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  • 61winch — n. & v. n. 1 the crank of a wheel or axle. 2 a windlass. 3 the reel of a fishing rod. 4 = WINCE(2). v.tr. lift with a winch. Derivatives: wincher n. Etymology: OE wince f. Gmc: cf. WINCE(1) …

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  • 62winch´er — winch1 «wihnch», noun, verb. –n. 1. a machine for lifting or pulling, consisting of a drum around which a rope passes and a crank by which it is turned by hand or by an engine. 2. the crank of a revolving machine. 3. = wince2. (Cf. ↑wince) 4. a… …

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  • 63Winch — Winch, v. i. [See {Wince}.] To wince; to shrink; to kick with impatience or uneasiness. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 64Winch — Winch, n. [OE. winche, AS. wince a winch, a reel to wind thread upon. Cf. {Wink}.] [1913 Webster] 1. A crank with a handle, for giving motion to a machine, a grindstone, etc. [1913 Webster] 2. An instrument with which to turn or strain something… …

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  • 65recoil — I. intransitive verb Etymology: Middle English reculen, recoilen, from Anglo French reculer, recuiler, from re + cul backside more at culet Date: 14th century 1. a. to fall back under pressure b. to shrink back physically or emotionally 2. to… …

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  • 66SWI-Prolog — is an open source implementation of the programming language Prolog, commonly used for teaching and semantic web applications.It has a rich set of features, libraries for constraint logic programming, multithreading, unit testing, GUI,interfacing …

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  • 67Lazarus (software) — This article concerns the software IDE named Lazarus. For other uses of the name, see Lazarus (disambiguation). Infobox Software name = Lazarus caption = Lazarus IDE 0.9.25 Screen print (Linux, GTK1) developer = volunteers latest release version …

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  • 68.NET Compact Framework — The Microsoft .NET Compact Framework (.NET CF) is a version of the .NET Framework that is designed to run on resource constrained mobile/embedded devices such as personal digital assistants (PDAs), mobile phones, factory controllers, set top… …

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  • 69Hard and soft C — A hard c vs. a soft c is a feature that occurs in many languages, including English, in which two distinct major sounds (phonemes) are represented by the Latin letter c . A hard c is pronounced as the voiceless plosive IPA| [k] (like in car );… …

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  • 70Comparison of boot loaders — The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of available boot loaders. Features Name License It can reside in Boot from Can boot MBR only MBR / VBR Floppy Hard disk Second Hard disk Logical partitions CD ROM Floppy …

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