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Propellor

noun
1.
A mechanical device that rotates to push against air or water.  Synonym: propeller.






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"Propellor" Quotes from Famous Books



... neutral! I care nothing for this awful war except to see it stop. I shall do nothing for either side, so rest easy on that score. But your propellor is broken by having that line jammed in it. You cannot navigate your vessel, and would better ...
— Boy Scouts in the North Sea - The Mystery of a Sub • G. Harvey Ralphson

... until he drove down abreast the Fraser River's mouth and passed in among the nets and lights of the sockeye fleet drifting, a thousand strong, on the broad bosom of the Gulf. Then he had to stand up to his steering wheel and keep a sharp lookout, lest he foul his propellor in a net or cut down some careless fisherman who did not show a ...
— Poor Man's Rock • Bertrand W. Sinclair



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