A police officer or prison guard.
The ball of thread wound on to the spindle in a spinning machine.
A roughly dome-shaped piece of armor, especially one covering the shoulder, the elbow, or the knee.
A tube or quill upon which silk is wound.
A merlon.
To steal.
To adopt.
To obtain, to purchase (as in drugs), to get hold of, to take.
To admit, especially to a crime or wrongdoing.
To earn by bad behavior.
Of a pimp: to recruit a prostitute into the stable.
To (be forced to) take; to receive; to shoulder; to bear, especially blame or punishment for a particular instance of wrongdoing.
To see and record a railway locomotive for the first time.
A safety inspector in coal mines.
An assistant on any locomotive, whether steam-powered or not.
Someone (especially one who is male) who is skilled in the work of fighting fire.
A relief pitcher (reflecting the figurative analogy of rescuing the situation).
A person (originally a man) who keeps the fire going underneath a steam boiler (originally, shoveling coal by hand), particularly on a railroad locomotive or steamship.