WINCH
\wˈɪnt͡ʃ], \wˈɪntʃ], \w_ˈɪ_n_tʃ]\
Definitions of WINCH
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
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To wince; to shrink; to kick with impatience or uneasiness.
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A kick, as of a beast, from impatience or uneasiness.
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A crank with a handle, for giving motion to a machine, a grindstone, etc.
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An instrument with which to turn or strain something forcibly.
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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.
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A wince.
By Oddity Software
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To wince; to shrink; to kick with impatience or uneasiness.
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A kick, as of a beast, from impatience or uneasiness.
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A crank with a handle, for giving motion to a machine, a grindstone, etc.
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An instrument with which to turn or strain something forcibly.
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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.
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A wince.
By Noah Webster.
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A crank with a handle used to start and keep in motion a machine, grindstone, etc.; any of various devices for turning something that requires force, as a kind of windlass.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
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To wince.
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The crank or handle by which the axis of a revolving machine is turned; a windlass; an instrument with which to turn or strain something forcibly; the kick of a beast impatient of its rider or of pain.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
