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WINCH
WINCH, a cylindrical piece of timber, furnished with an axis, whose extremities rest in two channels placed horizontally or perpendicularly. It is turned about by means of an handle resembling that of a draw-well, grind-stone, &c. and is generally employed as a purchase, by which a rope may be more conveniently or more powerfully applied to any object, than when used singly, or without the assistance of mechanical powers.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 319, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/1503.html