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To wind too tightly, as a spring, or too far, as a hoisting rope on a drum.

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  1. v. t. To wind too tightly, as a spring, or too far, as a hoisting rope on a drum.
  2. To wind too tightly, as a spring, or too far, as a hoisting rope on a drum.
  3. To wind too tightly, as a spring, or too far, as a hoistingrope on a drum.
  4. v. t. To wind too tightly, as a spring, or too far, as a hoisting rope on a drum.