bathdom - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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Than u woold NOE dat nobuddy here woold evva DREEM of putting der kitteh in teh microwayve. *shakez head sadly*
Radioactive kitteh - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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June 5, 2008 at 12:09 pm gmawairzgreneshuz, wot woold u like in sillybrashunz?
EGAD! - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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Ai fink dis littlol commint got lost and woold have laiked 2 bee further up teh fred….
I assembled my cat - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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Baesmentcat woold tayk karrit. ai bet basement cat took da bukkit too!
Tank u, ceilingcat, for our daily nomz - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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Ai has a nosey, 2, and woold lubz 2 meet u in purrson.
Kitteh law #2 - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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But woold it still be nekkid dansing if ai has mai hat awn?
Oh hai. We’re here to help you - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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Lukking at teh stawck eggs change maykes me wunder whevva it woold be wise 2 invest sum munnies in gold.
I assembled my cat - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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