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pawl
(encz) | pawl,západka n: Zdeněk Brož |
pawl
(encz) | pawl,zarážka n: Zdeněk Brož |
Pawl
(gcide) | Pawl \Pawl\, v. t.
To stop with a pawl; to drop the pawls off.
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To pawl the capstan. See under Capstan.
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Pawl
(gcide) | Pawl \Pawl\, n. [W. pawl a pole, a stake. Cf. Pole a stake.]
(Mach.)
A pivoted tongue, or sliding bolt, on one part of a machine,
adapted to fall into notches, or interdental spaces, on
another part, as a ratchet wheel, in such a manner as to
permit motion in one direction and prevent it in the reverse,
as in a windlass; a catch, click, or detent. See Illust. of
Ratchet Wheel. [Written also paul, or pall.]
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Pawl bitt (Naut.), a heavy timber, set abaft the windlass,
to receive the strain of the pawls.
Pawl rim or Pawl ring (Naut.), a stationary metallic ring
surrounding the base of a capstan, having notches for the
pawls to catch in.
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pawl
(wn) | pawl
n 1: a hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move
a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward [syn:
pawl, detent, click, dog] |
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pawl
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spawl
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Bespawl
(gcide) | Bespawl \Be*spawl"\, v. t.
To daub, soil, or make foul with spawl or spittle. [Obs.]
--Milton.
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Cross-pawl
(gcide) | Cross-pawl \Cross"-pawl`\ (-p?l`), n. (Shipbuilding)
Same as Cross-spale.
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Pawl bitt
(gcide) | Pawl \Pawl\, n. [W. pawl a pole, a stake. Cf. Pole a stake.]
(Mach.)
A pivoted tongue, or sliding bolt, on one part of a machine,
adapted to fall into notches, or interdental spaces, on
another part, as a ratchet wheel, in such a manner as to
permit motion in one direction and prevent it in the reverse,
as in a windlass; a catch, click, or detent. See Illust. of
Ratchet Wheel. [Written also paul, or pall.]
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Pawl bitt (Naut.), a heavy timber, set abaft the windlass,
to receive the strain of the pawls.
Pawl rim or Pawl ring (Naut.), a stationary metallic ring
surrounding the base of a capstan, having notches for the
pawls to catch in.
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Pawl rim
(gcide) | Pawl \Pawl\, n. [W. pawl a pole, a stake. Cf. Pole a stake.]
(Mach.)
A pivoted tongue, or sliding bolt, on one part of a machine,
adapted to fall into notches, or interdental spaces, on
another part, as a ratchet wheel, in such a manner as to
permit motion in one direction and prevent it in the reverse,
as in a windlass; a catch, click, or detent. See Illust. of
Ratchet Wheel. [Written also paul, or pall.]
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Pawl bitt (Naut.), a heavy timber, set abaft the windlass,
to receive the strain of the pawls.
Pawl rim or Pawl ring (Naut.), a stationary metallic ring
surrounding the base of a capstan, having notches for the
pawls to catch in.
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Pawl ring
(gcide) | Pawl \Pawl\, n. [W. pawl a pole, a stake. Cf. Pole a stake.]
(Mach.)
A pivoted tongue, or sliding bolt, on one part of a machine,
adapted to fall into notches, or interdental spaces, on
another part, as a ratchet wheel, in such a manner as to
permit motion in one direction and prevent it in the reverse,
as in a windlass; a catch, click, or detent. See Illust. of
Ratchet Wheel. [Written also paul, or pall.]
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Pawl bitt (Naut.), a heavy timber, set abaft the windlass,
to receive the strain of the pawls.
Pawl rim or Pawl ring (Naut.), a stationary metallic ring
surrounding the base of a capstan, having notches for the
pawls to catch in.
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Spawl
(gcide) | Spawl \Spawl\, n.
A splinter or fragment, as of wood or stone. See Spall.
[1913 Webster]Spawl \Spawl\, n. [Cf. AS. sp[=a]tl, fr. sp[=ae]tan to spit;
probably akin to sp[imac]wan, E. spew. Cf. Spew.]
Scattered or ejected spittle.
[1913 Webster]Spawl \Spawl\, v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p. Spawled; p. pr. & vb.
n. Spawling.] [Cf. AS. sp[=a]tlian.]
To scatter spittle from the mouth; to spit, as saliva.
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Why must he sputter, spawl, and slaver it
In vain, against the people's favorite. --Swift.
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Spawled
(gcide) | Spawl \Spawl\, v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p. Spawled; p. pr. & vb.
n. Spawling.] [Cf. AS. sp[=a]tlian.]
To scatter spittle from the mouth; to spit, as saliva.
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Why must he sputter, spawl, and slaver it
In vain, against the people's favorite. --Swift.
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Spawling
(gcide) | Spawl \Spawl\, v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p. Spawled; p. pr. & vb.
n. Spawling.] [Cf. AS. sp[=a]tlian.]
To scatter spittle from the mouth; to spit, as saliva.
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Why must he sputter, spawl, and slaver it
In vain, against the people's favorite. --Swift.
[1913 Webster]Spawling \Spawl"ing\, n.
That which is spawled, or spit out.
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To pawl the capstan
(gcide) | Pawl \Pawl\, v. t.
To stop with a pawl; to drop the pawls off.
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To pawl the capstan. See under Capstan.
[1913 Webster]Capstan \Cap"stan\, n. [F. cabestan, fr. Sp. cabestrante,
cabrestante, fr. cabestrar to bind with a halter, fr.
cabestrohalter, fr. L. capistrum halter, fr. capere to hold
(see Capacious); or perh. the Spanish is fr. L. caper goat
+ stans, p. pr. of stare to stand; cf. F. ch[`e]vre she-goat,
also a machine for raising heavy weights.]
A vertical cleated drum or cylinder, revolving on an upright
spindle, and surmounted by a drumhead with sockets for bars
or levers. It is much used, especially on shipboard, for
moving or raising heavy weights or exerting great power by
traction upon a rope or cable, passing around the drum. It is
operated either by steam power or by a number of men walking
around the capstan, each pushing on the end of a lever fixed
in its socket. [Sometimes spelt Capstern, but improperly.]
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Capstan bar, one of the long bars or levers by which the
capstan is worked; a handspike..
To pawl the capstan, to drop the pawls so that they will
catch in the notches of the pawl ring, and prevent the
capstan from turning back.
To rig the capstan, to prepare the for use, by putting the
bars in the sockets.
To surge the capstan, to slack the tension of the rope or
cable wound around it.
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pawl
(wn) | pawl
n 1: a hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move
a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward [syn:
pawl, detent, click, dog] |
spawl
(wn) | spawl
n 1: a fragment broken off from the edge or face of stone or ore
and having at least one thin edge; "a truck bearing a mound
of blue spalls" [syn: spall, spawl] |
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