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Webster 1913 Edition


Spurling-line

Spur′ling-lineˊ

(-līnˊ)
,
Noun.
[Cf. Prov. E.
spurling
the rut of a wheel, a cart rut, AS.
spor
a track, trace, E.
spoor
, Scot.
spurl
to sprawl.]
(Naut.)
The line which forms the communication between the steering wheel and the telltale.

Webster 1828 Edition


Spurling-line

SPURLING-LINE

,
Noun.
Among seamen, the line which forms the communication between the wheel and the tell-tale.