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wind·lass    Audio Help   [wind-luhs] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.a device for raising or hauling objects, usually consisting of a horizontal cylinder or barrel turned by a crank, lever, motor, or the like, upon which a cable, rope, or chain winds, the outer end of the cable being attached directly or indirectly to the weight to be raised or the thing to be hauled or pulled; winch.
–verb (used with object)
2.to raise, haul, or move (a load) by means of a windlass.
[Origin: 1350–1400; ME wind(e)las < ON vindāss, equiv. to vinda to wind2 + āss beam]
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windlass: see winch. 
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