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- Winch - v. i. - To wince; to shrink; to kick with impatience or uneasiness.
- Winch - n. - A kick, as of a beast, from impatience or uneasiness.
- Winch - n. - A crank with a handle, for giving motion to a machine, a grindstone, etc.
- Winch - n. - An instrument with which to turn or strain something forcibly.
- Winch - n. - An axle or drum turned by a crank with a handle, or by power, for raising weights, as from the hold of a ship, from mines, etc.; a windlass.
- Winch - n. - A wince.
- Windlass - n. - An apparatus resembling a winch or windlass, for bending the bow of an arblast, or crossbow.
- Crab - a. - A movable winch or windlass with powerful gearing, used with derricks, etc.