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pawls
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pawls
A stout but short set of bars of iron fixed close to the capstan-whelps, or windlass of a ship, to prevent them from recoiling and overpowering the men. Iron or wood brackets suspended to the paul-bitts of a windlass, and dropping into appropriate scores, act as a security to the purchase. To the windlass it is vertical; for capstans, horizontal, bolted to the whelps, and butting to the deck-rim.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of pawls in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of pawls in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
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