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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    Lngrats vFrcn?h), pasture-ground; food on which cattle or poultry are fattened: manure. Engrave]}, a carver or cutter of devices: thus there are wood-engravers, steel and copper-plate engravers, seal and tool cut- ters, <fcc Exuraver's-tool Cotter, a maker of metal gravers, Aic. Engraving, the process of incising or cutting letters, designs, A*.c. on metals, stones, or wood, with a chisel or graver; a drawing or impression taken from a copper-plate. Engrossing, the act of malting a fair copy of a draught in a bold plain hand. Exo, the name of a New Zealand tree, the bark of which furnishes a valuable black dye, used by the natives for colouring their grass mats. Enouer (French), to pick the knots from cloth, <fcc. Enrichment, the builder's name for the figuring and mouldings of n cornice. Ensayador (Spanish), an assayer. Ensign, a military or naval banner. The regimental ensign is a piece of silk borne on a staff, having figures, colours, and arms thereon. The naval ensign is usually suspended over the poop or stern of a ship, and Is used to distinguish vessels of different nations. Also tho lowest com- missioned officer in a company of infantry, ■who takes his name from having to bear the colours of the regiment.k Ensimage (French), the oiling of cloth, in order to dress it more freely. Ensouple (French), a weaver's beam or roller. Exstatine, a bisilicate of magnesin, augite in crystallization, and having some resem- blance to scapolite. Ente (French), a grafted tree, a scion; the handle of a painter's brush. Enter, to register, to set down in writing; to lodge a manifest of goods at the cus- tom-house. Enterprise, a projected scheme; a hazard- ous adventure. Entertainment, a public dinner; amuse- mentofany kind, aconcert, dancing-room, &c. Entire, the name for a kind of beer, com- bining the appreciated properties of two or three esteemed qualities of malted beverage; a stallion, or uugclded horse. Entoir (French), a grafting-knife. Entr'acte, the time between tho acts of a plav; an interlude. Entrebandes (French), the fag end of woollen stuffs. Entrebas (French), an unequal distance between the threads of a warp. Entre-cote (French), a piece of beef cut between tho ribs. Entre'e, an admission or introduction; the first course oTdishcs. Entrelacs (French), threads, twine, or Entremets, side-dishes; dainties. Entreposer (French), to store or ware- house goods. , ,, Entrepot, a mart; n store-room for tho deposit of goods; a bonded warehouse Entrepreneur, a French contractor; ono who executes or undertakes constructive works. Entresol (French), a suite of rooms bc- twoen two floors; alow apartment, usu- ally placed above tho ground-floor. Entry, the record made in a merchant's books of any business transaction; the lodgment of a ship's papers in the custom- house on arrival, when permission to land cargo is obtained. Enumerator, a calculator, one employed to count over or reckon up figures or things. Envelope, the outer cover or enclosure ca^e for a letter; the wrapper on which the address is written. Envelope-machine, a cleverly constructed machine by which envelopes are cut and Tolded. Envelope-maker, a wholesale manufac- turer of letter enclosures. Envoy, a deputy or messenger; a diplo- matic aeent. [density. Epais, Epaisseur (French), thickness; Eparcet. in Frarjce, a kind of 11.13*. Epars (French), a flagstaff. Epaulet, a shoulder ornament or badge of rank worn by naval and military com- missioned officers. Epaves (French), goods found floating at sea without owner; flotson andjetsou. Epergne, an ornamental stand for a large dish in the centre of a table. Ephah, an ancient Jewish dry measure, of about four gallons. Eticerie (French), grocery wares, spices, &c. Epidemic, a murrain among cattle. Epidermis, the cuticle or scarfskin; the membranous or fibrous horny covering of some shells. Epincoir, a pavior's hammer in France. Epingare (French), a small cannon. Epinqle (French), a pin; any small pointed instrument Epinglier, a maker or dealer in pins. Epissoir (French), a marline-spike. Epitome, an abstract, abridgment, or com- pendium. Eplaioneur, n French cloth-dresser. Epoussetoir (French), a soft light brush. Eprouvette, a French instrument for test- ing the strength of gunpowder. Epsom-salts, a popular name for sulphate of magnesia, a well-known cooling pur- gative. It is met with ns a hitter saline efflorescence, and is also obtained by chemists from magncslan limestone. Epure (French), a model; an enlarged plan of a building. Equatorial; an astronomical instrument with a telescope, for taking celestial obser- vations. Equestrian Statue, a mounted figure of a horseman. Equipage, the fittings and furniture used by an army in the camp or field. Camp- equipaue Includes marquees, tents, Ac, Held equipage artillery, wagons, tumbrils, .to. Equipage Is also often applied to a vehicle or carriage of state; and to the attendants or retinue of n person of rank.