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Webster 1913 Edition


Splice

Splice

(splīs)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Spliced
(splīst)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Splicing
.]
[D.
splitsen
,
splitten
; akin to G.
splissen
, Sw.
splissa
, Dan.
splisse
, and E.
split
; – from the dividing or splitting the ends into separate strands. See
Split
,
Verb.
T.
]
1.
To unite, as two ropes, or parts of a rope, by a particular manner of interweaving the strands, – the union being between two ends, or between an end and the body of a rope.
2.
To unite, as spars, timbers, rails, etc., by lapping the two ends together, or by applying a piece which laps upon the two ends, and then binding, or in any way making fast.
3.
To unite in marriage.
[Slang]
Splice grafting
.
ee under
Grafting
.
To splice the main brace
(Naut.)
,
to give out, or drink, an extra allowance of spirits on occasion of special exposure to wet or cold, or to severe fatigue; hence, to take a dram.

Splice

,
Noun.
A junction or joining made by splicing.

Webster 1828 Edition


Splice

SPLICE

, SPLISE,
Verb.
T.
[G.] To separate the strands of the two ends of a rope, and unite them by a particular manner of interweaving them; or to unite the end of a rope to any part of another by a like interweaving of the strands. There are different modes of splicing, as the short splice, long splice, eye splice, &c.

Definition 2024


splice

splice

English

A splice in rope or cable

Noun

splice (plural splices)

  1. (nautical) A junction or joining of ropes made by splicing them together.
  2. (electrical) The electrical and mechanical connection between two pieces of wire or cable.
  3. (cricket) That part of a bat where the handle joins the blade.
  4. Bonding or joining of overlapping materials.
  5. (genetics) The process of removing from the pre-messenger RNA intron sequences, and then joining together exons.

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Verb

splice (third-person singular simple present splices, present participle splicing, simple past and past participle spliced)

  1. To unite, as two ropes, or parts of a rope, by a particular manner of interweaving the strands, -- the union being between two ends, or between an end and the body of a rope.
  2. To unite, as spars, timbers, rails, etc., by lapping the two ends together, or by applying a piece which laps upon the two ends, and then binding, or in any way making fast.
  3. (slang) To unite in marriage.
    • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 3
      But come, it's getting dreadful late, you had better be turning flukes--it's a nice bed; Sal and me slept in that ere bed the night we were spliced.
  4. (figuratively) To unite as if splicing.
    He argues against attempts to splice different genres or species of literature into a single composition.
  5. (genetics) To remove intron sequences from the pre-messenger RNA, and then join together exons.

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