Re: What is it? LVI

[Leo Lichtman]

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.

[Jon Haugsand]

• 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

[Peter]

the word you are looking for to describe 318 is rollocks

[Jon Haugsand]

• [e-mail]

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.

[fredfighter]

I think oarlock is more common. Never heard 'rowlock' before.

[Tom Watson]

Damn. I thought it was a tuning fork.

Tom Watson - WoodDorker tjwatson1ATcomcastDOTnet (email)

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[Robert Bonomi]

Oarlock is an Americanism. Rowlock is the Brit equivalent.

[Peter Morris]

No, it's true.

(boom boom)

[Larry Green]

The spelling is 'rowlock' but it is pronounced 'rollock'. Much as 'gunwale' is pronounced 'gunnel' or 'boatswain' is pronounced 'bosun'.

[Tim Mullen]

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. :)

[Gary Brady]

Oarlocks

[Gary Brady]

Agreed. Rowlock is a masonry term. A row of brick laying on edge capping the top of a freestanding brick wall is a rowlock.

[Bob Martin]

"rowlocks" is how it is spelt "rollocks" is how it is pronounced

;-)

[Matthew Russotto]

315: Keys to warded locks.

318: dipstick

320: Looks like a bypass cutting tool that might have been modified for a specific purpose.

[fredfighter]

'bosun'.

Well, that explains Balmore, MD. It's a port city.

[Matthew Russotto]

But in the area closest to the docks, it's "Bal-TEE-more".

[R.H.]

This one is marked "A. Dudley Mfg. Co., Menominee, Mich., Pat. May 29-94".

[R.H.]

All but one have been correctly answered::

315. Skeleton keys

316. Spoke wrench

317. Soma puzzle

318. Tuning fork, note E

319. Old Michelin tire tube valve stem cap

320. No correct guesses yet

Rob

[Robert Bonomi]

Ayup. that confirms it. high wheel bicycle spoke wrench.

[Jon Haugsand]

• R. H.

What /is/ "skeleton keys"?

Ah! This is my solution.

No oarlock or rowlock then?