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noun
A rope used on a ship to prevent other lines and riggings tangling with each other.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: nautical, transport
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Synonyms: timenoguy
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Given to various strop and toggle gadgets on board ship, used in connection with the upper yards to save time in sail drill.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A device more or less makeshift, to enable something to be done more expeditiously than would be possible in the ordinary way.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Candleholder of iron.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: Sticking Tommy
Antonyms: none provided
History
Probably ultimately based on Old French Old French timon (“tiller”) + English guy.
