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nettle | A nautical term for a small line or cord made of two strands of rope yarn. Also a short fine flax-like, bast fibre from the stalks of the various plants of the nettle family, urtica dioica, urtica urenaandurtica ceƦ (Nepalese allo), by retting or decorticating. See allo and nilghiri nettle. |