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A particular phthalimide fungicide.

ethyl mercaptan

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(nautical) A vertical cleated drum or cylinder, revolving on an upright spindle, and surmounted by a drumhead with sockets for bars or levers. It is much used, especially on shipboard, for moving or raising heavy weights or exerting great power by traction upon a rope or cable, passing around the drum. It is operated either by steam power or by a number of men walking around the capstan, each pushing on the end of a lever fixed in its socket.

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, title=Vagabonding Under Sail , publisher=Hastings House (New York) , page=211 , passage=We toiled over the capstan , and late in the afternoon slipped out of the harbour.}}

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, title= Geothermal Energy , volume=101, issue=4, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame. With more settled people, animals were harnessed to capstans or caged in treadmills to turn grist into meal.}}

(electronics) A rotating spindle used to move recording tape through the mechanism of a tape recorder.