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Webster 1913 Edition
Nettling
Net′tling
,Noun.
(Rope Making)
(a)
A process (resembling splicing) by which two ropes are joined end to end so as to form one rope.
(b)
The process of tying together the ends of yarns in pairs, to prevent tangling.
Net′tling
,p.
pr.
& Adj.
Stinging; irritating.
Webster 1828 Edition
Nettling
NETTLING
,ppr.
Definition 2024
nettling
nettling
English
Verb
nettling
- present participle of nettle
Noun
nettling (countable and uncountable, plural nettlings)
- (ropemaking) A process, resembling splicing, by which two ropes are joined so as to form one rope.
- The process of tying together the ends of yarns in pairs, to prevent tangling.
- The process of stinging somebody with nettles.
- 2000, Harriet Whitehead, Food Rules: Hunting, Sharing, and Tabooing Game in Papua New Guinea
- Their greater male strength will be both tested and attested to in their ability to undergo the initiation nettlings, beatings, and burnings administered to them by the older initiators […]
- 2000, Harriet Whitehead, Food Rules: Hunting, Sharing, and Tabooing Game in Papua New Guinea