Keckled

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Keckle \Kec"kle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Keckled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Keckling}.] (Naut.)
     To wind old rope around, as a cable, to preserve its surface
     from being fretted, or to wind iron chains around, to defend
     from the friction of a rocky bottom, or from the ice.
     --Totten.


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