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KAICLING or KECLING to KELSON
KETCH to KNOT
KETCH
KEVELS
KEY
KEYS
KINK
KNEE
KNEE of the head
KINGHT-HEAD or BOLLARD-TIMBER
KNIGHT-HEADS
KNITTLE
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KINK
KINK, a sort of twist or turn in any cable or other rope, occasioned by it's being very stiff or close-laid; or by being drawn too hastily out of the roll or tier, wherein it lay coiled. See the article COILING.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 166, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
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