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  ROPE, n.  An obsolescent appliance for reminding assassins that they
  too are mortal.  It is put about the neck and remains in place one's
  whole life long.  It has been largely superseded by a more complex
  electrical device worn upon another part of the person; and this is
  rapidly giving place to an apparatus known as the preachment.

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Rope \Rope\, v. t.
     1. To bind, fasten, or tie with a rope or cord; as, to rope a
        bale of goods. Hence: 
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     2. To connect or fasten together, as a party of mountain
        climbers, with a rope.
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     3. To partition, separate, or divide off, by means of a rope,
        so as to include or exclude something; as, to rope in, or
        rope off, a plot of ground; to rope out a crowd.
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     4. To lasso (a steer, horse). [Colloq. U.S.]
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     5. To draw, as with a rope; to entice; to inveigle; to decoy;
        as, to rope in customers or voters. [Slang, U.S.]
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     6. To prevent from winning (as a horse), by pulling or
        curbing. [Racing Slang, Eng.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Rope \Rope\, n. [AS. r[=a]p; akin to D. reep, G. reif ring hoop,
     Icel. reip rope, Sw. rep, Dan. reb, reeb Goth. skaudaraip
     latchet.]
     1. A large, stout cord, usually one not less than an inch in
        circumference, made of strands twisted or braided
        together. It differs from cord, line, and string, only in
        its size. See Cordage.
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     2. A row or string consisting of a number of things united,
        as by braiding, twining, etc.; as, a rope of onions.
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     3. pl. The small intestines; as, the ropes of birds.
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     Rope ladder, a ladder made of ropes.
  
     Rope mat., a mat made of cordage, or strands of old rope.
        
  
     Rope of sand, something of no cohession or fiber; a feeble
        union or tie; something not to be relied upon.
  
     Rope pump, a pump in which a rapidly running endless rope
        raises water by the momentum communicated to the water by
        its adhesion to the rope.
  
     Rope transmission (Mach.), a method of transmitting power,
        as between distant places, by means of endless ropes
        running over grooved pulleys.
  
     Rope's end, a piece of rope; especially, one used as a lash
        in inflicting punishment.
  
     To give one rope, to give one liberty or license; to let
        one go at will uncheked.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Rope \Rope\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Roped; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Roping.]
     To be formed into rope; to draw out or extend into a filament
     or thread, as by means of any glutinous or adhesive quality.
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           Let us not hang like ropingicicles
           Upon our houses' thatch.                 --Shak.
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