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    1. Re: [NCMECKLE-L] estate sale articles
    2. Lee Ramsey
    3. Hi Donna, I used Webster's Third New International Dictionary, unabridged, 3 vols --- Lee Ramsey. > 1 citle (household article) - could not find a variation of this. > 1 Tabor (household article) - a small drum with one head of soft cafeskin; dim. is taboret, a cylindrical seat or stool without arms or a back; or a small portable stand > 1 Still & warm/worm - A still consist of a retort, head, tube and condenser. The "worm" is the spiral condensing tube used in distilling. > 1 Scrw plate - "Screw plate" is a flat metal plate with one or more holes drilled, tapped, and filed wih a cutting edge for threading screws, pipes, or rods by hand. > 1 lot Sandrays (sundries?) - probably used in this context as miscellaneous articles or items. > 1 horow - probably "harrow", a farm implement for cultivating the soil, mulching, covering the seed, or removing weeds. "haro" is a variation of harrow. > 2 Small tier - could be winding or coiled cable. > 1 Frow - a variation of froe, a cleaving tool with handle at right angles to the blade for splitting cask saves and shingels from the block; or a steel wedge for splitting logs. > 1 galling pot - a "gallipot" is a small ceramic vessel with a small mouth, as used by apothecaries to hold medicines. > > > > > > > Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., NC, USA > http://www.geocities.com/pawcreek.geo/ > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

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