ROPE
ADJECTIVES
1706 — FUNIPENDULOUS hanging from a rope or string → obs.
1764 — FUNICULAR operated by means of a rope or cable
1794 — SLACK-TWISTED of a rope; not tightly twisted
1880 — FUNIPOTENT that plays tricks with ropes → 1880 obs.
NOUNS
1400 — FUNEL a rope → obs.
..E17 — SALT EEL a rope’s end, used for flogging → sl.
1632 — FAG END the useless, untwisted end of a piece of rope → US
..E18 — BUTT-END of ropes: the end of, or a part near the end of
1706 — FUNICULUS a small rope
1722 — SUGGAN a straw rope → Anglo-Irish
1733 — GRIST the size or thickness of yarn or rope
1775 — FAG the fringe at the end of a rope
1802 — FANG a coil or bend of a rope → Sc.
1825 — FANK a coil of rope; a noose → Sc.
1849 — BAND rope → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1854 — JEFF a rope → circus sl.
1892 — LEANING a rope → Eng. dial.
1900 — DAMP the end of a line or rope → Sc. (Bk.)
1900 — FAKE the strand of a rope → Sc. (Bk.)
..20C — OCKER a stretchable rope with hooks on either end used for securing luggage to roof-racks, etc. → Aust. sl.
..20C — OCKIE STRAP a stretchable rope with hooks on either end used for securing luggage to roof-racks, etc. → Aust. sl.
1902 — LEACH a strand of a rope → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1907 — FAIK a strand of rope → Sc.
1908 — FAULD a strand of rope .. Sc.
1936 — COIL rope → US Western usage
1945 — CATGUT a rope, esp. a rawhide one → US Western sl. (Bk.)
1945 — CLOTHESLINE rope → US Western sl. (Bk.)
1945 — LINE rope → US Western sl. (Bk.)
1945 — TOM HORN rope → US Western sl. (Bk.)
1946 — BUNCH OF BASTARDS a hopelessly tangled jumble of rope → Royal Navy sl.
1946 — BUNDLE OF BASTARDS a hopelessly tangled jumble of rope → Royal Navy sl.
1970 — COW’S TAIL a frayed rope → Amer. dial.
NOUNS – PERSON
1868 — BAND-MAKER a twine-spinner or rope-maker → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
VERBS
1568 — FEAZE to unravel a rope, etc.; of a rope or thread: to unravel at the end → obs. exc. nautical usage
1660 — FANK to coil a rope, to twist, to knot; to entangle the feet, to impede → Sc.
1777 — UNREAVE of a rope, yarn, etc.: to unravel, to unwind → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1933 — SWING A CATGUT. to use a rope → Amer. dial.
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