n. [ F. ] (Naut.) A mixture of hair and tar for covering the bottom of a ship. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_; complication, fr. &unr_; to entwine. ] (Rhet.) A figure in which a word is separated or repeated by way of emphasis, so as not only to signify the individual thing denoted by it, but also its peculiar attribute or quality; as, “His wife's a wife indeed.” Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]