snatch

Any open lead for a rope: if not furnished with a sheave, it is termed a dumb snatch, as on the bows and quarters for hawsers.

Snatch
·noun The handle of a scythe; a snead. II. Snatch ·noun To seize and transport away; to <<Rap>>. I...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
snatch
A hasty repast; a snack. Scottish.--Jamieson. Our kind host and hostess would not go before taking ...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
Snatch block
·- a kind of block with an opening in one side to receive the bight of a rope. ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
snatch cly
A thief who snatches women's pockets. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
snatch-block
A single iron-bound block, with an opening in one side above the sheave, in which the bight of a rop...

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