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S vs Windlass - What's the difference?

s | windlass |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a noun windlass is

any of various forms of winch, in which a rope or cable is wound around a cylinder, used for lifting heavy weights.

As a verb windlass is

to raise with, or as if with, a windlass; to use a windlass.

s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

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    windlass

    English

    (wikipedia windlass)

    Noun

    (es)
  • Any of various forms of winch, in which a rope or cable is wound around a cylinder, used for lifting heavy weights
  • A winding and circuitous way; a roundabout course.
  • * 1599 , , Ham II. i. 65:
    • With windlasses and with assays of bias, / By indirections find directions out.
  • An apparatus resembling a winch or windlass, for bending the bow of an arblast, or crossbow.
    • (Shakespeare)

    Verb

  • To raise with, or as if with, a windlass; to use a windlass.
    • (The Century)
  • To take a roundabout course; to work warily or by indirect means.
    • (Hammond)