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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    [154] PIS Fire-proof-box Makeb, a mnnuftiotnrer of iron safes lor securing hooks and papers. Fire screes, a wire guard or protection against Are. See Fire-guard. Fire-set, the metal articles, poker, sliovel, and tong3 for a grate; usually made of steel or wrought iron. Fire-ship, n vessel filled with combustibles sent into an enemy's licet to injure it. FntE-snovEL, the coal shovel for a fire-place. Fire-tube, a pipe Hue. Fire-warden, a head fireman; the officer in America who directs the operations of a fire brigade. Fire-wood, small bundles of wood, in dif- ferent shapes, prepared by machinery, for lighting fires: the sale of fire-wood has now become a very important and exten- sive trade in London and other populous towns. Fire-work Maker, a pyrotechnist; a manufacturer of explosive articles for amusement, signals, itoc. Fire - works, pyrotechnic preparations; such as squibs, rockets, serpents, crackers, and other more elaborate, explosive, and combustible compositions of powder, &c. for brilliant display. Firing-iron, a farrier's cautery. Firkin, an English measure oi capacity, the fourth of a barrel, now disused; but the name is still applied to a cask containing nominally 9 gallons of beer or8 of ale, but truly only 7i imperial gallons. A firkin of soap is 04 lbs.; of butter usually con- sidered 50 lbs; but Irish butter firkins weigli nearly J of a cwt. gross, the cask weighing about 1-t lbs. Firlot, a Scotch dry measure, the fourth part of the boll; the Linlithgow wheat tlrlot Is 2211 cubic inches, very nearly equal to the imperial bushel, but the barley firlot contains fil standard pints only, = 1074'429 cubic inches. Firm, a co-partnership; a house of business . the abbreviated title under which a trade is conducted, or a body of partners is known. ,. . ,, Fiiman, an edict or legal authority rrom the Turkish covernment. . Fir-pine Fruit, a name in the Ionian islands for the seeds of the pine cones, used as food. , [Hmcks. First a kind of brick or marl-stock, bee First-class Passenger, a traveller in the best fitted carriages on a railway line: contradistinguished from the second and third class passengers, who pay lower fares and have inferior accommodation. First-hand, obtained direct from the maker, shipper, or wholesale dealer. First Lord, the chief commissioner or lord of the admiralty board. First-mate, the chief officer of a merchant vessel; the next in rank to the captain. First-rate, excellent; of superior quality ; one of the largest ships of war, n vessel carrying 100 or more guns. Fis VNEI.I.S, a water fowl, Cohjmbut major, FQOAL?ail public officer in Scotland, who prosecutes in petty criminal cases; an attorney or solicitor general in bpaln, an exchequer officer in Ceylon; one who has charge of the fise or treasury of a prince, State, &c Fish, a general name for marine swimming animals, in the capture and sale of which a large trade is carried on; a sea term for strengthening a weakened spar by fasten- ing another piece on; to raise the flukes of an anchor on the gunwale, or vessel's side; to catch fish by net, or by hook and line. Fish-basket, a large flat or deep wicker basket for holding or transporting fish. Fisn-CARLE, a Scotch fisherman. Fish-carver, a silver knife lor helping fish at a dinner table. Fish-curer, a Salter and smoker offish. Fisher, a name for the Alustela Canadensis ; the skin is principally used for trimmings and linings, the fur being long, fine, an I lustrous, but not so valuable as the sable. The tail is extensively used by the Jews. Fisherman, one who follows the business oi catching fish for sale. Fish-fag, ailshwoman. Fish-flakes, erections In the North Ame- rican colonies, for drying fish on. Fishgarthe, a dam or weir in a river, for catching and retaining fish. Fisii-cig, a kind of harpoon or spear, with several barbed prongs attached to a line, used for striking fish at sea; often called a dolphin-striker. Fish-glue. See Isinglass. Fish-hook Maker, a manufacturer of metal hooks for catching fish. Fisn-nooKS, barbed instruments, of various size and form, for catching fish. In mak- ing them, straight wires of the proper length are flattened at one end, and the barb is formed by a simple blow with a chisel The point having been sharpened, the proper curve or twist is given to the hook; the soft iron is then case-hardened, to give it the stiffness and elasticity of steel, by immersion in hot animal char- coal. The hooks are subsequently bright- ened by friction, and tempered. Fishing-boat, a small decked or undecked boat, in which tlio pursuit of fish is car- ried on. [Scotch rivers. FiSHLNG-citnvE, an enclosure for fish in the Fishing line, small cord of different sizes, with, in some instances, gut or chain at- tached, to which a hook is appended, for river or sea fishing. . Fishing-net, twine or cord formed into nieshc3 of different sizes, for enclosing fish There are various kinds of nets made, the bag-net for the angler, the Bhrlmphlg- net, the drag-net, the trawl and the seme for sea-fishing; the casting-net, &c. Fishing-rod and -Tackle Maker, a manu- facturing tradesman who keeps on sale the appliances for angling. Fisn kettle, an oblong metal boiler for cooking fish in. , . Fish-knife, a broad flat silver, or plated, knife for serving fish with at table. Fish-majiKET, the place where fish is sold; in large towns it is usually a covered build- ing with arranged stalls, and has the con- venience of water for washing the fish.