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derrick

Simple lifting machine consisting of a pole carrying a block and tackle. Derricks are commonly used on ships that carry freight. In the oil industry the tower used for hoisting the drill pipes is known as a derrick.
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The lightning showed us the wreck again just in time, and we fetched the stabboard derrick, and made fast there.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Twain, Mark View in context
The artist erected a man in the front yard, that resembled a derrick.
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A derrick pulled them up in the air, and dumped them into a boat, where passengers were bustling about among barrels of cider, baskets of cheese and bags of meal; chickens cackled, the captain swore and a cabin-boy rested on the railing, apparently indifferent to his surroundings.
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