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The slipped form of the buntline hitch (on the right) can easily be untied by pulling the hanging end and withdrawing the loop. A slipped knot is any knot that unties when an end is pulled. Thus, tying the slipped form of a knot makes it easier to untie, especially when the knot is prone to jamming. [1] A slip knot is just one variety of ...
The sides of a ship. To describe a ship as "on her beam ends" may mean the vessel is literally on her side and possibly about to capsize; more often, the phrase means the vessel is listing 45 degrees or more. beam reach Sailing with the wind coming across the vessel's beam. This is normally the fastest point of sail for a fore-and-aft-rigged ...
Loose Ends (radio programme), a British radio programme "Loose Ends" (Burn Notice), an episode of Burn Notice "Loose Ends" , an episode of Justified; Loose Ends, a 2001 novel based on the television series Roswell; Loose Ends, a novella by Paul Levinson; Loose Ends, a 1930 film starring Owen Nares; Loose Ends, a play by Michael Weller
This double-wrap holds the shoelaces more securely tied while still allowing them to be untied with a (slightly firmer) pull on the loose end(s). Possibly the simplest, also neat and quite effective, is after tying a common bow to tie a half-hitch with one or other loose end around its adjacent half bow, close to the knot; it is untied by ...
The season one finale ties up all eight episodes, but there's one loose end. Netflix hasn't announced a second season yet. Warning: Major spoilers ahead for season one of "No Good Deed."
fag end the used stub of a cigarette and by extension the unpleasant and worthless loose end of any situation. [122] fag packet cigarette pack [123] fanny female external genitalia, a woman's pudendum. [123] fanny adams (Usually preceded by 'sweet' and often abbreviated to F.A., S.F.A. or sweet F.A.) Nothing at all. A euphemism for fuck all ...
Finally the loose end of the wound whipping is passed through the loop so that both ends may be drawn securely inside the winding. [ 2 ] Whippings may also be applied by hand or using a palm and needle, and either simply tied off or made neat and permanent by reeving the twine's cut ends into or behind the whipping, sewing them to adjacent ...
The average (mean) annual cost of raising a child across America’s 100 most populous metros is $22,989, according to an analysis by Creditnews Research of Department of Labor data. These costs ...