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Becket [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A thing used in ships to confine loose ropes, tackles or spars; as a large hook, a rope, with an eye at one end, or a wooden bracket.

Becket [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A small grommet, or a ring or loop of rope / metal for holding things in position, as spars, ropes, etc.; also a bracket, a pocket, or a handle made of rope.

2. A spade for digging turf.

Becket Encyclopedia Britannica

BECKET, or À Becket, Thomas. See À Becket, vol. i. p. 31.

9th ed. Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 3, p. 479
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