verb transitive To cause to become incremented or decremented.noun A procedure or regulation that goes in one direction, usually up.noun A mechanism composed of a ratchet wheel, or ratch and pawl.noun A pawl, click, or detent for holding or propelling a ratchet wheel, or ratch, etc.noun (Mach.) a circular wheel having teeth, usually angular, with which a reciprocating pawl engages to turn the wheel forward, or a stationary pawl to hold it from turning backward.įrom Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.noun a portable machine for working a drill by hand, consisting of a hand lever carrying at one end a drill holder which is revolved by means of a ratchet wheel and pawl, by swinging the lever back and forth.noun (Mech.) a boring brace, having a ratchet wheel and pawl for rotating the tool by back and forth movements of the brace handle.noun A mechanism composed of a ratchet wheel, or ratch, and pawl.noun A pawl, click, or detent, for holding or propelling a ratchet wheel, or ratch, etc.noun In printing, a notched straight blade of brass which rotates the pinions attached to the movable clamps of an electrotype plate mounted upon a block.įrom the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.noun A detent or pivoted piece designed to fit into the teeth of a ratchet-wheel, permitting the wheel to rotate in one direction, but not in the other.intransitive verb To increase or decrease by increments.intransitive verb To cause to increase or decrease by increments.noun The pawl, wheel, or bar of this mechanism.noun A mechanism consisting of a pawl that engages the sloping teeth of a wheel or bar, permitting motion in one direction only.From The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
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