WINCH
\wˈɪnt͡ʃ], \wˈɪntʃ], \w_ˈɪ_n_tʃ]\
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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
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman