·add. ·- = Rip cord.
·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of <<Rip>>. ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·noun ·see <<Chord>>. II. Cord ·Impf & ·p.p. of <<Core>>. III. Cord ·vt To arrange (wood, ·etc.) i...
Frequently used in its proper sense, for fastening a tent (Ex. 35:18; 39:40), yoking animals to a ca...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
Small rope; that of an inch or less in circumference. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
The materials of which cord was made varied according to the strength required; the strongest rope w...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
·add. ·- A long patch, on a balloon, to be ripped off, by the rip cord, at landing, in order to allo...
·add. ·- = Ripping panel. ...
A caulker's tool for tearing oakum out of a seam, or stripping copper or sheathing from a ship's bot...
·add. ·- A cord by which the gas bag of a balloon may be ripped open for a limited distance to relea...
telling him all his faults, Exm. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
; as firewood. A statute stack is 8 feet long, 4 feet broad, and 4 feet high. ...