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K KAICLING or KECLING to KELSON KETCH to KNOT KETCH KEVELS KEY KEYS KINK KNEE KNEE of the head KINGHT-HEAD or BOLLARD-TIMBER KNIGHT-HEADS KNITTLE KNOT Search Contact us
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KINKKINK, a sort of twist or turn in any cable or other rope, occasioned by it's being very stiff or close-laid; or by being drawn too hastily out of the roll or tier, wherein it lay coiled. See the article COILING.
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