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rope

rope A guide rope.
Rope n. 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.
Rope n. A row or string consisting of a number of things united, as by braiding, twining, etc.; as, a rope of onions.
Rope n. The small intestines; as, the ropes of birds.
Rope v. i. To be formed into rope; to draw out or extend into a filament or thread, as by means of any glutinous or adhesive quality.
Rope v. t. To bind, fasten, or tie with a rope or cord; as, to rope a bale of goods.
Rope v. t. To connect or fasten together, as a party of mountain climbers, with a rope.
Rope v. t. 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.
Rope v. t. To lasso (a steer, horse).
Rope v. t. To draw, as with a rope; to entice; to inveigle; to decoy; as, to rope in customers or voters.
Rope v. t. To prevent from winning (as a horse), by pulling or curbing.
Rope's-end v. t. To punish with a rope's end.
Rope-yarn n. the yarn or thread of any stuff of which the strands of a rope are made.
Ropeband n. A small piece of spun yarn or marline, used to fasten the head of the sail to the spar.
Roped imp. & p. p. of Rope
Ropedancer n. One who dances, walks, or performs acrobatic feats, on a rope extended through the air at some height.
Roper n. A maker of ropes.
Roper n. One who ropes goods; a packer.
Roper n. One fit to be hanged.
Ropery n. A place where ropes are made.
Ropery n. Tricks deserving the halter; roguery.
Ropewalk a. A long, covered walk, or a low, level building, where ropes are manufactured.
Ropewalker n. A ropedancer.

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