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WHIP
WHIP, a sort of small tackle, either formed by the communication of a rope with a single immoveable block, as fig. 3. plate XI. or with two blocks, one of which is fixed, and the other moveable, as fig. 5. It is generally used to hoist up light bodies, as empty casks, &c. out of a ship's hold, which is accordingly called whipping them up. See TACKLE.To WHIP, is also to tie a piece of pack-thread, spun-yarn, &c. about the end of a rope, to prevent it from being untwisted and loosened.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 319, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
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