marlinspike
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marlinspike
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From marline + spike.
noun marlinspikes · marlin spike · marlinespike · marline spike · marlingspike · marling spike
- A tool, consisting of a pointed metal spike, used to manipulate the strands of rope or cable when knotting and splicing. In a certain sense the captains were good sailors, but their knowledge and ambition were limited to dead reckoning, the tar bucket and marlinspike, a wife in every port, and plenty of rum and tobacco with no desire or ability to master the higher branches of navigation and seamanship.
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Talk about this word "marlinspike." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/marlinspike. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. marlinspike. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/marlinspike "marlinspike." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/marlinspike.
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@misc{marlinspike_2026,
title = {marlinspike},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/marlinspike},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
