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    1. Re: [VA-SOUTHSIDE-L] ITEMS ON AN APPRAISMENT
    2. Paul Drake
    3. Considering the LIMITED context you have revealed, I would suggest that the "round shave" is a steel bladed tool, not unlike a draw knife, used by coopers, barnwrights and wheelwrights to create curved surfaces in wood, such as needed for making slats for a barrel. The word "seythes" quite likely is a phonetic rendering of the word "scythes" and a "fanmill" is a device with a mechanical advantage used to move air for winnowing.

    06/21/2001 11:55:38