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That has no finite period of revolution; not revolving. [R.] The dateless and irrevocable circle of eternity. Milton.

The shackle for joining a chain cable to an anchor.

Pieces of old cable or old cordage, used for making gaskets, mats, swabs, etc., and when picked to pieces, forming oakum for filling the seams of ships.

n arts of design. Shifting like the fragments of colored glass in the kaleidoscope. G. W. Cable.

To wind old rope around, as a cable, to preserve its surface from being fretted, or to wind iron chains around, to defend from the friction of a rocky bottom, or from the ice. Totten.

Old rope or iron chains wound around a cable. See Keckle, v. t.

The twisting of a rope or cable, as it is running out. [Eng.]

An inextricable or bewildering difficulty. I' the maze and winding labyrinths o' the world. Denham.

To put the strands of (a rope, a cable, etc.) in their proper places and twist or unite them; as, to lay a cable or rope.

aints and limitations all principles have in regard of the matter whereunto they are applicable. Hooker.

lock. Chain locker (Naut.), a compartment in the hold of a vessel, for holding the chain cables. -- Davy Jones's locker, or Davy's locker. See Davy Jones. -- Shot locker, a compartment where shot are deposited. Totten.

ended to a great length. The cicadæ hushed their long-drawn, ear-splitting strains. G. W. Cable.

dia islands; -- called also by the native name abaca. From it matting, canvas, ropes, and cables are made. -- Manila paper, a durable brown or buff paper made of Manila hemp, used as a wrapping paper, and as a cheap printing and writing paper. The name is also given to inferior papers, made of other fiber.…

A small line composed of two strands a little twisted, used for winding around ropes and cables, to prevent their being weakened by fretting. Marline spike, Marling spike (Naut.), an iron tool tapering to a point, used to separate the strands of a rope in splicing and in marling. It has an eye in the thick end to which…

Of little value or account; worthy of little or no regard; contemptible; despicable. The Roman legions and great Cæsar found Our fathers no mean foes. J. Philips.

nds lashed together to form an endless rope or chain; -- formerly used for heaving in the cable.

A despicable person; a wretch. [Obs.] Shak.

Worthless; mean; despicable; as, a miserable fellow; a miserable dinner. Miserable comforters are ye all. Job xvi. 2.

t, as in a complaint or indictment; any misnaming of a person or thing; a wrong or inapplicable name or title. Many of the changes, by a great misnomer, called parliamentary "reforms". Burke. The word "synonym" is fact a misnomer. Whatel

ps, the different members of each group projecting or retreating, one beyond another. See Cable, n., 3, and Crenelated molding, under Crenelate, v. t.