winch
Speech parts
1. winch - Noun
2. winch - Verb
3. Winch - Proper noun
Meaning
To wince; to shrink; to kick with impatience or uneasiness.
A kick, as of a beast, from impatience or uneasiness.
A crank with a handle, for giving motion to a machine, a grindstone, etc.
An instrument with which to turn or strain something forcibly.
An axle or drum turned by a crank with a handle, or by power, for raising weights, as from the hold of a ship, from mines, etc.; a windlass.
A wince.
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The young men strained upon the crank To wring the last reluctant inch. They laughed together, fair and frank, And threw their loins across the winch.
In order to know the true situation of a Planet at any particular time, the small set of balls are to be put each on its respective axis; then the winch to be turned round until each index points to the given time.
winch up the slack line
A centrally mounted self-recovery winch is an option and this is fitted to around 20% of production.
An internal winch is mounted in the forward cabin and can be used to pull external cargo on pallets into the aircraft via the ramp and rollers.
A steam engine off an old locomotive was brought up with much effort over the wagon road and used as a winch driver to help remove loosened rock from the vertical shaft and two working faces.