The commercial dictionary of trade products : manufacturing and technical terms, moneys, weights, and measures of all countries / by P.L. Simmonds.

  • Simmonds, P. L. (Peter Lund), 1814-1897.
Date:
1892
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Credit: The commercial dictionary of trade products : manufacturing and technical terms, moneys, weights, and measures of all countries / by P.L. Simmonds. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Swill, a flsh-baskct or measure of two cwt., which will contain about five lung hund- reds (6(>0) of herrings, 20 of these baskets milking a last; hog-wash. Swimming-belt, an air-inflated belt worn round the person, as a support In the water. Swlmmtng - bladders, inflated bladders; buoyant supports sometimes used in the water by those who cannot swim j the air- bladders of fishes, many of winch yield isinglass. Swine, a collective name for animals of tho pig tribe. Swine-herd, a driver and care-taker of swine, when feeding In forests, or ou tho way to markets. Swing, a rocking-seat, or rope attached to poles, or the boughs of a tree ; a name in country districts for incendiarism. Swing-bridge, a moveable or swivel divid- ing bridge employed in docks. Swingle, an instrument for beating flax; the end of a flail. See Swiple. Swingle-tree, a bar to keep the horses' I races open; part of a plough; in Scot- land the striking end of a flail. Swing-plough, a turn-rest plough. Swing Tea-kettle, a kettle on a stand for table use, moving on pivots. Swiple, the beating end of a flail, connected to tho part held In tho hands by a thong of leather or fish-skin. Switch, a small twig or cane; a thin riding- whip. Switchel, a drink of molasses and water. Switches, moveable rails forming the junc- tion of a siding with the main line. Switchman, a railway servant who has charge of the switches. Swivel, a chain or link for twisting round; a link of iron in chain cables. Swivel-bridge, a bridge that turns and opens in the middle. Swivel-gun, a small piece of cannon moving on a pivot, which may be freely pointed in any direction. Swivel-hook, a hook turning in the end of an iron strop-block. Sword, a cut and thrust weapon. Sword-bearer, a corporate officer In Lon- don, who carries the sword ot state of the Lord mayor. Sword-belt, a waist-belt of leather, to sup- port or carry a sword by. Sword-blade, the sharpened steel part of a sword. Sword-cutler, a worker in metal who makes swords. Sword-hilt, tho handle or grasping part of a sword. Sword-sheath, the scabbard or case for a sword. Sword-stick, a walking-cane concealing a sharp, rapier-like weapon. Sycamore, a largo handsome tree of quick growth, the Acer Pseudo-Platanu.i. The wood is white and solt, useful lor many purposes, such as making musical instru- ments, Tunbridge-ware, cheese and cider presses, mangles, and some parts of machinery; but is chiefly employed by coopers. Syce, an Indian groom or horse-keeper. Sycee-silver, a species of Chinese currency in the form of ingots, called shoes. which are of various weights, but mostly of 10 taels each. The purest quality has 07 to 00 per cent, of pure silver. Stderolite, a description of Bohemian earthenware resembling the pottery called Wedgewood-ware. Syqwaji. an Indian name for teak-wood. Syllabub. See Sillabub. Syllabus, an abstract, compendium, or pro- gramme, containing the heads ot a lecture. Symplesometer, a very simple and beauti- ful instrument, which Indicates with great precision the changes in tho pres- sure of tho atmosphere. Synagogue, a Hebrew chape], a place of worship attended by Jews. Syndic, a German magistrate or municipal officer; the French name for an assignee. Synopsis, an abridgment. SvpnoN, a bent tube; a large receiving vessel for holding cane-juice from tho mill in a sugar-boiling house In the West Indies. See Siphon. Syphon-cup, a receptacle in a steam-engine for supplying oil to the wprking parts of tile machinery. Syracuse, a luscious, red, muscadine wine made in Italy; the name is also given to awhile vin cle liqueur. Syrian Tobacco, the Nicotiana rustica, a milder flavoured leaf than that raised in America, and which furnishes the Tur- kish, Latakia, and some of the Asiatic tobaccoes. Syringe, a squirt; an injecting instrument; also a small hand-pump for throwing water over plants, Ac Syrup, sugar boiled with vegetable in- lusions. Sythe. See Scythe. Sze, in China the hundredth part of a dollar, Szostack, a Polish coin worth about 2jd. T. 'pA, a Burmese measure of length, 31 yards ■*■ also called a bamboo: 20 tas make one okthaba 0170 feet, Taag, a name for tho Bengal hemp, or sunn hemp of India, obtained from the trotalartajuncea. Tab, a woman's bonnet-cap or border: & tag or shoe-lace. Tabagie (French), a tap-room; a cigar divan, or smoking-house. Tabaqde (Spanish), a small work-basket; akmdofuail. 1