Apparatus for lifting heavy or cumbersome objects.

ETYM Old Eng. winche, AS. wince a winch, a reel to wind thread upon. Related to Wink.
(Irregular plural: winches).
A horizontal cylinder turned by a crank on which a cable or rope winds; SYN. windlass.

1. Winch used to raise a ship's anchor.
2. Circuitous movement; indirect action.

Any twining or creeping plant of the genus Ipomea, especially i. purpurea, family Convolvulaceae, native to tropical America, with dazzling blue flowers. Small quantities of substances similar to the hallucinogenic drug lsd are found in the seeds of some species.
Big-root morning glory i. pandurata is native to the E us.
Any of various twining vines having funnel-shaped flowers that close late in the day. + prikaži više