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Apparatus for moving heavy weights, consisting of a horizontal cylinder (barrel) rotated by the turn of a crank or belt; a winch is affixed to one end, and a cable is wound around the winch, pulling a weight attached to the opposite end.

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Lifting device consisting of a horizontal cylinder turned by a crank on which a cable or rope winds.

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Uso de windlass en inglés
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We all heaved at the windlass; still the obstinate anchor held fast.
Hudson Bay
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I ordered the windlass manned, the sails loosed, and the topsails set.
The Shadow Line: A Confession
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With the aid of a windlass the roll was raised or lowered.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 821, September 26, 1891
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One of the three Apache guards hitched his pony to the windlass.
Bloom of Cactus
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Convinced against his will, Lennon began to wind in on the windlass.
Bloom of Cactus
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His first care was to make the rope fast to the windlass.
True Blue
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It was a basic pulley system with a couple of windlass machines.
Blameless
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The men at the windlass are sinking a shaft, prospecting for drift-deposits.
The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52
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The huge windlass stood ready to raise a masterpiece of Alexandrian art.
Cleopatra — Volume 08
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Jed Tyler thrust a ghastly dewy face out of the windlass room.
The Best Short Stories of 1919, and the Yearbook of the American...
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I must have fallen immediately, and rolled down directly under the windlass.
Dick Cheveley: His Adventures and Misadventures
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Then, quick as thought, I belayed the windlass and lowered a gaff.
Punchinello, Volume 2, No. 35, November 26, 1870
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Above this a stout windlass has been arranged on two forked logs.
Cave Regions of the Ozarks and Black Hills
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The bastard was using the windlass crank to pull the bucket up.
Mister Slaughter
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I went forward, and seating myself on the windlass, burst into tears!
Jack in the Forecastle; or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawse...
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Cardigan inserted a belaying-pin in the windlass, paused and looked at the girl.
The Valley of the Giants
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