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  2. Worm, parcel and serve - Wikipedia

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    An optional final stage for the permanent protection of "served" rope is to paint the outer layer of twine with a mixture of tar, varnish and black paint. This needs renewing periodically, and going aloft to paint footropes, shrouds, stays, and other served rigging is one of the regular maintenance tasks on many tall ships.

  3. Se-tenant - Wikipedia

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    1971 Historic Preservation postage stamps in a block of four se-tenant stamps. Four of the U. S. Postmasters' Provisional stamp issues distributed between 1845 and 1847 were se-tenant productions: the Baltimore Postmaster's provisionals (two different images [5¢ and 10¢] on a sheet of twelve), the St. Louis Bears (three different images [5¢, 10¢ and 20¢] on a sheet of six), the Providence ...

  4. Smart label - Wikipedia

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    A smart label, also called a smart tag, is an extremely flat configured transponder under a conventional print-coded label, which includes chip, antenna and bonding wires as a so-called inlay. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The labels, made of paper, fabric or plastics, are prepared as a paper roll with the inlays laminated between the rolled carrier and ...

  5. Splice joint - Wikipedia

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    A splice joint is a method of joining two members end to end in woodworking. [1] The splice joint is used when the material being joined is not available in the length required. It is an alternative to other joints such as the butt joint and the scarf joint. Splice joints are stronger than unreinenforced butt joints and have the potential to be ...

  6. Splice - Wikipedia

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    Film splice, the joining of film stock; Electrical splice, the joining of wires in electrical wiring; Optical splice, the joining of optical fibers: Fusion splicing, a permanent splice between two fibers; Mechanical splice, a temporary splice between two fibers; Pile splice, connecting two concrete, timber or steel piles for a deep foundation

  7. Label - Wikipedia

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    USDA Organic milk cap label A bunch of bananas with a label A label with faux embossing A label made with embossing tape Shirt with labels. A label (as distinct from signage) is a piece of paper, plastic film, cloth, metal, or other material affixed to a container or product, on which is written or printed information or symbols about the product or item.

  8. Box-sealing tape - Wikipedia

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    Box-sealing tape, parcel tape, packing tape, or shipping tape is a pressure-sensitive tape used for closing or sealing corrugated fiberboard boxes. It consists of a pressure-sensitive adhesive coated onto a backing material which is usually a polypropylene or polyester film which is oriented to have strength in both the long (machine) direction ...

  9. Splicebox - Wikipedia

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    The splice cassette is removable in order to assemble fiber optics with a splice unit. The front panel can also be removed to splice the fibers to various connectors. Since modern splice cassettes already contain a splice tray, a splice holder, couplings and pigtails , the installation of the cables is facilitated.