something of no cohession or fiber; a feeble union or tie; something not to be relied upon, a pump in which a rapidly running endless rope raises water by the momentum communicated to the water by its adhesion to the rope, to give one liberty or license; to let one go at will uncheked, transitive verb_ To bind, fasten, or tie with a rope or cord, To connect or fasten together, as a party of mountain climbers, with a rope, To catch with a rope or lasso, intransitive verb_ To be formed into rope; to draw out or extend into a filament or thread, as by means of any glutinous or adhesive quality