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Belay

noun
1.
Something to which a mountain climber's rope can be secured.





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"Belay" Quotes from Famous Books



... Belay!" cried Russ Dalwood, who was not at that moment engaged at the crank of some camera. He used the same sea terms the old man himself had uttered, but this salt-water "lingo," or translation of the command to halt, had ...
— The Moving Picture Girls at Sea - or, A Pictured Shipwreck That Became Real • Laura Lee Hope
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... the man. "Belay there, and I'll freshen your memory." He stepped back to the door, opened it, put his arm out into the hall, and brought in a portmanteau, closed the door, and appeared before Randolph again with the ...
— Trent's Trust and Other Stories • Bret Harte
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... Timbertoes. "Belay, my lad, and listen. I'm Jerry Tucker, late Bo'sun in 'is Britannic Majesty's navy,—'Bully-Sawyer,' Seventy-four. D'ye get that? Well, now listen again. According to orders I hove anchor and bore up ...
— The Amateur Gentleman • Jeffery Farnol et al
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Words linked to "Belay" :   rock outcrop, outcropping, fasten, secure, outcrop, fix


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