See Also: splice(dictionary)
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splice (iou)



splice verb & noun. E16.
[Prob. from Middle Dutch splissen, whence also Dutch dial., German splissen, spleissen but agreeing in vowel sound with German spleissen.]
A. verb.
verb trans. & intrans. Chiefly Nautical. Join (ropes etc.) by untwisting and interweaving the strands of the ends so as to form one continuous length; form an eye or loop in (a rope) by interweaving the strands of one end into an adjacent part; repair (rigging) in this way. Also foll. by adverb or preposition. E16.
splice the main-brace: see main brace noun1 s.v. MAIN adjective.
T. Heggen He found Dowdy in the boatswain's locker, splicing a section of wire cable.
b. Form (an eye or knot) in a rope by splicing it. L18.
verb trans. Join (timbers) with a scarf joint; join (girders, beams, etc.) by partly overlapping the ends and fastening them together; join (pieces of film, tape, etc.) by sticking together the ends. Also foll. by together. E17.
b. gen. Unite, join. Also spec. (Biology), join or insert (a gene or gene fragment). E19.
R. Frame She suppliedspliced into the narrativesome..thoughts on character. A. Moorehead Howitt shot..wild pigeons and..spliced their tail feathers on to his own birds.
slang.
a. verb trans. Join in marriage. Usu. in pass. M18.
C. Brooke-Rose I worked in an office before I got spliced.
b. verb intrans. Get married. (Foll. by with.) L19.
b. noun.
An act of splicing; a strong joint made by splicing. E17.
K. Vonnegut The clumsy splice in the broken shoelaces.
b. spec. Cricket. The wedge-shaped tang of a bat-handle, forming a joint with the blade; this joint. E20.
sit on the splice slang play a cautious defensive game.
Daily Telegraph Pringle and Burns were dismissed..giving catches off the splice.
Union by marriage; a wedding. slang. M19.
Comb.: splice-bar: for joining the ends of rails on a railway; splice-grafting: in which the scion and stock are cut obliquely and bound firmly together; splice-piece = splice-bar above.
splicer noun a person who or thing which splices; spec. a mechanical device used to splice film or tape: M19.
splicing noun (a) the action of the verb; (b) the spliced part of a rope etc.; a splice: E16.