What's the difference between campana and windlass?

Campana


Definition:

  • (n.) A church bell.
  • (n.) The pasque flower.
  • (n.) Same as Gutta.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Campana), has induced the authors to reconsider the surgical approach to this pathology on the basis of anatomo-surgical factors.
  • (2) In morphology it is similar to D. bargusinica Skrjabin 1917, D. campanae Anderson 1959, D. dollfusi Anderson 1959, and D. epsilon Johnston and Mawson 1940, but can be separated from these species by combinations of trident size and spicule size and morphology.
  • (3) The phospholipid fatty acid compositions of the sponges Ircinia strobilina, Ircinia felix, Ircinia campana, Ircinia sp., Spongia tubulifera and Dysidea etherea were studied, revealing the presence, besides other common fatty acids, of considerable amounts (2-5%) of the novel 23-methyl-5,9-tetracosadienoic acid (1).
  • (4) Recovered material includes 3 species of nematodes: Camallanus kirandensis Baylis 1928 (new host and geographical record), Cucullanus barbi Baylis 1923, and Rhabdochona congolensis Campana-Rouget 1961 (new host record); three species of cestodes: Khawia sp.
  • (5) Palace manager Ian Holloway made three adjustments from his side's 1-0 home defeat to Tottenham on Sunday, with three summer signings in striker Marouane Chamakh, winger Jason Puncheon and midfielder Jose Campana - the latter two making their debuts - coming in for Owen Garvan, Stephen Dobbie and Aaron Wilbraham, all of whom were among the substitutes.
  • (6) Around the corner on Callejon de la Campana, the dancing is several degrees hotter.
  • (7) Nurnberg said : "Jose Campana switches on loan until the end of the season from English Premier League club Crystal Palace.
  • (8) Crystal Palace: Speroni, Ward, Gabbidon, Delaney, Moxey, Puncheon, Jedinak, Dikgacoi, Campana, Chamakh, Gayle.
  • (9) 5.20pm GMT Jose Campana has left Crystal Palace for Nurnberg, signing a loan deal with the Bundesliga club with a view to a permanent move.
  • (10) Furthermore, with the single exception of Campana's report of obtaining mass resolution of 5000 for the molecular ion of melittin, such spectra have not displayed high resolution.
  • (11) We, Campana and co-workers, and Hettich and Buchanan have had some success with MALDI-FTMS of biomolecules with masses lower than 3000 Da, including melittin, a variety of lower mass peptides, and oligonucleotides with masses lower than 1800 Da.

Windlass


Definition:

  • (n.) A winding and circuitous way; a roundabout course; a shift.
  • (v. i.) To take a roundabout course; to work warily or by indirect means.
  • (n.) A machine for raising weights, consisting of a horizontal cylinder or roller moving on its axis, and turned by a crank, lever, or similar means, so as to wind up a rope or chain attached to the weight. In vessels the windlass is often used instead of the capstan for raising the anchor. It is usually set upon the forecastle, and is worked by hand or steam.
  • (n.) An apparatus resembling a winch or windlass, for bending the bow of an arblast, or crossbow.
  • (v. t. & i.) To raise with, or as with, a windlass; to use a windlass.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) By coincidence, both injuries were caused when the patients' clothing was caught in the revolving cylinder of a windlass on a ship.

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