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windasius

windasius (gu-) [ME windas, OF windas, guindas], device for hauling or hoisting, windlass, winch. ligno quod naute windasium vocant caput rudentis circumposuere, ut suffragante ligno conatus efficacior esset. est ‥ lignum ex transverso puppis positum, et ex latere perforatum, cujus usus est in majoribus navibus ad suspendendum velum W. Cant. Mir. Thom. III 44; 1277 [the windlass] wyndasius [revolved ‥ so that he fell into the well] Cal. LBLond. B 270; c1295 in uno wyndasyo et duobus rotheris ferro ligatis HMC Rep. IX. I 258a; 1304 in uno wyndasio et duobus rotheres ferro ligatis emptis ad eandem [galeam] Pipe 149 m. 3d.; 1307 est ibi quidam wyndasmus super Tamysiam pro navibus tractandis IPM 128/27; 1348 in uno ulmo empto ‥ pro quodam wyndasio inde faciendo ad idem ingenium KR Ac 462/16 f. 5d.; 1348 pro factura unius nove wyndase Ib. 462/16 f. 6.

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