Winder
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- A winder is a device for transferring energy into a mechanical storage such as mainsprings or the weights of a longcase clock. Its supply may be the hand—most familiarly so—or an electric motor.
- A winder can also be a machine for wrapping string, twine, cord, thread, yarn, rope, wire, ribbon, tape, etc. onto a spool, bobbin, reel, etc.
- Winder was a name given of ship of the US Navy of the 20th century, the USS Winder (PCS-1376) toward the end of its period of service.
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