Stem-winding

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• Stem

  ·noun A branch of a family. II. Stem ·noun The entire central axis of a feather. III. Stem ·vt To ...

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• stem

  The foremost piece uniting the bows of a ship; its lower end scarphs into the keel, and the bowsprit...

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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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• Stem-clasping

  ·adj Embracing the stem with its base; amplexicaul; as a leaf or petiole. ...

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• Stem-winder

  ·noun A stem-winding watch. ...

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• gouty-stem

  n. the Australian Baobab-tree (q.v.), Adansonia gregori, F. v. M.According to Maiden (p. 60), Sterc...

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• armed stem

  See beak. ...

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• false stem

  A hard timber fayed to the fore-part of the main stem, its tail covering the fore-end of the keel. (...

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• stem-knee

  In ship-building, the compass-timber which connects the keel with the stem. (See dead-wood knees.) ...

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• Drum winding

  ·add. ·- A method of armature winding in which the wire is wound upon the outer surface of a cylinde...

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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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• winding-tackle

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

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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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