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A slippery hitch - a clove hitch with a loop in the end.
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612:Figure-of-nine loop
1173:Portuguese bowline
930:Farrimond friction
817:Triple fisherman's
577:Bowline on a bight
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431:Simple Simon under
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1000:Marlinespike
995:Lobster buoy
970:Hitching tie
965:Highwayman's
772:Bimini twist
673:Chain sinnet
647:Trident loop
627:Munter hitch
602:Figure-eight
489:Bottle sling
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391:Heaving line
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197:slipped loop
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1287:Marlinspike
945:Ground-line
850:Anchor bend
782:Fisherman's
736:Turk's head
696:Carrick mat
499:Corned beef
494:Constrictor
366:Fisherman's
193:clove hitch
166:Typical use
160:clove hitch
1373:Portuguese
1198:Tom fool's
925:Falconer's
865:Bale sling
721:Friendship
688:Decorative
678:Sheepshank
321:Adjustable
77:newspapers
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1243:Hangman's
1163:Jury mast
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960:Highpoint
900:Cat's paw
880:Blackwall
754:(angling)
622:Klemheist
562:Autoblock
441:Surgeon's
34:does not
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1560:Category
1521:Splicing
1511:Ropework
1498:Mizuhiki
1450:friction
1436:Bindings
1355:Whipping
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1292:Rat-tail
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1223:Zeppelin
1168:Overhand
1153:Handcuff
1073:Angler's
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554:Climbing
534:Strangle
524:Packer's
519:Miller's
466:Zeppelin
421:Shoelace
396:Hunter's
331:Ashley's
215:See also
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1526:Seizing
1516:Lashing
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1492:Macramé
1482:History
1477:Density
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1266:Splices
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1203:Trident
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1103:Cossack
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985:Killick
885:Blake's
837:Hitches
812:Trilene
802:Palomar
711:Diamond
544:Transom
514:Jamming
476:Binding
411:Racking
386:Harness
381:Halyard
371:Flemish
356:Carrick
302:By type
182:gaskets
156:Related
91:scholar
55:removed
40:sources
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1133:Fiador
1093:Bumper
1055:Tumble
1045:Timber
1005:Munter
975:Icicle
955:Halter
915:Distel
875:Becket
870:Barrel
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461:Water
416:Sheet
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351:Blood
313:Bends
268:Bight
257:Knots
201:bight
186:yards
150:Hitch
98:JSTOR
84:books
1188:Span
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797:Nail
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278:Turn
273:Loop
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