(v): cause to move through
(v): pass through a hole or opening
(v): cause to move through
(v): fasten by passing through a hole or around something
(v): cause to move through
(n): female ruff
(n): common Eurasian sandpiper; the male has an erectile neck ruff in breeding season
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...carrying the line high aloft and then reeving it downwards through a block towards the tub, so as in the act of coiling to free it from all possible wrinkles and twists.
- Melville, Moby-Dick, ch. 60