noun a piece of rope with thimble or block spliced into one or both of the ends.
2. lizard ·noun a piece of timber with a forked end, used in dragging a heavy stone, a log, or the like, from a field.
3. lizard ·noun any one of the numerous species of reptiles belonging to the order lacertilia; sometimes, also applied to reptiles of other orders, as the hatteria.