grummet
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Then pressing against the tree firmly with my feet I gave the grummet a quick jerk upward and again worked myself up the trunk with my knees as before.
From The Congo Rovers A Story of the Slave Squadron by J. Schonberg
Beneath the flange of each disc, a grummet of spun yarn and white lead is placed, so as to make a steam tight joint when the nuts are screwed home.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose
Accordingly, acting under his directions I placed myself within the bight, and tucking it well up under my arm-pits, slid the grummet up the trunk as high as it would go.
From The Congo Rovers A Story of the Slave Squadron by J. Schonberg
Over the peg, however, is previously placed a loose grummet, to which the bait is fastened, and a false roof placed over all to hide the line.
From Journal of the Third Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage by Henry Morley
Over the peg, however, is previously placed a loose grummet, to which the bait is fastened, and a false roof placed over all to hide the line.
From Three Voyages for the Discovery of a Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and Narrative of an Attempt to Reach the North Pole, Volume 2 by Sir William Edward Parry
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