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A blabber of secrets.
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A giant termite native to the Eastern Caribbean.
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A machine used for peeling apples.
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Craftsman who makes and repairs spinning wheels and looms.
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The part on a come-along which is used to secure the cog.
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08-07-2002, 05:20 PM
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One. I don't know whether it's correct or not, but I enjoyed it. 
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Five, just because come-along is a word I love.
It means, er, um, uh....well, in my personal experience, it is a jury-rigged (q.v.) arrangement for moving something too big to carry or put in a wheelbarrow. Like, say, a winch, or more likely an informal pulley setup. But that's a purely pragmatic definition, and I would hate to violate the spirit of the game by looking it up in the dictionary. 
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Quote: Originally posted by sylvanb
... I would hate to violate the spirit of the game by <gasp> looking it up in the dictionary. | 
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#3!
(So THAT'S what they're called!)
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08-16-2002, 01:09 AM
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Submitted by: BALDERDASH
A blabber of secrets.
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Submitted by: BALDERDASH
A blabber of secrets.
Votes received: Two
taurusmoon *
MrsNormanMaine
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Submitted by: theworm
A giant termite native to the Eastern Caribbean.
Votes received: Zero
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Submitted by: taurusmoon
A machine used for peeling apples.
Votes received: Three
quasar
kurt_messick
wivabef
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Submitted by: hadassahchana
Craftsman who makes and repairs spinning wheels and looms.
Votes received: One
theworm
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Submitted by: wivabef
The part on a come-along which is used to secure the cog.
Votes received: Three
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hadassahchana
theeye
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01 hadassahchana
00 kurt_messick
02 MrsNormanMaine
00 quasar
00 sylvanb
05 taurusmoon *
00 theeye
00 theworm
03 wivabef
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05 taurusmoon *
03 wivabef
02 MrsNormanMaine
01 hadassahchana
00 kurt_messick
00 quasar
00 sylvanb
00 theeye
00 theworm
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08-16-2002, 01:40 AM
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Quote: Originally posted by quasar
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Janice wondering what a come-along is | I wondered the same thing. This is the best picture I could find. Wivabef, no doubt, would be able to offer an explanation of the apparatus. I think though that sylvan's guess is pretty close. Quote: Originally posted by sylvanb
It means, er, um, uh....well, in my personal experience, it is a jury-rigged (q.v.) arrangement for moving something too big to carry or put in a wheelbarrow. Like, say, a winch, or more likely an informal pulley setup.
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Sylvan B described it best. Quote: Originally posted by sylvanb
Five, just because come-along is a word I love.
It means, er, um, uh....well, in my personal experience, it is a jury-rigged (q.v.) arrangement for moving something too big to carry or put in a wheelbarrow. Like, say, a winch, or more likely an informal pulley setup. | You take the hook on the come-along (unfortunately the picture isn't yet showing) and attach it to the item you need to haul out of some place. Then, you secure the mechanism to a good anchoring point (preferably at a point where the large heavy item is intended to go. Then, as you crank the lever, a thingy (hence "whiddler") grabs the teeth in the cog that takes up the slack in the rope or chain connecting the come along to the large, heavy item. Should you suddenly lose your grip, the come-along locks into place, keeping large, heavy item from retreating.
We used a come along to haul an old forged iron coal stove out of our basement through the bulkhead.
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08-16-2002, 01:54 AM
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Quote: Originally posted by wivabef
Sylvan B described it best.
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You must have been posting while I was editing my post.
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08-16-2002, 07:23 AM
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That looks like something out of the singing cow animation!
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08-16-2002, 09:43 AM
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Yes. Beware false hay bales lest ye fall into a trap.
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Yes! That's it! What a gorgeous object. We use a come-along as part of the rig to haul the boat, sort of a backup to the electric winch. It is way ugly compared to that glamorous picture.
Sounds like whiddler would be a sort of a pawl (q.v.), except that that isn't what whiddler means 
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