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- From: uab1018@dircon.co.uk (Frank Leonhardt)
- Subject: Re: Joining Ropes (was Re: Hangmans noose)
- Reply-To: uab1018@ukc.ac.uk (Frank Leonhardt)
- Organization: The Direct Connection on-line service, UK
- Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 01:02:00 GMT
- Message-ID: <C0KAvD.Ir7@dircon.co.uk>
- References: <BzopoF.Js8@syd.dms.CSIRO.AU> <1992Dec23.214546.11938@mlb.semi.harris.com> <KMEYER.93Jan6125218@solarium.aero.org>
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- >A knot refers to any interlacement of one or more pieces of rope, and
- >include bends and hitches (according to Webster's 9th).
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- A knot is something you use instead of a splice if you don't
- have time to do a proper job (or don't know how to splice) :-)
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