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windlass collapse

crab collapse: a stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply; "he caught a crab and lost the race"; decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers; the edible flesh of any of various crabs; a quarrelsome grouch; fish for crab; scurry sideways like a crab; direct (an aircraft) into a crosswind

reel collapse: a lively dance of Scottish Highlanders; marked by circular moves and gliding steps; winder consisting of a revolving spool with a handle; attached to a fishing rod; a roll of photographic film holding a series of frames to be projected by a movie projector; music composed for dancing a reel; wind onto or off a reel

tauten collapse: make taut or tauter; "tauten a rope"; become taut or tauter; "Your muscles will firm when you exercise regularly"; "the rope tautened"

banjo collapse: a stringed instrument of the guitar family that has long neck and circular body

ukulele collapse

Spanish guitar collapse

sitar collapse: a stringed instrument of India; has a long neck and movable frets; has 6 or 7 metal strings for playing and usually 13 resonating strings

samisen collapse: a Japanese stringed instrument resembling a banjo with a long neck and three strings and a fretted fingerboard and a rectangular soundbox; played with a plectrum

mandolin collapse: a stringed instrument related to the lute, usually played with a plectrum

lute collapse: chordophone consisting of a plucked instrument having a pear-shaped body, a usually bent neck, and a fretted fingerboard; a substance for packing a joint or coating a porous surface to make it impervious to gas or liquid

guitar collapse: a stringed instrument usually having six strings; played by strumming or plucking

hoist collapse: lifting device for raising heavy or cumbersome objects; raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help; "hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car"; raise; "hoist the flags"; "hoist a sail"; move from one place to another by lifting; "They hoisted the patient onto the operating table"

derrick collapse: a simple crane having lifting tackle slung from a boom; a framework erected over an oil well to allow drill tubes to be raised and lowered

lever collapse: a rigid bar pivoted about a fulcrum; a flat metal tumbler in a lever lock; a simple machine that gives a mechanical advantage when given a fulcrum

crane collapse: large long-necked wading bird of marshes and plains in many parts of the world; lifts and moves heavy objects; lifting tackle is suspended from a pivoted boom that rotates around a vertical axis; United States poet (1899-1932); United States writer (1871-1900); stretch (the neck) so as to see better; "The women craned their necks to see the President drive by"

pox collapse: a contagious disease characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pock marks

gonorrhea collapse: a common venereal disease caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae; symptoms are painful urination and pain around the urethra

VD collapse

syphilis collapse: a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta)

lifter collapse

tighten collapse: become tight or tighter; "The rope tightened"; make tight or tighter; "Tighten the wire"

paresis collapse: a slight or partial paralysis

draw in collapse: pull inward or towards a center; "The pilot drew in the landing gear"; "The cat retracted his claws"

pull in collapse: move into (a station) of trains; "The bullet train drew into Tokyo Station"

chancre collapse: a small hard painless nodule at the site of entry of a pathogen (as syphilis)

dose collapse: a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time; the quantity of an active agent (substance or radiation) taken in or absorbed at any one time; treat with an agent; add (an agent) to; "The ray dosed the paint"

tabes collapse: wasting of the body during a chronic disease

roller collapse: a grounder that rolls along the infield; pigeon that executes backward somersaults in flight or on the ground; Old World bird that tumbles or rolls in flight; related to kingfishers; a cylinder that revolves; a small wheel without spokes (as on a roller skate); a long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore

architecture collapse: the profession of designing buildings and environments with consideration for their esthetic effect; an architectural product or work; the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings; "architecture and eloquence are mixed arts whose end is sometimes beauty and sometimes use"

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