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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1886
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GURDY, n. The pulley on a self-acting incline in a coal-mine (Fif., Lth. 1955), a cousie-wheel (see Cowsy).Sc. 1886 J. Barrowman Mining Terms 34:
Gurdy, an arrangement of three pulleys with brake for self-acting inclines.
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