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  • sling

    an iced alcoholic drink, typically containing gin, water, sugar, and lemon or lime juice.

  • block and tackle

    a hoisting device in which a rope or chain is passed around a pair of blocks containing one or more pulleys. The upper block is secured overhead and the lower block supports the load, the effort being applied to the free end of the rope or chain

  • cableway

    a system for moving people or bulk materials in which suspended cars, buckets, etc, run on cables that extend between terminal towers

  • cat tackle

    a tackle for hoisting an anchor.

  • differential windlass

    a pair of hoisting drums of different diameter turning at the same rate, such that a pulley suspended below them on a line wound on the larger drum and unwound from the smaller drum is raised with mechanical advantage.

  • dragging

    marked by or involving the wearing of clothing characteristically associated with the opposite sex; transvestite.
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