Roped

Roped
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. [1913 Webster]

Let us not hang like ropingicicles Upon our houses' thatch. --Shak. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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