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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    WIN [413] WIN VViLTOK-CAitTETS, a name for Brussels car- peting witii the yarn cut. Wimble, a brace-bit, a carpenter's boring instrument turned by a handle. Wimple, a hood or veil; the winding of n river. Wincey, (mother name lor linsey-woolsey. Winch, a purchase to a revolving-wheel; the crank or handle by which motion is given to the axles of lifting machines. Winchester-bushel, tlie original British standard-measure of capacity, given by King Edgar, and kept in the town-hall, Winchester; an old English grain stan- dard-measure, used until 182G, when the imperial bushel was introduced. The Winchester bushel is 18} inches wide, and 8 inches deep, and contains 2150 42 cubic inches; while the imperial standard bushel contains 2218-1007 cubic inches. Winder, a reel lor windingsilk or cotton on. W end-falls, fruits which have dropped from trees; property recovered unexpectedly. Windgage, an anemometer. Winding-engine, an engine lor drawing up buckets, Ac. from n well or shaft. Winding-machine, a twisting or warping machine. Winding-sheet, a linen wrapper for a dead body formerly used. Winding-up Act, an ofiici.il act or judicial course of proceeding, for ascertaining tiic liabilities, and distributing the assets, of an insolvent company. Windlass, a circular axis or revolving ma- chine, moved by crank handles, by which anchors and other heavy weights are raised on board a merchant-vessel. Wlndlass-manufacturer, a maker of ma- chines for raising weights. Wind-mill, an engine or mill impelled by the wind for grinding corn. Window, an opening in a wall, &c, for admitting air or light; a lattice-work Irame. There are many kinds of win- dows, as for cabins, green - houses, churches, and houses. Window-blind, a calico or brown holland roller-blind; a perforated zinc or woven wire short blind. See Venetian-blind. Window-blind Maker, a manufacturer of Venetian-blinds or ol wire-blinds for shop- windows or private dwelling-houses. Window-cleaner, a frame for placing out- side of a window, to sit or stand on when cleaning the window-panes; a person who contracts lor cleanfng windows. Window - curtain, a long tapestry or hanging for a window; a short, muslin or gauze blind. Vindow-fastening, a bolt or catch to secure the sashes of a window. Window-frame, the wood-work or iron frame or partition for enclosing the panes of glass. Window-glass Maker, a manufacturer of sheet and plnto-gluss, &c, for windows. bee Glass, and Plate-glass. Window-glass Merchant, a vender of sheet-glass ; one who supplies glaziers, builders, and others. ' Window-sash, the lifting or opening frame of a window. Window - shades, rolling or projecting blinds or sun-shades, sometimes transpa- rent or (tainted, at other times canvas on spring-rollers. Window-suutter, a door closing on tho inside or the outside, and bolted or barred to secure a window from entry. Wind-sail, a tube of canvas passed down a skylight or hatchway, to veutilato a ship; the canvas sail or vane of a wind- mill. Windsor-chair, a kind of strong, plain, polished wooden chair. Windsor-soap, a scented soap, well-known in all countries for its excellence both as a washing and shaving soap. It is made either brown or white. Wine, the juice of grapes, largely manu- factured on the Continent for home use and export; tiie juice of various fruit pre- pared with sugar. Wine-bag, a skin vessel for holding or carrying wine. Wine-bin, a partition in a cellar for keeping bottled wine. Wine-biscuit, a sweet, fancy biscuit served with wine. Wine - bottle, a black or white glass- bottle for holding wine. Wine-cellar, a vault or cool place for keeping wine ill. Wine-cooler, a wrapper for a wine-bottle, to be wetted, to promote evaporation; a stand or utensil for wine-bottles, holding ice, &c. to cool the wine in them. Wine-cooler Maker, a manufacturer of metal utensils for standing wino in to cool. Wine-cooper's tool Maker, a manufactu- rer of the various tools used by the cooper. Wine-decanter, a clear glass-bottle for holding wine at table. Wine-fin in G Maker, a preparer of isinglass &c for clarifying wine. Wine-flask, a bottle for wine. Wine-glass, a small drinking-glass, of dif- ferent shapes, for holding wine. Wine-grower, a cultivator of grapes; tho proprietor of a vineyard. Wine Measure. In this tho imperial gal- lon is tho legal standard, and is used for every liquid; but the larger measures are used very often only for a particular kind, as wine, beer, oil, <fcc. imperial measure. 1 gills or quarterns... 1 pint 2 Pints l quart * Quarts i gallon J gallons lpin orkeg(brandy) 9 gallons 1 firkin (beer) 10 galls. (8}) oldmeas. 1 anker (brandv) 18 gallons (14}) ditto... 1 kilderkin 31J gallons l half hogshead 36 gallons i barrel (beer) 42 gallons (345)...o.m. 1 tierce 03 gallons (52})...ditto 1 hogshead 84 gallons (G9J) ditto 1 puncheon 12G gallons (104J) ditto 1 pipe or butt 252 gallons (200J) ditto 1 tun (oil) Thus the old wine measure will be found to be considerably enlarged,—14 OOGOO impe- rial gallons being equivalent to 18 gallons