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Swilled :: Swig (v. t.) To pull upon (a tackle) by throwing the weight of the body upon the fall between the block and a cleat.

Nucleate :: Nucleate (a.) Having a nucleus; nucleated.

Capstan :: Capstan (n.) A vertical cleated drum or cylinder, revolving on an upright spindle, and surmounted by a drumhead with sockets for bars or levers. It is much used, especially on shipboard, for moving or raising heavy weights or exerting great power by traction upon a rope or cable, passing around the drum. It is operated either by steam power or by a number of men walking around the capstan, each pushing on the end of a lever fixed in its socket..

Myeloplax :: Myeloplax (n.) One of the huge multinucleated cells found in the marrow of bone and occasionally in other parts; a giant cell. See Osteoclast.

Enucleated :: Enucleated (imp. & p. p.) of Enucleat.

Binuclear :: Binuclear (a.) Alt. of Binucleat.

Kevel :: Kevel (n.) A strong cleat to which large ropes are belayed.

Pus :: Pus (a.) The yellowish white opaque creamy matter produced by the process of suppuration. It consists of innumerable white nucleated cells floating in a clear liquid.

Enucleation :: Enucleation (n.) The act of enucleating; elucidation; exposition.

Monerula :: Monerula (n.) A germ in that stage of development in which its form is simply that of a non-nucleated mass of protoplasm. It precedes the one-celled germ. So called from its likeness to a moner.

Cleat :: Cleat (n.) A strip of wood or iron fastened on transversely to something in order to give strength, prevent warping, hold position, etc..

Cytode :: Cytode (n.) A nonnucleated mass of protoplasm, the supposed simplest form of independent life differing from the amoeba, in which nuclei are present..

Multinucleate :: Multinucleate (a.) Alt. of Multinucleate.

Uninucleated :: Uninucleated (a.) Possessed of but a single nucleus; as, a uninucleated cell..

Multinucleated :: Multinucleated (a.) Multinuclear.

Cleat :: Cleat (v. t.) To strengthen with a cleat.

Turn :: Turn (n.) A round of a rope or cord in order to secure it, as about a pin or a cleat..

Belay :: Belay (v. t.) To make fast, as a rope, by taking several turns with it round a pin, cleat, or kevel..

Enucleate :: Enucleate (v. t.) To bring or peel out, as a kernel from its enveloping husks its enveloping husks or shell..

Nucleate :: Nucleate (v. t.) To gather, as about a nucleus or center..

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