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.

noun. Plural form of nettle.

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