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(1):

(n.) A pawl, click, or detent, for holding or propelling a ratchet wheel, or ratch, etc.

(2):

(n.) A mechanism composed of a ratchet wheel, or ratch, and pawl. See Ratchet wheel, below, and 2d Ratch.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Ratchet'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​r/ratchet.html. 1828.
 
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