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HOLE HANDLE [14 records]

Record 1 2022-06-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Locks and Locksmithing
DEF

A door lock part with a square hole in the center [that accepts] the spindle and [that usually has] two projections [that move the bolt] when turned by the [handle].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Serrurerie
DEF

Pièce d'une serrure percée d'un trou destiné à recevoir la tige carrée [de la poignée], et portant [au moins] un bras destiné à transmettre son mouvement.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cerrajería
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Record 2 2017-10-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Geophysics
  • Geological Research and Exploration
  • Seismic Prospecting
DEF

The member of a seismograph crew who attends to the placement of the geophones.

CONT

Seismic Line Crew Helper. As a Line Crew Helper, Andre lays out and picks up seismic recording equipment for 2D and 3D land seismic data acquisition.

CONT

... the [seismic exploration] industry needs chainsaw buckers to help clear a path in forested areas, survey helpers to mark where the explosives and vibrators need to go, driller helpers to handle the explosives and help drill the shot hole for the explosives, and line crew helpers to lay the cable and sensors that will record the data.... With as many as fifty line crew helpers needed on a crew, these juggies are the muscle on the team. Line crew helpers are often called recorder helpers because much of their work involves laying the electronic equipment and wires that record sounds coming from underground.

CONT

Helpers are inexperienced people in training positions on seismic crews. After they gain skills and experience, helpers may move to other positions on a crew. Recording helpers, often called jug hustlers, assist seismic observers. In preparation for recording activities, observers may require as many as twenty or more helpers to haul cables, geophones and other recording equipment, and place and connect recording equipment.

CONT

A Line Crew/Recorder Helper/ is responsible for the laying out and picking up of seismic recording equipment for the purposes of both 2D and 3D land seismic data acquisition. In preparation for recording activities, there may be as many as fifty or more helpers to lay out cables and plant geophones. The position involves working twelve to fourteen hours per day, walking six to 20 km on uneven terrain, carrying cables and geophones for pick-up or layout (up to 90lbs) ensuring quality control on lay-out and pick-up, participating actively in all company safety initiatives, following all helicopter safety protocol, and loading and unloading of seismic equipment from seismic line vehicles or helibags.

OBS

jug hustler; juggy: slang terms. The term «jug» is a synonym of «geophone».

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Géophysique
  • Recherches et prospections géologiques
  • Prospection sismique

Spanish

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Record 3 2017-05-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hand Tools
CONT

The hammer handle should always be tight in the head... The eye or hole in the hammer head is made with a slight taper in both directions from the center. After the handle, which is tapered to fit the eye, is inserted, in the head, a steel or wooden wedge is driven into the end of the handle that is inserted into the head. This wedge expands the handle and causes it to fill the opposite taper in the eye. Thus the handle is wedged in both directions...

Key term(s)
  • hammer wedge
  • hammer handle wedge
  • hammer eye wedge
  • hammer head wedge

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage à main
DEF

Coin en bois dur ou en métal que l'on enfonce dans l'œil des pannes des marteaux et des maillets pour les solidariser avec leur manche.

Spanish

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Record 4 2016-02-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Household Utensils and Appliances
DEF

A container used to serve the liquid chocolate.

DEF

A covered pot for serving hot chocolate, usually pear-shaped or cylindrical, and often with a handle placed at a right angle to the spout....

OBS

... this feature [handle] is not, as is sometimes supposed, proof that a vessel is a chocolate-pot. A more certain indication is the presence in the cover of a hole for the purpose of inserting a wooden ustensil(called a molionet) to stir the contents.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement ménager
DEF

Récipient où l'on verse le chocolat avant de le servir.

OBS

Dans certaines pièces anciennes, en or, en argent, affectant la forme d'un cône tronqué, avec anse, le couvercle est percé par le milieu pour donner passage à un bâton, nommé moussoir, qui servait à faire mousser le liquide en ébullition.

Spanish

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Record 5 2016-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Small Arms
CONT

In the history of firearms, it is used principally to denote the instrument required to prepare for firing any discharge mechanism of the wheel lock type. In its simplest form, it consists of a handle terminating in a steel plate pierced with a square hole. This hole fits on the squared arbor of the wheel. When the handle is moved, the wheel rotates against the pull of the mainspring, until it is caught by the sear mechanism, and held until released by the trigger.

OBS

for "wheellock key" : wheellock key

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes légères
CONT

La platine à rouet. [...] De nombreuses pièces forment ce que l'on appelle la platine; une roue dentée d'acier trempé qui avance dans le bassinet, un ressort puissant fixé à la roue pouvant se remonter grâce à une clé et une détente libérant la roue qui provoque une trainée d'étincelles en frottant contre des pyrites maintenues en place par le chien.

Spanish

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Record 6 2014-11-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hand Tools
DEF

In a tool, the hole for receiving the handle(e. g. in an axe-head)...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage à main
DEF

Pour un outil, par ex. une hache, le trou où se met le manche [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Herramientas manuales
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Record 7 2010-03-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wrought Metal Items and Antique Tools
  • Metal Forging
CONT

Swages are forming and shaping tools. Matched or paired swages are called top and bottom swages.... Top swages are set tools as they have an eye extending through the head in which is placed a handle. It is positioned over the metal in the bottom swage and struck with a sledge hammer by the striker. Top and bottom swages are sometimes used separately. There are individual bottom swages to fit in the hardy hole which do not have a corresponding to swage. A few top swages are made to be worked alone.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Objets ouvrés et outils anciens (Métal)
  • Forgeage
CONT

L'étampe supérieure va de pair avec l'étampe inférieure. [...] La tête creusée en forme de demi-cylindre sert à arrondir le métal.

Spanish

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Record 8 2009-01-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric, Climatic and Meteorological Phenomena
CONT

The shovel shear test provides information about the location where the snow could fail in shear. It is best applied for identification of buried weak layers and does not usually produce useful results in layers close to the snow surface. Soft snow near the surface is better tested with the tilt board and the shear frame or an improvised version of this tilt test.

CONT

Shovel Shear Test. This test can be done on a flat or on a slope. With good technique, the location of weak layers, even thin weak layers, can be found. First dig a hole or pit in the snow. The vertical wall of the pit should be straight up and down, and smooth. Make a mark on the uphill portion of one corner of your pit with your shovel blade. This will mark the boundaries of your column, which should be roughly 30 cm by 30 cm or 12 inches square.(A) Now, cut both sides using a snow saw or your ski, all the way to the floor of the pit making sure that the cuts are straight.(B) The back of the column should only be cut as deep as your shovel blade is long, so measure with your shovel blade(C) and then cut the back.(D) Next, insert your shovel, blade down, in the back cut of the column and pull gently and evenly forward being careful not to lever your shovel handle.(E) Examine the shear layer where the block failed.(F) The force applied to the shovel that causes a weak layer to shear from the layers surrounding it can be rated as follows : Very easy... Easy... Moderate... Hard...

CONT

The results of the shovel shear test were inconclusive. [Example approved by the Avalanche Bulletin Terminology Standardization Committee.]

OBS

Shovel test: abbreviated form of "shovel shear test." Shovel test may also refer to the shovel tilt test or the shovel compression test.

OBS

Observers are cautioned that identification of the weak layers is the primary objective of the shovel shear test. The shovel shear test is not a stability test.

OBS

shovel shear test: term officially approved by the Avalanche Bulletin Terminology Standardization Committee.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phénomènes météorologiques, climatiques et atmosphériques
CONT

Le test de la pelle consiste à isoler une tranche du manteau neigeux de base carrée (la largeur est celle de la pelle, soit une trentaine de centimètres en moyenne), puis à la tirer vers soi ou à la charger pour détecter la présence de plan(s) de glissement potentiel(s).

CONT

Le test de cisaillement à la pelle n'a pas donné de résultats définitifs. [Exemple entériné par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie des bulletins d'avalanche.]

OBS

[Ce test n'est] pas à proprement parler un test de stabilité.

OBS

Test de la pelle. [...] Il existe plusieurs variantes de ce test sous la même désignation. Méthode Faarlund. [...] Méthode de Munter.

OBS

test de cisaillement à la pelle; essai de cisaillement à la pelle : termes uniformisés par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie des bulletins d'avalanche.

Spanish

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Record 9 2006-03-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Equipment (Oil and Natural Gas Extraction)
  • Oil Drilling
DEF

The derrickman’s working platform.

CONT

As pipe or tubing is run into or out of the hole, the derrickman must handle the top end of the pipe, which may be as high as 90 ft in the derrick or mast. The monkeyboard provides a small platform to raise him to the proper height to be able to handle the top of the pipe.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage (Extraction du pétrole et du gaz)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
DEF

Plate-forme située aux deux tiers de l'appareil de forage et sur laquelle se tient l'accrocheur.

OBS

Pluriel : des plateformes, des plates-formes.

OBS

plateforme (sing.); plateformes (pl.) : Ces graphies, puisées des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, sont attestées dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Spanish

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Record 10 2003-12-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photography
CONT

Dodgers are indispensable aids in print contrast control. Distinguish between two kinds : small pieces of cardboard(usually round or oval in different sizes) attached to a wire handle, for holding back negative areas that would otherwise appear too dark in the print; and pieces of cardboard with a hole in the center, for burning in negative areas that would otherwise appear too light in the print.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photographie
CONT

Au moment de l'agrandissement, on peut procéder, lors de l'exposition, à un masquage partiel des parties trop claires d'un négatif en utilisant des caches mobiles. Il est possible de confectionner soi-même ces caches avec du fil et du fer et du carton noir. Lorsqu'on utilise un cache, il faut le faire bouger pour empêcher l'apparition de contours et de taches trop claires.

Spanish

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Record 11 2000-10-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metal Fasteners
  • Roofs (Building Elements)
CONT

... the nailing of wooden shingles and slates are entirely different. The heads of slating nails should just touch the slate and should not be driven "home" or draw the slate, but left with the heads just clearing the slate hangs on the nail. The opposite is true of wooden shingles and a man used to laying this material will invariably handle slate in the same way. As a consequence the slate, held too rigidly in place, is shattered around the nail hole, or the head of the nail crushed and eventually the slate may "ride" up over the nail and be blown off in a heavy wind... The temptation to use shingle nails instead of slating nails should be discouraged, for the slight saving in cost on the entire roof cannot approach the cost of repairs which may develop as a result of this practice.

OBS

Not to be confused with shingle nail.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Clouterie et visserie
  • Toitures (Éléments du bâtiment)
CONT

Clous pour ardoises : Pointes à tête extra large. Pointes à tête large. Longueur : 27mm à 80mm. Diamètre : 2,7mm à 3,5mm.

OBS

Ne pas confondre avec «clou à bardeau».

Key term(s)
  • clou à ardoises
  • clou pour ardoise

Spanish

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Record 12 1999-05-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Soil Improvement and Fertilizer Management
  • Plant and Crop Production
CONT

It’s a good idea to prepare your garden soil a couple of weeks ahead of planting, too. Tilling the soil early will fool weeds into germinating early, and you can then pull them to reduce competition with your seedlings. When there is no longer any risk of frost, take the seedlings out of the pots and plant them into the garden. Water regularly (but don’t over water) and feed with a high quality fertilizer like PINK Vigoro or Instant Vigoro Water Soluble Plant Starter 10-52-10.

CONT

It's time to repot when you notice either of the following conditions : your plant needs water daily because it won’t hold any moisture or large roots are pushing through the drain hole. In both cases the root system has grown so big that very little soil is left in the pot. Find a slightly larger container, and transplant using good quality soil. To avoid or minimize transplant shock handle the roots gently and water well after repotting. A good plant starter fertilizer like 10-52-10 will help encourage root growth.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fumure et amélioration du sol
  • Cultures (Agriculture)
CONT

Fertilisation de départ [...] Généralement, les conifères se plantent au début de l'automne ou tôt au printemps. Creusez une fosse plus grande que la motte et préparez un mélange de base composé de bonne terre et de fumier composté dans lequel vous ajouterez une poignée d'engrais de départ Nutrite 7-27-11.

OBS

Transplantonic [...] stimule au printemps le démarrage de la végétation et augmente le rendement des arbres fruitiers.

Spanish

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Record 13 1993-03-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plumbing Tools and Equipment
CONT

Start drilling the hole by applying pressure at the feed yoke and turning the ratchet handle until the drill enters the main.

OBS

Figure - self-tapping machine.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareillage et outils de plomberie
CONT

Commencer à percer le tuyau en exerçant une pression sur la chape d'avance et en tournant la poignée à rochet jusqu'à ce que le foret-taraud pénètre dans la paroi.

Spanish

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Record 14 1983-05-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Archaeology
OBS

in a melting-pot

French

Domaine(s)
  • Archéologie

Spanish

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