SPLICE, SPLISE, verb transitive [G.] To separate the strands of the two ends of a rope, and unite them by a particular manner of interweaving them; or to unite the end of a rope to any part of another by a like interweaving of the strands. There are different modes of splicing, as the short splice long splice eye splice etc.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.