We had but euen pot luck, a little to moyſten our lips, and no more.

A pawl is a sort of catch that fits into a ratchet wheel and pushes it around, or it may be used as a catch to prevent the backward motion of a windlass or the wheel on a derrick.

Her arms were like legs of mutton, her breasts like giant cabbages; her face, broad and fleshy, gave you an impression of almost indecent nakedness, and vast chin succeeded to vast chin.

Sport historians have maintained that the growth of trotting was directly related to the antiracing legislation passed by several northern states […]