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Line 2: ===Etymology=== {{root\|en\|ine-pro\|pleh₁-}} From {{~~etyl\|la~~bor\|en~~}} {{m~~\|la\|polyspaston\|\|t=hoisting-tackle with many pulleys}}, from {{~~etyl\|grc~~der\|en~~}} {{m~~\|grc\|πολύσπαστον\|\|t=compound pulley}}. ===Noun=== Line 8 ⟶ 9: # 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.}} # {{lb\|en\|surgical}} A machine of many [[pulley]]s, [[formerly]] used to reduce [[dislocation]] # {{lb\|en\|mechanics}} A [[windlass]] with many [[pulley\|pulleys]] and [[truckle]]s ====Translations==== {{trans-~~top~~see\|machine consisting of many pulleys\|block and tackle}} Finnish: {{t+\|fi\|väkipyörästö}} * French: {{t+\|fr\|polyspaste\|m}}, {{t+\|fr\|moufle\|f}} * German: {{t+\|de\|Flaschenzug\|m}}, {{t\|de\|Zugwerk\|n}} * Italian: {{t\|it\|polispasto\|m}} ~~{{trans-mid}}~~ * Russian: {{t+\|ru\|полиспаст}} * Spanish: {{t\|es\|polispasto\|m}} * Ukrainian: {{t\|uk\|поліспаст}} ~~{{trans-bottom}}~~ ====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=== * {{anagrams\|en\|a=aloppssty\|playspots}} ~~[[Category:English~~ {{cln\|en\|3-syllable words]]}} {{C\|en\|Engineering}}