| 单词 | windlass |
| 例句 | The first was the windlass and the second was the great wheel. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction 1973-09-19T00:00:00Z Robin could see the iron wheel under the window which turned like a windlass to let out the rope. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z Once the beams were in place a windlass was set on top of them to hoist the rest of the timber and help in setting up the trusses. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction 1973-09-19T00:00:00Z Up ahead, in a clear area near the summit of the hill, she saw the source of the thin smoke—a waist-high cylinder of stone with a wooden windlass and a dangling bucket. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Americans drove the trucks and used a windlass and a kind of davit to pull the filled barrels aboard. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z He began turning the windlass, spooling the bucket down into the darkness. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z He wound the rope until it was tight around the windlass, seized the bucket, and started down the hill, spilling soup as he went. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z According to the museum, a large wooden windlass - a type of winch - that staff from Ludington State Park found a few years ago may also be from the same wreck. Shipwreck fragment emerges along Lake Michigan beach 2020-05-03T04:00:00Z Our seminar was making a windlass, a kind of winch used to raise an anchor. Op-Ed: Dispatches from the pandemic: Love on hold, fragile parents and reluctant heroism 2020-03-22T04:00:00Z Early versions consisted of a strip of cloth and a stick, which was used as a windlass. Turning Bystanders Into First Responders 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z Image: Paul G. Allen An image shot from a remotely operated vehicle shows wreckage which appears to be one of the two anchor windlass mechanisms from the forecastle of the ship. Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen discovered a long-lost World War II warship 2017-08-20T04:00:00Z The Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum exhibits artifacts including the ship’s bell, a flask and a steam-powered windlass, or winch. Ghost ship found off Hatteras still a mystery 2017-02-05T05:00:00Z The Thursday departure was delayed by a mechanical issue with its anchor windlass. Following delays, final deployment of Navy frigate underway 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z In one case, a broken gear on its anchor windlass was so old that a new part had to be custom built, causing a six-week delay. Coast Guard missions in doubt as aging ships wear out 2012-10-08T17:30:45Z Modern tourniquets work much the same way: you snugly encircle a bleeding limb with a band of cloth, then turn the windlass, tightening the band until it stops the flow of blood. Turning Bystanders Into First Responders 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z We manned a windlass, and with a dismal creaking, that alarmed us mightily, the mast slowly rose to an upright position. A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times 2012-04-21T02:00:23.363Z It required four days for men to move it, by windlass and rollers, to a site alongside the Town Hall: how carefully we worked, the statue suspended in a sling. Voices from the Past 2012-04-19T02:00:30.787Z With a quick movement he managed to free himself, escaping to the windlass, which is in the very peak of the ship. Submarine U93 2012-04-07T02:00:34.693Z He went forward to call the crew and the clank of the windlass and rattle of chain were soothing, since they indicated that Columbine was ready for sea. Wyndham's Pal 2012-04-04T02:00:54.360Z As he cranked the windlass, Neal asked, “How do we know when to stop?” Turning Bystanders Into First Responders 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z A panic seemed to spread as this disastrous accident took place, and the men stationed at the tackle and fall of the lever next the windlass rushed away. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 2012-04-03T02:00:36.237Z Before; in front of; farther forward than; as, afore the windlass. ÷ the mast, among the common sailors; Ð a phrase used to distinguish the ship's crew from the officers. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z Then man the windlass, and let her go. Submarine U93 2012-04-07T02:00:34.693Z She rode to the flood stream, ready for sea, and the clank of her windlass rolled across the swamps. Wyndham's Pal 2012-04-04T02:00:54.360Z A solid drum, or a hollow cylinder or case; as, the barrel of a windlass; the barrel of a watch, within which the spring is coiled. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z One day, as he was returning home with the handkerchief full of specimens, he saw a navvy seated at the top of a well swearing vigorously because he could not make the windlass work. Ever Heard This? Over Three Hundred Good Stories 2012-03-21T02:00:33.730Z Presently the windlass creaked and shrilled, and the blobby links, much in need of tar paint, red as fish gills, clattered down into the bow. The Million Dollar Mystery Novelized from the Scenario of F. Lonergan 2012-03-15T02:00:21.153Z So going forward the mate saw that an anchor was got over the bows and that a sufficient length of cable was ranged in front of the windlass. A Desperate Voyage 2012-03-11T03:00:11.030Z The windlass rattled furiously for another minute or two, and then with a quickening throb of engines the Palestrina swept out into the night. Long Odds 2012-03-02T03:00:08.670Z The windlasses groaned and twisted, and then, of a sudden, one broke from its fastenings and hit the side of the ship, letting the steel cable slip down into the water. First at the North Pole Two Boys in the Arctic Circle 2012-02-27T03:00:16.033Z After we anchored, the wind increased to a gale, in which the ship pitched so violently as to injure our windlass. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z The windlass, he discovered, was uninjured, and though it was very stiff, he could still manage to turn it. With Drake on the Spanish Main 2012-02-20T03:00:17.357Z Winch and windlass groaned and rattled, the wire-rope screamed, and the clanking cable tightened suddenly. Thrice Armed 2012-02-03T03:00:24.970Z For parchment the 'linings' are tied in a frame by strings fastened round grooved pegs, on the same principle as a Spanish windlass.... Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely 2012-02-03T03:00:22.657Z The cable ends on the ice pack side were fastened down by crowbars set in deep holes, and the other ends were hauled as near taut as possible by means of temporary windlasses. First at the North Pole Two Boys in the Arctic Circle 2012-02-27T03:00:16.033Z I heard the song of the seamen at the windlass, coming across the water with an airy faintness, and then I set my face to the hillside. Lawrence Clavering 2012-02-01T03:00:11.667Z Then with a long pole Dennis cautiously punted the raft out beyond the gully, paying out as he went a stout cable, connecting the anchor with the windlass. With Drake on the Spanish Main 2012-02-20T03:00:17.357Z The thud of the propeller slackened, and there was a silence that was almost oppressive when winch and windlass stopped. Thrice Armed 2012-02-03T03:00:24.970Z Pawl, pawl, n. a short bar lying against a toothed wheel to prevent a windlass, &c., from running back: a catch or click.—v.t. to stop by means of a pawl. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) 2012-01-30T03:00:13.887Z Again the chain rattled on the windlass; she broke out her foresail and her jib; I saw the water sparkle under her foot and stream out a creaming pennant in her wake. Miranda of the Balcony A Story 2012-01-28T03:00:24.760Z Roger Bacon even suggested the possibility of airships, described how one might be made, the wings of which would be worked by a windlass, and thought that he could make it. The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries 2012-01-28T03:00:21.937Z Only on the one occasion, when he mounted the windlass, did he remain on deck when the tide was at flood; there he seemed to regard himself as out of reach of the waves. With Drake on the Spanish Main 2012-02-20T03:00:17.357Z Some of them stood by clanking windlass and banging winch, while the rest swabbed the creaking wire with grease and rubbed engine tallow on guide and block where it would ease the strain. Thrice Armed 2012-02-03T03:00:24.970Z The windlass was rattling on the forecastle, Wall-eye stood by the winch astern, and the surfboat was sliding towards the mangroves, where a big wire hawser was made fast, in the rain. For Jacinta 2012-01-27T03:00:20.840Z The boatswain, instantly shouting to his companions, bound the captain fast to the windlass. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume III (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:10.207Z He could not leave his comrade there, and he sat down by the windlass with his fingers trembling a little on the pipe he did not light. Delilah of the Snows 2012-01-23T03:00:09.087Z Presently the lowing of cattle, the rattle of a bucket, as it was drawn up by a creaking windlass, told her that the man was tending his cows. The Blue Lights A Detective Story 2012-01-17T03:00:19.713Z Her windlass was also slowly gathering the clanking cable in, until at last it rattled furiously as she leaped astern. Thrice Armed 2012-02-03T03:00:24.970Z Then the winch wheezed and pounded, and there was a groaning forward as the rattle of the windlass joined in. For Jacinta 2012-01-27T03:00:20.840Z Then the boys fastened the windlass by the catch at the side of the cog wheel, put there for the purpose. The White Crystals Being an Account of the Adventures of Two Boys 2012-01-13T03:00:11.507Z Ingleby stopped beside the windlass and rolled the sleeves of his blue shirt to the elbow as he looked into the shadow beneath him. Delilah of the Snows 2012-01-23T03:00:09.087Z At present, then, we could no longer be content with manual power, acting upon windlasses or capstans, for lifting and shifting. Scientific American Supplement, No. 648, June 2, 1888. 2011-12-26T03:00:15.410Z Beyond her there rode a little schooner with reefed mainsail and boom foresail thrashing, while the musical clinketty-clank of her windlass betokened that she was just going to sea. Thrice Armed 2012-02-03T03:00:24.970Z The windlass was groaning horribly when he opened the valve, and the whole ship trembled with the whirring of the screw. For Jacinta 2012-01-27T03:00:20.840Z Neither of the two workmen, one of whom should have been at the windlass, was to be noticed. The White Crystals Being an Account of the Adventures of Two Boys 2012-01-13T03:00:11.507Z There are in some places shallow and narrow pits, where coals may be raised to the surface by a windlass; and there are others where horse-power is employed. Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. 2011-12-24T03:08:00.833Z The country below Tekreet began to have a more civilised look; there were plantations of cucumbers and melons on the banks and roughly constructed windlasses for raising the water in skins into irrigating channels. By Desert Ways to Baghdad 2011-12-18T03:00:22.240Z He stood now as still as a statue, and so remained for fully half-an-hour, until his party had fixed the windlass to the brink of the cliff. The Cruise of the Snowbird A Story of Arctic Adventure 2011-12-13T03:00:23.197Z Simultaneously, the groaning of the windlass changed to a clanking rattle, and no sound had ever seemed half so musical to Austin. For Jacinta 2012-01-27T03:00:20.840Z The two boys worked the windlass, straining in desperation. The White Crystals Being an Account of the Adventures of Two Boys 2012-01-13T03:00:11.507Z But the number of men that can work at a windlass, or the number of horses that can be yoked to a gin, is limited. Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. 2011-12-24T03:08:00.833Z Two cows were toiling peacefully up and down an entrenchment, drawing water in skins over a rough windlass; the skins emptied themselves into a channel, and the water wandered about in vaguely directed irrigation. By Desert Ways to Baghdad 2011-12-18T03:00:22.240Z Then they stop, and the “pawl” holds the windlass fast. The Cruise of the Snowbird A Story of Arctic Adventure 2011-12-13T03:00:23.197Z The windlass clanked its hardest, wire hawsers splashed, and the Cumbria had swung across to the opposite forest when the big anchor rose to her bows. For Jacinta 2012-01-27T03:00:20.840Z There was a perceptible slacking of the rope, and then Roger and Adrian began winding up the windlass again. The White Crystals Being an Account of the Adventures of Two Boys 2012-01-13T03:00:11.507Z Then they turn into the docks, find which is their boat, the steam already up, the windlass at work, the bridge black with emigrants. Autumn Glory The Toilers of the Field 2011-12-11T03:00:11.417Z Then as the swinging vessel drew her cable out they toiled desperately at the windlass to heave up more of it from below. The Boy Ranchers of Puget Sound 2011-11-24T03:00:42.877Z I took my turn at the warm handle-bar of the windlass, and grunted and strove as strenuously as my predecessors. In Mr. Knox's Country 2011-11-21T03:00:16.010Z Changed "shovelers" to "shovellers" on page 100: "miners, shovellers, windlass men." De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z In order to fill the salt pans more readily, he sank a well down to the cave beneath, through which he drew up water by a windlass and buckets. Man and Nature or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action 2011-11-11T03:00:34.027Z Jack stopped just long enough to shake Julian by the hand, then seized the rope and stepped into the bucket, his partner holding the windlass so that he would not descend too rapidly. The Haunted Mine 2011-10-28T02:00:23.833Z The excellence of your structure, then, consists mainly in this—that it is only a scaffold, with derricks, windlasses, and other apparatus and implements, for building something immeasurably more excellent. Old Wine and New Occasional Discourses 2011-10-20T02:00:26.230Z The rhythmic creak of the windlass told that the anchor was coming up. In Mr. Knox's Country 2011-11-21T03:00:16.010Z The ore was hand-sorted underground and carried out by the slaves, and in some cases apparently the windlass was used. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z A strong bulk-head or raft is constructed of the logs, with a capstan or windlass for the purpose of warping the whole forward in a calm, or when the wind is ahead. Forest Life and Forest Trees: comprising winter camp-life among the loggers, and wild-wood adventure. with Descriptions of lumbering operations on the various rivers of Maine and New Brunswick 2011-10-11T02:01:03.847Z He hastily unwound the rope until all the length was out except the extreme end, which was fastened to the windlass by a couple of staples, and swung himself into the mine. The Haunted Mine 2011-10-28T02:00:23.833Z A combination of windlass and pulleys made it possible for a horse to lift a heavy bucket of coal. The Story of Great Inventions 2011-10-05T02:00:16.353Z He looked rather sadly, yet with some quiet amusement, at his rude little home, at the good windlass on its staging stamped against the sky. Denis Dent A Novel 2011-10-04T02:00:16.973Z Then, starting from the other side of the windlass, he proceeded to measure the vein in a similar manner. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z "Ye'll get it," Macallister replied, and vanished below, while Grahame went forward when the windlass began to clank and the cable tightened. The Coast of Adventure 2011-10-03T02:00:25.810Z This time Julian laid out all his strength on the windlass; but the bucket resisted, and he knew that Jack's weight was safely within it. The Haunted Mine 2011-10-28T02:00:23.833Z The strings of twisted gut were drawn back by a windlass, and huge arrows, made of iron and weighing two or three hundred pounds, were fitted to the groove prepared for them. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z Denis took the reins, turned off the road at once, found a ford in the northern bend of the Yarrowee, and drove straight into an outpost of windsails and windlasses hidden away behind the hill. Denis Dent A Novel 2011-10-04T02:00:16.973Z The chief kinds of workmen are miners, shovellers, windlass men, carriers, sorters, washers, and smelters, as to whose duties I will speak in the following books, in their proper place. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z The windlass rattled faster, the chain ran in as the anchor left the ground, and, seeing Miguel ready with the tackle at the cathead, Grahame went aft to the wheel. The Coast of Adventure 2011-10-03T02:00:25.810Z Julian jumped for the windlass and put every atom of his strength into it. The Haunted Mine 2011-10-28T02:00:23.833Z Mrs. Waycroft put her hand on the smooth, wooden windlass and peered down into the well. Ann Boyd 2011-09-29T02:00:14.220Z While he was down, Doherty, waiting at the windlass, received a visit from the friendly neighbour who had kept an eye on their cradle at the creek. Denis Dent A Novel 2011-10-04T02:00:16.973Z The windlass men also place their barrows in it, and the miners store their iron tools and other implements therein. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z Ahead, a low, hazy blur rose out of the sea, and when Grahame spoke to the captain the windlass began to clank and indistinct figures became busy on the forecastle. The Coast of Adventure 2011-10-03T02:00:25.810Z Take hold of the windlass and let me down easy. The Haunted Mine 2011-10-28T02:00:23.833Z She leaned against the windlass and folded her bare arms. Ann Boyd 2011-09-29T02:00:14.220Z It framed once more a vivid panel of parched earth and blinding sky with a windlass and a stack of wash-dirt in the foreground. Denis Dent A Novel 2011-10-04T02:00:16.973Z This windlass, if the load is not being drawn up from a great depth, is turned by one windlass man, the wheel taking the place of the other man. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z Macallister hurried below to raise steam, but it was some time before they got a working pressure, and dusk was falling when the windlass hauled in the rattling cable and Grahame rang the telegraph. The Coast of Adventure 2011-10-03T02:00:25.810Z Last of all, we fastened a handle to the drum in the same way as we had done with the small windlass in the hut. Palm Tree Island 2011-09-21T02:00:31.730Z The boys took a look at the square basket, or car, that was to be attached to the airship, and at the windlass which brought the captive balloon back to earth. The Heroes of the School or, The Darewell Chums Through Thick and Thin 2011-09-03T02:00:19.963Z Laying our strength on more cautiously, the grinding sound was again heard, and we affected a quarter turn of the windlass. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX 2011-08-27T02:00:23.817Z When these bodies are very heavy, then behind this windlass another is erected just like it, that their combined strength may be equal to the load, and that it may be lowered slowly. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z It gripped; to his surprise, a little slack came off, and he nodded to Walthew, who was watching him eagerly from the windlass. The Coast of Adventure 2011-10-03T02:00:25.810Z I ought to say that the windlass in the house was a very simple machine. Palm Tree Island 2011-09-21T02:00:31.730Z The entrails are dragged out of a saint by means of a windlass. Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-08-08T02:00:15.947Z Nor was she unobserved; for Tom Jones, seated upon the windlass, with his hands crossed upon his breast, was silently beholding her. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX 2011-08-27T02:00:23.817Z Their ends have openings, through which pegs, sharpened at the bottom, are driven deeply into the ground so as to hold them immovable, in the same way that the sills of the windlass are fixed. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z The windlass clanked for a few moments, stopped, and clanked again; the Enchantress trembled and crept a foot or two ahead. The Coast of Adventure 2011-10-03T02:00:25.810Z Could we by any means devise a windlass which would give us a sufficient purchase to haul the canoe to the sea? Palm Tree Island 2011-09-21T02:00:31.730Z He could hear the seamen chanting at the windlass, and the shouts of the boatmen threading their skiffs and scows in and out among the crowded shipping. In the Days of the Guild 2011-08-03T02:00:12.687Z Henty observed upon his descent to the gate of the tower six strong posts, four being placed to make a parallelogram with cross pieces at the top, to one of which was attached a windlass. George Alfred Henty The Story of an Active Life 2011-07-31T02:00:08.463Z In the editions of Group I. the woodcut on the title page represents a miner hewing ore in a vein and two others working a windlass. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z An hour later the screw shook the vessel, while the windlass strained at the cable. The Coast of Adventure 2011-10-03T02:00:25.810Z The men welcomed the hard work after their long idleness; they toiled at the windlass and the gangway with the heartiest will. The Sea Bride 2011-07-30T02:00:14.537Z There was not a sign of stables anywhere, for there was no way of getting horses in except by lowering them over the walls by a windlass. King Matthias and the Beggar Boy 2011-07-24T02:00:11.047Z Thomas Chatterton came up panting as he spoke, the warning of the last bell broke through the rattle of the windlass, and Maxwell bent bareheaded over Lilian's hand. The League of the Leopard 2011-07-23T02:00:12.490Z The employment of the rope, pulley and windlass to raise water was known to Hero and his countrymen as well as by the Chinese before them. Inventions in the Century 2011-07-20T02:00:14.643Z Then the boat came back and the windlass rattled while the propeller floundered slowly round. The Coast of Adventure 2011-10-03T02:00:25.810Z No word of Faith in this; he thrashed Slatter for idling at the windlass when a blanket strip was being hoisted, and for impudence.... The Sea Bride 2011-07-30T02:00:14.537Z “My soul went down with these moorings whence no windlass may extract nor any diver fish it up.” Stevenson's Shrine The Record of a Pilgrimage 2011-07-18T02:00:23.520Z Watty was winding dirt, standing by the windlass on the top of the dump over his and his mates' mine, when he saw Paul coming along the track from the New Town. The Black Opal 2011-07-13T02:00:16.323Z Cranes for raising weights, the wheels and pinions of clocks and watches, windlasses, &c. are all applications of this power. Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained 2011-07-12T02:00:28.027Z Then she stuck while the cable rose from the water, rigid as a bar, and the messenger-chain that drove the windlass creaked and strained at breaking tension. The Coast of Adventure 2011-10-03T02:00:25.810Z This was accomplished by machinery beneath the stage, a sort of windlass affair worked by a stage assistant. Magic In which are given clear and concise explanations of all the well-known illusions as well as many new ones. 2011-07-10T02:00:22.253Z A windlass and bucket are then placed over the pit, and the excavation thus continued. Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas 2011-07-10T02:00:18.883Z The creak of the windlass, and the fall of the stone and earth as he threw them over the dump, drowned the sound of Rouminof's voice. The Black Opal 2011-07-13T02:00:16.323Z The things were just hoisted on board, the boat left, and, when the order was given to man the windlass, there was not a dissentient murmur. The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life 2011-07-09T02:00:13.057Z The ropes were still upon the windlasses, the raw-hide buckets on the braces. Nevermore 2011-07-08T02:00:23.973Z Then the peaceful stillness of his shores would be broken by the clack, clack of his many windlasses, and the "yo heave-ho" of his merry men. The Life of a Celebrated Buccaneer A Page of Past History for the Use of the Children of To-day 2011-07-06T02:00:45.180Z The windlass and the rope had vanished utterly. The Dispatch-Riders The Adventures of Two British Motor-cyclists in the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:22.377Z Watty watched Michael as he bent over the windlass, his lean, slight figure cut against the clear azure of the morning sky. The Black Opal 2011-07-13T02:00:16.323Z For hours we watched that tortured windlass, and listened to the horrible grind of the massive links around the iron-shod barrel thereof, wondering each moment whether the next would be the last or not. The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life 2011-07-09T02:00:13.057Z Mrs. Polwarth and Tottie had arrived, the tent was pitched, a fireplace made, the windlass fitted with a new rope, and Lance and Jack working away as if they had been mining all their lives. Nevermore 2011-07-08T02:00:23.973Z The clack, clack of a windlass was heard one fine morning sounding over the waters of the river that hurried by the Buccaneer's chief city. The Life of a Celebrated Buccaneer A Page of Past History for the Use of the Children of To-day 2011-07-06T02:00:45.180Z They carried up the bricks and mortar for the men and worked the windlasses by which heavy materials were carried to the different stories, and they mixed the mortar and prepared the building materials generally. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z Pony-Fence and Bully were going off to their own claim when Potch came up on the rope and stood by the windlass while Michael went down into the mine. The Black Opal 2011-07-13T02:00:16.323Z After they had eaten a good meal, they were set to keep anchor-watch turn about, until at midnight all hands were called to man the windlass. The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life 2011-07-09T02:00:13.057Z The reefs were each surmounted by an ordinary windlass, where a man would stand hauling up the quartz all day long. Missing Friends Being the Adventures of a Danish Emigrant in Queensland (1871-1880) 2011-06-15T02:00:22.810Z Thou seest two balls of spun-yarn on this windlass; well, it is wanted to be known which of them remains there, and which is taken away. Mercedes of Castile The Voyage to Cathay 2011-06-14T02:00:24.670Z By the flare of the lantern I could see a broad raft, rigged with a windlass, slowly moving towards us over the darkening waters. A Cry in the Wilderness 2011-06-01T02:00:28.933Z The creak of the windlass made a small, busy noise in the air. The Black Opal 2011-07-13T02:00:16.323Z Upon arrival at Gravesend we anchored; the tremendous racket made by the cable rushing over the windlass giving me a great fright. The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life 2011-07-09T02:00:13.057Z Forward lay the windlass and its tackle, with the chain and hemp cables, all very unpleasant to trip over; the fo'c'sle stovepipe, and the gurry-butts by the fo'c'sle-hatch to hold the fish-livers. Captains Courageous 2011-04-22T02:00:10.677Z Nowadays, however, the truck itself has chains attached to it, by which it is drawn up, with the aid of a windlass, to the surface. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z Forward, a cluster of men were sitting about the windlass and leaning on the rail. The Dust of Conflict 2011-04-14T02:01:04.343Z An enterprising man named Burns has rigged a windlass and cable there, and with this he hoists up some freight at a cent a pound. All about the Klondyke gold mines 2011-04-13T02:00:12.887Z Then a couple of men descended from Mount Misery and hooked a mighty iron claw, which was secured by a stout chain to the bitt, on to the cable before the windlass. The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life 2011-07-09T02:00:13.057Z Oh, that," said Penn, proudly, "is a Spanish windlass. Captains Courageous 2011-04-22T02:00:10.677Z While the Cetacea drifted slowly with the stream the yacht’s windlass began to clank, and a few minutes later she steamed toward the smaller craft. The Secret of the Reef 2011-04-12T02:00:26.980Z Mounted upon a magnificent horse—black as a coal fresh hoisted upon the windlass—rode by his side a cavalier of more youthful, but equally noble, aspect. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z The creaking of a windlass; with a rattling of chains, and it was down in its place. No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z Next day we weighed anchor and sailed for London, the windlass revolving to the time-honoured tune of "Good-bye, fare-you-well; hurrah, my boys, we're homeward bound." The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life 2011-07-09T02:00:13.057Z Long Jack and Uncle Salters slipped the windlass-brakes into their sockets, and began to heave up the anchor, the windlass jarring as the wet hempen cable strained on the barrel. Captains Courageous 2011-04-22T02:00:10.677Z While they waited and the tide carried them along, the rattle of the windlass grew louder; and when it stopped, a dim, white shape crept out of the fog. The Secret of the Reef 2011-04-12T02:00:26.980Z But a car was run upon it to transport goods up and down the mountain The motion of the car was regulated by a windlass, and it was supported on runners instead of wheels. The Falls of Niagara and Other Famous Cataracts 2011-03-26T02:00:15.717Z I did not question him, and we ran round together to fling down the bridge, the windlass running out with the sound of a great ship's cable. The Great White Army 2011-03-12T03:00:25.450Z Uproariously they departed their several ways as we toiled at the windlass, while boats from all the other vessels in port came and fastened on to us to assist us out from between the reefs. The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life 2011-07-09T02:00:13.057Z Followed the woolly sound of the cable in the hawse-hole; a grunt and squeal of the windlass; a yaw, a punt, and a kick, and the "We're Here" gathered herself together to repeat the motions. Captains Courageous 2011-04-22T02:00:10.677Z While they ate it, they heard the rattle of a windlass; and, looking out through the scuttle, they saw the yacht steam away to sea. The Secret of the Reef 2011-04-12T02:00:26.980Z The basket was attached to an endless rope, worked by a windlass on each bank. The Falls of Niagara and Other Famous Cataracts 2011-03-26T02:00:15.717Z Then followed a creaking sound, as of the winding of a windlass, or the turning of the screw of a press. The Haunted Room A Tale 2011-03-10T03:00:46.157Z The stowing completed, the hatch was securely battened down for sea, the lighter left, and the order was given to man the windlass. The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life 2011-07-09T02:00:13.057Z He then walked down to the adjacent claim being worked on Dominion Creek, and began asking questions of the man at the windlass. The Great Gold Rush A Tale of the Klondike 2011-03-06T03:00:22.017Z They broke a messenger chain that drove the rickety windlass in getting the stream anchor up, and the miners had to help with tackles before they could bring the kedge to the bows. The Secret of the Reef 2011-04-12T02:00:26.980Z Soon after, I heard his voice from below calling to the convict—who had placed himself by the windlass, after his arrival. Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone 2011-03-03T03:00:50.847Z About four o'clock next morning we began to heave at the windlass, and got under weigh at eight. A Modern Buccaneer 2011-03-02T03:00:23.990Z Presently the mate came towards where I sat, shivering and solitary, on the windlass end, and made me understand that I was to come ashore with him. The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life 2011-07-09T02:00:13.057Z Pretty soon no more cabin—no windlass—no, no bucket, only water! The Great Gold Rush A Tale of the Klondike 2011-03-06T03:00:22.017Z The movable span is of the single leaf bascule type operated by a windlass. Third Biennial Report of the Oregon State Highway Commission Covering the Period December 1st, 1916 to November 30th, 1918 2011-02-23T03:00:35.127Z He then called to the miners at the windlass to “lower away.” Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone 2011-03-03T03:00:50.847Z As we reloaded the sound of quick-working anchor windlasses came in over the water and up the hill slope. Roger Davis, Loyalist 2011-02-17T03:00:22.690Z At last the uneasy quiet was broken by the harsh voice of Mr. Messenger, our chief, shouting, "Man the windlass!" The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life 2011-07-09T02:00:13.057Z A single man can sink a hole ten, even twelve, feet: but after that a windlass is necessary to hoist the dirt. The Great Gold Rush A Tale of the Klondike 2011-03-06T03:00:22.017Z A strong wooden windlass is made and fitted with a long lever for one horse. Two Years in Oregon 2011-02-16T03:00:33.293Z Any man, in the least degree affected by drink, is a dangerous associate in the working of a gold mine—especially when entrusted with the charge of the windlass. Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone 2011-03-03T03:00:50.847Z Eleven men had invested heavily in powder, fuse, drills, and windlasses for the purpose of fulfilling their contract with Knapp; and they, and twenty-two others, had put in their time for a number of months. The Westerners 2011-02-14T03:00:39.347Z The entire plant was thus lifted up, and drawn by a windlass into the scow. Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z A large windlass at either end of the rope served to make it taut, while it was supported by two high poles. The Niagara River 2011-02-08T03:00:09.703Z A strong iron chain is caught round the bush and attached to the windlass. Two Years in Oregon 2011-02-16T03:00:33.293Z One of my mates—as the readiest place to get clear of it—had thrown his oil-cloth coat over the windlass. Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone 2011-03-03T03:00:50.847Z He heard the creaking of a windlass and knew that he was rising. Frank Merriwell's Return to Yale 2011-02-03T03:00:10.883Z He was like Samson shackled to the windlass which he pushed round and round with gradually diminishing strength. The Rustle of Silk 2011-01-27T03:00:44.390Z Rain-dappled spaces appeared here and there in that undulating floor of uneasy logs, round which two floating windlasses were slowly worming another boom from shore to shore. Lost Farm Camp 2011-01-23T03:00:16.437Z But the south wind was howling against him, and no human muscle could turn the windlass, even when the oaths of the Honorable Pulaski D. Britt dinned in the ears of his toilers. King Spruce, A Novel 2011-01-15T03:00:34.400Z On the clothes-line the hoppers were seated two and three deep; and upon the windlass rope which drew the bucket from the well they clung and entwined their bodies. Collection of Nebraska Pioneer Reminiscences 2011-01-05T03:00:58.503Z There was no noise in connection with it, except the constant creaking of the windlass. Frank Merriwell's Return to Yale 2011-02-03T03:00:10.883Z The muffled windlass on board the Sumter was quietly heaving up her anchor. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z Bore looked at me, and I at him, for a few seconds in silence, when the other man spun round the now light windlass till the other bucket rose. Original Penny Readings A Series of Short Sketches 2010-12-20T17:11:48.837Z As the brash was still very thick we did not think it possible to haul ourselves along without using the steam windlass, so I gave orders to start a fire under the boiler. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Soon a second company arrived, bringing ropes and a windlass. Old Farm Fairies: A Summer Campaign In Brownieland Against King Cobweaver's Pixies He saw that the distance up which he had been slowly raised by the windlass was less than ten feet. Frank Merriwell's Return to Yale 2011-02-03T03:00:10.883Z It had probably been caught in the rocky bottom, and broken by the force of the windlass, aided by the pitching of the ship. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z The ropes twisted and turned, but we rose rapidly, and as the windlass creaked and groaned I could hear the voices above cheering, and I responded with a faint “hurrah.” Original Penny Readings A Series of Short Sketches 2010-12-20T17:11:48.837Z Four great chain cables were passed under her and hove tight with Spanish windlasses on deck—a series of giant tourniquets to keep in her life. Beggars on Horseback Some took the ends of the spokes and threw themselves downward, carrying the windlass around by their momentum; others braced their backs against one another, and with feet upon the spokes pushed right merrily. Old Farm Fairies: A Summer Campaign In Brownieland Against King Cobweaver's Pixies The windlass creaked, and he was set down on the floor. Frank Merriwell's Return to Yale 2011-02-03T03:00:10.883Z She began rapidly to unwind the windlass so as to allow the bucket to reach the edge of the cliff. The School by the Sea The miner had been arranging the rope upon the windlass and now held the rude little car steady with his foot. Jessica Trent: Her Life on a Ranch He was then ordered to set upon the bit of the windlass to be shot and thrown overboard, as the captain and others had been. Journal of Voyages Containing an Account of the Author's being Twice Captured by the English and Once by Gibbs the Pirate... The windlass was planted on the ridge, a cord wound around the twig, and fastened at the free end to moss growing upon the trap-door. Old Farm Fairies: A Summer Campaign In Brownieland Against King Cobweaver's Pixies Miller was seated in the chains and told to grip the chain and then the windlass was worked, and he was raised three or four feet from the floor. Frank Merriwell's Return to Yale 2011-02-03T03:00:10.883Z Those at the windlass turned the handle slowly and steadily in response to the shouts from below. The School by the Sea There were a few machines, which were manipulated with ropes and windlasses. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 93. September 17, 1887 He took his station by the windlass, when a musket was fired at him; he was then driven into the cabin. Journal of Voyages Containing an Account of the Author's being Twice Captured by the English and Once by Gibbs the Pirate... Spite rigged block and tackle and windlass, such as had been used to hoist Twist; then he fastened ropes to Biggy's tail, and bade the Pixies pull away. Old Farm Fairies: A Summer Campaign In Brownieland Against King Cobweaver's Pixies Then there was a whir of a loose wooden windlass and the dull thump of a bucket as it struck the surface of the water. The Cottage of Delight A Novel He was awakened by the singing of the men as they toiled at the windlass, and the sullen rattle of the chain as it rose reluctantly link by link from the water. The Wreckers of Sable Island The windlass also, every time the brig rolled, would slide a few inches from side to side, and would make the deck-seams open enough to allow the water to drop through on our beds. The Story of a Strange Career Being the Autobiography of a Convict; an Authentic Document The magazines were opened up, the windlasses set to work, and soon the first real shell—not a mere blank for practicing—came up and was run into the gun. At the Fall of Port Arthur Or, A Young American in the Japanese Navy Never, so long as the theatre stood, could that windlass be made to work silently. Life on the Stage This was followed by the slow creaking of the windlass and a sound of pouring water. The Cottage of Delight A Novel The iron gates were closed; the windlasses were clicking rapidly as the mooring hawsers were being wound around, and the great paddle wheels had begun to stir the waters of the slip to seething foam. With Edge Tools The fish was fastened alongside by heavy iron chains and, with heavy tackles from the main masthead and loading to the windlass, the blubber was slowly hoisted on deck. The Story of a Strange Career Being the Autobiography of a Convict; an Authentic Document Wherever the soil and water are favourable for market-gardens, the country-side abounds in irrigation wells, often only six feet in width, and provided with a double windlass or sweep. Village Life in China A Study in Sociology On the few vessels at anchor the hands were busy loading and unloading their cargoes, and their shouts and the creaking of windlasses were the only sounds that disturbed the peacefulness of the place. Maximina A brake, of Napier’s self-holding differential type, is fitted to each cable wheel, and is controlled by hand wheels on the aft side of the windlass. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" When at last they felt it yielding to the windlass there was a big cheer, and then a breathless pause. Harper's Round Table, May 14, 1895 The strain from the windlass kept the whale's body revolving in the water as the blubber was cut. The Story of a Strange Career Being the Autobiography of a Convict; an Authentic Document One may meet the gardeners carrying home the ropes, buckets, and the windlass itself, none of which can safely be left out over night. Village Life in China A Study in Sociology The ship snugged down for business—the diver below, like as not—pumps and tackle goin'—all hands busy on board and the watch calculatin' profits to three decimals behind the windlass. Where the Pavement Ends It differs from a windlass, which is used for the same purposes, in having the axis on which the rope is wound vertical instead of horizontal. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" Most of them, however, were busy again, at the windlass, and were just hauling up the last gun. Harper's Round Table, May 14, 1895 As they turned away, the corvette was setting her sails and the cries of the sailors and the creak of the windlass showed the anchor was being raised. The Red City A Novel of the Second Administration of President Washington Then, by their master’s orders, the boys manned the windlass, though so weakened by their recurring laughter they could hardly turn the handle, indeed were in danger of letting go every minute. In the Whirl of the Rising Upon the windlass sitting, The lady began to sing: “Oh, come to me, my lover!” Legends of Florence Collected from the People, First Series A steam windlass is fixed forward and a steam capstan aft. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" Tell doc a windlass got away from him and the handle struck him in the breast. Stepsons of Light The large windlass of cast-iron lay on the ground at a considerable distance from its former position, and of the conical, bell-shaped buildings hardly a stone was left. Black Diamonds A log at a time is hauled upon the levee by large chains attached to a stationary windlass. Eight days in New Orleans in February, 1847 Young gentleman," said he at last, "before we man the windlass I have to beg you'll not take amiss any questions I may put. A Marriage at Sea These chains in improved dredgers are wound round windlasses worked by the engine, so that the vessel can be moved ahead or astern by simply throwing them into or out of gear. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" I can hook that windlass rope on these bars and yank ’em out in a jiffy. Stepsons of Light His gloomy, threatening face was fixed steadily upon a windlass. Black Diamonds While the young miners were taking their stations at the windlass, and others were removing the robbers from the wagons, Christine drew Arwed aside. Tales from the German. Volume I. Arwed Gyllenstierna Three hempen ropes were tied to its rim, and were then cunningly interwound on a single-drum windlass of wood, which could be turned by two men even when the basket was loaded. The Thing in the Attic Down by the saw-mill, we met Carl, who was just using the windlass to drag a large beam from the wagon. Waldfried A Novel Then I discovered that I was sitting in a large wooden trough, hooped with iron, and supported by two heavy chains that passed over a windlass, about ten feet above my head. Maurice Tiernay Soldier of Fortune The gambrel should be long enough to catch on each side when turned crosswise, thus relieving the windlass so that a second carcass may be hoisted. Home Pork Making Meantime the windlass had commenced its revolutions, and the prisoners had disappeared in the dark and yawning gulf. Tales from the German. Volume I. Arwed Gyllenstierna The victim climbed out—and if he did not, the basket remained below until he starved or until Hell otherwise took care of its own—and the windlass was rewound. The Thing in the Attic All this being arranged I proceeded to the chamber of the windlass, was put into the net, swung out into the air, and let down. Visits To Monasteries in the Levant Rutledge was standing by the windlass as the cage drew slowly up into the light. Two Wyoming Girls and Their Homestead Claim A Story for Girls The building should have a stationary boiler in it, and such apparatus as has been suggested, and a windlass used to do the lifting. Home Pork Making At that period the pump windlass had not superseded the intermitting efforts of the old handspike. Toilers of the Sea Then the basket fell another few yards to the next turn of the windlass and the faces vanished. The Thing in the Attic Round the lake they ran, and never drew rein till they came to the well and windlass, and there was the silk rope rolled on the axle, and the nice white basket hanging to it. The Irish Fairy Book Within there is an iron handle and chain, which are used to wrap up the great dipper over the windlass. The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway The peg, e, is to place in a hole of upright, a, to hold the windlass. Home Pork Making Now they were arranging a windlass, with block and fall, to bring the victim up to where the Coroner was impatiently waiting to perform his duty. When the Cock Crows An obsolete old ship, he reflected, with the exhaust from the windlass blinding everybody and making it difficult to see the bridge. Command Over the last one a crude windlass straddled and the heap of debris at its feet showed raw and dirty against the snow. The Crimson Gardenia and Other Tales of Adventure He was not actually awake then, but he had the sensation of the ship halting, and heard a sound like that of chains whirling round the windlass and running through the hawseholes into the water. Titanic Feathers of white steam curled from their windlasses, and their anchors were awash before the block was signalled clear. Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war On the fifth morning, as she was turning the windlass in order to draw water from the kitchen well, the words escaped her: "Oh, that the devil would bring Pirka hither!" Pretty Michal The grandest place of all is the Colossal Dome, which used to be entered only from the apex by windlass and a rope reaching 135 ft. to the floor. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" Arriving at the dump, McGill stood motionless beside the windlass for a long time, staring into nothingness with eyes that were strained and miserable. The Crimson Gardenia and Other Tales of Adventure These settlers have to bore down the sixty feet to water level with very inadequate tools; and you see little burros chasing homemade windlasses round and round, to pump up water. Through Our Unknown Southwest Some were tied to a windlass and pelted into insensibility, or perhaps more charitable death. Pirates and Piracy Scarcely had she said it, when she perceived that the windlass began to turn round of its own accord, and from out of the ascending bucket rose the bristly, angular form of Barbara Pirka. Pretty Michal And he blessed the belated windlass which would give him a reasonable excuse for returning. Doubloons—and the Girl Far below them the creek was dotted with other tiny pay dumps of the same red gravel over which men crawled, antlike, or upon which they labored at windlass. The Crimson Gardenia and Other Tales of Adventure But high water at hand and no sign of wind, he takes the tug on at a stiff figure, and we man the windlass, tramping the well-worn round together for the last time. The Brassbounder A Tale of the Sea It was kept constantly full, so as to be at all times ready for exercise; and, to make it stationary at any given altitude, it was attached to windlass machinery. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8, January, 1851 He went about the job of lowering the rope with the manner of one quite familiar with the necessary movements, pulling the rope from the barrel of the windlass hand over hand. Eagles of the Sky With Jack Ralston Along the Air Lanes "I s'pose ye come to see me about that windlass?" he remarked. Doubloons—and the Girl But the recorder of the Skookum District laughed carelessly and resumed his windlass. The Crimson Gardenia and Other Tales of Adventure "Good business for us, anyway," said the Old Man, and told the Mate to get his windlass ready for 'heaving up' in the morning. The Brassbounder A Tale of the Sea Now they weigh the first anchor, and four men haul on the cable made fast to the windlass. Timar's Two Worlds The differences of level, 20 to 30 ft., are provided for by barrages over which the boats—having discharged their cargo—are hauled by windlasses. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" I just came to say," explained Drew, as the captain set down the glass, smacking his lips complacently, "that we'll have that windlass over to you by to-morrow, or the next day at the latest. Doubloons—and the Girl Near it men were working with a windlass, so, stumbling to them, they spoke huskily. The Crimson Gardenia and Other Tales of Adventure The usual way of working the traffic is to haul the freight by means of a rope wound round a windlass driven by a stationary engine at the end. Twentieth Century Inventions A Forecast With my head against the reversing engine wheel I could feel the slow vibration of the anchor coming up, and hear the sough of the exhaust coming back from the windlass. Aliens The sailors on the frigate go round the windlass on the run, and the vessel is slowly drawn ahead to the anchor, which is now quickly taken up and carried out once more. Hero Stories from American History For Elementary Schools The steamer was being brought up alongside the quay with true Spanish caution and slowness, warps being sent in all directions, boats flying about, a couple of anchors down, windlass and steam-winches thundering. The Recipe for Diamonds This coin, like the others, shows miners doing various things familiar from Agricola—divining, digging, carrying, and operating windlasses. Mine Pumping in Agricola's Time and Later The wheel may be constructed by simply erecting a high windlass with arms bolted to the barrel at each end, making the shape of a rectangular cross. Twentieth Century Inventions A Forecast The cable, for its preservation, was also carefully served or wattled with pieces of canvas round the windlass, and with leather well greased in the hause-hole. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 16 (of 25) Our sailor boys give cheer on cheer as they whirl the windlass and pull at the oars. Hero Stories from American History For Elementary Schools I had a happy thought: I could use myself as a windlass. Miss Cayley's Adventures Its introduction may be connected with the appearance of the term Rosskunst for the horse windlass, known earlier as the Göpel. Mine Pumping in Agricola's Time and Later The clanking of the windlass soon told that the anchor was being raised. The Go Ahead Boys and the Treasure Cave The windlass was instantly manned, and the men soon gave out that there was no strain upon the cable. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 16 (of 25) Here was that same black devil again, his arms about him as if they had been chain-cables on a windlass. Mrs. Cliff's Yacht Even on board a big ship the men often have to attach the rope to a windlass to draw the big fellows in while they’re still full of fight. The Rushton Boys at Treasure Cove Or, The Missing Chest of Gold Here, Johnnie–you got no family–get hold of this windlass with me. In the Heart of a Fool “No. But they have fastened him to a windlass, near the engine-room, and he resents it.” The Pines of Lory This windlass which can be operated by only two hands, multiplies man’s strength by means of a series of cog-wheels. Friars and Filipinos An Abridged Translation of Dr. Jose Rizal's Tagalog Novel, 'Noli Me Tangere.' Two men forward––the watch––were leaning over the windlass and peering into the night. The Seiners Rope and windlass were brought and two men were lowered into the pit. Tales from Dickens One may also cite the use of the reduction gear chain in power machinery as used in the geared windlass of Archimedes and Hero. On the Origin of Clockwork, Perpetual Motion Devices, and the Compass The quartz loosened in the vein, must either be hoisted perpendicularly in a bucket with a windlass, or be hauled out through a tunnel. Hittel on Gold Mines and Mining Through this pulley, the cable passed to the cylinder of a windlass which was held to the ground by massive beams. Friars and Filipinos An Abridged Translation of Dr. Jose Rizal's Tagalog Novel, 'Noli Me Tangere.' They took the line, hauled in the hawser at the end of it, made that fast to the windlass, and then we started off with her in tow. The Seiners “I fancy that I hear the creaking of a windlass!” cried Whiskerandos. The Rambles of a Rat Four men heaved on the windlass brakes, and the others got sail on her as fast as they could haul halyards. The Harbor of Doubt The common method is to hoist the rock with a windlass. Hittel on Gold Mines and Mining The pulley which was tied to the base of the crane jumped and then the windlass struck the apparatus like a battering-ram. Friars and Filipinos An Abridged Translation of Dr. Jose Rizal's Tagalog Novel, 'Noli Me Tangere.' He stayed for’ard a long time, saying no word, but leaning over the windlass and looking out ahead. The Seiners No pumps, even at the most used watering places, but buckets and ropes: often no windlass. Where Half The World Is Waking Up The Old and the New in Japan, China, the Philippines, and India, Reported With Especial Reference to American Conditions Between times she wriggled and capered like a dancing elephant and jerked at her cable until it seemed as though she would take her windlass out. The Harbor of Doubt After prolonged northeast rain a bright day, and with it the setting of sail, a many-handed seesaw at the windlass, and departure. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 86, December, 1864 The body was identified as the yellow workman who had been standing beside the windlass. Friars and Filipinos An Abridged Translation of Dr. Jose Rizal's Tagalog Novel, 'Noli Me Tangere.' It was an operation fairly safe if the sheriff and his assistants were not too exhilarated to manage the windlass properly, or the malefactors, too drunk to hang on to the bucket. Herbert Hoover The Man and His Work The windlass strains the tackle chains, the black mound heaves below, And red and deep a hundred veins burst out at every throe! The Universal Reciter 81 Choice Pieces of Rare Poetical Gems The windlass grunted and whined as the schooner came up on her hawser with a thump, and overhead a useless jib slatted and rattled. The Harbor of Doubt Into these they drove steel posts and anchored the windlass. Loot of the Void Just beyond a glass partition at his back a great windlass far up under the roof was rumbling with the descent of goods from a hatchway at the end of its tense rope. Dr. Sevier Wishing to give his uncle an idea of his superior knowledge, he tapped him on the shoulder, and pointing to the windlass, asked, "Quid est hoc?" The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; containing a collection of over one thousand of the most laughable sayings and jokes of celebrated wits and humorists. Frightened at the loss of their end link, the other monkeys of the chain wound themselves up like a windlass over the branches, and squatting on the trees, set up a doleful chattering. Japanese Fairy World Stories from the Wonder-Lore of Japan The watch laid hold the windlass poles and hauled the vessel forward directly above her hook. The Harbor of Doubt Other men came out of the ship, carrying rock drills, a roll of cable and a powerful little windlass. Loot of the Void For bending the sides a "Spanish windlass" of rope or chain was used. The Migrations of an American Boat Type We were hauled in on a big windlass—driven by gas turbines, I think. Astounding Stories of Super-Science September 1930 Upon reaching the forecastle we found the body of a man lying across the heel of the bowsprit, jammed against the windlass pawl. Graham's Magazine, Vol. XXXII No. 4, April 1848 The nose of the boat was jammed deep into the sand, and so the cable was led back to a windlass, around which it was carried. The Boy Settlers A Story of Early Times in Kansas One end of the cable was attached to the windlass and the other to the nose of the ship. Loot of the Void The funnel was shot through, a patent windlass was broken to pieces, and the fragments of the iron wheels scattered about the decks like a shower of grape. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 360, October 1845 At length he yielded, and sulkily gave the order, the windlass was manned, and the kedge drawn up. The Wild Geese Sometimes used in connection with windlass to hoist anchor by hand. Boys' Book of Model Boats Then, the windlass being worked by steam, the hull of the steamer rose very slightly, and the bottom of the bow was released from the river-bottom. The Boy Settlers A Story of Early Times in Kansas "He could have made a couple of pulleys, and rigged a rope through them, and then made a windlass, and put the rope round it," argued Jim. Harper's Young People, June 22, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly Another rope, passing over a big wheel, when pulled turns the windlass. The Boy Broker Or, Among the Kings of Wall Street Two or three times I thought I heard the windlass of the well near the barn creak, but I tried to make myself believe that it was only the wind. Track's End Being the Narrative of Judson Pitcher's Strange Winter Spent There As Told by Himself and Edited by Hayden Carruth Including an Accurate Account of His Numerous Adventures, and the Facts Concerning His Several Surprising Escapes from Death Now First Printed in Full The next day a windlass was put in position, and the work began in earnest. Captain Bayley's Heir: A Tale of the Gold Fields of California Standing on this platform, one drew water from the well by a windlass operated by a hand-crank. The Fairfax County Courthouse A hard name, which might well be spared, as the word windlass or capstan would convey a more distinct idea to our pupils. Practical Education, Volume II And Dud, taking her place by the curb, let the windlass revolve with moderated velocity under the pressure of his rough palms, until the bucket struck the water. The Young Surveyor; or Jack on the Prairies The well windlass creaked and I heard a man start in from the back. Track's End Being the Narrative of Judson Pitcher's Strange Winter Spent There As Told by Himself and Edited by Hayden Carruth Including an Accurate Account of His Numerous Adventures, and the Facts Concerning His Several Surprising Escapes from Death Now First Printed in Full Upon which the windlass was set going, and slowly and creakingly the “crow’s nest” was lowered from its airy height. A Bookful of Girls Later the box on which the windlass was mounted was fitted with a hand pump, and a trough for filling buckets or other containers was placed at the side of the well. The Fairfax County Courthouse S. Clement, Sandwich, Kent: "In the ringing chamber of this noble tower is a windlass for lowering the bells in case of repairs becoming necessary, with a trap-door in the floor opening into the church." Notes and Queries, Number 196, July 30, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc "It's inclined to go altogether too fast," said Vinnie, stopping the windlass; "and it hurts my hands." The Young Surveyor; or Jack on the Prairies Then reeve a line from the tiller-end through each one, and bring it back with three or four turns around a windlass drum, a little way for'ard, there. The Black Buccaneer Then presently the clink-clink of the windlass dragging at the anchor. Somehow Good There were seven gates in this old wall and they were closed and opened by means of gigantic windlasses. Birdseye Views of Far Lands They could hear the rasp of the rope unrolling from a hand windlass attached to an enormous bucket. Messengers of Evil Being a Further Account of the Lures and Devices of Fantômas A windlass is in the centre of the chasm; and it is by means of this windlass that the metalliferous substance is raised to the surface in p. 79square wooden boxes. A Tramp's Wallet stored by an English goldsmith during his wanderings in Germany and France When at length the final stout knot had been tied, Job, still keeping his mighty clutch on the tiller beam, motioned to Jeremy to take hold of the windlass. The Black Buccaneer The weight of the entire, although amounting to fifteen tons, was so skilfully counterpoised, that the tube could with ease be raised or depressed by two men working a windlass. A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition I floored it over with wood above all, and fixed the windlass and bucket, and there it stands as one of the greatest material blessings which the Lord has given to Aniwa. The Story of John G. Paton Or Thirty Years Among South Sea Cannibals Creasy had evidently succeeded in getting help at once: Neale saw men fixing a windlass over the mouth of the old mine; saw a man at last disappear into its depths. The Chestermarke Instinct William Munroe and his son Will took a few turns at the windlass, and the ox would be lifted off his feet. Ben Comee A Tale of Rogers's Rangers, 1758-59 The position was an awkward one, but with a slight pull he found that he could swing the windlass rapidly in either direction. The Black Buccaneer At the top of this wooden construction, which was twenty feet in height, a platform of boards was secured, on which a windlass was placed. The Mines and its Wonders Thus, if the windlass be but twenty-five inches long, and the rope one inch in diameter, it will admit only twenty revolutions, without renewing. Scientific American magazine, Vol. 2 Issue 1 The advocate of Industry and Journal of Scientific, Mechanical and Other Improvements As we drew near, her narrow deck looked to my untutored eye a confused litter of guns, torpedo tubes, guy ropes, cables and windlasses. Great Britain at War He had a frame placed on four wheels, and fitted up with windlasses attached by gearing to the several wheels. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson "Avast there—avast!" came Job's bass bellow, and looking over his shoulder, Jeremy saw the big skipper flung from side to side in spite of himself as the windlass was turned. The Black Buccaneer A powerful windlass has been constructed at a point about one hundred feet below the bridge, and a rope attached to it is fastened to logs at the edge of the débris. The Johnstown Horror!!! or, Valley of Death, being A Complete and Thrilling Account of the Awful Floods and Their Appalling Ruin Yet, in many cases, in which an article in required to be raised, or moved but a few inches, the conical windlass will be found preferable to any other method. Scientific American magazine, Vol. 2 Issue 1 The advocate of Industry and Journal of Scientific, Mechanical and Other Improvements What were wells and windlasses without thee? useless as corkscrews to empty bottles. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 361, November, 1845. Running forward with the Siwash, he pulled a chain stopper out, and then shipping the windlass levers found with vast relief that it would work. Hawtrey's Deputy All the crew were aboard and a knot of swaying bodies turned the windlass to the rhythm of a muttered chanty. The Black Buccaneer There is a well and pump for water here; sometimes with a windlass, when the well is deep. The Toilers of the Field They used no other mechanical power than the simple windlass and lever; and no other carriage than a drag, under which was placed rollers. Scientific American magazine, Vol. 2 Issue 1 The advocate of Industry and Journal of Scientific, Mechanical and Other Improvements An aluminum frame or cage, attached to a windlass by a chain of the same material, was used for this purpose. Doctor Jones' Picnic They said nothing, but they shipped the levers, and Dampier went back to the cabin, for the clank of the windlass and the ringing of the cable jarred upon him. Hawtrey's Deputy The boy slipped into the crowd that lay around the windlass as unobstrusively as he could. The Black Buccaneer The noise of the windlasses weighing the anchors was heard as the last of us reached the Protector’s decks. The Chronicles of a Gay Gordon It consists of a simple horizontal windlass, with a crank at one end, as shown in the engraving. Scientific American magazine, Vol. 2 Issue 1 The advocate of Industry and Journal of Scientific, Mechanical and Other Improvements In each of the other corners of the room were anchors of aluminum, also attached to windlasses and worked by steel springs. Doctor Jones' Picnic At length his heart throbbed furiously, for a faint splash of oars came out of the darkness, and they both ran forward to the windlass. Hawtrey's Deputy When they could feel pain again, we stretched 'em with rope an' windlass till one died. The Black Buccaneer His eyes fell on a heavy piece of iron, left on the 153 deck by some seaman who had been repairing the windlass. Baseball Joe Around the World Pitching on a Grand Tour He stepped to the windlass that raised the bell, and turned the handle. The Raid on the Termites A powerful coil steel spring operated the windlass. Doctor Jones' Picnic Forward, a white man and two Siwash were standing about the windlass, and when the bows went up a dreary stretch of slate-grey sea opened up beyond them beneath the dripping jibs. Hawtrey's Deputy Two long heavy poles were carried at the bow and worked with a windlass, being used to raise the bow of the boat when becoming fast on a sand bar. Dangers of the Trail in 1865 A Narrative of Actual Events The faded coat, which was the object of the journey, hung on the handle of the windlass at the newly sunk well. The Wind Before the Dawn The windlass and chain were there rusty but practicable and a bucket lay amongst the grass. The Ghost Girl Will never did a better thing than when he invented the spring power windlass. Doctor Jones' Picnic Then he reached the windlass, and clutched it as a sea that took him to the waist frothed in over the weather rail. Hawtrey's Deputy At an altitude of two thousand feet the observer 'phoned down to the men at the windlass to stop. With Haig on the Somme Lashing his victim’s arm to a sharp sword tied to the windlass, he knocked the unfortunate Lanoix upon the deck with a hand-spike. Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea Their rovings, cruises, escapades, and fierce battling upon the ocean for patriotism and for treasure After unloading, the raft was drawn back, by operation of the windlass on the opposite shore, where it took on another load. Crossing the Plains, Days of '57 A Narrative of Early Emigrant Travel to California by the Ox-team Method He waved me a cheery au revoir and returned to the well of the groaning windlass while I continued on my way through the village. A Village of Vagabonds It seems to me that there ought to be a windlass to draw her up. Athelstane Ford Ahead was the well, its windlass of hard teak charred but otherwise uninjured. Wilmshurst of the Frontier Force From windlass to wheel our decks presented a scene of wild excitement. The Iron Pirate A Plain Tale of Strange Happenings on the Sea When a wagon had been taken aboard this cable ferry, the windlass on the farther side was turned by one of the men, drawing the raft across. Crossing the Plains, Days of '57 A Narrative of Early Emigrant Travel to California by the Ox-team Method A more serious accident occurred in the breaking of the spindle of the Fury’s windlass, depriving her of the use of the windlass-end during the rest of the season. Journal of the Third Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage The two go on sinking, until presently the hole is too deep to use a windlass any more—a horse-whim is needed and then a hoisting engine. The Boys of Crawford's Basin The Story of a Mountain Ranch in the Early Days of Colorado It must have been jerked from his pocket at the moment Wyndham caught the handle of the windlass, nearly precipitating him from the bucket to the water. The Hero of Garside School A wooden windlass, made for bringing the balloon to earth in case of storm, was brought forward, while Dave and Jarvis watched for any indication of further activity on the part of the robbers. Panther Eye Cords were attached to his arms and legs, and then connected with a windlass, which, when turned, dislocated the joints of the wrists and ankles. The Inquisition A Critical and Historical Study of the Coercive Power of the Church Jimmy had the higher instinct of the born machinist, who is content to use a bit of string where a school-bred engineer will cram every manner of gear, chains, pulleys and windlasses. The Bill-Toppers It was like slugging a windlass bitt; for he leaned partly forward, and hardly budged under the blow. The Grain Ship A steel hawser attached to a windlass above the falls is used to tow the vessel up the watery incline, and were the cable to snap, a frightful disaster would certainly ensue. From Paris to New York by Land Once the windlass was fastened to the bank 205 by means of ice anchors, the task of bringing down the balloon was a matter of moments. Panther Eye Also, iron handles for working pumps, windlasses, &c. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Seizing the bucket, she called the elder boys to work the windlass, and, with firm, but quiet instructions and a face as white as death, consigned herself to the unknown deep. Fifty-Two Stories For Girls They wakened at daylight, just as the tug came, mobbed the faces off me and the two mates, and only manned the windlass at last when I told them it made the boat go. The Grain Ship The clank of the windlass stopped, and Jake, dropping the match when the flame touched his fingers, looked up. Brandon of the Engineers Running forward with the Siwash, he pulled out a chain stopper, and then shipping the windlass levers found with vast relief that it would work. Masters of the Wheat-Lands A windlass turns on horizontal spindles at each extremity. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Two hundred feet distant a windlass took shape in the obscurity. The Young Railroaders Tales of Adventure and Ingenuity They took sides, each gang together, and hove on the brakes, faster than I ever saw a windlass go round before. The Grain Ship Her windlass was clanking as she shortened her cable and he supposed she was the Spanish boat the mate had spoken of, but he followed his companion and listened to what he had to say. Brandon of the Engineers He reached the windlass, and clutched it, as a sea that took him to the waist frothed in over the weather rail. Masters of the Wheat-Lands The strong horizontal beam of the windlass, supported at the ends by iron spindles in the windlass-bitts. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. It was secured to one of the windlass supports, and disappeared into the depths on the opposite side of the pit. The Young Railroaders Tales of Adventure and Ingenuity After all the logs are safely sluiced, the chains of the guards are slipped, the rafts are broken up, and 217 these, windlasses and all, follow the logs. Illustrated Science for Boys and Girls Jake threw away his cigarette and took out another when the whistle blew and the windlass began to clank. Brandon of the Engineers The vessel went into it to the windlass. Masters of the Wheat-Lands A rope rides, as when round the capstan or windlass the strain part overlies and jams the preceding turn.—To ride between wind and tide. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. The windlass pawls clanked merrily, the chain came rattling in through the hawse-pipe, and the ship, gathering stern-way, began to pay off with her head to seaward. The Cruise of the "Esmeralda" At the head of each boom is a raft which supports two large windlasses, each of which works an anchor. Illustrated Science for Boys and Girls The windlass was rattling and the bridge, on which he could see the captain’s burly figure, was some distance off, while the passage between the gangway and deckhouse was blocked by the departing guests. Brandon of the Engineers Forward, a white man and two Siwash were standing about the windlass, and when the bows went up a dreary stretch of slate-gray sea opened beyond them, beneath the dripping jibs. Masters of the Wheat-Lands The holes in which swivel-pintles, or the capstan or windlass spindles move. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. They were to me sounds of joy, for I at once recognised the well-known “crik-crik-crik” of a windlass, and the rattling of a great chain. The Boy Tar Out spring the men to help turn the windlass to wind the cable in. Illustrated Science for Boys and Girls On very heavy grafts Dr. Morris uses the Spanish windlass, as devised by him, for which he carries sisal cord, wooden or metal meat skewers, small staples and a mallet. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Fifteenth Annual Meeting New York City, September 3, 4 and 5, 1924 The men said nothing, but they shipped the levers, and Dampier went back to the cabin, for the clank of the windlass and the ringing of the cable jarred upon him. Masters of the Wheat-Lands A well-known mechanical power, to which belong all turning or wheel machines, as cranes, capstans, windlasses, cranks, &c. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. A windlass was rigged to draw water from the river below. Heroes of the Middle West The French They row with quick strokes toward the spot where the anchor is to be dropped, the cable all the time unwinding from the windlass. Illustrated Science for Boys and Girls Just behind this, but outside the yard, was a windlass, with a rope passing between the two posts. The Young Berringtons The Boy Explorers "You hold your windlass," commanded the old man in a querulous tone, "I'm telling this yarn." Frontier Boys on the Coast or in the Pirate's Power The chant or noise made at the windlass and purchase-falls in a merchantman, to cheer and lighten labour, but not permitted in a man-of-war. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Little Dorothea formed in time the habit of playing on the steps or around the old windlass well in the backyard. The Goose Man They sing as they work, and the windlass creaks a monotonous accompaniment as “Meet me by moonlight,” or the popular “Away over yonder,” comes floating over the rippling water. Illustrated Science for Boys and Girls “Haul away!” he shouted; and round went the windlass, the cow, in the meantime, making every effort to free herself, leaping and bounding, throwing up her head and trying to shake off the rope. The Young Berringtons The Boy Explorers We were at the windlass heaving up the anchor, at the time, and had just struck up a sailor's chanty, which made a good deal of noise, but nothing seemed to disturb Granfa. Explorers of the Dawn The messenger is brought to the capstan, or the cable to the windlass. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. The order rings along the deck of the Crusader, and the men of the watch stand by the windlass to execute it. The Flag of Distress A Story of the South Sea He was sitting against the windlass and smoking. Sarréo 1901 The head sails were backed, the windlass came round "slip—slap" to the cry of the sailors;—"Hove short, sir," said the mate; "Up with him!" Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 11 Then he sang out to the men to man the windlass. "Pig-Headed" Sailor Men From "The Strange Adventure Of James Shervinton and Other Stories" - 1902 The bitts which support the ends or spindles of the windlass, whence they are also called windlass-bitts. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Then a harpoon was thrown into the creature, and it was towed to the wharf, where it was slung and hoisted out with a windlass. Golden Days for Boys and Girls Volume XIII, No. 51: November 12, 1892 A number of elaborate but narrow passages—dim, gloomy archways, where the chain and windlass stand dust-covered from disuse—connect the walled town with the extra-muros sections. The Great White Tribe in Filipinia He described the labour and trouble he had taken over her, the knees and stringers of ngiia wood, and the carvings of sperm whales he had had cut on the windlass butts and stanchions. The Call Of The South 1908 We both rolled down on top of the windlass, and landed almost in each others arms, half dazed. "Pig-Headed" Sailor Men From "The Strange Adventure Of James Shervinton and Other Stories" - 1902 There is also a davit of a smaller kind, occasionally fixed in the long-boat, and with the assistance of a small windlass, used to weigh the anchor by the buoy-rope, &c. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. The windlass had become a thing of horror, black and forbidding. The Wreck of the Titan or, Futility It is a ’windlass shanty,’ an’ we sings it to the music of the winch. The Great White Tribe in Filipinia Crawling under the barrel of the windlass he would lie there and go to sleep, only opening his eyes now and then to roll them about vindictively when any one passed by. The Call Of The South 1908 It was an old-fashioned open one, with a chain and windlass. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 to 1901 Also abaft the windlass or bitts to prevent more cable from running out. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. For caissons which are not specified to go to rock it is considered more economical to do the hoisting by windlass derricks operated by hand. Concrete Construction Methods and Costs One of the pillars contains a windlass, which in former times controlled the heavy canvas curtains from above. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 26, August, 1880 of Popular Literature and Science The cook gave him a large tinful of rancid fat, which was at once devoured, then he fled to his retreat under the windlass, and began to growl and moan. The Call Of The South 1908 Shortly after dawn the merry click of the windlass pawls told Mrs. Marston that the Esmeralda was getting underweigh again for Samoa—for the projected voyage to the Solomon Islands was of course abandoned. John Frewen, South Sea Whaler 1904 The pieces of wood bolted on the main-piece of a windlass, or on a winch, for firm holding, and to prevent chafing, are also called whelps. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. For caissons which are not specified to go to rock, it is not considered economical to rig up cable set-ups, but rather to use windlass derricks. Concrete Construction Methods and Costs The fog was so dense that even the lookout posted at her fore windlasses was a hazy figure as seen from the pilot-house. Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 When the barge had cleared, serfs inside the tower strained at the windlass in obedience to the commands of their overseer, and the chain rose jerkily, to regain its former position across the stream. Millennium They worked with the energy of men working for life, but they took three hours to clear away the wreck; this being absolutely necessary in order to get at the windlass and raise the anchor. Heroes of the Goodwin Sands The windlass may be said also to be supported or reinforced by the pawl-bitts, two powerful bitt-heads at the centre.—Spanish windlass. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. The windlass derricks are made with four legs out of 6×6-in. yellow pine lumber. Concrete Construction Methods and Costs He strolled on past the forward house, where the engineer was stoking his boiler, getting up steam for the schooner's windlass engine. Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 The windlass creaked protestingly and the heavy chain dropped slowly into the river. Millennium He heard the order of Captain Fairfield to man the windlass and stand by the head sails; then he pulled for the Caribbee, to which his boat belonged. Freaks of Fortune or, Half Round the World Also, an adaptation of a strong piece of wood over the windlass, to lift the turns of a chain-cable clear of it. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. The drill is hung on a small pile driver frame, occupying exactly the position the hammer would occupy in a pile driver, and is raised and lowered by a hand windlass. Concrete Construction Methods and Costs The boats were hoisted up, and the anchor weighed by our steam windlass. Down South or, Yacht Adventure in Florida The Officer of the Guard straightened, stretched for a moment, then glanced critically in at the windlass room. Millennium The men are hard at work on these hills of "mullock," plying the windlasses by which the stuff is brought up from below, or puddling and washing off "the dirt." A Boy's Voyage Round the World A stout but short set of bars of iron fixed close to the capstan-whelps, or windlass of a ship, to prevent them from recoiling and overpowering the men. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. It had a boom reaching out over the wall and was operated by a windlass. Concrete Construction Methods and Costs The other end of the line, which has remained all the time on board the ship, is now attached to the capstan or the windlass, and the line is drawn in. Rollo in London The serfs had secured the windlass and racked their poles. Millennium He was letting down a spliced beryllium plumb line, his gaze riveted on the slowly turning horizontal drum of a windlass which contained more than two hundred feet of gleaming metal cordage. The Sky Trap A saw-toothed wheel in machinery, as the winch, windlass, &c., in which the paul catches. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Beside one of the doors, in deep hickory baskets, were the parcels of cured tobacco swaddled in cotton cloths and ready for the torture of ropes and windlass. Bonaventure A Prose Pastoral of Acadian Louisiana Having completely exhausted himself on the subject of Sallie, he began to invent, and his inventive genius was rewarded with a laugh which interfered with the chorus through about two turns of the windlass. Cast Away in the Cold An Old Man's Story of a Young Man's Adventures, as Related by Captain John Hardy, Mariner From the barn yards come the pounding of the steam thresher or the creak of a windlass, suggesting that72 the hay crop is being baled. The New York and Albany Post Road From Kings Bridge to "The Ferry at Crawlier, over against Albany," Being an Account of a Jaunt on Foot Made at Sundry Convenient Times between May and November, Nineteen Hundred and Five Scarcely breathing, Lawton leaned over the windlass and stared downward. The Sky Trap The main-piece is whelped like the capstan, and suspended at its ends by powerful spindles falling into metal bearings in the carrick or windlass heads. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. At this moment I heard across the river the clacking of the windlass, and the rough rasping of the anchor chain as it was drawn through the iron ring of the hawse-hole. Ran Away to Sea Say, that's so," Bristles hastened to admit, as he cast a quick glance at the almost ropeless wooden windlass; "don't you see the bucket's away down? Fred Fenton on the Track or, The Athletes of Riverport School The windlass spun around like a boy’s top. Swept Out to Sea Clint Webb Among the Whalers Lawton moved back from the windlass, his brain whirling. The Sky Trap Those pieces of oak or elm fastened inside the bows of small craft, to support the ends of the windlass. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. No one saw or followed us, and there was nobody forward beyond the windlass. Ran Away to Sea Can you hold on to the rope if my friend turns the windlass? Fred Fenton on the Track or, The Athletes of Riverport School Had there been a big express locomotive hitched to that line, and going at full speed, I do not think the line would have paid out any faster! 139At last the windlass ceased to spin. Swept Out to Sea Clint Webb Among the Whalers The heavy lid was originally lifted by a rope and windlass. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Salisbury A Description of its Fabric and a Brief History of the See of Sarum Pieces of hard wood fitted round the main-piece of a windlass to prevent chafing, and also to enable the cable to hold on more firmly. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. The sailors, grouping round the windlass, remained for awhile conversing upon the awful incidents that had transpired, but the tone of the conversation proved that the occurrence gave them but little concern. Ran Away to Sea Bristles was tugging wildly away at the handle of the windlass, doubtless with his teeth set hard together, and every muscle of his body in play. Fred Fenton on the Track or, The Athletes of Riverport School But after waiting a moment or two, Captain Rogers 141commanded the windlass to be manned again. Swept Out to Sea Clint Webb Among the Whalers Expensive tackle including staging, stretched wire ropes, windlass, and iron pulley-travelers now became necessary for getting out one's stuff. Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer A three-legged machine fitted with a windlass, heaving in the fall from a purchase-block at the summit, much used on shore for mounting and dismounting guns, driving piles, &c. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Almost you expect to hear the rattle of the windlass, as you stand in the badly lighted establishment of Johann Dvensk, surrounded by ropes, old ship's iron, bloodthirsty blades, canvas, blocks, and pulleys. Nights in London Some used windlasses; others carried the earth up in buckets and tubs, some even by climbing ladders. Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania We had already laid our mainsail aback and as the line lay slack upon the water, Captain Rogers motioned to the men at the windlass to wind in. Swept Out to Sea Clint Webb Among the Whalers Having no dunnage but what they wore, they drew off toward the windlass and conferred together while chests and bags were dragged out on deck and overhauled by the officers for whisky and sheath-knives. "Where Angels Fear to Tread" and Other Stories of the Sea A lever made of tough ash, and used to heave round the windlass in order to draw up the anchor from the bottom, or move any heavy articles, particularly in merchant ships. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Presently he gained the entrance to the pass and began the ascent, which was gradual, with a riotous windlass song, in which the sentiments, yo! heave! and ho! were most frequently expressed. Freaks on the Fells Three Months' Rustication With the usual appliances of slings, chains, shears and windlasses, etcetera, they had already recovered a large quantity of goods, and were still busy in the hold when Edgar went down. Under the Waves Diving in Deep Waters Tyler fetched a blue light; but his matches were wet with the sweat of his efforts in the windlass room. The Best Short Stories of 1919 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story The anchor was fished, and after an interval he heard the windlass again, heaving in the other chain. "Where Angels Fear to Tread" and Other Stories of the Sea The handle is round, but the other end is square, conforming to the shape of the holes in the windlass. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Just as the windlass pawls gave their first clink the dinghy was lowered, and in a few seconds shot out from the brig's side. Edward Barry South Sea Pearler Under Harry’s orders some of them manned the pumps, while others went to the windlass. Saved by the Lifeboat Jed Tyler thrust a ghastly dewy face out of the windlass room. The Best Short Stories of 1919 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story Work stopped, and a call down a hatchway stopped the windlass. "Where Angels Fear to Tread" and Other Stories of the Sea A strong timber fixed perpendicularly at the back of the windlass in the middle, serving to support the system of pauls which are pinned into it, as well as to add security to the machine. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. The building passed a few feet at a time, while strong men drew the iron chains, which were wound upon windlasses. Grace Darling Heroine of the Farne Islands Here a large crane had been fixed, and two of the men were up there working the windlass, by which the heavy blocks of moor-stone were raised to their places. The Story of the Rock Every man, including the cook and steward, set to work with a will; while some with a cheery song hove round the windlass, others flew aloft to loose sails. The Two Whalers Adventures in the Pacific They cursed and shook their fists, but pumped manfully on the windlass, and by nightfall had brought the knot over their bows by means of a "messenger," and were heaving on the new hawser. "Where Angels Fear to Tread" and Other Stories of the Sea Iron or wood brackets suspended to the paul-bitts of a windlass, and dropping into appropriate scores, act as a security to the purchase. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. "With you to work the windlass and empty the bucket we'll make out without them till I pick up another crew somewhere." The Dude Wrangler |
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