Vocabulary Word
Word: splice
Definition: join together end to end to make one continuous length; fasten together; unite; Ex. splice two strips of tape; N.
Definition: join together end to end to make one continuous length; fasten together; unite; Ex. splice two strips of tape; N.
Sentences Containing 'splice'
I was also aware that being a green hand at whaling, my own lay would not be very large; but considering that I was used to the sea, could steer a ship, splice a rope, and all that, I made no doubt that from all I had heard I should be offered at least the 275th lay--that is, the 275th part of the clear net proceeds of the voyage, whatever that might eventually amount to.
"Splice, thou mean'st SPLICE hands," cried Peleg, drawing nearer.
Both ends of the line are exposed; the lower end terminating in an eye-splice or loop coming up from the bottom against the side of the tub, and hanging over its edge completely disengaged from everything.
Pythagoras, that in bright Greece, two thousand years ago, did die, so good, so wise, so mild; I sailed with thee along the Peruvian coast last voyage--and, foolish as I am, taught thee, a green simple boy, how to splice a rope!
Next instant, the heavy eye-splice in the rope's final end flew out of the stark-empty tub, knocked down an oarsman, and smiting the sea, disappeared in its depths.
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