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WALE-KNOT or WALL-KNOT
WALE-KNOT, or WALL-KNOT, a particular sort of large knot railed upon the end of a rope, by untwisting the strands, and interweaving them amongft each other. See the article KNOT.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 311, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
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