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rope |
7 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Rope \Rope\, n. [AS. r[=a]p; akin to D. reep, G. reif ring hoop, Icel. reip rope, Sw rep, Dan. reb, reeb Goth. skaudaraip latchet.] 1. A large stout cord, usually one not less than an inch in circumference, made of strands twisted or braided together. It differs from cord, line and string, only in its size. See {Cordage}. 2. A row or string consisting of a number of things united, as by braiding, twining, etc.; as a rope of onions. 3. pl The small intestines; as the ropes of birds. {Rope ladder}, a ladder made of ropes. {Rope mat}., a mat made of cordage, or strands of old rope. {Rope of sand}, something of no cohession or fiber; a feeble union or tie; something not to be relied upon {Rope pump}, a pump in which a rapidly running endless rope raises water by the momentum communicated to the water by its adhesion to the rope. {Rope transmission} (Mach.), a method of transmitting power, as between distant places, by means of endless ropes running over grooved pulleys. {Rope's end}, a piece of rope; especially, one used as a lash in inflicting punishment. {To give one rope}, to give one liberty or license; to let one go at will uncheked. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Rope \Rope\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Roped}; p. pr & vb n. {Roping}.] To be formed into rope; to draw out or extend into a filament or thread, as by means of any glutinous or adhesive quality. Let us not hang like ropingicicles Upon our houses' thatch. --Shak. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Rope \Rope\, v. t. 1. To bind, fasten, or tie with a rope or cord; as to rope a bale of goods. Hence: 2. To connect or fasten together, as a party of mountain climbers, with a rope. 3. To partition, separate, or divide off by means of a rope, so as to include or exclude something as to rope in or rope off a plot of ground; to rope out a crowd. 4. To lasso (a steer, horse). [Colloq. U.S.] 5. To draw, as with a rope; to entice; to inveigle; to decoy; as to rope in customers or voters. [Slang, U.S.] 6. To prevent from winning (as a horse), by pulling or curbing. [Racing Slang, Eng.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Drag line \Drag line\ or rope \rope\ . (A["e]ronautics) A guide rope. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Snub \Snub\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Snubbed}; p. pr & vb n. {Snubbing}.] [Cf. Icel. ssnubba to snub, chide, Sw snubba Icel. snubb[=o]ttr snubbed, nipped, and E. snib.] 1. To clip or break off the end of to check or stunt the growth of to nop. 2. To check, stop, or rebuke, with a tart, sarcastic reply or remark; to reprimand; to check. --J. Foster. 3. To treat with contempt or neglect, as a forward or pretentious person; to slight designedly. {To snub a cable} or {rope} (Naut.), to check it suddenly in running out --Totten. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: rope n : a strong cord v : fasten with a rope [syn: {leash}] From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: ROPE, n. An obsolescent appliance for reminding assassins that they too are mortal. It is put about the neck and remains in place one's whole life long. It has been largely superseded by a more complex electrical device worn upon another part of the person; and this is rapidly giving place to an apparatus known as the preachment.
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