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A '''lizard''' is a "small piece of Rope with a Thimble, sliced into a larger one."<ref>Lever, Darcy. ''The Young Sea Officer's Sheet Anchor: or,  A Key to the Leading of Rigging and to Practical Seamanship.'' (c)1998 by Dover Publications, Inc.: p.122</ref> A hook or line might be affixed to the lizard and hauled using the Rope.
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