Machines used for lifting only are not called cranes, but winches, lifts or hoists, while the term elevator or conveyor is commonly given to appliances which continuously, not in separate loads, move materials like grain or coal in a vertical, horizontal or diagonal direction (see Conveyors). [Please select]
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She sailed in a nervous, worrying haste to the grunts and shrieks of a lot of steam winches. [Please select]
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Up her other side came climbing gangs of men who began to make ready her winches and open up her hatches. [Please select]
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Horses and dogs were used, winches turned by men were occasionally installed, and in some cases cars were even fitted with sails. [Please select]
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Had the strikers fixed the winches with the purpose of killing strike-breakers. [Please select]
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Having seen them well under way and the winches working, George sought out Boyd and proudly inquired: "What do you think of them, eh." [Please select]
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The Chinese maintain such a clatter as to drown the hoarse cries of the stevedores, the complaint of the creaking tackle, and the rumble of the winches. [Please select]
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