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Meanings of rude windlass in English
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Usage of rude windlass in English
1
By the morning of the second day Gifford had built our rude windlass, and the work of shaft sinking was begun.
2
The mouth of the shaft had been finally uncovered, a space cleared around it, and the frame of a rude windlass erected.
3
To the right, a heap of frozen gravel and a rude windlass denoted where they toiled each day in dismal groping for the pay-streak.