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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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KNITTLE
KNITTLE, (eguillette, Fr. from knit) a small line, which is either plaited or twisted, and used for various purposes at sea; as to fasten the service on the cable, to reef the sails by the bottom, and to hang the hammocks between decks; this name is also given to the loops or buttons of a bonnet.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 168, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/0772.html