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marlinspike
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun marlinspike has 1 sense
- marlinspike(n = noun.artifact) marlinespike, marlingspike - a pointed iron hand tool that is used to separate strands of a rope or cable (as in splicing); Array is a kind of hand tool
OXFORD DICTIONARY
marlinspike, n. Naut. a pointed iron tool used to separate strands of rope or wire.
Etymology
orig. app. marling-spike f. marl fasten with marline (f. Du. marlen frequent. of MDu. marren bind) + -ING(1) + SPIKE(1)
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