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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    < i-AJA, a name in the Eastern Islands for Elephas mmatranus. Gal, a miner's name for wolfram. Galantine, chicken or boned white meat, boiled and served cold. Galazyne, an imitation koumis, pre- pared from cow's milk. Galba, a very durable Indian wood, the produce of Calophyllum cnUCba. Gam, a grant of land of 20 yards in length, in perpetuity, for quarrying purposes, made by the Crown in the Forest of Dean to free miners, or those who have worked a year and a day underground. Galqant, a name in Sweden for gal- angal root. Galoo (Spanish), the greyhound, which is also called labret. Galiasse, a kind of ship like a galiot. Galimeta Wood, the wood of JBumelia salleifolia, a South American tree. Galls, the imports of these reach 15,000 to 20,000 cwts. a year. Gat,uchat( French), fish skins, shagreen from the ray, Trygon seplien. Galvanometer, an apparatus, various in forms, for measuring the force of an electric current. Gaman: Gemenes, a kind of madder- powder. Gamuieu. The average imports of this substance range between 15,000 and 20,000 tons. Gambooe, a dyestuff, furnished by Gar- cinca morella, and other species. Gambeoons, an all-wool fabric for men's wear. Gamoosaii (Arabic), a buffalo. Gamozze, a kind of Italian cheese. Gamuza (Spanish), the chamois. ■Jang, a walk for cattle; a person as much as can be carried at once. Gang man, in Scotland a pedestrian: see Ganger in Dictionary. . . Gabiioon, a civil ruler or commissioner in Thibet. Canister, akind of sihciousrock found in the coal measures near Sheffield, and used for making bricks, which notouly resist the most intense llame, but are practically non-expansive.. Powdered ganisteris made into a stiff paste or mortar for lining furnaces. Gannet (Sula hassanat, a sea fowl, of which many thousands are taken for their flesh, feathers, and eggs. . Gannet Stone: Ganiston, a kind of granite obtained in Lundy island. Gants (French), gloves G A i! hoards, in ship-building, the plank- ing of the lower part of the frame. Gaboon (Lcuciscus rutilus, LinJ, the roach fish. ,„ , , . . , Gabgany Teal (Qucrqucdala cirri a) an European water fowl, the best of the wild duck family. Gabgot (French), a seller of pork. Gargoyle, a projecting water spout from the roof gutters of buildings. Gabnagiia (Spanish), a liquor made of honev and wine; also a large red grape. Gauon'nais, a breed of Freneh cattle. Gauboo, a name for the wood of AquiU ana agallochum, in China, valued for its perfume. Gaim sola, the name for a species of M urea (purple-fish), eaten as food in the Mediterranean. Garme, a name in Scotland for the sprat. Garza (Spanish), the heron, Ardea linirca. Gasab, an Egyptian long measure, of 4 diraas, equal to :t yards. Gasagase, a name iu India for poppy seed. Gascons, a breed of Freneh cattle. Gas Engine, an engine driven by gas. These are to a great extent replacing steam engines for the driving of the lighter kinds of machinery. Gas-holder, a metal tank for storing gas: see Gasometer. Gasoline, a hydro-carbon; a highly vol- atile distillate from petroleum. Gaspachio, a kind of cold soup in Spain, made of tomatoes, garlic, oil, and vine- gar, used as a refreshing drink. Gatekeeper, an attendant who looks after park, dock, railway-crossing, or other gates. Gato (Spanish), a cat. G attenaba, a wine of Piedmont. Gattung (German), specitt, race. Gauoho, a mounted herdsman in Pata- gonia and Buenos Ayres. Gaveur (French), a man who feeds pigeons or poultry; gaveuse, being a female so employed. Gavilan (Spanish), a hawk. < [A vista (Spanish), the sea gull. Gawntree, a stool or frame for bottling, or standing casks on, in Scotland. Geelbeck, a Dutch name (signifying yellow mouth) in the Gape Colony for a large fish, the OtoHvius wguidens [Cuv. and Val.], which is dried for export. Gei.inotte, a name for the grouse of Russia, Hnnas.ia. betulina. Gemalde (German), a painting. Gemesha, an elephant with only ono tusk. Gemse (German), the chamois. (! BiiuSE (German), table vegetables. Genet. The Spanish cat, Qenelta ml- garis, the skin is much imitated with grey rabbit skin dyed. Gensterkatze (German), the Gcneila vulgaris. Geobama. a spherical chamber repre- senting the earth. Geranium Oil, an essential oil obtain- ed from species of Pelargonium, much used as a substitute for, and adulterant of, otto of roses. Gerba: Guelba, a skm vessel used for liquids in Arabia. Gereh, the sixteenth part of a Persian guz, which is 40 inches. German Text, a name for an orna- mental printing type. German yeast, dried and compressed yeast from spirit, largely imported from Holland.