backsplice

[bak-splahys]

back·splice

[bak-splahys] noun, verb, back·spliced, back·splic·ing.
noun
1.
a knot for finishing a rope end neatly, beginning with a crown and proceeding in a series of tucks, each strand over the first adjoining strand and under the next, the strands being split in half at each tuck.
verb (used with object)
2.
to make a backsplice in (a rope end).

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Backsplice is one of our favorite verbs.
So is subtilize. Does it mean:
to introduce subtleties into or argue subtly about.
to bark; yelp.

Origin:
back2 + splice
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