To secure the end of (a rope, or the like) from untwisting by overcasting it with small stuff.
The material obtained by untwisting and picking into loose fiber old hemp ropes; -- used for calking the seams of ships, stopping leaks, etc.
Defn: A kind of hooked instrument for untwisting old cordage.
Yes sir-ree," untwisting the string which, for want of a fishing line, he had tied to his pole.
Narayan took it in his hand for a moment, without, however, untwistingthe silk.
I raised my hand curiously, untwisting the wrappings.
Old ropes are converted into oakum by untwisting and picking them to pieces.
A kind of hooked instrument for untwisting old cordage.
The bearded point works a little farther with each change, and after twisting and untwisting a number of times it gets down three or four inches into the sand, often to moisture, where the awns decay and the grain germinates.
The twisting and untwisting of the awns enable the grain to bore through the fleeces, and even to penetrate the skins and make wounds which sometimes cause the death of the animal.
The "knot" is formed to make a knob on a rope, generally at the extremity, and by untwisting the strands at the end and weaving them together.
Twill be the greatest meeting in all Scotland," he boastingly declared, twisting and untwisting the wiry hairs of his beard.
Douglas had been nervously twisting and untwisting his beard.
After you have wound wire upon a core or spool, keep it from untwisting by taking a loop or hitch around it with the wire.
The coil may be held in place, and its turns kept fromuntwisting by coating it with paraffine.
She is very naughty, very naughty and rebellious," poor Mrs. Chadwick murmured, twisting and untwisting her handkerchief.
The knitting lay in her lap and she was twisting and untwisting her handkerchief after her old fashion; but her fingers moved slowly and without agitation and Oldmeadow saw that some spring of life in her had been broken.
But if it is connected up with any other wire forming a complete circuit through which it can untwist itself, it will probably do so, and in untwisting would very likely overshoot the mark and become twisted in the opposite direction.
Each of them was for untwisting the morning-glory without waiting for the sunshine to do it.
Clearing hawse," is untwisting or disentangling two cables that come through different holes, and make a foul hawse.
A particular sort of large knot raised upon the end of a rope, by untwisting the strands, and passing them among each other.
Rambert, twisting and untwisting her hands, "if you only knew!
Charles was twisting and untwisting his hands, and great drops of cold perspiration beaded his brow.
Jennie was twisting her fingers and untwisting them, but luckily her hostess, by keeping her eyes on the spirit lamp, didn't notice this sign of nervousness.
As she looked down at that twisting and untwisting of her fingers which was the chief sign of her effort at self-control, her color rose.
One advantage in using such a motor as this is that the two equal strands untwisting in opposite directions have a decided steadying effect on the model, similar almost to the case in which two propellers are used.
The untwisting of the rubber band causes the balls to roll in opposite directions in a circular path, and centrifugal force causes the balls to fly outward.
