Pulley

  • 101Loose pulley — Loose Loose (l[=oo]s), a. [Compar. {Looser} (l[=oo]s [ e]r); superl. {Loosest}.] [OE. loos, lous, laus, Icel. lauss; akin to OD. loos, D. los, AS. le[ a]s false, deceitful, G. los, loose, Dan. & Sw. l[ o]s, Goth. laus, and E. lose. [root]127. See …

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  • 102rubbish pulley — Gin Gin, n. [A contraction of engine.] [1913 Webster] 1. Contrivance; artifice; a trap; a snare. Chaucer. Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. (a) A machine for raising or moving heavy weights, consisting of a tripod formed of poles united at the top, with …

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  • 103Rubbish pulley — Rubbish Rub bish, n. [OE. robows, robeux, rubble, originally an Old French plural from an assumed dim. of robe, probably in the sense of trash; cf. It. robaccia trash, roba stuff, goods, wares, robe. Thus, etymologically rubbish is the pl. of… …

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  • 104idler pulley — noun Date: circa 1890 a guide or tightening pulley for a belt or chain …

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  • 105Andrew Pulley — is an American politician who ran as Socialist Workers Party (SWP) candidate for Vice President of the United States in 1972. Along with Presidential candidate Linda Jenness he received 52,799 votes. He was also the SWP candidate for President in …

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  • 106cone pulley — (on a lathe) a pulley consisting of a conelike arrangement of graduated, concentric pulleys for driving the headstock at different speeds. * * * …

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  • 107driving pulley — wheel which sets a pulley in motion …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 108idle pulley — i′dle (or i′dler) pul ley n. mac a loose pulley made to press or rest on a belt in order to tighten or guide it • Etymology: 1885–1890 …

    From formal English to slang

  • 109idler pulley — /ˈaɪdlə pʊli/ (say uydluh poolee) noun a loose pulley made to press or rest on a belt in order to tighten or guide it …

  • 110fixed pulley — nekilnojamasis skridinys statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. fixed pulley vok. feste Rolle, f rus. неподвижный ролик, m pranc. poulie fixe, f …

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