Windlass

Definition

windlass /'wÇndlǝs/ n ဝန္ခ်ီစက္တစ္မ်ဳိး။ ❍ WINCH

Examples

1. ‘And as the windlass slowly turns they talk of other days
2. ’
3. ‘His work was honoured by the award of a number of prizes
4. for calculating the distance travelled by a ship
5. for a study of ship's anchors
6. and for a study of cranes and windlasses.’
7. ‘In season a mishmash of trypots
8. harpoons
9. windlasses and long boats were collected on the beach
10. ready for a shout from a lookout high on Paritutu.’
11. ‘The windlass lies unaffected by more than a century of submersion.’
12. ‘In his work Mi'yar al-'aqul ibn Sina defines simple machines and combinations of them which involve rollers
13. levers
14. windlasses
15. pulleys
16. and many others.’
17. ‘And how many boats have their windlasses
18. cleats and bitts attached firmly enough that they would not tear out?’
19. ‘The front end of the beam was attached by a rope to a windlass.’
20. ‘They had searched for the old mines
21. finding an old broken cradle and a windlass.’
22. ‘It is me who
23. while still being beaten
24. raises the anchor by hand because they have already stolen the control cable that operates the windlass.’
25. ‘The cutter has a pair of windlassing lugs 1 and 3 which include enlarged portions 5 and 7 at their respective extremities.’
26. ‘Let her rest
27. my dear sir
28. at the bottom of her well; there she is
29. and there she will be for ever and ever
30. and depend upon it none of our windlassing will ever bring her up.’
31. ‘In the mean time the carcass is windlassed to a height which brings it clear off the floor and the gammon level with a series of skids
32. a distance apart equal to the length of the gammon; the ends of which groove into smooth slots.’
33. ‘I dropped the sail
34. rowed a line over to the dock
35. and began windlassing my way in.’
36. ‘This process saved the old timers the unproductive work and unnecessary sweat of windlassing all dirt up the shaft to the surface.’
37. ‘Noticing a man windlassing gravel in an apple orchard
38. on inquiry he learned that the man in digging a well had found pay gravel
39. and it had been his custom to drift from the bottom of his shaft
40. raise the pay dirt and wash it with a stream of water that he also used for irrigation on his farm and orchard.’
41. ‘Friday
42. March 17: Father worked in the hole and Mr. Glover windlassed for him.’
43. ‘The old men of the river tell me that he windlassed it
44. hauling from tree to tree
45. all the way over his own crude trail from Baker City
46. now Concrete
47. on the Skagit River to Baker Lake and finally up Swift Creek to the Fourth of July Mines!’
48. ‘I don't remember any problems at idling
49. however
50. last weekend it died on idle when I was windlassing an anchor.’
51. ‘The sediment and heavy substance accumulating in the bottom of the sewers
52. impervious to flushing
53. is removed by process of windlassing at the manholes and transporting to the dumps.’
54. ‘In addition
55. each member of the working party will carry one windlassing stick and the commander and assistant commander a pair of wire-cutters each.’