Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
andvile | (Spenser) an anvil. |
ankus | (Hindi) a spiked elephant goad. |
ankush | (Hindi) a spiked elephant goad. |
ashplant | a walking stick made of ash. |
batler | (Shakesp.) a small bat used for beating clothes. |
batlet | a small bat used for beating clothes. |
bootjack | a device for pulling off boots. |
bootlast | a footlike last on which boots or shoes are made. |
caber | (Scots) a heavy wooden heaving pole. |
cantdog | a metal hook on a long handle, aka peavey. |
canthook | a metal hook on a long handle. |
chowri | (Hindi) a whisk to keep off flies, used in the E. Indies. |
chowry | (Hindi) a whisk to keep off flies, used in the E. Indies. |
circumferentor | a surveyor's angle-measuring compass instrument. |
cizers | (Shakesp.) scissors. |
clangbox | a deflector fitted to a jet engine to divert gas flow. |
clevis | a U-shaped fastener with pin used to close the open end. |
dabber | a pad for dabbing ink on blocks or plates. |
diestock | a stock to hold the dies used for cutting screws. |
distaff | the stick that holds the bunch of flax, tow or wool in spinning. |
eyebar | a metal bar having a closed loop at the end. |
eyebolt | a bolt with a looped head, or an opening in the head. |
ferrel | a band placed around the end of a stick (as a pool cue) for reinforcement; (verb) to strike with a ferrel. |
ferrule | a band placed around the end of a stick (as a pool cue) for reinforcement; (verb) to strike with a ferrule. |
ferula | (Lat.) an instrument used to punish children; specifically, a flat piece of wood (as a ruler). |
ferule | an instrument used to punish children; specifically, a flat piece of wood (as a ruler); (verb) to strike with this. |
filecard | a type of brush with sharp steel bristles, used for cleaning the teeth of a file. |
fireplug | a hydrant for use against fires. |
forfex | (Lat.) a pair of scissors or pincers. |
gadge | (Browning) an instrument of torture. |
gaufer | a waffle with a pattern of crossed lines. |
gauffer | an iron for making pleats or ripples in material; (verb) to make pleats with such an iron. |
gaufre | a waffle with a pattern of crossed lines. |
gib | a wedge-shaped piece of metal; (verb) to fasten with a gib. |
gofer | a waffle with a pattern of crossed lines. |
goffer | an iron for making pleats or ripples in material; (verb) to make pleats with such an iron. |
gradienter | a surveyor's instrument for determining gradients. |
graphium | (Lat.) a stylus. |
groma | (Lat.) a Roman surveying instrument. |
implement | a tool; (verb) to put into practice. |
kabar | (Scots) a heavy wooden heaving pole. |
kebar | (Scots) a heavy wooden heaving pole. |
kinetheodolite | a theodolite used in tracking missiles and satellites. |
klinostat | a revolving stand for experimenting with growing plants. |
lapstone | a stone for the lap, on which shoemakers beat leather. |
lewis | a dovetailed iron tenon made to fit into a stone so that it can be hoisted. |
lewisson | a dovetailed iron tenon made to fit into a stone so that it can be hoisted. |
lingel | a shoemaker's thread. |
lingle | a shoemaker's thread. |
locknut | a nut screwed on top of another to prevent it loosening. |
mandrel | a bar of iron fitted to a turning-lathe on which articles to be turned are fixed. |
mandril | a bar of iron fitted to a turning-lathe on which articles to be turned are fixed. |
mapstick | the long handle of a mop. |
mopstick | the long handle of a mop. |
neeld | (Obs.) a needle. |
neele | (Obs.) a needle. |
norman | a wooden bar, or iron pin. |
odontograph | an instrument for obtaining curves for gear-teeth. |
pinger | an acoustic transmitter for the study of ocean currents. |
pintle | a bolt or pin on which something turns, as a hinge. |
pointel | a sharp instrument, esp a style. |
posser | (Arch.) a wooden stick for use in possing clothes. |
pressboard | an ironing board esp a small one for sleeves. |
proker | a poker. |
pulpstone | a grindstone for pulping wood. |
puncher | one who punches; an instrument for punching. |
ragwheel | a toothed wheel; a polishing-wheel of cloth discs. |
rimmer | an instrument with cutting or scraping edges, used for enlarging a round hole, as the bore of a cannon, etc. |
rynd | a fitting to support a millstone. |
sadiron | a heavy flatiron with both ends pointed and a removable handle. |
scaldino | (Ital.) an Italian earthenware brazier. |
scrubber | an apparatus for removing impurities from gas or vapour. |
scummer | (Scots) a shallow ladle or sieve for removing scum or floating matter from the surface of a liquid. |
sextantal | relating to a sextant. |
shim | a thin slip of metal etc. used to fill a space or to adjust parts; (verb) to fill in or adjust with a shim. |
snowbrush | a brush for clearing snow. |
sonde | (Fr.) an instrument probe for transmitting information about its surroundings underground or under water. |
steelyard | a weighing-machine consisting of a lever with a short arm for the thing weighed and a long graduated arm on which a single weight moves. |
stepney | (Sl.) a spare wheel. |
stiddie | (ON) a blacksmith's forge or anvil; (verb) to stithy. |
stithy | (ON) a blacksmith's forge or anvil; (verb) to forge. |
strigil | (Lat.) an instrument used by ancient Romans/Greeks for scraping the skin esp after the bath. |
studdie | (ON) a blacksmith's forge or anvil. |
stylus | (Lat.) an instrument for writing. |
tableware | ware, or articles collectively, for table use. |
template | a pattern used as a guide in making something. |
templet | a template. |
theodolite | a surveying instrument for measuring angles. |
theodolitic | relating to a theodolite. |
thimble | a (metal, ceramic, plastic, etc) protective cover for the finger, used in sewing; (verb) to use as a thimble. |
thowl | (Obs.) a thole pin. |
thumbnut | a butterfly-nut. |
torret | a metal ring on a harness through which the reins pass. |
tribble | a horizontal frame with wires for drying paper. |
turnbuckle | a coupling with screw threads for adjusting tension. |
tuyer | a nozzle, mouthpiece, or fixture through which the blast is delivered to the interior of a blast furnace, or to the fire of a forge. |
tuyere | (Fr.) a nozzle, mouthpiece, or fixture through which the blast is delivered to the interior of a blast furnace, or to the fire of a forge. |
twier | a nozzle for a blast of air. |
twyer | a nozzle for a blast of air. |
twyere | a nozzle for a blast of air. |
verrel | a band placed around the end of a stick (as a pool cue) for reinforcement. |
wireway | a tube for protecting electric wires. |
wortle | a perforated plate through which wire is drawn to make thinner. |
zimocca | a type of bath-sponge. |