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The gears worked smoothly, to the minor accompaniment of the ratchet clicking and the links passing over the drive sprocket.
The teeth of the ratchet aren't sufficiently large or strong to hold the center channel speaker if the unit gets bumped or moved.
The ratchet will move further in the direction of control at the expense of liberty.
And another downward ratchet in wages would just about guarantee it will get worse.
It's only in the down time that we recognize the one-way ratchet of adding to the cost of doing business.
Put two anchors into your walls and then ratchet the triangular cloth until it reaches just the right tension with one of those clicky thingies.
Conversely, something that initially seems a small and minor incident you might want to ratchet up the scale.
The one historic reversal of this ratchet was Ronald Reagan's 1981 tax cut, which increased revenue through economic growth.
Lantern clocks originally ran on woven ropes, which were threaded over spikes on ratchet wheels.
The Fed's Open Market Committee expected to once again ratchet up interest rates by a quarter point when it meets on Tuesday.
They were thrilled to proceed with merger mania and ratchet up already-humongous profits.
But as rates rise sharply and home price increases ratchet down, the flow of cash from housing equity is sure to slow in the coming year.
Was this piece of paper reason to stop talking completely and ratchet up the rhetoric?
If she can ratchet her performance up a notch or two, there's no reason why she couldn't be one of the four.
No listings in catalogs or sales literature have been found for the ratchet model.
In the same area is the lever that engages the ratchet to rotate the cylinder.
The verbal sparring and playful banter with her is really starting to ratchet up some interesting tension.
Shock and disbelief sent ratchet and hairdryer alike clattering to the forest floor.
This is a very handy pair of pliers because it can be also used as a pipe wrench, adjustable wrench, wire cutter, ratchet, or a clamp.
The growth of mammoth government interventions tends to be a one-way ratchet.
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Examples from Classical Literature
It is held lightly against the periphery of the ratchet wheel by a small spring known as the ratchet spring.
The rotating ratchet is in the band of the cylinder and has a spline in it, and a pall on its outside.
The capstan is prevented from turning back by a pawl attached to its lower part, working in a circular ratchet on the base.
The capstan is prevented from turning back by a pawl attached to its lower part and working in a circular ratchet on the base.
On the side of the clock case was a contact maker, which closed the circuit by the pin on the ratchet wheel, R, once every minute.
The L lever carries a pawl which operates a ratchet wheel, placed on the handle end of the slide rest cross feed screw.
At every quarter mile, on many lines, are straining-posts with ratchet wheel winders, for tightening the wires.
Adjusting the diaphragm contact on the ratchet wheel will change the tone of the horn.
RatchetThe pawl, or dog, which engages in the teeth of a ratchet wheel and prevents it from turning backward.
ClickThe click, pawl, or dog, is a necessary accessory of a ratchet wheel.
Perhaps he's one of those creatures who've slipped the ratchet off the motion cog.
I set my ratchet scales against the sides, and nothing can dislodge me.
A ratchet prevents the arbor from being turned backwards by the spring.
There is the creaking of a chain, and the loud tinkle as the check of the capstan falls into the ratchet.
Your free pruners have a clever ratchet action, which multiplies the power you exert, progressively cutting with the slightest pressure.
Get the 10-ft ratchet strap, NSN 5340-01-341-2984, from the BII storage box.
We think a ratchet wheel should not be employed with equidistant pallets.
The driving-wheel is assumed to be on the further side of the ratchet.
In going-barrel, keyless watches the ratchet has epicycloidal teeth.
The ratchet wheel and pawl shown in fig. 48 are part of the lubricator.
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