polyspast
English
Etymology
From Template:L. (deprecated template usage) polyspaston < Template:AGr. (deprecated template usage) Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter "sc" should be a valid script code; the value "polytonic" is not valid. See WT:LOS.
Noun
polyspast (plural polyspasts)
- A machine consisting of many pulleys
- (deprecated template usage) Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "surgical" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. A machine of many pulleys, formerly used to reduce dislocation
- (deprecated template usage) Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "mechanics" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. A windlass with many pulleys and truckles
Translations
machine consisting of many pulleys
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References
- “polyspast”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- Bailey, Nathan (1737) The Universal Etymological English Dictionary