† capstringn.
Obsolete.
= capstan n.
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windas1293
wind1399
windlassc1400
fern1546
stow?1549
capstock1551
winch1577
draw-beam1585
wind-beam1585
winder1585
capstring1609
crab1627
guindall1628
gin1632
Jack1686
screw engine1688
twirl1688
moulineta1706
jack roll1708
wind-lifta1734
whim1738
stowce1747
whim-engine1759
macaroni gin1789
whimsy1789
winze1839
jack roller1843
wink1847
winding engine1858
fusee-windlass1874
come-along1891
1609 T. Heywood Troia Britanica vii. 150 Some to the Cap-string call, some pray, some sweare.
a1641 T. Heywood & W. Rowley Fortune by Land & Sea (1655) iv. iii Part of their Capstring too I with a Piece abaft shot overboard.
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cap-string
cap-string n.
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n.1609as lemmas
- dodecaphonists
- dodecaphony
- dodecarch
- dodecarchy
- dodecasemic
- dodecasemic foot
- dodecastyle
- dodecastyles
- dodecasyllabic
- dodecasyllable
- dodecasyllables
- dodecatemory
- dodecuplet
- dodecyl
- dodecylene
- dodekarch
- dodemusyd
- dodgast
- dodgasted
- dodge
- dodge a bullet
- dodge it
- dodge pompey
- dodge the bullet
- dodge the column