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Definition: EYE-SPLICE

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. A splice formed by bending a rope's end back, and fastening it into the rope, forming a loop or eye.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Eye-splice" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Definition: EYE-SPLICE

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. A splice formed by bending a rope's end back, and fastening it into the rope, forming a loop or eye.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "EYE-SPLICE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)