(ropemaking) A plug, or conical block of wood, with longitudinalgrooves on its surface, in which the strands of the rope slide in the process of twisting.
(sound) Highest pitch or loudest.
(wool manufacture) A bundle or ball of slivers of combed wool, from which the noils, or dust, have been taken out.
(on top of) Eve; verge; point.
The part of a cut gem between the girdle, or circumference, and the table, or flat upper surface.
(golf) A forward spin given to the ball by hitting it on or near the top.
(in restaurants, preceded by a number) (A table at which there is, or which has enough seats for) a group of a specified number of people eating at a restaurant.