water-laid rope

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water-laid rope - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Left-hand \Left"-hand`\ (l[e^]ft"h[a^]nd`), a.
     Situated on the left; nearer the left hand than the right;
     as, the left-hand side; the left-hand road.
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     Left-hand rope, rope laid up and twisted over from right to
        left, or against the sun; -- called also water-laid  rope
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