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becket | [in seafaring] a short line with an eye at one end and a knot at the other; used to secure loose items on a ship | |
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Becket, Thomas a Becket, Saint Thomas a Becket, St. Thomas a Becket | [in roman_catholic] archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 to 1170; murdered following his opposition to Henry II's attempts to control the clergy (1118-1170) |