315 Skeleton keys
316 Spoke wrench
317 Puzzle If the top piece is turned over, it will fit into the stack, forming a cube.
319 Auto valve stem cover.
Re: What is it? LVI
Apr 06, 2005
23 Replies
- R. H.
315 keys
316 317 Soma cubes 318 Oar fork for rowing boats (whatever such things are called in English)319
320 old thing to remove isolation from electrical wires
the word you are looking for to describe 318 is rollocks
- snipped-for-privacy@optusnet.xcom.xau
Are you sure. Could not find that word using dict, but rowlock was there:
rowlock n : a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing [syn: {peg}, {pin}, {thole}, {tholepin}, {oarlock}]
But thanks anyway.
I think oarlock is more common. Never heard 'rowlock' before.
Damn. I thought it was a tuning fork.
Tom Watson - WoodDorker tjwatson1ATcomcastDOTnet (email)
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Oarlock is an Americanism. Rowlock is the Brit equivalent.
No, it's true.
(boom boom)
The spelling is 'rowlock' but it is pronounced 'rollock'. Much as 'gunwale' is pronounced 'gunnel' or 'boatswain' is pronounced 'bosun'.
A friend worked on the tall ship Gazella, and once gave me a tour. After a while I caught on that things like "midsil" were actually the mid SAIL.
I developed a theory that, when on deck with your face encrusted with ice and your pearly whites clattering together, shortening words as much as possible becomes a biological necessity. :)
Oarlocks
Agreed. Rowlock is a masonry term. A row of brick laying on edge capping the top of a freestanding brick wall is a rowlock.
"rowlocks" is how it is spelt "rollocks" is how it is pronounced
;-)
315: Keys to warded locks.
318: dipstick
320: Looks like a bypass cutting tool that might have been modified for a specific purpose.
'bosun'.
Well, that explains Balmore, MD. It's a port city.
But in the area closest to the docks, it's "Bal-TEE-more".
This one is marked "A. Dudley Mfg. Co., Menominee, Mich., Pat. May 29-94".
All but one have been correctly answered::
315. Skeleton keys316. Spoke wrench
317. Soma puzzle318. Tuning fork, note E
319. Old Michelin tire tube valve stem cap320. No correct guesses yet
Rob
Ayup. that confirms it. high wheel bicycle spoke wrench.
- R. H.
What /is/ "skeleton keys"?
Ah! This is my solution.
No oarlock or rowlock then?
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