Thesaurus: cat's-paw
A light transitory air which ruffles the surface of the water during a calm, or the ripples made by such a puff of air.
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Definitions
- n. A light transitory air which ruffles the surface of the water during a calm, or the ripples made by such a puff of air.
- n. A particular hitch or turn in the bight of a rope, into which a tackle may be hooked.
- n. A dupe; a tool; one who, or that which, is used by another as an instrument to a accomplish his purposes.
- n. a person used by another to gain an end
- n. a hitch in the middle of rope that has two eyes into which tackle can be hooked
- n. a hitch in the middle of rope that has two eyes into which tackle can be hooked