See capstan on Wiktionary
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"ref": "1851 November 14, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:",
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"text": "We toiled over the capstan, and late in the afternoon slipped out of the harbour.",
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"ref": "2013 July-August, Henry Petroski, “Geothermal Energy”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 4:",
"text": "Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame. With more settled people, animals were harnessed to capstans or caged in treadmills to turn grist into meal.",
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"english": "one of the long bars",
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"word": "and prevent the capstan from turning back"
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"word": "rig the capstan"
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{
"word": "by putting the bars in the sockets"
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"word": "cable wound around it"
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"ref": "1851 November 14, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:",
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"ref": "1951, W. I. B. Crealock, Vagabonding Under Sail, Hastings House (New York), page 211:",
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"ref": "2013 July-August, Henry Petroski, “Geothermal Energy”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 4:",
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jiǎopán",
"sense": "cylindrical machine",
"word": "絞盤 /绞盘"
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"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "cylindrical machine",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "gangspil"
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{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "cylindrical machine",
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"neuter"
],
"word": "spil"
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "cylindrical machine",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kaapstander"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "cylindrical machine",
"word": "vintturi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "cylindrical machine",
"word": "vorokki"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "cylindrical machine",
"word": "käyntikela"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"english": "anchor",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "cylindrical machine",
"word": "ankkuripeli"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "cylindrical machine",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cabestan"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "cylindrical machine",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Spill"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "cylindrical machine",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Gangspill"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"note": "for anchor also",
"sense": "cylindrical machine",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Ankerspill"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "cylindrical machine",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Ankerwinde"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "cylindrical machine",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Winde"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "cylindrical machine",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Rollenantrieb"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "cylindrical machine",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Capstan"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "holkós",
"sense": "cylindrical machine",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ὁλκός"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "anémē",
"sense": "cylindrical machine",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ἀνέμη"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "kanan",
"sense": "cylindrical machine",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "כַּנָּן"
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{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "havīt",
"sense": "cylindrical machine",
"word": "हवीत"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "ḍhol carxī",
"sense": "cylindrical machine",
"word": "ढोल चर्ख़ी"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "kaipsaṭan",
"sense": "cylindrical machine",
"word": "कैप्सटन"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "cylindrical machine",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cabestano"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kyapusutan",
"sense": "cylindrical machine",
"word": "キャプスタン"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "kaepseuteon",
"sense": "cylindrical machine",
"word": "캡스턴"
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{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "cylindrical machine",
"tags": [
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"word": "sucula"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "cylindrical machine",
"word": "huritaura"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "cylindrical machine",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "capeste"
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"code": "nrf",
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"word": "vitheveau"
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"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "cylindrical machine",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "gangspill"
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"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "cylindrical machine",
"tags": [
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"word": "forhalingsvinsj"
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"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
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"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "cylindrical machine",
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"neuter"
],
"word": "gangspel"
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{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "cylindrical machine",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "forhalingsvinsj"
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{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "bocurgat",
"sense": "cylindrical machine",
"word": "بوجرغات"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "çıkrık",
"sense": "cylindrical machine",
"word": "چقرق"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "ırgat",
"sense": "cylindrical machine",
"word": "ارغات"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "cylindrical machine",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kabestan"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "cylindrical machine",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cabrestante"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "cylindrical machine",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "cabestan"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kabestán",
"sense": "cylindrical machine",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "кабеста́н"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vórot",
"sense": "cylindrical machine",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "во́рот"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "špilʹ",
"sense": "cylindrical machine",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nautical шпиль"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "cylindrical machine",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cabrestante"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "cylindrical machine",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "ankarbult"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "cylindrical machine",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ankarspel"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "cylindrical machine",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "vindspel"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "cylindrical machine",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "gångspel"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "kabestán",
"sense": "cylindrical machine",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "кабеста́н"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "part of a tape recorder",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "kapstanaksel"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "part of a tape recorder",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "toonas"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "part of a tape recorder",
"word": "vetoakseli"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "part of a tape recorder",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cabestan"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "part of a tape recorder",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Capstan"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "part of a tape recorder",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Bandantriebsrolle"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "part of a tape recorder",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Tonwelle"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "part of a tape recorder",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "Antriebsrolle"
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"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "kaipsaṭan",
"sense": "part of a tape recorder",
"word": "कैप्सटन"
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{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "kaepseuteon",
"sense": "part of a tape recorder",
"word": "캡스턴"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "part of a tape recorder",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
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"word": "kapstan"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "part of a tape recorder",
"tags": [
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