Kink - Sharp bend in a wire rope that permanently distorts the wires and strands Lagging - External wood covering on a reel of rope or strand Lang Lay Rope - Wire rope in which the wires in the strands in the rope are laid in the same direction Lay - Manner in which wires are helically laid into strands or strands into rope   Left Lay - (a) Strand - Strand in which the cover wires are laid in a helix having a left-hand pitch -(b) Rope - Rope in which the strands are laid in a helix having a left-hand pitch   Marline Spike - Tapered steel pin used in splicing wire rope Messenger Strand - Galvanized strand or bronze strand used to support telephone and electric cables Mild Plow - See "Grades, Rope" Modulus of Elasticity - Mathematical quantity giving the ratio, within the elastic limit, between a definite range of unit stress on a wire rope, to the corresponding elongation Mooring Lines - Galvanized wire rope, usually 6x12, 6x24 or spring lay construction, for holding ships to dock Non-Rotating Wire Rope - 18x7 wire rope consisting of a 6x7 left lay Lang lay inner rope covered by twelve 7-wire strands right lay regular lay - also 19x7’s.