A pawl is a sort of catch that fits into. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Swift and His Motor-Cycle, or, Fun and Adventures on the Road] Reference
This is a substitute for a pawl and ratchet wheel. From Wordnik.com. [Practical Mechanics for Boys] Reference
The pawl is pressed into one of these cogs by a spring. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 561, October 2, 1886] Reference
The pawl was connected with a lever, M, fixed at the top. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 664, September 22,1888] Reference
June 1, 2008 at 11:37 am but den himz r nawt pawl so hoo ish hee?. From Wordnik.com. [SPICE MUST FLOW - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?] Reference
My Model 29 needed a new hand and pawl after only a couple of hundred rounds. From Wordnik.com. [Does Your Smith & Wesson .44 Magnum Jam?] Reference
A wheel having teeth at certain intervals to catch the end of a pawl or finger. From Wordnik.com. [Practical Mechanics for Boys] Reference
The lever, m, then gives way to the action of the spring, t, and the pawl, h, rises again. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 315, January 14, 1882] Reference
As soon as he could maneuver properly, he pressed the far edge of the comb down on the pawl. From Wordnik.com. [One-ClickBuy:SeptemberHarlequinBlaze]
The rotation device with a pawl and ratchet mechanism allows rotation only in one direction. From Wordnik.com. [7.1 Pneumatic jack hammer, drilling stand, jackleg] Reference
New features include a transfer bar and loading gate mechanism and a patented reverse-indexing pawl. From Wordnik.com. [New Guns: Six Huntable Handguns for 2006] Reference
With a monkey-wrench he removed the two big wheels of the lawn-mower and reversed the pawl in the cogs. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Swift and His Motor-Cycle, or, Fun and Adventures on the Road] Reference
I, then, like several of the others, the holding pawl now engaged, put my head down on the bar, resting. From Wordnik.com. [Rogue Of Gor]
The lever and the saw connected with it can be raised and held up by a pawl while the work is being fixed. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 795, March 28, 1891] Reference
I b wun uv da pawl bearz — itza reel onner, but I weesh I dint hafta b dewin dat ifn U noez wat I meenz…. From Wordnik.com. [iz u done vacooming now?? - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?] Reference
Some of the reels that come on these combos have poor drags; some are simple pawl drags or offset disc drags. From Wordnik.com. [hey guys i have fished all my life but i have not yet learned the art of fly-fishing i would like to start but i am unsure of ro] Reference
His mechanic had removed a pawl or two in an effort to decrease freehub drag, but the results were disastrous. From Wordnik.com. [Ask Nick: Mechanically inclined racers, mystery clicking, ProTour bike washing techniques and more] Reference
The pawl from the freehub broke through the freehub shell causing the wheel to instantly become a "Fixed" wheel. From Wordnik.com. [A Shot in the Dark: The Art of Appropriating Blame] Reference
Before you exert pressure you have to check that the notch pawl has locked in the notch wheel (visual inspection). From Wordnik.com. [4. Labour Safety with the Spindle Presses] Reference
The ratchets of the two blocks clicked, one pawl at a time, as both Reeper and Nahoot gently put pressure on the tackle. From Wordnik.com. [The Seventh Scroll]
One of the pawls is sticking, broken, or somehow compromised, or the body is flexing so that one pawl misses its first grab. From Wordnik.com. [Technical FAQ with Lennard Zinn: Keeping cyclocross brakes centered, pulling that PT crank] Reference
Keeping your ear on the lock, try to hear the tumblers as they rub across the pawl; keep the dial rotating in a clockwise direction. From Wordnik.com. [Secrets Of Lock Picking]
The simple lever with a pawl on each side of the fulcrum is the most effective means to make a continuous feed by the simple movement of a lever. From Wordnik.com. [Practical Mechanics for Boys] Reference
I had maybe eight bad rounds, none of which were related to the left pawl problem. From Wordnik.com. [Tools of Renewal] Reference
A pawl prevents the wheel from slipping backwards, forcing the wheel to move in one direction only. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Science News Features, Blog Entries, Column Entries, Issues, Articles and Book Reviews] Reference
If screwed in, the cross-head will be too low for the upper pawl to engage and the valve will not be opened. From Wordnik.com. [Steam Turbines A Book of Instruction for the Adjustment and Operation of the Principal Types of this Class of Prime Movers] Reference
If less steam is wanted the shield-plate rises and allows the lower pawl to close the valve on the down stroke. From Wordnik.com. [Steam Turbines A Book of Instruction for the Adjustment and Operation of the Principal Types of this Class of Prime Movers] Reference
They got their first pawl easily enough, then another, and another, by which time the hawser was once more as taut as a bar. From Wordnik.com. [A Middy in Command A Tale of the Slave Squadron] Reference
I think, therefore, that if I were you I would send all hands to the windlass, and let them endeavour to get another pawl or two. From Wordnik.com. [A Middy in Command A Tale of the Slave Squadron] Reference
By use of a double pawl and base attached to the upright lever the ratchet wheel is thrown back or forward at the will of the operator. From Wordnik.com. [Liddell Company, Manufacturers of Engines, Boilers, Saw Mills, Cotton and Yarn Presses, Shafting, Pulleys, etc., Charlotte, N.C.] Reference
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