windlass

windlass englannista suomeksi

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windlass englanniksi

1. Any of various forms of winch, in which a rope or cable is wound around a cylinder, used for lifting heavy weights

2. A winding and circuitous way; a roundabout course.

3. (RQ:Shakespeare Hamlet)

4. An apparatus resembling a winch or windlass, for bending the bow of an arblast, or crossbow.

5. To raise with, or as if with, a windlass; to use a windlass.

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7. To take a roundabout course; to work warily or by indirect means.

8. (RQ:Hammond Sermon)