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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Another has him tortured to death by having his intestines pulled from him by a windlass .
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Because there was no windlass , both ends of the anchor line were shackled together, Ward said.
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Missing was a windlass , used to raise and lower the anchor.
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Sandy McGlashan, the windlass man, climbed down the ladder and came to sit beside Cameron.
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Some specialists said Thursday that the windlass might not have enabled the crew to anchor the barge in the storm.
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Y., was not violating any regulation by operating without a windlass , officials said.