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HOLLOW TEETH [3 records]

Record 1 2016-03-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

Liliaceae family (So. Africa).

OBS

Bold rosette, developing a stem to 5 m high, with broad, fleshy leaves bronzy-green, hollow above, curved and warty beneath, margins with brown-red teeth; flowers orange-red. The Zulus use it as an unguent, and for stomach troubles.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Famille des Liliacées.

Spanish

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Record 2 1985-12-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hand Tools
CONT

Pit saw teeth are raked one way to cut only on the down stroke, and are spaced at 5/8-1 in. They are called gullet or briar teeth owing to the hollow cut away in front of each tooth; this, it is said, allows more room for the sawdust.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage à main
CONT

[La scie de long] porte beaucoup de voie : ses dents dites [en gorge] gullet teeth; briar teeth sont espacées et profondes, crochues et inclinées, et ne travaillent que dans un sens, soit lorsqu'on tire la scie vers le bas (...)

Spanish

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Record 3 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Construction Tools
OBS

tool

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outils (Construction)

Spanish

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