RATCHETS

, in a Watch, are the small teeth at the bottom of the fusee, or barrel, that stop it in winding up.

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Entry taken from A Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary, by Charles Hutton, 1796.

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RANGE
RARE
RAREFACTION
RARITY
RATCH
* RATCHETS
RATIO
RATIONAL
RAVELIN
RAY
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