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Record 1 2017-06-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Slaughterhouses
  • Meats and Meat Industries
CONT

Demerits can be considered as any flaw in the pig that is picked up at the packer at any period from the time of unloading to the time of final meat processing.... Demerits include the entire condemnation of the hog right down to the small trimming of meat.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Abattoirs
  • Salaison, boucherie et charcuterie
CONT

Une lésion localisée entraînera la condamnation du viscère touché ou d'une région de la carcasse. Les lésions localisées sur une carcasse occasionnent ce qu'on appelle communément les démérites.

Spanish

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Record 2 1986-06-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Construction Tools
  • Wrought Metal Items and Antique Tools
  • Farm Buildings
DEF

... [a tool] ... used for splitting and pointing hazel spars.

OBS

thatch-spar maker. Thatch spars are thin pieces of split wood, usually hazel, from 2 to 3 ft. long and bent into the form of a staple. They are used for securing the longer spars(«liggers») which are laid across the exterior of the thatch to hold it down.... The tool used for trimming, splitting, and pointing the rods is most often a small curved knife like a Bill Hook.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outils (Construction)
  • Objets ouvrés et outils anciens (Métal)
  • Constructions rurales
OBS

hart : Petite branche fine et souple, dont on se sert pour ceinturer les plions aux gaules; une première variété, la «hart rouge», est une branche de coudrier, alors que la «hart blanche» est une branche de noisetier.

OBS

Le syntagme «serpe à tailler les harts» a été proposé en raison de la ressemblance évidente qu'a le «spar hook» avec une serpe d'élagage à bec.

Spanish

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