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ratchets

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Definitions of ratchets in various dictionaries:

noun - mechanical device consisting of a toothed wheel or rack engaged with a pawl that permits it to move in only one direction

verb - move by degrees in one direction only

verb - to increase or decrease by small amounts

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Possible Crossword Clues
Increases, with 'up'
Tools for handymen
Half of those in 18 across get point to fraudulent schemes
Teeth on wheels there
'They're engaged to Paul, by the sound of it, with their teeth (8)'
Gadgets with pawls
Start getting excited about revolutionary mechanical devices
They have their teeth on edge

Last Seen in these Crosswords & Puzzles
Dec 4 2017 Universal
Jun 8 2017 Irish Times (Crosaire)
Jan 15 2014 The Guardian - Cryptic crossword
Nov 17 2010 Irish Times (Crosaire)
Nov 17 2010 Irish Times (Crosaire)
Apr 19 2010 The Telegraph - Cryptic
Feb 16 2009 Irish Times (Crosaire)
Jan 11 2007 Universal
Apr 18 2004 New York Times

Possible Dictionary Clues
Plural form of ratchet.
a device consisting of a bar or wheel with a set of angled teeth in which a pawl, cog, or tooth engages, allowing motion in one direction only.

Ratchets might refer to
In Welsh mythology and folklore, Cn Annwn (Welsh pronunciation: [kun ann], "hounds of Annwn") were the spectral hounds of Annwn, the otherworld of Welsh myth. They were associated with a form of the Wild Hunt, presided over by either Arawn, king of Annwn in the First Branch of the Mabinogi and alluded to in the Fourth, or by Gwyn ap Nudd as the underworld king and king of the fair(y) folk is named in later medieval lore. * In Wales, they were associated with migrating geese, supposedly because their honking in the night is reminiscent of barking dogs. * Hunting grounds for the Cn Annwn are said to include the mountain of Cadair Idris, where it is believed "the howling of these huge dogs foretold death to anyone who heard them".According to Welsh folklore, their growling is loudest when they are at a distance, and as they draw nearer, it grows softer and softer. Their coming is generally seen as a death portent.

Ratchets might refer to

In Welsh mythology and folklore, Cn Annwn (Welsh pronunciation: [kun ann], "hounds of Annwn") were the spectral hounds of Annwn, the otherworld of Welsh myth. They were associated with a form of the Wild Hunt, presided over by either Arawn, king of Annwn in the First Branch of the Mabinogi and alluded to in the Fourth, or by Gwyn ap Nudd as the underworld king and king of the fair(y) folk is named in later medieval lore.
* In Wales, they were associated with migrating geese, supposedly because their honking in the night is reminiscent of barking dogs.
* Hunting grounds for the Cn Annwn are said to include the mountain of Cadair Idris, where it is believed "the howling of these huge dogs foretold death to anyone who heard them".According to Welsh folklore, their growling is loudest when they are at a distance, and as they draw nearer, it grows softer and softer. Their coming is generally seen as a death portent.

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