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===Etymology===
{{root|en|ine-pro|*pleh₁-}}
From {{etylbor|en|la|en}} {{term|polyspaston||t=hoisting-tackle with many pulleys|lang=la}}, from {{etylder|en|grc|en}} {{term|πολύσπαστον||t=compound pulley|tr=poluspaston|lang=grc|sc=polytonic}}.
===Noun===
# A [[machine]] [[consist]]ing of many pulleys
#: {{syn|en|block and tackle|muffle|[[hoist]]ing-[[tackle]]}}
#* '''1849,''' Adalbert, ''Travels of His Royal Highness Prince Adalbert of Prussia'', page 275,
#*: {{quote-book|en|year=1849|author=Adalbert|title=Travels of His Royal Highness Prince Adalbert of Prussia|page=275|passage=The Bishop of Chrysopolis, his Majesty's former tutor, consecrated the foundation-stone, which was suspended from two elegant '''polyspasts'''; the Emperor himself laid it.}}
# {{contextlb|surgical|lang=en|surgical}} A machine of many [[pulley]]s, [[formerly]] used to reduce [[dislocation]]
# {{contextlb|mechanics|lang=en|mechanics}} A [[windlass]] with many [[pulley|pulleys]] and [[truckle]]s
====Translations====
{{trans-topsee|machine consisting of many pulleys|block and tackle}}
* French: {{t+|fr|polyspaste|m}}, {{t+|fr|moufle|f}}
* German: {{t+|de|Flaschenzug|m}}, {{t|de|Zugwerk|n}}
* Italian: {{t|it|polispasto|m}}
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* Russian: {{t+|ru|полиспаст}}
* Spanish: {{t|es|polispasto|m}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|поліспаст}}
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====References====
* {{R:Webster 1913|polyspast}}
* Bailey, Nathan ('''1737''') [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=VuYIAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=polyspast+-webster+-webster%27s+-websters#PPT626,M1&pg=PT648 ''The Universal Etymological English Dictionary'']
===Anagrams===
[[el:polyspast]]
* {{anagrams|en|a=aloppssty|playspots}}
[[vi:polyspast]]
{{cln|en|3-syllable words}}
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