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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    WOO [415] WOO Wokye, a nnmo in Nubia for sixteen dollars. Wou', ttic C'cinis occvdentalis. Ot the skins ol' this animal wo Import about 10,000 yearly. Tlicy aro much used as clonk ana coat linings in Russia. Wolfram, tlie native tungstate of iron and manganese, termed iu Cornwall mock 'eaa- , , .» Wolverine, another name for the glutton, a wild animal, the Gulo Arcticus, of whose sliins about 1,000 nr.- annually imported for furriers' use from NoribAmerica. Wood, a general name fur timber or fuel; a forest. Wood-acid, an Inferior pyroligneous acid, distilled from oak, beech, ash, &c, made to the extent of about 200 tons a-year, and used by calico-printers as a substi- tute Tor the higher priced acids. [ash. Wood-ashes, the ashes of wood. See Pot- Wood-carver, a shaper and ornamenter of wood ; one who cuts figures and designs in wood. Woodcock, a migratory bird of the snipe tribe, tlie Scolopax rusticola, whose flesh is highly esteemed. Wood-cut, an engraving on wood; an Im- pression taken therefrom. Wood-cutter, one who fells timber; a person who saws or chops up wood. Wood-engraver, nn artist who cuts pictures or drawings on blocks of box- wood, to take impressions from. Wooden-clock, a clock iu which much of the movement, the case, &a, aro of wood. Wooden-leg, a stump or support made for a person who has lost a leg. Wooden-shoe, a sabot; a shoo shaped out of wood. Wooden-spoon, a spoon made of wood, plain or carved, for culinary use, serving salad or other purposes. Wooden-ware, a general name under which buckets, bowls, and various arti- cles of American manufacture are shipped from the United States' ports. Wood-hodse, Wood-loft, a shed or store- room for fuel. Woodland, ground covered or interspersed with timber; forest-land. Wood-loft. See Wood-house. Woodman, a timber-cutter; a lumberer; a forest-ranger. Wood-merchant, a dealer in limber; a vender of lire-wood. Wood-oil, a resinous oil obtained in C.mara from the Dipterocarpus Iwvis. Wood-pavement, blocks of wood laid down in streets instead of flag-stones or paving- stones. Woodboof, Woodruff, a wild plant, the Asperula odorata, found in woods in Europe. The herb while drying lias the scent of new hay, approaching to bitter almonds orheliotropo. This plcasantscent has been used for flavouring wine, ner- fiiming clothes, &c. It u deemed diuretic, and used as a substitute for tea. Wood-skin, a large kind of river canoe made in Guiana by the Indians, from the bark of the purpleheart-tree and the Siinarl or locust-tree; some of these canoes are largo enough to carry from 20 to 25 persons with perfect safety in smooth water. , . Wood-sorrel, the Oxalis Acetosella, a wild riant, which is powerfully and most agreeably acid, making a refreshing and wholesome conserve with sugar. Wood-stamps, block-prints, and carvrd work for impressing figures and colours on paper or fabrics. Wood-type, largo letters for printing with, cut In wood, used for placards and job- work. Wood Vinegar. See Pyroligneous Acid. Woof, the weft Or cross texture of fabrics. Wooginoos, a name in Abyssinia for the Brucea anlidysenterica, the bark of which is considered in that country a valuable remedy in dysentery and severe cases of diarrhoea. Wool, the soft curly hair or fleecy covering of sheep—one of the most important of animal fibres, in which the trade, home and foreign, readies nearly 100,000 tons a year. The kinds of wool raised at home, and received from abroad, are very nu- merous. Wool-broker, a dealer in wool, on account of importers and merchants. Wool-burleus, women who remove tho little knots or extraneous matters from wool, and from tho surface of woollen cloth. Wool-buyer, a person conversant in tho properties and qualities of wool, employed to buy for manufacturers. Wool-carder, a person who prepares wool for yarn by passing it over wire dents or cards, andforms the wool into slivers or short rolls. Wool-comb, a metal-toothed hand instru- ment lor combing wool; also a machine to perform the same operation. Wool-comber, a person employed to comb the long wool of which stuffs and worsted goods are made. This is done by passing the wool through heated-iron combs, which takes away the lamina? or feathery part of the wool, and approximates it to tlie nature of silk and cotton. Wool-dyed, yarn dyed after being scoured and before making up; not piece-dyed. Wool-grower, n grazier or breeder of sheep for their fleece. [districts. Wool-hall, a trade-market in tlie woollen Woollen-carding Machine, a scribbling* machine or carding-engine lor breaking down the fibres, and making them more uniform in length, so as to render the thread, subsequently formed, free from inequalities. Woollen-cords, a manufacture of one part cotton and three parts wool. Woollen - draper, ft dealer in woollen cloths. Woollen Driving-belt Maker, a maker of stout straps or bands for connecting machinery. Woollen-dyer, a person who dyes wool in the piece or in the yarn. Woollen-printer, an operative who im- presses patterns or colours on woollen or mixed fabrics.