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m composed of very long, slender, transparent, siliceous fibres twisted together like the strands of a color. The stem of the Japanese species (H. Sieboldii), called glass-rope, has long been in use as an ornament. See Glass-rope.

inal, though appearing entirely unlike, are completely isagelous. Bacon The complementary strands have isagelous sequences. J. D. Watson. -- Isagel I*sag"e*lous (i*sâg"ê*lûs), a. Etym: [Is- + Gr. a`gelos information.]

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.

A swivel at one end of a ropewalk, used in laying the strands.

tivate by manual labor; to till; hence, to develop by culture. [Obs.] To whom we gave the strand for to manure. Surrey. Manure thyself then; to thyself be improved; And with vain, outward things be no more moved. Donne.

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…

. A kind of boat used on the coast of Madras, India. The planks are sewed together with strands of coir which cross over a wadding of the same material, so that the shock on taking the beach through surf is much reduced. [Written also masula, masulah, etc.]

double thrown silk of very fine texture, that is, silk twisted like a rope with different strands, so as to increase its strength.

e thickened rim of a bell, struck by the clapper. Paunch mat (Naut.), a thick mat made of strands of rope, used to prevent the yard or rigging from chafing.

Consisting of strands twisted together in the ordinary way; as, a plain-laid rope. See Illust. of Cordage.

To interweave the strands or locks of; to braid; to plat; as, to plait hair; to plait rope.

A beach; a strand; in the plains and deserts of Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona, a broad, level spot, on which subsequently becomes dry by evaporation. Bartlett.

A coating of strands of rope for a water vessel.

A large, stout cord, usually one not less than an inch in circumference, made of strands twisted or braided together. It differs from cord, line, and string, only in its size. See Cordage.

the yarn or thread of any stuff of which the strands of a rope are made.

Small rope, or strands of rope, or spun yarn, wound round a rope to keep it from chafing; -- called also service.

A boat. [She] thrust the shallop from the floating strand. Spenser.

Composed of four strands, and laid right-handed with a heart, or center; -- said of rope. See Illust. under Cordage.

Not doubled, twisted together, or combined with others; as, a single thread; a single strand of a rope.

A strand, or slender roll, of cotton or other fiber in a loose, untwisted state, produced by a carding machine and ready for the roving or slubbing which preceeds spinning.