n. - A parcel consisting of two or more skeins of yarn or thread tied together.
n. - A rope or withe for fastening a gate.
n. - Hold; influence.
n. - A ring or eye of rope, wood, or iron, attached to the edge of a sail and running on a stay.
v. t. - To fasten with a rope, as a gate.
v. t. - To form into hanks.
n. - A throw in which a wrestler turns his left side to his opponent, twines his left leg about his opponent's right leg from the inside, and throws him backward.