A system in which a rope, cable, or chain (the tackle) is passed over pulleys enclosed in two (or rarely more) blocks, one fixed and one attached to a load, which is used to gain mechanical advantage to lift or pull heavy loads.
The underwear combination of stockings worn with a suspender belt.
The opening in a pulley block between the sheave and shell through which the rope passes.
Any of various carbohydrate-based dishes that are swallowed without much chewing.
The amount swallowed in one gulp; the act of swallowing.
A small, migratory bird of the Hirundinidae family with long, pointed, moon-shaped wings and a forked tail which feeds on the wing by catching insects.
To retract; to recant.
To take food down into the stomach; to make the muscular contractions of the oesophagus to achieve this, often taken as a sign of nervousness or strong emotion.
To accept easily or without questions; to believe, accept.
To cause (food, drink etc.) to pass from the mouth into the stomach; to take into the stomach through the throat.
To engross; to appropriate; usually with up.
To take (something) in so that it disappears; to consume, absorb.
To put up with; to bear patiently or without retaliation.