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Definition of Rachets
1. rachet [v] - See also: rachet
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rachets
Literary usage of Rachets
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Documentary History of Chelsea: Including the Boston Precincts of by Mellen Chamberlain, Jenny Chamberlain Watts, William Richard Cutter, Massachusetts Historical Society (1908)
"John rachets, aet. 86 yrs. Feb. 1, 1768. Edward Tuttle, aet. 88 yrs. Apl. 2, 1768.
John, son to James and Hannah Floyd, aet. 9 yrs. ..."
2. Engineering of Power Plants by Robert Heywood Fernald, George Alexander Orrok (1916)
"In the former the paddle swings backward and forward with the wave motion, moving
a shaft or pair of shafts by rachets. In the latter a heavy float is ..."
3. Engineering of Power Plants by Robert Heywood Fernald, George Alexander Orrok (1916)
"In the latter a heavy float is lifted by the waves and in falling drives a shaft
by means of rachets. Many attempts in this direction have been made but no ..."
4. Compressed Air Information; Or, A Cyclopedia Containing Practical Papers on by William Lawrence Saunders (1903)
"We have done over five or six times a^ much drilling with a like number of men
as we were able to do with rachets, and in places inaccessible to hand ..."
5. Compressed Air Information: Or, A Cyclopedia Containing Practical Papers on by W[illiam] L[awrence] Saunders (1903)
"We have done over five or six times as much drilling with a like number of men
as we were able to do with rachets, and in places inaccessible to hand ..."
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