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Roper's Knot Pages - The Noose (626 words) |
 | The second way to make a noose is to tie a running knot (a simple knot or hitch) round the standing part of the rope in a way that pulling on the knot-side closes the loop. |
| This noose is used as a poor snare for catching small birds. |
| The third noose is based on the the Multifold-Overhand-knot. |
| Brendan Nyhan: George Allen and the noose (1024 words) |
| Dangling from a ficus tree in the corner was a noose, a reminder that the Republican politician saw some justification in frontier justice. |
| The noose on a tree outside his law office, he has said, symbolized his belief in strong punishment for violent criminals and was not meant to have racial overtones. |
| On the other hand, a tree is where one would expect to find a noose, especially prior to use (the occupant and noose were invariably cut down afterward.) To see a picture of a hangman's noose, look up The Ox Bow Incident on Amazon or elsewhere. |
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