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winch(2)(dictionary)
winch(dictionary)
Winch - Sailing(gambling)
winch 1, noun(dictionary)
winch 2, verb(dictionary)

effeir (iou) and winch(1) (iou)


effeir (iou)



effeir noun & verb. Scot. LME.
[Alt. of AFFAIR.]
A. noun.
A concern, a cause, an important matter. LME-E17.
Appearance, array; show, pomp, ceremony. Long obsolete exc. (Hist.) in effeir of war. LME.
b. verb intrans. obsolete exc. Scots Law.
Appertain, fall by right. Esp. in as effeirs, in the proper way, as appropriate. LME.
Be appropriate, pertain, relate to. M16.

winch(1) (iou)



winch noun. See also WINCE noun2.

A reel; a roller; a pulley. LOE.
b. spec. An angler's reel. M17.
c. Nautical. A small machine used for making ropes and spunyarn. Also, a quantity of yarn so made. M17-E20.
A well-wheel. Also, a well. ME-M17.
A hoisting or hauling apparatus consisting of a horizontal drum or axle round which a rope, cable, or chain passes, turned by a crank or motor. L16.
b. Hist. On the River Thames: a riverside winch used to haul craft through difficult places; a toll levied for the use of this. E17.
The crank of a wheel, shaft, axle, etc. M17.
Dyeing. = WINCE noun2 2. L18.
Comb.: winchman (a) a person who operates a winch; (b) a person lowered by a winch from a helicopter, esp. to rescue people from shipwrecks etc.