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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/78/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-windlass.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-windlass.wav.ogg"
},
{
"homophone": "windless"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "windless"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"windlass"
],
"word": "windlass"
}
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