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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    3? AC [146] P AC ExniBiT, any voucher or document produced in a court of law, or before arbitrators, &c. Exhibition, a public display ol works of art, industry, manufactures, &c.; such collec- tions bavo of late years been held periodi- cally in most civilized countries. Ex-officio (Latin), by virtue of the office. Exotic, a plant or product of a foreign country. Ex-PARTE, a partial or one-sided statement. Expectant, a junior excise-officer; one not fully confirmed, or upon trial. Expectorants, medicines which promote discharges from the lungs, and hence re- lieve a cough. Expedient, a contrivance. Expenditure, a charge or disbursement; outlay; that which is consumed or used on board ship is said to be expended. Experiment, a trial or effort; an attempt to analyse or determine by a chemist. Exploitation (French), the improving of lands, the felling of woods, the working of mines, or other undertakings. Exporter, a shipper of wares, commodities, or merchandise of any kind toalorcign country or colony. Exports, goods, wares, or manufactures, transmitted abroad. Hxpositeur (French), one who tiies to pass counterfeit money. Express, to force out by pressure; a courier or special messenger. Expressed Oil, oil obtained by the mechani- cal operation of pressing or squeezing, as contradistinguished from that which is obtained by boiling; cold-drawn castor- oil is obtained by expression; so are olive, almond, and coco-nut oils. Extentour (Scotch), an assessor, one who apportions a general tax; the word stcnt- master is now generally used. Exterior, the outside. EXTERNA! (French), a day-school. Extinguisher, an inverted hollow cone for putting out a candlo. Extirpation, destroying or removing, as in weeding, &e. Extortion, an exaction or overcharge; an Illegal demand enforced. Extract, a substance abstracted; an epi- tome; a passage taken from a book, <fcc.; an evaporated decoction; an inspissated or expressed vegetable juice. Extra-parochial, without the legal limits or assigned boundary of a parish. Extravagance, recklessness and impro- vidence; a waste of materials. Etalet, a Turkish government or princi- pality, under the administration of a vizier or pacha of the first class. Eye-blinds, bandages for a horse's eyes when being singed, bled, &c. Ete-bolt, a small ring-bolt used on ship- board, to which ropes are fastened. Etebright. a meadow plant, the Euphrasia officinalis, used medicinally. Eve-flap, a blinder on a horse's head stall. Ete-glass, a single spectacle glass worn by near-sighted persons; the outer glass of a telescope, which is placed against the eve. Eyelet, a small hole for reeving a lace or cord in parts of dress, &c. Eyeleteer, a small pointed instrument for piercing eyelet holes. Eyelet-hole, n metal ring in a sail fbr a cringle; a hole for ribbon to go through. F. FABRIC, the texture or structure of a manufactured article; tho material or woven goods themselves; a building, or erection ; a frame or workshop. Fabricant (French), a manufacturer, a working tradesman. Fabricateur (French), a coiner or forger. Fabricator, a handicraftsman; one who constructs or makes. Fabrilia. workmen's tools. Fasade (French), tho front view or eleva- tion of an edifice. FACE.theedge, surface,orfrontof any thing; the dial of a watch. Face-Guard, a wire gauzo mask used by workmen, as in stone-breaking, in chemi- cal or manufacturing processes., Ac. Facets, the various shies into which a pre- cious stone, &c. is cut. Facing, a covering; a superficial lajer or coating of better material laid over any- thing to improve its appearance, or to rlc-BUiiLE, a true likeness, or representa- tion of any thing j an exact copy ol a hand- writing. Factitious, artificial. Factor (Scotch), a land steward; one who has the charge of an estate, lets the land, collects the rents, &c.; a mercantile agent who transacts business for others on com- mission, and Is empowered to buy and sell goods in his own name, in this respect differing from a broker. Factorage, tho commission paid to a factor by his employer for business done. Factory, a common abbreviation for manu. facl ory, &c; a workshop, a mill, &c; usual ly applied to buildings on an extensive scale, where complicated machinery, worked by motive power, is used. In these the great tcxtilo products of the country are made; a commercial station abroad. Factory-hand, a manufactory workman; a person employed about a mill. Factory-maund, a commercial weight of India, of 74 lbs. 10 oz. 10J drachms avoir- dupois, and less ponderous than tho ordi- nary bazaar maimil. Factotum, n useful person; ono who can turn his hand readily to any thing.