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ply
one of the strands twisted together to make rope, yarn, etc.
ply [plī]
(materials)
A thin sheet of wood or other material bonded to one or more additional thin sheets, as in plywood.
(textiles)
A strand of yarn made by twisting together two or more strands.
ply
ply
One of a number of thin sheets in a layered construction, as in plywood, laminated panels, roofing felt, etc.
(mathematics, data)ply - 1. Of a node in a tree, the number of branches between that node and the root.

2. Of a tree, the maximum ply of any of its nodes.
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As soon as it was midnight, there came in two little naked dwarfs; and they sat themselves upon the shoemaker's bench, took up all the work that was cut out, and began to ply with their little fingers, stitching and rapping and tapping away at such a rate, that the shoemaker was all wonder, and could not take his eyes off them.
Fairy Tales by Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm View in context
And to ply them with that evil still, to keep up the work of demons, is what brings the others back.
Turn Of The Screw by James, Henry View in context
A blacksmith's forge, which had been set up in the shelter of a grove near the beach, attracted so great a crowd, that it required the utmost efforts of the sentries posted around to keep the inquisitive multitude at a sufficient distance to allow the workmen to ply their vocation.
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