Polyspast

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Polyspast \Pol"y*spast\, n. [L. polyspaston, fr. Gr. ?, fr. ?
     drawn by several cords; poly`s many + ? to draw: cf. F.
     polyspaste.] (Surg.)
     A machine consisting of many pulleys; specifically, an
     apparatus formerly used for reducing luxations.
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