Nettles

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

  Nettles \Net"tles\, n. pl. [See {Knittle}.] (Naut.)
     (a) The halves of yarns in the unlaid end of a rope twisted
         for pointing or grafting.
     (b) Small lines used to sling hammocks under the deck beams.
     (c) Reef points.
         [1913 Webster]