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Blackwall Hitch "Blackwall -- Form a bight at the end of a rope, put the good of a tackle through the bight so that the end of the rope may be jammed between the standing part and the back of the hook." -Britannica, ... |
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Blackwall Hitch, Double "Double backwall hitch -- Pass the end a twice round the hook and under standing part b at the last cross." -Britannica, 1910... |
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Bow An illustration of a bow.... |
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Bow, cravat "Plait the ribbon a distance from the end to allow for a streamer or bow end. Hold the plaits with the thumb and first finger of the right hand; with the left hand measure the length of the first loo... |
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Bow, uneven "For the uneven bow, measure a long loop, plait, and hold with right hand. Opposite this, measure, plait, and hold a much shorter loop. Parallel with the first loop measure, plait, and hold a loop a... |
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Bowline "Bowline -- lay the end of a of a rope over the standing part b. Form with the b a bight c over a. Take a round behind b and down through the bight c. This is a most useful knot employed to form a ... |
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Bowline on a Bight "Bowline on a bight -- The first part is made similar to the [bowline knot] with the double part of the rope; then the bight a is pulled though sufficiently to allow it to be bent over past d and come... |
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Butt Slings An illustration of butt slings.... |
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Carrick Bend An illustration of a carrick bend knot.... |
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Cat's-paw "Cat's-paw - Twist up two parts of a lanyard in opposite directions and hook the tackle in the eyes...A piece of wood should be placed between the parts at g. A large lanyard should be clove-hitched ... |
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Clench, Inside A type of knot used to fasten large ropes.... |
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Clench, Outside A type of knot used to fasten large ropes.... |
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Clove Hitch "Clove Hitch -- Pass the end a round a spar and cross it over b. Pass it round the spar and and put the end a through the second bight." -Britannica, 1910... |
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Cringle A ring or circle or rope used on ships.... |
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Diamond Knot "Diamond Knot -- The rope must be unlaid as far as the centre if the knot is required there, and the strands handled with great care to keep the lay in them. Three bights are turned up as in [the ill... |
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Double Strand Knot "Any knot, however complex, can be fully represented by three closed plane curves, none of which has doubled points and no two of which intersect." -Britannica, 1910... |
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Double Strop "Double Strop -- Made with one piece of rope, the splice being brought as usual to the crown of the block t, the bights fitting into scores with some inches apart, converging to the upper part, above ... |
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Double Wall and Double Crown "Double Wall and Double Crown -- Form a single wall crowned; let the ends follow their own parts round until all the parts appear double. Put the ends down through the knot." -Britannica, 1910... |
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Even loops, rosette of "Measure all loops so they are of even lengths. Have the same number of loops on each side of the knot. Ten or twelve loops will make a good looking rosette bow." —Kinne, 1920... |
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Figure-of-Eight Knit An illustration of a figure-of-eight knot.... |
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Fisherman's Bend "Fisherman's bend -- Take two turn round a spar, then a half-hitch round the standing part and between the spar and the turns, lastly a half-hitch round the standing part." -Britannica, 1910... |
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Flemish Eye An illustration of a Flemish eye knot.... |
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Grommet "Grommet. Naut., a ring of rope used for various purposes, made from a strand laid three times round its own central part formed into a loop of the desired size." -Whitney, 1911... |
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Grummet-Strop "Grummet-Stop -- Made by unlaying a piece of rope of the desired size about a foot more that three times the length required for the strop. Place the centre of the open round the block and thimble; m... |
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Half-Hitch "Half-Hitch -- Pass the end a of the rope round the standing part b and through the bight." -Britannica, 1910... |
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