Of course the sheave-carrier is wrong for a hostess!. From Wordnik.com. [2 B R 0 2 B] Reference
Steel cable groaned as it turned through the pulley sheave. From Wordnik.com. [Stallion Gate]
Only because of its width it gets the form of a very flat cylinder, a sheave. From Wordnik.com. [2. Types of milling tools to be applied] Reference
A 26-in. driving sheave was attached to an ordinary hoisting engine equipped with a governor. From Wordnik.com. [Concrete Construction Methods and Costs] Reference
Unfortunately there was no rope in the sheave, but the bag beside Casca would take care of that. From Wordnik.com. [The Eternal Mercenary]
The wire is led over a sheave on top of the ladder and fixed to the picket post at the beginning of the line. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 1157, March 5, 1898] Reference
The belly straightened in the lines, the sheave wheels squealed, and the timber grating slid ponderously down the bank into the river. From Wordnik.com. [The Seventh Scroll]
NSK crane-sheave bearings save costs at steelworks. From Wordnik.com. [Manufacturingtalk - manufacturing industry news] Reference
Luka had been able to obtain a sheave at Turukhansk. From Wordnik.com. [Condemned as a Nihilist A Story of Escape from Siberia] Reference
Four single-sheave galvanized pulley-blocks at 35 c 1.40. From Wordnik.com. [St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, January 1878, No. 3] Reference
Thomas was busy working with a spoke-sheave at the spoke of a cart-wheel. From Wordnik.com. [Annals of a Quiet Neighbourhood] Reference
Typically, the application includes some kind of pulley system or sheave with ropes or wires. From Wordnik.com. [Manufacturingtalk - manufacturing industry news] Reference
Smiling demurely, even blandly, Lawton rolled his sheave of bacon to and fro upon its kidneys. From Wordnik.com. [Plum Pudding Of Divers Ingredients, Discreetly Blended & Seasoned] Reference
Among the changes for the 2009 P-51B ™ are a secondary sheave FEAD, the addition of the ROUSH®. From Wordnik.com. [Top Speed] Reference
¾-in. wire rope passing over a 10-in. sheave lasted for the driving of. From Wordnik.com. [Concrete Construction Methods and Costs] Reference
"She wants a sheave o 'your white breid, and then a glass o' your red wine. From Wordnik.com. [Lord Beichan (2)] Reference
G, where there is a small sheave upon which it can bear, whatever be the inclination of the boat. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 433, April 19, 1884] Reference
It wad hae cleared aff a guid sheave o 'yer mither's debts. ". From Wordnik.com. [Alec Forbes of Howglen] Reference
Saw off the sheave-holes, and put two pegs through at right angles -- you know how I mean. ". From Wordnik.com. [The King's Own] Reference
'O ae sheave o your bread, true-love. From Wordnik.com. [Gay Goshawk] Reference
‘O ae sheave o’ your bread, true-love. From Wordnik.com. [Ballads of Romance and Chivalry Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - First Series] Reference
Gie me a sheave o your bread, nourice. From Wordnik.com. [The Heir of Linne] Reference
Yese get a sheave o my bread, Willy. From Wordnik.com. [The Heir of Linne] Reference
For all defect, and sheave the mystery: 185. From Wordnik.com. [An Island. V. The Town Down the River] Reference
O ae sheave o your bread, true-love, 105. From Wordnik.com. [The Gay Goshawk] Reference
Catcalls waked echoes like a shrieking sheave. From Wordnik.com. [Georgian Poetry 1911-12] Reference
And the fall-rope whines through the sheave; 40. From Wordnik.com. [L'Envoi] Reference
Impassionate years, can sheave the scattered rays. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 18, April, 1859] Reference
9. short for monkey-block, a kind of nautical sheave. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XIV No 4] Reference
"She begs one sheave of your white bread. From Wordnik.com. [Ballad Book] Reference
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