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keckling |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Keckle \Kec"kle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Keckled}; p. pr & vb n. {Keckling}.] (Naut.) To wind old rope around as a cable, to preserve its surface from being fretted, or to wind iron chains around to defend from the friction of a rocky bottom, or from the ice. --Totten. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Keckling \Kec"kling\, n. Old rope or iron chains wound around a cable. See {Keckle}, v. t.
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