"windas" meaning in Middle English

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  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "examples": [
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          "english": "And cause why, for they can nat the craft.\nNo man there can drive it out of the place\nDespite any contrivance of windlass or pulley;\nAnd the reason why? Because they do not know the craft.",
          "ref": "late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Squire's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 183-185",
          "roman": "For noon engyn of windas or polyve;",
          "text": "Ther may no man out of the place it dryve",
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        "windlass"
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  "word": "windas"
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "english": "And cause why, for they can nat the craft.\nNo man there can drive it out of the place\nDespite any contrivance of windlass or pulley;\nAnd the reason why? Because they do not know the craft.",
          "ref": "late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Squire's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 183-185",
          "roman": "For noon engyn of windas or polyve;",
          "text": "Ther may no man out of the place it dryve",
          "type": "quotation"
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      "glosses": [
        "windlass"
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