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Chockablock :: Chockablock (a.) Hoisted as high as the tackle will admit; brought close together, as the two blocks of a tackle in hoisting..

Runner :: Runner (n.) A rope rove through a block and used to increase the mechanical power of a tackle.

Burton :: Burton (n.) A peculiar tackle, formed of two or more blocks, or pulleys, the weight being suspended to a hook block in the bight of the running part..

Shears :: Shears (n.) An apparatus for raising heavy weights, and especially for stepping and unstepping the lower masts of ships. It consists of two or more spars or pieces of timber, fastened together near the top, steadied by a guy or guys, and furnished with the necessary tackle..

Jeer :: Jeer (n.) A gear; a tackle.

Whipper :: Whipper (n.) One who raises coal or merchandise with a tackle from a chip's hold.

Fall :: Fall (n.) That part (as one of the ropes) of a tackle to which the power is applied in hoisting.

Tackle :: Tackle (n.) The rigging and apparatus of a ship; also, any purchase where more than one block is used..

Tug :: Tug (n.) An iron hook of a hoisting tub, to which a tackle is affixed..

Tackle :: Tackle (n.) To seize; to lay hold of; to grapple; as, a wrestler tackles his antagonist; a dog tackles the game..

Tackle :: Tackle (n.) To supply with tackle.

Crane :: Crane (n.) A machine for raising and lowering heavy weights, and, while holding them suspended, transporting them through a limited lateral distance. In one form it consists of a projecting arm or jib of timber or iron, a rotating post or base, and the necessary tackle, windlass, etc.; -- so called from a fancied similarity between its arm and the neck of a crane See Illust. of Derrick..

Swig :: Swig (n.) A tackle with ropes which are not parallel.

Drift :: Drift (n.) The distance between the two blocks of a tackle.

Tye :: Tye (n.) A chain or rope, one end of which passes through the mast, and is made fast to the center of a yard; the other end is attached to a tackle, by means of which the yard is hoisted or lowered..

Fishhook :: Fishhook (n.) A hook with a pendant, to the end of which the fish-tackle is hooked..

Sling :: Sling (v. t.) To pass a rope round, as a cask, gun, etc., preparatory to attaching a hoisting or lowering tackle..

Whip :: Whip (v. t.) A small tackle with a single rope, used to hoist light bodies..

Tackled :: Tackled (imp. & p. p.) of Tackl.

Swilled :: Swig (v. t.) To pull upon (a tackle) by throwing the weight of the body upon the fall between the block and a cleat.

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