windlassing
present participle of windlass
Source: Wiktionary
Wind"lass, n.Etym: [Perhaps from wind to turn + lace.]
Definition: A winding and circuitous way; a roundabout course; a shift.
Wind"lass, v. i.
Definition: To take a roundabout course; to work warily or by indirect means. [Obs.] Hammond.
Wind"lass, n. Etym: [OE. windelas, windas, Icel. vindilass, vindas, fr. vinda to wind + ass a pole; cf. Goth. ans a beam. See Wind to turn.]
1. A machine for raising weights, consisting of a horizontal cylinder or roller moving on its axis, and turned by a crank, lever, or similar means, so as to wind up a rope or chain attached to the weight. In vessels the windlass is often used instead of the capstan for raising the anchor. It is usually set upon the forecastle, and is worked by hand or steam.
2. An apparatus resembling a winch or windlass, for bending the bow of an arblast, or crossbow. [Obs.] Shak. Chinese windlass. See Differential windlass, under Differential.
Wind"lass, v. t. & i.
Definition: To raise with, or as with, a windlass; to use a windlass. The Century.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
10 January 2025
(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”
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