Drum winding

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• Winding

  ·noun A call by the boatswain's whistle. II. Winding ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of <<Wind>>. III. Winding ·p....

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• Drum

  ·vi To throb, as the heart. II. Drum ·noun A tea party; a kettledrum. III. Drum ·vt To execute on ...

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• drum

  n. a bundle; more usually calleda swag (q.v.). 1866. Wm. Starner, `Recollections of a Life of Adve...

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• drum

  See storm-drum. ...

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• Ring winding

  ·add. ·- Armature winding in which the wire is wound round the outer and inner surfaces alternately ...

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• Series winding

  ·add. ·- A winding in which the armature coil and the field-magnet coil are in series with the exter...

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• Shunt winding

  ·add. ·- A winding so arranged as to divide the armature current and lead a portion of it around the...

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• Stem-winding

  ·adj Wound by mechanism connected with the stem; as, a stem-winding watch. ...

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• winding-tackle

  A tackle formed of one fixed triple three-sheaved block, and one double or triple movable block. It ...

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• Bass drum

  ·- The largest of the different kinds of drums, having two heads, and emitting a deep, grave sound. ...

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• Drum major

  ·- ... II. Drum major ·- The marching leader of a military band. III. Drum major ·- A noisy gather...

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• hum drum

  A hum drum fellow; a dull tedious narrator, a bore; also a set of gentlemen, who (Bailey says) used ...

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• mire-drum

  a bittern. Norf. ...

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• banded-drum

  See grunter. ...

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• drum-capstan

  A contrivance for weighing heavy anchors, invented by Sir S. Morland, who died in 1695. ...

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• muffled drum

  The sound is thus damped at funerals: passing the spare cord, which is made of drummer's plait (to c...

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• storm-drum

  A canvas cylinder 3 feet in length, expanded at each end by a strong wooden hoop 3 feet in diameter....

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• out of winding

  Said of a plank or piece of timber which has a fair and even surface without any twists: the opposit...

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• winding a call

  The act of blowing or piping on a boatswain's whistle, to communicate the necessary orders. (See cal...

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• winding-tackle pendant

  A strong rope made fast to the lower mast-head, and forming the support of the winding-tackle. ...

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• mire-bumper and mire-drum

  North-country names of the bittern. ...

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