Directly abaft the capstan was the fore-hatch, over which lay the path of those who walked around at the bars. From Wordnik.com. [Down the Rhine Young America in Germany] Reference
A small, strong raft, it may be forty feet square, with an upright windlass in its centre, called a capstan, is fastened to some part of the boom. From Wordnik.com. [A Study of Hawthorne] Reference
Also crazy "capstan" control of your reel-to-reel for early time-stretch, which, if you can understand it, makes time travel seem possible after all. From Wordnik.com. [Review: Audio Damage Discord] Reference
Without the capstan eighty men would have been needed. From Wordnik.com. [Under the Dragon Flag My Experiences in the Chino-Japanese War] Reference
Merry the song that keeps tune with the revolving capstan. From Wordnik.com. [Alvira, the Heroine of Vesuvius] Reference
I would set my capstan spinning to the chanting of all hands. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, January 17, 1917] Reference
He was a little, shrewd man, and knew a handspike from a capstan bar. From Wordnik.com. [A Sailor of King George] Reference
"And none of them attempted to cut your lasso from their capstan?" asked. From Wordnik.com. [Jack Wright and His Electric Stage; or, Leagued Against the James Boys] Reference
"What's awful?" said a wave, drowning the capstan for the hundredth time. From Wordnik.com. [McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 4, March, 1896] Reference
The problem has been solved by the introduction of the capstan navigation or towage. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 484, April 11, 1885] Reference
The weapon to which the sailor was most partial, however, was the familiar capstan-bar. From Wordnik.com. [The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore] Reference
Thus, three rows of men, pulling without a capstan, can quickly raise the load to the top. From Wordnik.com. [The Ten Books on Architecture] Reference
"This organized conspiracy on your part," the capstan gurgled, taking his cue from the mast. From Wordnik.com. [McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 4, March, 1896] Reference
"As easily as you can distinguish a marlinespike from a capstan-bar," answered Captain Miles. From Wordnik.com. [The White Squall A Story of the Sargasso Sea] Reference
The remaining Malays were huddled up in a corner by the capstan, hemmed in by the bluejackets. From Wordnik.com. [The Penang Pirate and, The Lost Pinnace] Reference
I found myself swimming there, on top, and not so much as a capstan-bar to make me a life-buoy. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, No. 14, December 1858] Reference
They then returned to the boat, let on all the steam, and began to wind up the cable on the capstan. From Wordnik.com. [Life at Puget Sound: With Sketches of Travel in Washington Territory, British Columbia, Oregon and California] Reference
If she could reach one and get to leeward of that capstan -- but what should she hold on to meanwhile?. From Wordnik.com. [All Aboard A Story for Girls] Reference
It is worked by a chain and capstan, by horses, and, of course, may be operated by steam or lever power. From Wordnik.com. [Farm drainage The Principles, Processes, and Effects of Draining Land with Stones, Wood, Plows, and Open Ditches, and Especially with Tiles] Reference
Jim glided aft and crouched low near the capstan, where he was hard to be distinguished from a coil of rope. From Wordnik.com. [Frontier Boys in Frisco] Reference
British custom furniture maker David Fletcher makes capstan tables — tables that expand and contract radially. From Wordnik.com. [Daily Dispatch: Twitter adds location feature; New Mac Mini with HDMI announced] Reference
To pull out the piping great power is needed, and we at first used a capstan made on the ranch and worked by hand. From Wordnik.com. [Ranching, Sport and Travel] Reference
The capstan is accompanied by a steam launch which carries the anchor and hawser forward in advance of the capstan. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 484, April 11, 1885] Reference
If moved by a capstan, or other slowly-operating power, it must work more thoroughly, so as not to consume too much time. From Wordnik.com. [Farm drainage The Principles, Processes, and Effects of Draining Land with Stones, Wood, Plows, and Open Ditches, and Especially with Tiles] Reference
But Phil really enjoyed it, and sat on the capstan, watching two grizzled old sailors heave the lead with unmoved interest. From Wordnik.com. [Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XIII, Nov. 28, 1891] Reference
I spoke to the cap'en, but it was of no use -- not a bit; you might just as well have expected a capstan bar to hear reason!. From Wordnik.com. [Picked up at Sea The Gold Miners of Minturne Creek] Reference
We then made a raft of the davit, capstan-bars and some boards, and waited with resignation, for divine Providence to assist us. From Wordnik.com. [Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy A weird series of tales of shipwreck and disaster, from the earliest part of the century to the present time, with accounts of providential escapes and heart-rending fatalities.] Reference
The hull, superstructure, fore winch and capstan of Prometej are all original, while the gym and steam room are more recent additions. From Wordnik.com. [The VIP DIY Super-Yacht Club] Reference
Such an arrangement is equivalent to wheel and axle (Fig. 112); the capstan used on shipboard for raising the anchor has the same principle. From Wordnik.com. [General Science] Reference
"'Top a minnit, Mass' V'reker!" shouted Accra Prout, darting into the middle of the throng, clearing a pathway for himself with the capstan bar. From Wordnik.com. [The Ghost Ship A Mystery of the Sea] Reference
The capstan, however, was spun round so merrily by the marines while the nippers, in the hands of the active seamen, passed so freely; that, ere. From Wordnik.com. [Crown and Anchor Under the Pen'ant] Reference
Russia and resold at the destination, usually Nishny-Novgorod, at a fair profit, the capstan boat carrying fodder and provender for the attendants. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 484, April 11, 1885] Reference
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