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n. Plural form of nettle.

n. Small lengths of cord attached to a sail, used to secure the excess fabric after reefing; reef points

noun-plural. The halves of yarns in the unlaid end of a rope twisted for pointing or grafting.

noun-plural. Small lines used to sling hammocks under the deck beams.

noun-plural. Reef points.

"It is my opinion that enabling an email address to be used as a “hint” that resolves to a valid OpenID URL is a necessary step to dislodge one of the main nettles against OpenID."

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