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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    Botany Yarns, yarns made from New South Wales wool, the original name being Botanjf I!ay. Botku, a very beautiful Indian wood, which might serve as a substitute for bird's-eye maple, is the produce of a species of Cordia, found in the Goda- very and Jubbulpore forests. It is believed to be identical with the Herni- al/mma macleodii, of Dr. Griffiths. Bottle-nose (Delphvnus globiecps), also known as the doegling. • Bouchot (French), a fish hurdle. Bouges, a name for cowry shells in Western Africa. Bouxanatch, a Turkish sweetmeat. Boulgoor, wheat with the outer husk removed, used in Turkey. Boullabaise, a kind of fish soup made m France. Boukacan: sec Barracan. Boureonnajs, a breed of French cattle. Bourdon, a wine of a greyish colour, made m Africa from the sap of Bxvahia mnitfera. Bourjane, the name for a porter or carrier of burdens in Madagascar. Bournonite, a sulpho-antimonate of copper and lead. Bouvier (French), a cowherd; one who has the charge of cattle. BouyiERE (Oyprimts amiarus, BIJ, also called peteuse. Bouvillon (French), a young bullock or steer. Bouyv, a Dutch land measure used in the Jndian Archipelago: the square bouw is equal to s,r,r7--l square yards. Bo valine, a meat extract. Bovril, liquid beef extract. Bowed Cotton, another name in Liver- pool for U pland Cotton. Boxwood, the wood so named in Tas- mania, is BiiTSBtTiOi spinosa Boycott, a modern form of ostracism or exclusive dealing, social avoidance of anyone (derived from Captain Boycott, an Irish landowner). Boza, a Russian beer. Bracchito, an Italian wine. Brace-bit, a wimble: .s^e Dictionary. Brachvogel (German), a species of Plover, Mumenius pygmaeus. Brack, a name given to inferior timber from Memel and other Prussian ports. Ihe best qualities are called crown timber: sec Braak in Dictionary. „Y?K: BliA-W,E (French), a pointer or setter dog, whence the term bracon- nier, a poacher. ends TUMP' a name in Sweden for deal Bfo\vl5IAP°OTEA' an esteemetl variety of B?icerinajfaevTented Uquor made from Bfo^aCyoEungabirdle am0Dg bM-dea^ BTtaIi'0fan °?rciaK mavk for herrings. wi^rt6? M- ?- or S- are used in Scotland for casks containing respec- tively, mixed, full, or spent Hsn. 1 Brandlings, young salmon in their first year and also called fork-tails: a small red worm much prized by trout-Ushers. Brat, a coarse apron or pinafore. BraunaAVood, adye-wood, the produce of Mclanoxylon braimn. Brau vin, a spirit distilled in Sweden. Braxy, a disease of the brain in sheep, but by some considered an inflamma- tion of the lungs. Brazilian Clove Bark, an aromatic bark obtained from Dicypcttium cary- ophyllatum, occasionally imported and used for mixing with other spices. Brazilian Nutmeg, a kind of false or wild nutmeg, produced by Cniptocarpa moschata. Brazilian Sassafras, the aromatic bark of Nectandra rynibarum, Nees. Urea (Spanish), pitch. Breaksman, the guard or other person who has charge of the break van on a goods or mineral train. Break Van. a van attached to a rail- way train to control the speed. Bream, in Australia and America this name is given to many fishes. Breast-fast, a securing rope for a ship. Lreast Ropes, support rones secured in the chains of a ship for ihe leadsman to lean against. Brebis (French), sheep. Breccia, a rock formed of angular fragments. Breitling (German), the sprat. Breme (French), the Saraus Uncaius Brent Goose (Bernicla brmta), a wild goose, a good bird for the table. dketacnes, a kind of linen goods, made m lengths of 0 or 7 yards by 1 yard wide. Bretonnes, a French breed of cattle ■ also a breed of hardy small horses from the Landes of Brittany Breuilles (French), the viscera and entrails of fish. Briar Root, a name for Smilax rotuml- ifoha, the root of which is much used for bowls of tobacco pipes. Bribe, a present or payment for some illegal purpose, usually to an official to neglect his duty or to connive at fraud. i.riu one of the best and cheapest of the F renc i soft cheeses, made to the extent of £400,000 annually. Brig antine, a light swift sailing vessel. l.nii.LiANTiNE, a fabric of cotton and fine mohair, usually black, the warp dyed before weaving. Brilliants, figured shirtings, made in lengths of about 10 yards. Brimstone Matches, slips of wood tip. ped with brimstone, formerly used but now superseded by lucifers; narrow strips of lmen or cotton about eight inches long, dipped in melted sulphur and some aromatic, made in Strasburg and other places, and used in sulphur- ing wines. Britannias, a kind of fine linen ex- ported in pieces to South America broad-beam, a tool used by curriers for graining and creasing leather,