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- Pawl - n. - A pivoted tongue, or sliding bolt, on one part of a machine, adapted to fall into notches, or interdental spaces, on another part, as a ratchet wheel, in such a manner as to permit motion in one direction and prevent it in the reverse, as in a windlass; a catch, click, or detent. See Illust. of Ratchet Wheel.
- Pawl - v. t. - To stop with a pawl; to drop the pawls off.
- Ratch - n. - A ratchet wheel, or notched bar, with which a pawl or click works.
- Jumper - n. - spring to impel the star wheel, also a pawl to lock fast a wheel, in a repeating timepiece.
- Pallet - n. - A click or pawl for driving a ratchet wheel.