splice
- Noun. (nautical) A junction or joining of ropes made by splicing them together.
- Noun. (context, electrical) The electrical and mechanical connection between two pieces of wire or cable.
- Noun. (cricket) That part of a bat where the handle joins the blade.
- Noun. Bonding or joining of overlapping materials.
- Verb. To unite, as two ropes, or parts of a rope, by a particular manner of interweaving the strands, -- the union being between two ends, or between an end and the body of a rope.
- Verb. To unite, as spars, timbers, rails, etc., by lapping the two ends together, or by applying a piece which laps upon the two ends, and then binding, or in any way making fast.
- Verb. To unite in marriage.
- Verb. (figuratively) To unite as if splicing.
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