Definition of pawl

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Pawl (v. t.) To stop with a pawl; to drop the pawls off.

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Pawl :: Pawl (v. t.) To stop with a pawl; to drop the pawls off.
Cross-spall :: Cross-spall (n.) One of the temporary wooden braces, placed horizontally across a frame to hold it in position until the deck beams are in; a cross-pawl..
Spawling :: Spawling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spaw.
Detent :: Detent (n.) That which locks or unlocks a movement; a catch, pawl, or dog; especially, in clockwork, the catch which locks and unlocks the wheelwork in striking..
Stop :: Stop (n.) A device, or piece, as a pin, block, pawl, etc., for arresting or limiting motion, or for determining the position to which another part shall be brought..
Pallet :: Pallet (n.) A click or pawl for driving a ratchet wheel.
Ratchet :: Ratchet (n.) A pawl, click, or detent, for holding or propelling a ratchet wheel, or ratch, etc..
Bitts :: Bitts (n. pl.) A frame of two strong timbers fixed perpendicularly in the fore part of a ship, on which to fasten the cables as the ship rides at anchor, or in warping. Other bitts are used for belaying (belaying bitts), for sustaining the windlass (carrick bitts, winch bitts, or windlass bitts), to hold the pawls of the windlass (pawl bitts) etc..
Spawled :: Spawled (imp. & p. p.) of Spaw.
Ratchet :: Ratchet (n.) A mechanism composed of a ratchet wheel, or ratch, and pawl. See Ratchet wheel, below, and 2d Ratch..
Pawl :: 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..
Pall :: Pall (n.) Same as Pawl.
Spawl :: Spawl (v. i. & t.) To scatter spittle from the mouth; to spit, as saliva..
Spawling :: Spawling (n.) That which is spawled, or spit out..
Spawl :: Spawl (n.) Scattered or ejected spittle.
Ratch :: Ratch (n.) A ratchet wheel, or notched bar, with which a pawl or click works..
Spattle :: Spattle (n.) Spawl; spittle.
Cross-pawl :: Cross-pawl (n.) Same as Cross-spale.
Jumper :: "Jumper (n.) spring to impel the star wheel, also a pawl to lock fast a wheel, in a repeating timepiece..
Paul :: Paul (n.) See Pawl.
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