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1. capstan n.

5 quotations in 1 sense
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Naut. A device for hauling up the anchor, etc.; capstan bar, capstan spoke, a capstan bar.

2. frēten v.(1)

138 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) To devour (something), to eat up; (b) to eat (something); esp., to eat hungrily or greedily; freten fil, to eat (one's) fill; freten of, to partake of, eat of; freten up, to eat up, devour; (c) to…