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grummet

American  
[gruhm-it] / ˈgrʌm ɪt /

noun

  1. grommet.


grummet British  
/ ˈɡrʌmɪt /

noun

  1. another word for grommet

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Also, a grummet either of rope or iron, fixed to the bottom of a block, for making fast the standing end of the fall.

From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir

There was also one grummet of round-shot at every gun, besides the racks being filled.

From Ned Myers or, a Life Before the Mast by Cooper, James Fenimore

Over the peg, however, is previously placed a loose grummet, to which the bait is fastened, and a false roof placed over all to hide the line. 

From Journal of the Third Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage by Morley, Henry

Over the peg, however, is previously placed a loose grummet, to which the bait is fastened, and a false roof placed over all to hide the line.

From Three Voyages for the Discovery of a Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and Narrative of an Attempt to Reach the North Pole, Volume 2 by Parry, William Edward, Sir

A grummet is a washer made of twisted hemp, cotton, or other material, and coated with red-lead putty, and is placed beneath the heads of bolts, or under washers placed beneath nuts to stop leaks.

From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua