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splice

  [splahys] verb, spliced, splic⋅ing, noun
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–verb (used with object)
1. to join together or unite (two ropes or parts of a rope) by the interweaving of strands.
2. to unite (timbers, spars, or the like) by overlapping and binding their ends.
3. to unite (film, magnetic tape, or the like) by butting and cementing.
4. to join or unite.
5. Genetics. to join (segments of DNA or RNA) together.
6. Informal. to unite in marriage: They'll be spliced in June.
–noun
7. a joining of two ropes or parts of a rope by splicing.
8. the union or junction made by splicing.
9. a joining or junction of two pieces of timber, spar, etc., by overlapping and fastening the ends.
10. a joining of film, electromagnetic tape, or the like.
—Idiom
11. splice the main brace, Nautical.
a. to issue a ration of spirits, as grog, to all hands.
b. to drink spirits.
Origin:
1515–25; < earlier D splissen (now splitsen)

Related forms:
splice⋅a⋅ble, adjective
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splice   (splīs)   
tr.v.   spliced, splic·ing, splic·es
    1. To join (two pieces of film, for example) at the ends.
    2. To join (ropes, for example) by interweaving strands.
  2. To join (pieces of wood) by overlapping and binding at the ends.
  3. To join together or insert (segments of DNA or RNA) so as to form new genetic combinations or alter a genetic structure.
  4. Slang To join in marriage: They went to Las Vegas to get spliced.
n.  
  1. A joining by splicing.
  2. A place where parts have been spliced.

[Obsolete Dutch splissen, from Middle Dutch.]
splic'er n.
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Splice

Splice\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spliced; p. pr. & vb. n. Splicing.] [D. splitsen, splitten; akin to G. splissen, Sw. splissa, Dan. splisse, and E. split; -- from the dividing or splitting the ends into separate strands. See Split, v. t.]

1. To unite, as two ropes, or parts of a rope, by a particular manner of interweaving the strands, -- the union being between two ends, or between an end and the body of a rope.

2. To unite, as spars, timbers, rails, etc., by lapping the two ends together, or by applying a piece which laps upon the two ends, and then binding, or in any way making fast.

3. To unite in marrige. [Slang]

Splice grafting.ee under Grafting.

To splice the main brace (Naut.), to give out, or drink, an extra allowance of spirits on occasion of special exposure to wet or cold, or to severe fatigue; hence, to take a dram.

Splice

Splice\, n. A junction or joining made by splicing.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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splice  (v.)
1524, originally a sailors' word, from M.Du. splissen "to splice," ult. from PIE *(s)plei- "to split, splice" (see flint). The Du. word was borrowed in Fr. as épisser. Used of motion picture film from 1912; of DNA from 1975.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: splice
Pronunciation: 'splIs
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: spliced; splic·ing
: to combine or insert (asgenes) by genetic engineeringspliced together DNA from several different organisms> <spliced a human gene for insulin into a bacterium> —see GENE-SPLICING
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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splice   (splīs)  Pronunciation Key 
To join together genes or gene fragments or insert them into a cell or other structure, such as a virus, by means of enzymes. In genetic engineering, scientists splice together genetic material to produce new genes or to alter a genetic structure. In messenger RNA, the introns are removed, and exons are spliced together to yield the final messenger RNA that is translated. See also exon, intron.
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splice

permanent joining of two ropes by interweaving their strands. In the short splice the strands of each rope are unlayed (untwisted), interwoven, and tucked into the lay (twist) of the other rope. For neatness the strands are usually trimmed down before the final tuck is made.

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