salt eel

salt eel
noun
1. obsolete : the end of a rope used as a whip
2. obsolete : a flogging with a rope's end

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salt eel (obsolete)
A rope's end
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Main Entry:eel
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salt eel see under ↑eel
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Main Entry:salt

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