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Webster 1913 Edition
Nettles
Net′tles
,Noun.
pl.
[See
Knittle
.] (Naut.)
(a)
The halves of yarns in the unlaid end of a rope twisted for pointing or grafting.
(b)
Small lines used to sling hammocks under the deck beams.
(c)
Reef points.