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WORMING
WORMING, (emieller, Fr.) the act of winding a rope spirally about a cable, so as to lie close along the interval between every two strands. It is generally designed to support and strengthen the cable, that it may be enabled to sustain a greater effort when the ship rides at anchor, and also to preserve the surface of the cable, where it lies flat upon the ground, near the station of the anchor; particularly in moderate weather.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 325, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
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