Usually means: Tool for splicing and manipulating ropes.
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  1. marlinspike: Merriam-Webster
  2. marlinspike: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. marlinspike: Collins English Dictionary
  4. marlinspike: Vocabulary.com
  5. Marlinspike, marlinspike: Wordnik
  6. marlinspike: Wiktionary
  7. marlinspike: Dictionary.com
  8. Marlinspike (disambiguation), Marlinspike: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. marlinspike: Rhymezone
  10. marlinspike: FreeDictionary.org
  11. marlinspike: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. marlinspike: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. MARLINSPIKE: Glossary of Nautical Terms
  2. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)
  3. Marlinspike: Latitude Mexico

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▸ noun:  A tool, consisting of a pointed metal spike, used to manipulate the strands of rope or cable when knotting and splicing.

Similar:
marlingspike, marlinespike, marlin-spike, marlin spike, marling spike, handspike, pricker, hand-spike, stabber, handspoke, more...

Phrases:
Moxie Marlinspike, Marlinspike Hall, more...

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Similar:
marlingspike, marlinespike, marlin-spike, marlin spike, marling spike, handspike, pricker, hand-spike, stabber, handspoke, more...

Phrases:
Moxie Marlinspike, Marlinspike Hall, more...



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