ratch
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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The plate was originally divided by Troughton’s own method, already described, and the divisions so obtained were employed 314 to ratch the edge of the plate for receiving the tangent screw with great accuracy.
From Project Gutenberg
The day gathers pace at sunset with the mordant dance-punk of LCD Soundsystem, whose best songs steadily ratch up the intensity.
From The Guardian
They began their sloshing ratch back to east.
From Project Gutenberg
One was a large, fat, full-sized chestnut, with a white ratch down the full extent of his face, a long square tail, bushy mane, with untrimmed heels.
From Project Gutenberg
Also, the socket, m, with its ratch, n, and the catch, i, on the lever, d, in combination with the lever and wedge, in the manner and for the purpose specified.
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