An instrument for tightening the parts of a bedstead.
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(nautical) a round hardwood disk with holes and a grooved perimeter used to tighten a shroud
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An instrument intended to replace the knife in many operations, the parts operated on being severed by the crushing effect produced by the gradual tightening of a steel chain, so that hemorrhage rarely follows.
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A stick or small wooden cylinder used for tightening a bandage, in order to compress the arteries of a limb. n
