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3-D glasses Abbot filters
USE Three dimensional glasses USE Water filters
3-D photographs Aboriginal breastplates
USE Three dimensional photographs BT Breastplates
SN Breastplates awarded to aboriginal people 110 film during the 1800s and up until 1950 recognising achievement, role or status. USE Cartridge film They are generally inscribed with the wearer's name and tribe. 120 film Aboriginal dolls USE Roll film USE Indigenous Australian dolls
126 film Aboriginal flags USE Cartridge film BT Flags
220 film SN Use for Australian mainland Aboriginal, Tiwi Islands and Torres Strait Island USE Roll film flags.
35mm cameras Aboriginal weapons USE Weapons BT Film cameras Pocket cameras
NT Midget cameras Abrading instruments Miniature cameras BT Instruments SN Cameras using 35mm film. Features vary widely, e.g. they can be direct viewfinder NT Abrading stones or SLR, automatic or manual. Abrasives SN Equipment, machinery or utensils which 35mm film use friction to wear down, smooth out or add a sharp edge to objects. Where BT Camera film possible, use a more specific term. SN Sprocketed 35mm film enclosed in a single spool in a light-proof metal or plastic Abrading stones cassette for use in 35mm cameras. Use BT Abrading instruments `Movie film' for 35mm film used in movie cameras. Stones NT Emery stones Abacus RT Abrasives BT Calculating devices SN Stones used to abrade objects. SN Calculating devices consisting of beads or balls strung on wires or rods set in a Abrasive grinders frame. BT Grinding tools
Abas SN Machines or tools which grind with BT Outerwear abrasives. They are used to cut hardened or tempered metals and to develop a SN Sleeveless outer garments, worn by arabic smooth finish on metal, wood, stone or peoples. concrete.
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Abrasives Accessories
BT Abrading instruments BT Objects
NT Carborundum NT Animal accessories Garnet paper Audio equipment accessories Sandpaper Babies accessories
RT Abrading stones Baby accessories Bathroom accessories AC generators Beach accessories
BT Rotating generators Book accessories Bottle accessories NT Induction generators Clothing accessories Synchronous generators Computer accessories RT AC motors Document accessories SN Machines, usually rotary, which convert Engine accessories mechanical power into alternating-current electric power. Fireplace accessories Game accessories AC motors Knitting machine accessories BT Motors Lapidary accessories
NT Induction motors Lens accessories Synchronous motors Microscope accessories
RT AC generators Money accessories
SN Motors that convert alternating current Music accessories into mechanical energy. Musical instrument accessories Photograph accessories Academic dress Telescope accessories Costumes BT Timepiece accessories SN Formal university dress, usually Typewriter accessories consisting of a cap and gown, and Vehicle accessories sometimes stole. Weapon accessories Academic regalia Accordions BT Regalia BT Wind instruments
Academicals NT Concertinas
USE Academic dress Flutinas Piano accordions Academy boards Player accordions SN Portable wind instruments with bellows BT Artists paper and button-like keys sounded by means of metallic rods. RT Canvas boards SN Pasteboards used for painting, especially Account books in oils, since the early C19th. BT Books Acanthus Financial records NT BT Plants Ledgers
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Account records BT Paintings
BT Business records Actinometers
Accounting machines USE Tintmeters
BT Electronic calculators Acupuncture equipment SN Machines that deal with all aspects of accounting, for example, billing, BT Health and medical equipment bookkeeping, wages, taxation. NT Acupuncture needles Accounts Acupuncture needles USE Account books BT Acupuncture equipment Needles Accounts books USE Account books Adaptors
BT Electrical equipment Acetylene generators SN Accessory plugs for connecting a piece of BT Generators apparatus fitted with one type of terminals to a supply point with a SN Steel cylinders or tanks that provide for different type. controlled mixing of calcium carbide and water to generate acetylene. Adding machines Acetyline generators USE Calculators
USE Acetylene generators Address books Acid carboys BT Books
USE Carboys SN Books listing names with residences and/or business locations, usually in alphabetical order Acid jars
BT Chemical jars Addressing machines
BT Office machines RT Demijohns SN Machines that use stencils to print addresses upon envelopes and other Acoustic guitars paper. Often referred to by the trade BT Guitars name, Addressographs.
NT Classical guitars Addressographs Flamenco guitars USE Addressing machines Steel string guitars SN A general terms for guitars which produce their sound through non-electric or Adhesive paste non-electronic means. All pre-20th BT Adhesives century and some modern forms of guitar are acoustic; where possible use a more specific term or combine this term with a Adhesive stamps specific type of guitar. BT Objects
Acrylic paintings NT Cinderella stamps Postage stamps
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Adhesive tape NT Advertising fans
BT Adhesives Advertising leaflets Advertising mirrors SN A tape coated with an adhesive substance on one or both sides. Advertising pamphlets Advertising postcards Adhesives Advertising posters BT Objects Advertising signs
NT Adhesive paste Advertising stamps Adhesive tape Advertising stickers Cellotape Advertising tokens Glue Billboards Sticky tape Handbills SN Substances for sticking objects together. Pub mirrors Where possible, specify a type of adhesive. Pub paintings
RT Promotional material; Sales catalogues Adjuster door lapping SN Devices, publications, signs etc designed USE Lap sets to attract public attention in order to bring in custom or sell products. Administrative files Advertising booklets BT Business records BT Advertisements Booklets Administrative records BT Documents Advertising cards
NT Letter books BT Advertisements Minute books Cards Order books Advertising catalogues Purchase orders USE Sales catalogues Admirals chests
BT Chests Advertising fans BT Advertisements RT Decanters Hand fans SN Travelling cases containing a set of spirit SN Fans whose mounts contain advertising decanters and drinking glasses. messages or pictures.
Admiral's chests Advertising leaflets USE Admirals chests BT Advertisements Leaflets
Admission badges RT Handbills BT Badges advertising material
Advertisements USE Advertisements BT Objects Advertising mirrors NT Advertising booklets Advertising cards BT Advertisements
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BT Mirrors Aerial photographs
BT Photographs Advertising pamphlets
BT Advertisements NT Air photos Pamphlets SN Photographs of air-to-ground views and SN Advertising publications of between 2 and air-to-air pictures of other craft, cloud 4 pages. formation and meteorological phenomenon taken from aircraft. Use `Space photographs' for photographs taken from Advertising postcards beyond the earth's atmosphere. Use BT Advertisements `Astrophotographs' for photographs of Postcards astronomical phenomena. Use `Air photos' for stereo photographs designed to be used RT Advertising cards for measuring buildings and earth features in air photo interpretation. Advertising posters Aerials BT Advertisements Posters USE Antennas SN Posters advertising companies or products. Aero-engines
Advertising signs BT Internal-combustion engines
BT Advertisements NT Jet engines Signs Reciprocating aero-engines Rocket engines Advertising stamps SN Engines that develop either shaft horsepower or thrust and incorporate BT Advertisements design features advantageous for aircraft Cinderella stamps propulsion. NT Poster stamps SN Non-postal stamps used for advertising Aerograms purposes. Advertisements in stamp form. BT Postal stationery Advertising stickers SN Sheets of special lightweight airmail paper which can be suitably folded, BT Advertisements gummed and addressed to simultaneously Stickers serve as letter and envelope.
Advertising tokens Aeronautical charts
BT Advertisements USE Aeronautical maps Tokens Aeronautical maps Adzes BT Aviation documents BT Cutting tools Maps Woodworking tools SN Maps designed primarily for use in air NT Coopering adzes navigation, giving surface features of SN Long-handled tools with a chisel-like or aeronautical importance. curved blade set at right angles to the handle, used for dressing timber. Aerophones
USE Wind instruments Aerial charts USE Aeronautical maps Aeroplane engines
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USE Aero-engines BT Gemstones
SN Variegated varieties of quartz Aeroplane logbooks (chalcedony) showing coloured bands or other markings. USE Aircraft logbooks Agricultural engines
Aeroplane piston engines BT Engines USE Reciprocating aero-engines NT Ploughing engines
RT Agricultural equipment Aeroplanes SN Engines used for agricultural purposes BT Aircraft such as thrashing corn, pumping water, sawing timber, bruising oats or beans and NT Air ambulances chopping hay. Biplanes Flying boats Agricultural equipment
Monoplanes BT Occupation-based equipment Seaplanes NT Agricultural machinery Training aeroplanes Agricultural machines RT Toy aeroplanes Agricultural tools Corn crushers Aerosol cans Farm equipment USE Aerosol containers Lassos Shearing equipment Aerosol containers Stockwhips BT Containers Yokes
RT Atomisers RT Agricultural engines; Winemaking equipment
SN Small metal containers for storing under SN A broad term for collections of implements pressure, and subsequently dispensing as used in agriculture. Where possible, a spray, such domestic products as specify particular tools or machinery. insecticides, waxes and lacquers. Agricultural machinery
Aerosol packs USE Agricultural machines USE Aerosol containers Agricultural machines
Aerospace engines BT Agricultural equipment USE Aero-engines Machines
NT Agricultural vehicles Afoxes Cotton gins BT Percussion instruments Cultivators
SN South American percussion instrument Fruit sorters Harrows Aftershave lotion Harvesters
BT Shaving toiletries Ploughs Reapers Agates Threshing machines
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Agricultural records RT Ammonia compressors
BT Documents SN Machines that increase the pressure of air by increasing its density and delivering NT Farm records the fluid against the connected system SN Documents pertaining to any agricultural resistance, on the discharge side. activity, including farming, timbering etc. Air-cooled engines
Agricultural tools BT Engines BT Agricultural equipment SN Engines in which the engine is cooled Tools directly by a stream of air without the NT Chaff cutters interposition of a liquid medium. Hay rakes Air fresheners Hoes BT Perfumes Pitchforks Scythes RT Incense
Sickles SN Scents or fragrances used to make a room sweet smelling. Agricultural vehicles Air letters BT Agricultural machines Vehicles USE Aerograms
NT Tractors Air photos RT Toy agricultural vehicles BT Aerial photographs
Aigrettes RT Stereo photographs
BT Head ornaments SN Stereo photographs of air-to-ground views, Headwear created with at least a 30 per cent overlap SN Plumes or tufts of feathers arranged as and viewed through a stereoscope for headwear or a head ornament; also interpretation, measurement of features sometimes jewelled head ornaments etc. which look like feathers. Air pressure gauges Air ambulances BT Pressure gauges BT Aeroplanes Ambulances Airbricks SN Light aircraft equipped like an ambulance, used to fly patients to a BT Bricks hospital, especially from outback and SN Perforated blocks set into a wall for country centres. ventilation.
Air bricks Airconditioners USE Airbricks BT Cooling equipment
Air brushes Aircraft BT Artists equipment BT Vehicles
Air compressors NT Aeroplanes Airplanes BT Compressors Gliders
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NT Hot air balloons Aircraft transporters
Rotary wing aircraft BT Trailers SN Use as a general term for a variety of machines supported for flight in the air by RT Prime movers buoyancy (such as balloons and other SN Large trailers designed to pull or move lighter-than-air craft) or by dynamic aircraft, generally by being attached to a action of air on its surfaces (such as prime mover. aeroplanes, helicopters, gliders, and other heavier-than-air craft). Where possible, name a specific type of aircraft. Aircraft wheels BT Aircraft components Aircraft badges Wheels BT Aircraft components Vehicle badges Airguns SN Devices fixed to the body of an aircraft BT Guns depicting logos, brand names etc. SN Guns operated by compressed air. Aircraft carriers
BT Naval ships Airline maps USE Aeronautical maps RT Aircraft
SN Large naval ships, designed to serve as an Airline tickets air base at sea, with a long strip on deck for the taking off and landing of aircraft. BT Transport tickets
Aircraft compasses Airline timetables BT Aircraft components BT Timetables Directional compasses
NT Inclinometer Airmail covers RT Aircraft USE Airmail envelopes
Aircraft components Airmail envelopes BT Vehicle components BT Philatelic envelopes NT Aircraft badges SN Special lightweight envelopes labelled to Aircraft compasses indicate they should be sent by airmail. Aircraft wheels Airmail labels
Aircraft engines BT Labels USE Aero-engines Postal stationery
RT Airmail envelopes
Aircraft logbooks SN Gummed labels that are stuck on envelopes to indicate they should be sent BT Aviation documents by airmail. Logbooks SN Books containing a listing of navigational, Airmail paper meteorological, and other significant data concerning an air journey. These can BT Postal stationery include separate logs for the journey, the SN Lightweight paper used for sending letters aircraft's condition, engines, and a pilot's overseas. log.
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Airplanes Albumen photoprints
USE Aeroplanes USE Albumen prints
Airspeed indicators Albumen prints
BT Indicators BT Photographic prints
SN Photographic prints having albumen as Akubra hats the binder. They are always black and white but they may be toned to a BT Hats monochrome hue. SN Broadbrimmed Australian hats, made of rabbit fur felt, which are particularly Albumen silver prints hardy in wet conditions. USE Albumen prints
Alabastra Albums BT Cosmetics containers BT Books RT Unguentaria NT Chocolate card albums SN Small bottles or flasks of elongated form for holding ointments, perfume or oil. Cigarette card albums (Dict of Glass, Harold Newman, London, Coin albums 1977). Philatelic albums
Alabastrons Photograph albums Postcard albums USE Alabastra SN Books consisting of blank leaves for inserting and storing photographs, Alabastrum stamps, etc.
USE Alabastra Alcoholometers
BT Meters Alarm clocks SN Instruments for finding the percentage of BT Clocks alcohol in a liquid. SN Clocks that can be set to sound a bell or the like at a particular time in order to Ale glasses rouse people from sleep. BT Drinking glasses
Albion presses RT Beer glasses
BT Printing presses SN Early English glasses intended for drinking ale or beer. The shape SN Hand printing presses made about 1822. approximated that of a contemporary The type lay on a horizontal sliding bed, elongated wine glass. Refer also to beer pressure being exerted by an glasses, which are similar. elbow-shaped lever joint called a toggle which forced the platen on to the forme. Alembas
Album covers BT Percussion instruments
USE Record covers SN Tuned percussion instruments invented by Australian composer Moya Henderson, comprising a set of suspended triangles of Albumen photographs graduated size and pitch, each connected USE Albumen prints to a tubular resonator
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All-sky camera mirrors RT Altars
USE Camera mirrors SN Works of art or decorative screens behind and above an altar.
Allen keys Altars BT Hand tools BT Religious objects SN Variously sized small hexagonal metal bars , used to tighten or loosen matching RT Altarcloths; Altarpieces screws or bolts. SN Constructions upon which religious offerings are made. Almanacs
BT Documents Altered photographs USE Manipulated photographs SN Calendars of the days of the year, in weeks and months, indicating the time of various events or phenomena (for Altered prints example, anniversaries, sunrise, changes of the moon and tides) or giving other USE Manipulated photographs pertinent information. Alternating current generators Almond essence USE AC generators BT Food essences
SN Food additives composed of concentrated Alternating current motors almond liquid. USE AC motors Almonds BT Nut fruits Alternators
SN The stone (nut) or kernel of the fruit of the USE AC generators almond tree.
Alternators, inductor Alphabet blocks USE Inductor alternators BT Toy blocks
RT Educational toys Alternators, turbo SN Building blocks with a letter of the USE Turboalternators alphabet on each face.
Alphabet toys Altimeters
USE Alphabet blocks BT Aviation instruments Meters Altarcloths RT Aneroid barometers
BT Ceremonial textiles SN Devices used in aircraft for finding distance above sea level, terrain or some Cloths other reference point. Religious objects RT Altars Ambrotype photographs
SN Cloths for covering an altar. USE Ambrotypes
Altarpieces Ambrotypes
BT Decorative panels BT Positives Religious objects
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SN Positive photographs produced by SN All the material used in discharging mounting a negative (made by a variant of firearms and weapons that throw the wet collodion process) that is on glass projectiles, including gunpowder, shot, with a dark backing, which makes the shrapnel, bullets, cartridges, primers, image appear as a positive. fuses, chemicals, bombs, grenades, mines and pyrotechnics. Ambulances Ammunition belts BT Emergency vehicles BT Belts NT Air ambulances Military equipment
RT Toy ambulances NT Cartridge belts SN Vehicles specially equipped for carrying RT Ammunition; Ammunition pouches sick or wounded people. While modern ambulances are motor powered, early SN Belts used to carry ammunition, usually ambulances were drawn by horse. bullets, on the person.
American organs Ammunition pouches
USE Reed organs BT Firearms accessories
RT Ammunition; Ammunition belts American pattern braces USE Joiners braces Amp meters
USE Ammeters Amethysts BT Gemstones Amphibia
SN Crystallised purple or violet quartz used USE Amphibians in jewellery.
Amphibians Ammeters BT Animals BT Electric meters NT Frogs NT Milliammeters SN Instruments for measuring the magnitude Toads of electric currents in amperes. Amphorae
Ammonia compressors BT Food storage jars
BT Compressors SN Ancient Greek two-handled, narrow-necked vessels, commonly RT Air compressors big-bellied and narrowed at the base, used for food storage, commonly oil or wine. Ammunition Amphoras BT Military equipment USE Amphorae NT Bullets Cannon balls Amplidynes Cartridges USE DC generators Shells (ammunition) Shot Amplifiers Shrapnel BT Electrical equipment RT Ammunition belts; Ammunition pouches Electronic equipment
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NT Audio amplifiers USE Medicinal powders Oscillators SN Devices for increasing the amplitudes of Analog calculators electric waves or impulses; commonly BT Calculators radio valves or transistors, or devices employing them. Analog computers Amplifiers, rotating BT Computers USE DC generators SN Computers that use continuously variable (analog) quantities such as rotation or Ampoules voltage to represent numbers.
BT Health and medical equipment Analysers
RT Hypodermic syringes BT Prisms SN Sealed glass bulbs used to hold SN Prisms used in microscopes, with a hypodermic solutions. polariser.
Amulets Analytical balances BT Personal adornments BT Balances
NT Therapeutic amulets SN Types of equal-arm balances used for exacting laboratory work. RT Tikis
SN Objects (such as brooches, finger rings, Anastigmat enlarging lenses bracelets, reliquaries or pendants) or gemstones believed to have special USE Enlarging lenses supernatural qualities and worn primarily to ward off evil, witchcraft or illness, but sometimes to bring good fortune. Anastigmat lenses BT Lenses Amusement machines SN Lenses designed to eliminate astigmatism. BT Machines
NT Carousel horses Anastigmatic lenses Jukeboxes USE Anastigmat lenses
Anaesthesia equipment Anatomical drawings
BT Health and medical equipment BT Drawings
NT Anaesthesimeters RT Anatomical models SN A general term for equipment used by anaesthetists. Where possible, specify the type of equipment. Anatomical models BT Health and medical equipment Anaesthesimeters Scientific models
BT Anaesthesia equipment RT Anatomical drawings Meters SN Models of different parts of human and SN Instruments for testing degrees of animal anatomy, most usually skeletons, anaesthesia or for regulating the amount showing the structure of the body. of anaesthetic given. Anchor chains Analgesic powders BT Nautical equipment
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Anchors Angle bars
BT Nautical equipment BT Beams
SN Metal beams with an L-shaped section. Ancient Greek coins
BT Coins Angle braces USE Hand drills NT Diobol coins Drachm coins Angle irons Obol coins Onkia coins USE Angle bars Staters Tetrobol coins Animal accessories Trias coins BT Accessories
Victoriatus NT Animal bells Animal transport containers Ancient Indian coins Cages BT Coins Camel accessories Dog accessories Ancient Roman coins Horse accessories BT Coins Horse trappings
NT Semis coins Lassos Solidus coins Leads Yokes Andirons
USE Firedogs Animal bells BT Animal accessories Anemometers Bells NT Cowbells BT Meters
Animal bones Aneroid barographs BT Animal parts USE Barographs NT Bone carvings Aneroid barometers Engraved bones Inscribed bones BT Barometers Skulls (animal) RT Altimeters Whalebones SN Instruments for measuring atmospheric pressure and, indirectly, altitude, by Animal figures registering the pressure exerted on the elastic top of a box or chamber exhausted BT Figures of air. NT Bird figures
Angel coins RT Animals
BT Coins SN Ceramic or carved representations of animals. SN An English gold coin, first issued in 1465 and valued at 6s. 8d.
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Animal fur RT Animal fur
BT Animal parts Animal products Animal teeth
NT Ermine BT Animal parts
NT Boar teeth Animal horns Elephant teeth BT Animal parts Tusks NT Antelope horns Whale teeth Cow horns Engraved horns Animal transport containers Snuff horns BT Animal accessories Containers
Animal parts RT Cages
BT Animals SN Containers made and designed to confine and transport wild and domestic animals. NT Animal bones Animal fur Animal traps
Animal horns BT Traps Animal skins NT Eel traps Animal teeth Fish traps Antennae Lobster traps Bezoars Mouse traps Bones Rabbit traps Coral Rat-traps Eggs Yabbie traps Feathers
Pearls Animals Shells BT Objects Skeletons (animal) NT Amphibians Animal products Animal parts
BT Animals Animal products Australian animals NT Animal fur Birds Birds nests Coral Cocoons Dinosaurs Eggs Fish Honeycomb Invertebrates Pearls Mammals Shells Mice Wool samples Reptiles Wool specimens Squirrels Animal skins Animation cells BT Animal parts USE Animation cels
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Animation cels USE Annealing furnaces
BT Artworks Annual reports RT Cinematographic equipment BT Reports SN Animation cels (short for celluloid) are transparent sheets onto which images are drawn or painted for traditional, Ant traps hand-drawn animations. BT Pest traps
Ankle bindings Antelope horns BT Footwear BT Animal horns
Ankle chains Antennae USE Anklets BT Animal parts
Ankle rings Antennas USE Anklets BT Communications equipment
Ankle ties NT Direction-finders
BT Clothing accessories Frame aerials
SN Ties, usually textile, used to secure Loop aerials trousers around the ankles. SN Devices that couple a transmitter or receiver network of a radio system to open Anklets space. Radio waves or microwaves are used to transmit signals from a source BT Jewellery through space.
SN Rings, chains, bands or other ornamental forms worn around the ankle. Anthropological specimens BT Specimens Anna coins NT Bark specimens (anthropological) BT Coins Fibre specimens (anthropological) NT Half anna coins SN Use for specimens collected for cultural purposes. One anna coins
One sixteenth anna coins Antimacassars One twelfth anna coins BT Furniture accessories Quarter anna coins Soft furnishings Two anna coins SN Ornamental coverings for the backs and RT Rupee coins arms of chairs, sofas, etc. to keep them from being soiled. SN Indian copper denomination, to the value of one-sixteenth of the rupee. Antiseptic swabs Annealing furnaces USE Swabs
BT Furnaces Glassmaking equipment Ants
SN Furnaces for annealing metals or glass. BT Insects
NT Annealing ovens Honey ants
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Anvils SN Utensils for removing the core of an apple, in the form of a long thin cylindrical BT Blacksmithing tools handle extending to a hemispherical tube with the end sharpened and pointed for RT Coopering hammers cutting. SN Heavy iron blocks with smooth faces, frequently of steel, on which hot metals Apple peelers are hammered into desired shapes. BT Fruit peelers
Aperture cards RT Apple corers BT Microfiche
SN Cards with one or more openings into each Apple sorters of which is mounted a frame cut from a BT Fruit sorters strip of microfilm.
Apiary equipment Applications software
USE Beekeeping equipment BT Computer software
NT Computer game software Aplanat lenses SN Software that applies the computer to a USE Rapid rectilinear lenses particular type of work, especially business and commercial applications. It includes word processing, database Apostle spoons management, spreadsheet and desktop publishing software. BT Spoons
RT Religious figures Applicators
SN A type of spoon, about 18 cm long, that BT Medical instruments has, as the finial (on a straight SN Rod-like instruments for applying undecorated stem), a cast full-length medication. figure in-the-round depicting one of the Twelve Apostles. Applique dies Apothecary bottles BT Dies
BT Medication bottles SN Patterns used in order to perform applique work. RT Apothecary jars Applique patches
Apothecary boxes BT Clothing accessories
BT Boxes SN Decorative textile patches designed to be SN Boxes in which medicaments were stored. sewn or ironed onto clothing. Some people collect such patches.
Apothecary jars Appointment books
BT Pharmaceutical jars BT Books Stationery Apple corers Aprons BT Corers BT Clothing RT Apple peelers NT Ceremonial aprons Work aprons
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SN Pieces of clothing made in various ways Arch supports for covering, and usually also protecting, the front of a person more or less BT Footwear accessories completely. SN Internal part of shoe that pushes up against the arch of the foot. Aquarelle paintings
BT Watercolour paintings Arched top guitars
SN The French term for true watercolour BT Steel string guitars painting in transparent washes of colour, SN Steel strung, plectrum played guitars as distinct from the opaque method known carved from thick wood, and used as gouache. particularly in jazz playing. For greater volume many have steel resonators let Aquatints into the belly. BT Etchings Archers rings SN Prints produced by intaglio method where a design is bitten into the metal plate by BT Archery equipment means of acid. Finger rings SN A type of finger ring worn by an archer to Arc lamp regulators make the flight of the arrow swifter and more accurate. The ring has a projection BT Lighting equipment on one side of the hoop behind which a bow-string is hitched when the arrow is RT Arc lamps drawn. Usually Chinese, often made of jade. Arc lamps
BT Lamps Archery bows BT Archery equipment SN Lamps in which an electric arc, usually between carbon rods, provides a light NT Crossbows source of high intensity. Reflex bows Arc lights SN Hand weapons used to shoot arrows.
USE Arc lamps Archery equipment
BT Hunting and gathering tools Arc welders Sports equipment USE Electric welders Weapons
NT Archers rings Arc-welding equipment Archery bows USE Electric welders Arrows Bows Arcade games Quivers BT Games Archimedean braces SN Games, usually coin operated, designed to be used in retail centres. USE Archimedean drills
Arcade toys Archimedean drills BT Toys BT Drills
RT Kewpie dolls RT Push drills SN Inexpensive toys given as prizes at fairs and in arcades.
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SN Drills consisting of a head, a stem cut or NT Podiums twisted into the form of a slow spiral, a Roofs driving handle containing a nut cut internally to engage with the spiral and a Shingles screw chuck to take bits. A rotating action Shop fittings is obtained by sliding the handle up and down the spiral stem so that the bit Skirting boards rotates alternately in opposite directions. Staircases Steps Architectural drawings Tiles BT Drawings Walls Weathervanes Architectural elements Window accessories BT Objects Window frames
NT Architectural panels Windows Balusters Architectural models Balustrades BT Models Banister rails SN Small scale models of architectural Banisters constructions Bannisters Brackets Architectural moulds
Bricks BT Industrial moulds Bridge girders
Building stones Architectural panels Chimneypots BT Architectural elements Columns Panels Copings NT Balustrade panels Cornices Ceiling panels Cupolas Dado panels Door accessories Door panels Door jambs Leadlight door panels Doors Leadlight panels Finials Stained glass panels Fireplaces SN Distinct portions or divisions of a Floors wainscot, ceiling, door, shutter, etc., or of any surface sunk below or raised above Friezes the general level, or enclosed by a frame Gates or border. Gateways Grilles Architectural plans Keystones BT Documents Lightning conductors Lintels Architectural specifications Mantelpieces BT Specifications Mirror balls Mouldings Archival documents Newels
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USE Archives BT Military equipment
NT Armour masks Archives Armour plates BT Objects Armoured sleeves
NT Design archives Chainmail armour Gauntlets RT Documents Horse armour Argand lamps Leg armour Neck armour BT Lamps Shields SN Lamps with a burner that has a cylindrical wick sandwiched between two Shoulder armour metal tubes that admit a current of air to Sword belts the inside of the flame and a chimney to Torso armour enclose the flame and direct air to the outside of it. RT Military uniforms SN Defensive coverings worn as protection Argylls against offensive weapons.
BT Tableware Armour boxes RT Sauce boats BT Boxes SN Gravy warmers with a handle and spout, Clothing storage containers similar in shape to a covered coffee pot. SN Boxes used to store armour.
Arithmometers Armour masks BT Mechanical calculators BT Armour SN Early calculating machines used for Masks working out arithmetical problems, based SN Masks worn as part of a suit of armour. on a mechanism of rows of teeth on a driving wheel, with calculations made by advancing the wheel on the rows. Armour plates
BT Armour Armbands NT Backplates BT Clothing accessories Breastplates SN Bands of material worn around sleeves to SN Metal pieces or plates forming the indicate authority, allegiance, mourning, material of defensive armour, especially etc. the plates of iron or steel with which the sides of vessels of war are covered. Armchairs
BT Chairs Armoured cars
SN Chairs with arms to support the forearms BT Vehicles or elbows. SN Reinforced vehicles which are impervious to bullets. Armlets
BT Jewellery Armoured sleeves
SN Ornamental bands worn on the upper BT Armour arm, either of cloth or metals. SN Pieces of armour which protect the arm.
Armour Arms
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USE Weapons BT Flowers
NT Feather flowers Army tanks BT Military vehicles Artificial fruits
RT Toy tanks BT Fruits SN Imitation fruit made from plastics etc. Arrows
BT Archery equipment Artillery BT Weapons SN A slender, straight, generally pointed, missile wepon made to be shot from a bow NT Cannons (macquarie dictionary definition). Field guns Art books Mortars (weapons)
BT Books RT Guns
Art drawings Artists brushes
BT Drawings BT Artists equipment Paintbrushes NT Brush drawings NT Calligraphy brushes Charcoal drawings SN Brushes used for painting artworks, as Ink drawings distinct from paintbrushes used by house painters and others. Pastel drawings
Pencil drawings Artists equipment Preparatory drawings BT Occupation-based equipment
Art materials NT Air brushes USE Artists equipment Artists brushes Artists paper Art paper Brush rests
USE Artists paper Brush washers Canvas boards Art posters Decorative finishes Easels BT Artworks Posters Mounts Palette knives Artificial arms Palettes BT Prostheses Screenprinting equipment Sketchbooks Artificial eyelashes Water drippers
BT Cosmetics Artists paper Personal effects SN Manmade eyelashes, applied temporarily BT Artists equipment with adhesive. NT Academy boards Artificial flowers Bristol boards
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Artworks RT Ashtrays
BT Objects Ashtrays NT Animation cels BT Furniture accessories Art posters Smoking equipment Cartoons RT Ashtray stands Carvings SN Small trays, saucers, or bowls for tobacco Collages ash. Commercial artwork Commercial artworks Askoi
Decorative panels BT Jugs Diptychs Oil jars
Drawings RT Oil lamps
Engraved bones SN Plural of askos, a small pottery vessels Engraved emu eggs used in ancient Greece for pouring oil into lamps. Engraved horns Frescos Asparagus dishes Friezes BT Vegetable dishes Installations SN Receptacles for bringing asparagus to the Montages dinner table. They are oblong dishes, upon Mosaics which rests a separate utensil in the form of a frame made of joined parallel rods Murals bent upward vertically at each end to hold Paintings the stalks. Papercuts Pictures Asparagus holders Portraits USE Asparagus tongs Prints Sculptures Asparagus plates
Silhouettes BT Plates
Tableaux vivants SN Circular plates sloping downwards Tapestries towards the centre (to which the asparagus stalks are pointed) and having Toas a small well on one side near the rim for Triptychs melted butter. SN Objects designed and executed to serve an artistic or ornamental purpose. Where Asparagus tongs possible, specify the type of artwork in preference to this broad general term. BT Serving tongs
SN Utensils for a diner to hold a stalk of Ash pans asparagus, made of a single strip of metal, BT Fireplace accessories bent in the form of U-shaped tongs, with a small square plate at each end to grip the Pans stalk. SN Pails or pans for collecting ash from fires. Assaying equipment Ashtray stands BT Scientific equipment BT Furniture accessories Stands RT Mining equipment
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Assegais NT Cosmic ray detectors
BT Spears Janssen's apparatus Photographic micrometers SN Slender throwing spear of the Bantu peoples of southern Africa. Planispheres Plate readers Astragal planes Regulator clocks USE Bead planes Reseaux
Astrographic plates Astronomical instruments
BT Astrophotographs USE Astronomical equipment
SN Astrophotographs on plates taken by astrographs. Astronomical models
BT Astronomical equipment Astrographs Scientific models BT Astronomical equipment NT Orreries Telescopes SN Telescopes designed exclusively for Astronomical photographs astronomical photography, especially for mapping the heavens. USE Astrophotographs
Astrolabes Astronomical telescopes BT Measuring instruments BT Telescopes SN Medieval instruments for measuring the SN Telescopes designed for viewing the stars. altitude of the sun or stars.
Astrological charts Astronomy equipment
USE Horoscopes USE Astronomical equipment
Astronomical charts Astrophotographs
BT Astronomical equipment BT Astronomical equipment Charts Photographs NT Astrographic plates Astronomical circle instruments SN Photographs taken of celestial bodies or astronomical phenomena. Use `Space BT Astronomical equipment photographs' for photographs taken Measuring instruments beyond the earth's atmosphere. SN Instruments for observing the transit of stars across the meridian of the observer. Asynchronous generators Astronomical equipment USE Induction generators
BT Scientific equipment Asynchronous motors NT Astrographs USE Induction motors Astronomical charts Astronomical circle instruments Ataghans Astronomical models USE Swords Astrophotographs Celestial globes
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Athletic supports Audio amplifiers
BT Sports clothing BT Amplifiers Underwear Audio equipment
NT Jockstraps NT Megaphones
RT Cricket boxes Note amplifiers SN Devices used to amplify the sound of a SN Supports for the genitals, usually of radio, record player, or electric elastic cotton webbing, worn by male instrument. athletes, dancers, etc. Audio and visual equipment Athletics equipment BT Communications equipment BT Sports equipment NT Audio accessories Atlases Audio equipment
BT Books Broadcasting equipment Geographical equipment Cinematographic equipment
RT Maps Film editing equipment Photographic equipment Atmospheric engines Polarizers
USE Non-condensing engines Television equipment Video equipment
ATMs Viewing equipment SN A general term to encompass a wide range USE Automatic teller machines of equipment used for audio or visual operations. This broad term is included only as a place-holder for hierarchy Atomic clocks purposes and is not to be used to describe BT Clocks individual objects.
SN Highly accurate clocks in which an electric oscillator, as a crystal, is regulated by the Audio appliances vibration of an atomic system. USE Audio equipment
Atomisers Audio cassette players BT Containers BT Audio equipment NT Medicinal atomisers SN Machines used to play, but not record, Perfume atomisers audio cassettes
RT Aerosol containers Audio cassette recorders SN Devices for dispensing liquids in a fine spray. BT Audio equipment
Att coins Audio cassettes BT Coins BT Audio tapes SN A Siamese copper coin, to the value of SN Plastic containers enclosing both a one-sixty-fourth part of the tical. 100 Att recording tape and two hubs about which = 1 Kip. it winds.
Audio accessories Audio compact discs USE Audio equipment BT Audio equipment
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BT Compact discs BT Packaging
NT Audio minidiscs RT Audio equipment
Audio equipment Audio frequency generators BT Audio and visual equipment USE Tone generators NT Audio amplifiers Audio cassette players Audio minidiscs Audio cassette recorders BT Audio compact discs Audio compact discs
Audio systems Audio oscillators Cassette recorders BT Oscillators Compact disc players Cylinder player RT Tone generators Digital sound recorders Earphones Audio record covers Gramophones USE Record covers Headphones Heterodyne units Audio records
Jukeboxes BT Sound recordings Microphone stands NT Frequency test records Microphones Phonographs Audio systems Radio cabinets BT Audio equipment Radio equipment Radiograms Audio tapes Record covers BT Sound recordings Record players Reel-to-reel tape recorders NT Audio cassettes Reverberation units Reel-to-reel audio tapes Sirens Audio-visual appliances Sonar detectors USE Audio and visual equipment Sound recordings Speakers Audio-visual equipment Styluses (audio) Whistles USE Audio and visual equipment Wire recorders
RT Audio equipment packaging Audiofrequency generators USE Tone generators Audio equipment accessories
BT Accessories Audiovisual equipment USE Audio and visual equipment NT Record cleaners
Audio equipment packaging Audiovisual toys BT Toys
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NT Toy cameras Australian fauna
Toy projectors USE Australian animals
Auger bits Australian flags BT Bits BT National flags NT Hollow bits SN Flags used to represent Australia as a Spoke trimmer bits nation. RT Augers Australian flora SN Bits having a square tapered shank fitted into and rotated by a brace; used for USE Australian plants drilling holes in wood. Australian plants Augers BT Plants BT Cutting tools Woodworking tools NT Banksias NT Shell augers Christmas bushes Taper augers Eucalyptus trees Twist augers Grass trees SN Iron shanks with a T-shaped handle at Kangaroo paws one end and a boring device taking a long steel bit at the other. Native pears Silky oak Australian animals Sturts Desert Pea BT Animals Waratahs Wattle NT Australian birds Dingoes Australian Rules balls Echidnas USE Footballs Goannas Kangaroos Autobiographies Koalas BT Books Platypus SN Accounts of a person's life written by that Possums person. Tasmanian devils Wombats Autoclaves
BT Health and medical equipment Australian birds SN Medical sterilising equipment, pressure BT Australian animals cookers or heavy vessels in which Birds chemical reactions take place under high NT Cockatoos pressure. Emus Autofocus cameras Fairy Wrens BT Film cameras Galahs Kookaburras SN Cameras which have devices which focus the lens automatically on a predetermined Magpies target area. Pelicans
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Autogiros Automatic teller machines
USE Autogyros BT Machines Microcomputers Autograph books Automatic violins BT Books BT Automatic musical instruments Violins Autogyros SN Violins played by mechanical apparatus BT Rotary wing aircraft rather than by people.
SN An aircraft with horizontally rotating Automatic washing machines blades turned in flight by air forces resulting from its foward motion. USE Electric washing machines (Macqurie Dictionary)
Automata Automatons USE Automata BT Machines
NT Musical automata Automobile accessories Toy automata USE Motor car accessories SN Mechanical figures or contrivances constructed to move through concealed motor power, as if spontaneously. Automobile bodies
USE Motor car bodies Automatic drills
USE Push drills Automobile chassis USE Automatic musical instruments Motor car chassis
BT Musical instruments Automobile clocks NT Automatic violins USE Dashboard clocks Barrel organs
Music boxes Automobile engines Organettes USE Motor car engines Piano players Player accordions Automobiles Player organs USE Motor cars Player pianos SN Musical instruments which play automatically Automotive engines
USE Motor vehicle engines Automatic pilots
BT Aviation instruments Autophones
RT Aircraft USE Percussion instruments SN Automatic steering devices in aircrafts. Autopilots Automatic pistols USE Automatic pilots BT Pistols
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AV equipment BT Goggles
USE Audio and visual equipment Aviation helmets
BT Aviation clothing Aviary equipment Helmets BT Equipment Aviation instruments NT Bird baths Bird feeders BT Aviation equipment Instruments Birdcages SN Any of various contrivances used in NT Altimeters keeping caged birds or poultry. Automatic pilots
RT Aircraft components Aviation clothing
BT Clothing Aviation logbooks
NT Aviation goggles USE Aircraft logbooks Aviation helmets Aviation suits Aviation maps Flying boots USE Aeronautical maps
Aviation documents Aviation records BT Documents USE Aviation documents NT Aerial charts Aeronautical charts Aviation suits Aeronautical maps BT Aviation clothing Aeroplane logbooks SN One-piece garments worn for Aircraft logbooks protection/warmth while flying aircraft. Airline maps Flight information Aviation tools SN A general term used for collections of BT Aviation equipment documents, records etc pertaining to flight Tools and flights. Where possible, specify the type of document, or use a more specific term. Awards BT Objects Aviation ephemera NT Diplomas BT Ephemera Military decorations Prizes Aviation equipment Trophies BT Occupation-based equipment SN Objects bestowed as recognition of Transport equipment excellence in an area. Where possible, use NT Aviation instruments more specific terms in preference to this broad term, eg prizes, trophies, Aviation tools certificates, medals, etc. Flight simulators Awl pads
Aviation goggles USE Tool pads BT Aviation clothing
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Awls USE Nursery furniture
BT Piercing tools Baby accessories SN Pointed instruments for piercing small holes in leather, wood, etc. BT Accessories
NT Baby baths Awnings Baby bottles BT Window coverings Baby capsules SN Rooflike covers to provide shelter and/or Baby carriages shade; for example in front of windows or doors. May be made from canvas or metal, Baby carriers fixed or retractable. Baby plates Baby toiletries Axe handles Bassinettes BT Tool handles Breast pumps Feeding bottles Axe heads Feeding cups BT Cutting tools Prams Tool components Strollers Teething rings Axes Teething spoons BT Cutting tools RT Nursery furniture Edged weapons
NT Battleaxes Baby baths Broadaxes BT Baby accessories Coopering axes Bathtubs Felling axes
Ground edge axes Baby Ben clocks Hand axes USE Alarm clocks Hatchets
Ice-axes Baby bibs Tomahawks BT Baby clothing
Axminster carpets
USE Carpets Baby binders BT Baby clothing
Babies accessories SN Long wrapping robes or waist wrappings and head squares. Often rectangular and USE Baby accessories made of white duck.
Babies bibs Baby blankets
USE Baby bibs BT Blankets
Babies clothing Baby bonnets
USE Baby clothing BT Baby clothing Bonnets Babies furniture NT Christening bonnets
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Baby books NT Baby shoes
BT Books Baby singlets Booties
Baby bottles Christening clothing Layettes USE Feeding bottles Nappies Pilchers Baby caps RT Childrens clothing BT Baby clothing Caps Baby coats
Baby capsules BT Baby clothing
BT Baby accessories
SN A saftey capsule designed to carry a baby Baby dolls in a car. BT Dolls
Baby carriages RT Infant simulators
USE Prams SN Dolls whose expressions, proportions and dress mimic those of babies.
Baby carriers Baby dresses
BT Baby accessories BT Baby clothing SN Cloth used to carry a baby on the mother's Dresses back. Baby gowns Baby chemises BT Baby clothing BT Baby clothing Chemises NT Christening gowns
Baby clothing Baby jackets
BT Clothing BT Baby clothing Jackets NT Babies bibs Baby bibs Baby jumpsuits
Baby binders BT Baby clothing Baby bonnets SN All in one outfits worn by babies Baby caps
Baby chemises Baby nightdresses Baby coats BT Baby clothing Baby dresses Nightdresses Baby gowns Baby jackets Baby nightgowns
Baby jumpsuits USE Baby nightdresses Baby nightdresses Baby nightgowns Baby petticoats Baby petticoats BT Baby clothing Baby robes Petticoats
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Baby plates Back scratchers
BT Baby accessories BT Personal effects Plates SN Small plates used by babies. Backgammon sets
BT Board games Baby powder
BT Baby toiletries Backing boards Talcum powder USE Mounts Baby rattles
BT Baby toys Backpacks Rattles BT Bags Luggage Baby robes
USE Baby gowns Backplates BT Armour plates Baby shoes Torso armour SN Plates of armour. One backplate protects BT Baby clothing the back of the trunk of the body. Shoes
RT Booties Backstage passes
BT Passes Baby singlets Performing arts equipment
BT Baby clothing SN Passes issued to people to allow backstage entry at performances. Singlets
Badgers Baby soap BT Mammals USE Baby soaps
Badges Baby soaps BT Clothing accessories BT Baby toiletries NT Admission badges Baby toiletries Charity badges
BT Baby accessories Club badges Toiletries Commemorative badges
NT Baby powder Fashion badges Baby soap Identity badges Baby soaps Membership badges Military badges Baby toys Police badges BT Toys Political badges School badges NT Baby rattles Union badges Baby's clothing Wartime badges
USE Baby clothing Baggage labels
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BT Labels Baiocchi
RT Suitcases USE Baiocco coins
Bagpipes Baiocco coins
BT Wind instruments BT Coins
SN A coin of the Papal States, to the value of Bags one-hundredth of the scudo.
BT Containers Baking dishes
NT Backpacks BT Kitchenware Beach bags NT Casserole dishes Bedding bags Pie dishes Blue bags Ramekins Book bags
Book carryalls Baking moulds Carrier bags USE Baking tins Carry bags
Coin bags Baking powder Dillybags BT Foodstuffs Garbage bags Hand bags Baking tins Handbags BT Kitchenware Handkerchief bags Jewellery bags NT Bread tins Mailbags Cake tins Paper bags Gem irons Plastic bags Pastry tins Pouches Pie tins Saddlebags Tart tins Sample bags Satchels Baking trays Sewing bags BT Kitchenware Trays Shoe bags Shopping bags Balaclavas Storage bags BT Headwear Tent bags SN Knitted woollen helmets covering head Toiletry bags and neck Tool bags Water bags Balalaikas
BT Stringed instruments Baht coins
BT Coins RT Domras SN Russian musical instruments with SN The baht is the currency of Thailand. triangular bodies and guitar-like necks, usually with three strings.
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Balance pans Ballet slippers
BT Components USE Ballet shoes
Balances Balloons
BT Weighing instruments BT Festive objects
SN NT Analytical balances An inflatable rubber bag , usually brightly coloured, used as a childrens toy Beam balances (Macquarie dictionary) and as decoration Folding balances at parties. Photographic scales Ballot boxes Sovereign balances BT Boxes Spring balances Steelyards SN Boxes to receive ballot papers. SN Weighing instruments, typically with a bar poised or swaying on a central support Ballot papers according to the weights borne in pans or scales suspended at the ends. BT Documents
RT How to vote cards Balancing figure toys SN Tickets or papers used in voting. USE Balancing toys
Ballots Balancing toys USE Ballot papers BT Centre of gravity toys
RT Executive toys Ballpoint pens
BT Pens Ball gowns BT Dresses Balls Evening wear BT Objects
Ball-peen hammers NT Balls and chains
BT Peen hammers Cannon balls
SN Hammers having a hemispherical peen, Crystal balls the end opposite the hammering face. Games balls Marbles Ball pien hammers Sports balls USE Ball-peen hammers Time balls SN Round or roundish objects, of different Ballet costumes materials and sizes, characterised by their spheroid shape and used for a variety of BT Dance costumes purposes. Where possible, use more specific terms instead of this broad RT Ballet shoes general term.
Ballet shoes Balls and chains
BT Dancing shoes BT Balls Punishment equipment RT Ballet costumes
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Balsamaria Bandaids
USE Unguentaria BT Dressings
SN A light adhesive dressing for covering Balsams superficial wounds. (Macquarie dictionary 3rd ed.) BT Ointments
SN Aromatic ointments, for ceremonial or Bandoleers medicinal use. USE Bandoliers
Balusters Bandoliers BT Architectural elements BT Cartridge belts RT Balustrades SN Broad cartridge belts worn over the SN Short pillar-like supports for a railing or shoulder by soldiers. coping, as on a parapet. Bandsaws Balustrade panels BT Saws BT Architectural panels SN Power saws consisting of an endless RT Balustrades toothed steel band coupled to, and driven around two wheels.
Balustrades Banduras BT Architectural elements BT Stringed instruments SN Railings or copings supported by SN Lute-like instruments, mostly from the balusters. Ukraine
Bamboo Bangles BT Plants BT Bracelets
SN A bracelet in the form of a ring without a Bamboo blinds clasp. (Macquarie dictionary 3rd ed. 1997) BT Blinds Banister brushes
Banana chairs BT Cleaning brushes
BT Sun lounges SN Small brushes, usually used in combination with a dustpan. SN Light folding chairs, often of aluminium and plastic, used outdoors, and having Banister rails back seat and leg supports which are adjustable to a variety of positions. BT Architectural elements
SN Hand rails for a set of stairs. Bananas
BT Fruits Banisters
BT Architectural elements Band saws SN Vertical supports for a stair rail (Banister USE Bandsaws rail).
Bandages Banjo-mandolins USE Banjo mandolins BT Medical textiles
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Banjo mandolins Banner screens
BT Stringed instruments USE Pole screens
RT Banjos; Mandolins Banners SN A stringed instrument that is a hybrid of a banjo and a mandolin BT Textiles
Banjos NT Commemorative banners RT Flags BT Stringed instruments
RT Banjo mandolins Bannisters
USE Banisters Banjuleles
BT Stringed instruments Bar clamps
RT Banjos; Ukuleles USE Joiners clamps
SN Combination banjo and ukulele known as a "Banjulele". Bar equipment
Bank drafts BT Equipment
BT Financial records NT Cocktail cabinets
SN Drafts drawn by one bank on another, Cocktail glasses payable on demand or at a specified future Cocktail shakers date. Liqueur glasses
Bankbooks Liquor glasses Swizzle sticks BT Financial records
RT Chequebooks Barbecues BT Cooking equipment Banking records RT Hibachi USE Financial records SN Devices, usually portable, containing a metal frame for cooking meat etc above an Banknotes open fire of coals, wood etc.
BT Paper money Barbed wire
NT Inflation notes BT Wires Provisional notes Specimen notes Barbeques SN Strictly, promissory notes issued by a USE bank. In practice, notes issued by Barbecues authority of a nation (government). Barber braces Banksia USE Joiners braces USE Banksias
Barber's bowls Banksias USE Barbers bowls BT Australian plants
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Barbers bowls Bark cutters
BT Barbers equipment BT Cutting tools Bowls RT Bark chisels Shaving equipment
Barbers chairs Bark paintings
BT Barbers equipment BT Paintings Chairs Bark specimens (anthropological) Barbers equipment BT Anthropological specimens BT Occupation-based equipment SN Use for specimens and/or bundles of bark NT Barbers bowls that have been collected for anthropological purposes rather than Barbers chairs botanical purposes e.g. bark specimens RT Hair care equipment; Shaving equipment used in the preparation of artefacts by Aboriginal people. Barber's lathering dishes Barking chisels USE Lathering dishes USE Bark chisels
Barbie dolls Barographs BT Dolls BT Barometers
SN Self registering instruments for recording Bargeboards variations in atmospheric pressure; an BT Roofs automatic recording barometer.
SN An overhanging board along the projecting Barometers sloping edge of a gable roof. (Macquarie Dictionary 3rd ed 1997) BT Meters
Barges NT Aneroid barometers Barographs BT Watercraft
RT Boats Barongs
BT Swords
Bark chisels SN Large broad-bladed sword knives or BT Chisels cleavers used by the Moros tribe of the Philippines. Woodworking chisels
RT Bark cutters Barrel hoops SN Chisels used in the debarking of timber. BT Container components
SN Circular bands or rings of metal to hold Bark cloth together the staves of a cask, barrel, etc. USE Tapa cloths Barrel organs Bark cloth equipment BT Automatic musical instruments Organs USE Tapa cloth equipment NT Bird organs
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SN Mechanical pipe organs with the keyboard NT Picking knives replaced by a rotating cylinder armed with projections which raise levers to admit air to the pipes. Barrel organs are often Baskets mistakenly associated with street organs BT Containers and barrel pianos. NT Bread baskets Barrel pianos Cake baskets BT Player pianos Clothes baskets
SN A type of player piano turned by a handle. Dog baskets Picnic baskets Barrels Sewing baskets
BT Containers Sugar baskets RT Basket handles NT Flour barrels Spirit barrels Bass bows Sugar barrels USE Double bass bows Barrow wheels
BT Barrows Bass drums Wheels BT Musical drums
Barrows Bass guitars BT Carts BT Electric guitars NT Barrow wheels
RT Wheelbarrows Bass viols
BT Viols Basins BT Containers Basses
NT Dishwashing basins USE Double basses Handbasins Pudding basins Bassinets USE Bassinettes Basket-handled jars USE Situlae Bassinettes
BT Baby accessories Basket handles Nursery furniture
BT Handles SN Baskets in which babies sleep
RT Baskets Bassoons
BT Woodwind instruments Basketballs
BT Sports balls Basting spoons
BT Spoons Basketmaking tools
BT Tools
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SN Types of spoons having a long handle USE Swimsuits (from 46 to 60 cm) and a large deep bowl. It is similar to but longer than a gravy spoon. Bathmats BT Bath linen Bath linen
BT Household textiles Bathrobes
NT Bathmats BT Clothing Face washers RT Dressing-gowns Towels SN Full or knee-length garments, often of SN A general term used to describe all objects terry towelling, worn before and after bath made of fabric used in relation to or shower bathrooms or personal ablutions, whether they be made of linen, cotton, or other materials. Use this broad term only for Bathroom accessories collections of such objects; where possible BT Accessories specify the particular type of object, eg Domestic equipment towels etc. NT Bathroom scales Bath salts Soap holders
BT Toiletries Sponge dishes Toilet seat covers Bath soaps Toothbrush holders Towel racks BT Toiletries Towel rails RT Soap
SN Soap products made for washing the body; Bathroom furniture often coloured, perfumed or with BT Furniture conditioning lotions added.
Bath thermometers Bathroom scales
BT Thermometers BT Bathroom accessories Weighing instruments Bath towels Bathtub boats BT Towels BT Bath toys Toy boats Bath toys BT Toys Bathtub toys
NT Bathtub boats USE Bath toys Rubber ducks SN Plastic or rubber toys that float in the Bathtubs bathtub. BT Plumbing fixtures
Bathing caps NT Baby baths
BT Caps RT Bath toys
SN Close-fitting waterproof covering for the hair, worn when swimming. Batik equipment
BT Textileworking equipment Bathing suits
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Batons Battledores
BT Percussive weapons BT Racquets Uniform accessories SN Playing instruments shaped like small SN Short staffs, originally weapons, carried tennis racquets, used for striking as a mark of authority (by police, military, shuttlecocks in the game Battledore and etc), or used in relation to an occupation Shuttlecock. (conductor's batons, athletic relay batons, etc). Battleships Bats BT Military vehicles Warships BT Mammals RT Toy battleships
Batteries Batz coins BT Electrical equipment BT Coins NT Carbon cells RT Kreuzer coins Dry cell batteries SN (Plural batzen) A Swiss denomination, Thermopiles first introduced at Berne during the 15th Voltaic battery cells century to the value of 4 Kreuzer. Wet cell batteries Batzen
Battery chargers USE Batz coins BT Electrical equipment Bayonet double adaptors RT Batteries BT Double adaptors Battery clocks Light globe fittings SN Double adaptors which accept appliances, BT Clocks usually light globes, with bayonet caps.
RT Dashboard clocks Bayonets SN Portable electric clocks which depend on a dry cell or battery for their electric power. BT Edged weapons
NT Socket bayonets Battery components Sword bayonets BT Components Bazen RT Batteries USE Batz coins Battery operated toys
USE Electric toys Beach accessories BT Accessories
Battery testers NT Beach bags BT Electrical equipment Beach mats Testing equipment Beach towels Beach toys Battleaxes Beach umbrellas BT Axes RT Sun protection equipment
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Beach bags BT Moulding planes SN BT Bags Planes with a curved cutting edge which makes bead mouldings along a wood Beach accessories surface. SN Bags taken to the beach to hold towel, sun cream etc. Beading samples Beach balls USE Textile samplers
BT Beach toys Games balls Beads
BT Jewellery Beach buckets SN Small balls of glass, pearl, wood, plastic BT Beach toys etc with a hole through them, to be strung Buckets with others and used for jewellery or ornamentation or in a rosary. Use this Beach coats term for loose beads that have not yet been strung or made into jewellery. use a BT Coats more specific term for jewellery items such as necklace, string of beads, etc. RT Swimming robes
SN Coats or jackets worn over swimsuits. Beadwork moulds
BT Moulds Beach mats BT Beach accessories Beakers (cups)
SN Mats made from straw, plastic, etc., on BT Drinking cups which to sit or lie while on the beach. SN Drinking vessels with a wide mouth. Beach robes Beakers (laboratory) USE Beach coats BT Laboratory equipment Beach towels SN Flat-bottomed cylindrical vessels usually having a pouring lip, used in laboratories. BT Beach accessories Towels Beam balances
BT Balances Beach toys SN Balances with arms of unequal length BT Beach accessories having either a movable fulcrum or a fixed Toys fulcrum and weights that can be placed at NT Beach balls different distances from the fulcrum. Beach buckets Beam compasses
Beach umbrellas BT Drafting compasses
BT Beach accessories SN Compasses for drawing large circles, Sun protection equipment consisting of a beam with sliding sockets Umbrellas carrying steel or pencil points.
Bead moulding planes Beam engines BT Piston engines USE Bead planes Steam engines
NT Grasshopper engines Bead planes
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NT Sidelever paddle engines Beauty patches SN Early reciprocating steam engines BT Personal adornments incorporating an overhead beam to obtain mechanical action. They were frequently SN Small pieces of black silk or court plaster, used in steamers. often cut to decorative designs, worn as a cosmetic decoration in the 16th to 18th Beams centuries.
BT Components Bed components
NT Angle bars BT Furniture components
Bean bags NT Bed fittings Mattresses USE Beanbags RT Beds
Bean slicers Bed fittings BT Vegetable slicers BT Bed components
Beanbag toys SN Ceramic attachments to decorate bed heads. Some were produced by the BT Toys Doulton Burslem factory in the late nineteenth century. RT Beanbags SN Small cloth bags filled with beans or Bed hangings polystyrene beads, used as a toy. Often BT Bedding used to teach throwing and catching. Soft furnishings Beanbags Bed linen BT Chairs BT Bedding RT Beanbag toys NT Bedsheets SN Large triangular cushions used as chairs, filled with pellets of synthetic material, Pillow shams e.g. expanded polystyrene, which yields to Pillowcases accommodate the shape of the body. Quilt covers
Beanies Bed pillows BT Caps BT Bedding SN Close-fitting knitted caps, often with Pillows pompom on top Bed pockets Bearings BT Bedding BT Machinery components Soft furnishings SN Machinery components in which a journal, SN Cloth pockets designed to fit under or at pivot or the like, turns or moves. the side of a mattress, into which small books, eyeglasses, pills etc can be placed. Bears Bed socks BT Mammals BT Nightwear Socks Beauty cases SN Socks worn to bed for warmth USE Cosmetics cases
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Bed warmers Bedpost clocks
BT Heating equipment USE Lantern clocks
NT Electric bed-warmers Bedroom suites Hot water bottles Warming pans BT Furniture suites
RT Foot-warmers
SN Any of various contrivances for warming Beds beds. BT Furniture
Bedcovers NT Cots Sofa-beds BT Bedding Covers Soft furnishings Bedsheets
NT Bedspreads BT Bed linen Cot covers Quilts Bedside cabinets Waggas USE Night cupboards SN A general term used to describe the variety of covers used on beds. Where Bedside cupboards possible, specify the particular type of cover from the list below. USE Night cupboards
Bedding Bedside tables BT Household textiles USE Night cupboards NT Bed hangings Bed linen Bedspreads
Bed pillows BT Bedcovers Bed pockets NT Coverlets Bedcovers Bedding bags Bedstands Mattresses USE Night cupboards Sleeping-bags SN Furnishings and manchester for beds. Bedstead knobs Bedding bags BT Furniture accessories
BT Bags Bedding Bedsteads
BT Furniture Bedjackets
BT Nightwear Bedwarmers
USE Bed warmers Bedpans
BT Pans Bee-keeping equipment Sanitary equipment USE Beekeeping equipment RT Chamber pots
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Beehive clocks RT Ale glasses
BT Clocks SN Modern glasses for drinking beer. Beer glasses come in a variety of shapes, SN Clocks with an early form of Gothic case usually approximating tall stemless design having a rounded arch, usually tumblers on a solid base. constructed with a mahogany veneer applied to a glued pine frame. It is Beer jugs referred to as `beehive' by collectors because of its similarity to old straw BT Jugs beehives.
Beehive smoker Beer kegs BT Brewing equipment BT Beekeeping equipment Kegs
RT Beer casks Beehives SN Barrel that holds beer. BT Beekeeping equipment
Beer mugs Beekeeping equipment BT Mugs BT Occupation-based equipment NT Steins NT Beehive smoker RT Beer glasses Beehives Honey knives Beer plants Beer BT Brewing equipment
BT Beverages SN Machines used to cool beer in hotels.
Beer barrels Bees
USE Beer kegs BT Insects
RT Beekeeping equipment Beer bottles BT Beverage bottles Beetles Drinking vessels BT Insects
Beer cans NT Scarabs
BT Drinking vessels Belaying pins Food storage cans BT Nautical equipment
Beer casks SN Pins for use in securing the ends of ropes BT Brewing equipment on boats or ships. Casks Bell jars RT Beer kegs BT Jars Laboratory equipment Beer glasses
BT Drinking glasses
NT Pilsener glasses
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SN Bell-shaped vessels for containing gases or Belt buckles a vacuum in chemical experiments. For glass jars or covers for protecting delicate BT Belt accessories instruments or natural or fabricated Buckles objects from dust or damage, use Display domes. Belt pouches
Bell pulls BT Pouches
USE Bellpulls Belts Bellarmines BT Clothing accessories
BT Bottles NT Ammunition belts
SN Stoneware bottles, globular or Chastity belts pear-shaped, with a moulded bearded Cricketers belts mask on, or just below, the neck, and often Medical belts a coat of arms below the mask. Money belts Bellows Sanitary belts
BT Objects Sword belts Trophy belts NT Foot bellows
Hand bellows Bench brushes RT Forge blowers BT Maintenance tools Workshop brushes Bellpulls RT Woodworking tools BT Furniture accessories SN Wide soft brushes set in a semi-circular Soft furnishings stock used for cleaning shavings, sawdust RT Servants bells etc. from the bench top or workpiece, and by painters and others for cleaning off dust. Bells
BT Objects Bench clamps BT Clamps NT Animal bells Bicycle bells SN Simple tools used in conjunction with a workbench which hold a piece of wood Doorbells firmly in place in a V-shaped mouth. Handbells Musical bells Bench cramps Servants bells USE Bench clamps Telephone bells Tram bells Bench drills
BT Drills Belly knives Metalworking tools USE Hollowing drawing knives SN Metalworking tools consisting of a strong cast-iron frame for bolting to the bench, on which is mounted a vertical drill-spindle Belt accessories driven through bevel gears by a large BT Clothing accessories hand wheel.
NT Belt buckles Bench hooks
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BT Tool guides SN Pinions whose working face is oblique with the axis, used to wok in connection SN Two blocks joined and used to support a with another bevel pinion. piece of timber which is being sawn.
Bevel wheels Bench pegs USE Bevel pinions USE Bench stops
Bevels Bench planes BT Squares BT Planes Woodworking tools
NT Block planes RT Try squares
Jack planes SN Tools with adjustable blades which can be Smoothing planes set to any angle, used by woodworkers for laying out angles or adjusting the surface Trying planes of work to a particular inclination. SN Planes used for reducing, levelling and smoothing wood. Beverage bottles
Bench stops BT Bottles
BT Woodworking tools Food storage containers NT Beer bottles RT Shooting boards Brandy flasks SN Adjustable apparatus, often made of Carafes metal, used to secure wood near the end of the workbench, usually during planing. Decanters Liqueur bottles Benches Milk bottles BT Seating furniture Pilgrim flasks
NT Pews Soft drink bottles Water-monkeys RT Seats Wine bottles SN Use for benches as seating. For benches as tables, use Supporting equipment, or a narrower term. Beverage dispensing machines BT Machines Benchstops
USE Bench stops Beverage packaging
BT Packaging Berets NT Soft drink cans BT Headwear Wine casks RT Tam-o'-shanters Beverages
Berthas BT Foodstuffs
BT Clothing NT Beer Cocoa Bevel pinions Coffee BT Pinions Coffee and chicory Fruit juices
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NT Sake NT Bicycle lamps Soft drinks Bicycle luggage carriers Tea Bicycle pumps Bicycle repair kits Bezoars Bicycle wrenches BT Animal parts
SN Concretions found in the stomach or Bicycle bells intestines of certain animals, especially BT Bells ruminants, formerly reputed to be Bicycle accessories effacious against poison. Bicycle clips Biberons BT Bicycle accessories BT Feeding bottles Clothing accessories SN Feeding bottles having a globular or ovoid SN Clips used by cyclists to keep trousers body resting on a stemmed base, having a tight around the ankles and away from handle and a spout, generally in the form the chain. of a long curved tube extended from the body. Bicycle components Bible boxes BT Vehicle components
BT Boxes NT Bicycle seats Religious objects Bicycle tyres RT Bibles Bicycle wheels
SN Portable wooden boxes made during the RT Bicycles 17th century, sometimes with a sloping lid, in which the family Bible as kept and taken out for daily readings. Bicycle engines BT Motor vehicle engines Bibles SN Early engines attached to bicycles to BT Religious books provide additional power. Use `Motorcycle engines' for engines which power RT Bible boxes motorcycles.
Bibliographies Bicycle helmets
BT Lists BT Helmets SN Helemt intended to reduce injury to the head of a person riding a bicycle. Bibs USE Baby bibs Bicycle lamp brackets
BT Bicycle accessories Bicorn hats Lamp brackets BT Uniform hats Bicycle lamps Bicycle accessories BT Bicycle accessories Lamps BT Vehicle accessories
NT Bicycle bells Bicycle luggage carriers
Bicycle clips BT Bicycle accessories Bicycle lamp brackets Containers
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SN Any devices attached to a bicycle to Bikini tops contain objects to be carried. USE Bra tops Bicycle pumps
BT Bicycle accessories Bikinis Pumps BT Swimsuits
SN Two piece swimsuits, consisting of bra top Bicycle repair kits and pants. BT Bicycle accessories Repair kits Bilingual books
BT Books Bicycle seats
BT Bicycle components Bill holders Seats
Billboards Bicycle tyres BT Advertisements BT Bicycle components
Tyres RT Signs
SN Large outdoor boards used for Bicycle wheels advertisements, often placed alongside BT Bicycle components roads and highways. Wheels Billfolds Bicycle wrenches BT Wallets
BT Bicycle accessories SN Thin wallets for storing paper money, Wrenches with no provisions for storing coins. SN Wrenches used in bicycle maintenance. Billiard ball microphones Bicycles BT Microphones
BT Vehicles SN Round microphones
NT Exercise bicycles Billies Penny-farthings USE Billy cans Bifaces
USE Hand axes Billy can lids BT Lids Big Ben clocks
USE Alarm clocks Billy cans BT Camping equipment Bikes Cans Cooking pots USE Bicycles
Billy carts Bikini briefs USE Billycarts BT Briefs
SN Close fitting underpants that are very Billycarts narrow on the hips.
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BT Childrens carts BT Aviary equipment
SN Small four-wheeled carts, usually homemade, consisting essentially of a box Bird figures on a bellyboard and steered by ropes attached to a movable axle. BT Animal figures
Binding equipment Bird fountains
USE Bookbinding equipment USE Bird feeders binocular cases Bird of paradise feathers
USE Carrying cases BT Feathers
Binoculars Bird organs BT Optical instruments BT Barrel organs
NT Opera glasses SN Small barrel organs which imitated the sound of birds; popular in France from the Biochemical test kits 18th century and often used for teaching tunes to domesticated birds. BT Test kits Birdcages
Biographies BT Aviary equipment
BT Books Cages
RT Autobiographies Birds
BT Animals Bionic ears NT Australian birds USE Cochlear implants Black swans Bluebirds Biplanes Chickens BT Aeroplanes Doves Ducks Bird baths Eagles BT Aviary equipment Egrets Flamingos Bird cages Geese USE Birdcages Honeyeaters Kiwis Bird eggs Owls
BT Eggs Partridges Peacocks NT Emu eggs Pigeons Hen eggs Poultry Ostrich eggs Quails Penguin eggs Storks Bird feeders Swans
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Birds nests BT Biscuit containers Food storage jars BT Animal products Biscuit moulds
Biros BT Food moulds USE Pens Kitchenware
Birth certificates Biscuit paste forcers
BT Certificates BT Kitchenware SN Hollow tubes with stencil attachments of various shapes fitted to one end. The Birth control equipment dough is put in the tube, and a stick, BT Health and medical equipment rather like half a rolling pin, pushed through the tube to create biscuit in NT Contraceptives different shapes. Infant simulators Ovulation test kits Biscuit tins BT Biscuit containers Birth tokens BT Tokens Biscuits
SN Reused coins engraved and dedicated to BT Foodstuffs commemorate a birth. RT Biscuit containers Birthday cards
BT Festive objects Bisque dolls
Greeting cards BT Dolls
SN Dolls made primarily (head and some Birthday decorations limbs) of unglazed porcelain. BT Festive objects Bit rolls Biscuit boxes BT Tool containers
BT Biscuit containers SN Rectangular piece of textile (usually canvas) with pockets for tool bits, which is rolled up and tied for carrying. Biscuit containers
BT Food storage containers Bits BT Tool components NT Biscuit boxes Biscuit jars NT Auger bits Biscuit tins Brace bits
RT Biscuits Drill bits Masonry bits Biscuit cutters Woodworking bits SN Interchangeable tool parts for boring, BT Kitchenware reaming or drilling, designed to be fitted RT Biscuit paste forcers into a brace, drill or auger.
Biwa Biscuit jars BT Lutes
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SN Flat lutes of Japan Blankets
BT Household textiles Biwas NT Baby blankets USE Biwa Electric blankets
Black-and-white transparencies RT Waggas
BT Photographic transparencies Blast furnaces SN Photographic transparencies whose images are composed of grey tones, black, BT Furnaces and clear areas. They may include one hue as a result of process, toning, or Blast lamps discolouration. USE Blowtorches Black dolls BT Dolls Blazers
BT Jackets Black swans BT Birds Blenders
BT Food processing equipment
Blackboards SN Electric devices, usually with very rapidly BT Furniture rotating sharp blades in the base of a cylindrical container, used for chopping or School equipment pulverising dry ingredients, and for RT Writing slates combining and mixing dry and liquid food ingredients. Blacking bottles Blinds BT Bottles BT Window coverings RT Blacking brushes NT Bamboo blinds Holland blinds Blacking brushes Matchstick blinds BT Cleaning brushes Venetian blinds NT Stove blacking brushes Block planes RT Blacking bottles BT Bench planes SN Brushes used to apply blacking to surfaces. SN Small hand-held planes, either of wood or metal, with low-angled cutting blades, Blackout hoods used for small work, to clean up rough spots, and especially to clean end grain USE Photographers hoods and mitres.
Blacksmithing tools Blocking presses
BT Metalworking tools USE Bookbinding presses
NT Anvils Blocks of tea Blade injectors USE Tea blocks
USE Razor blade injectors
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Bloomers SN Pipes or tubes through which missiles are blown using human breath. BT Underpants
SN Drawers with full loose legs, gathered Blowtorches above or below the knee. BT Welding equipment
Blotter rollers SN Portable apparatus used in welding which give an extremely hot flame by forcing BT Writing equipment oxyacetylene under pressure through a small nozzle and burning it in air. Blotters Blue bags BT Writing equipment BT Bags Laundry equipment Blotting paper RT Laundry blue
BT Writing equipment SN Cloth bags containing laundry blue, which were squeezed into the rinse water of a Blouse fronts load of washing. BT Clothing Bluebirds
BT Birds Blouses BT Shirts Blueprints
NT Chemisettes BT Documents Overblouses Blunderbuss barrels Blow irons BT Gun barrels BT Glassmaking equipment
SN Hollow iron tubes used to take a gathering Blunderbuss pistols of molten glass from the pot and then to shape it by blowing the mass into a BT Pistols bubble. Blunderbusses Blowfly traps BT Firearms USE Flytraps NT Flintlock blunderbusses Blowlamps Percussion blunderbusses SN Short muskets of wide bore with expanded USE Blowtorches muzzle to scatter shot, bullets, or slugs at close range. Blowpipes (tools) Boar spears BT Pipes BT Spears SN Industrial tools for transmitting air or gas, usually to facilitate a heating process. Boar teeth Blowpipes (weapons) BT Animal teeth BT Percussive weapons
RT Blowpipes (tools) Boar tusks BT Tusks
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Board and roller mangles BT Trailers
BT Mangles RT Boat transporters; Boats
SN Wooden rollers on which clothes were SN Wheeled frames designed to hold a boat, wrapped, then rolled backwards and used to tow boats behind motor vehicles forwards with a heavy board. when transporting them overland.
Board games Boat transporters
BT Games BT Trailers
NT Backgammon sets RT Boat trailers; Boats Chess sets SN Large trailers designed to pull or move boats, generally by being attached to a Chinese checkers prime mover. Draughts sets SN Game sets which comprise an imprinted Boaters playing board along with any separate pieces and/or instructions required for BT Hats playing the game. SN Straw hats with a flat crown and a flat hard brim. Board saws USE Pit saws Boating equipment
USE Nautical equipment Board shorts BT Shorts Boats Swimming trunks BT Watercraft SN Originally, shorts with extended legs designed to protect surfers against waxed NT Canoes surfboards. Subsequently a style of shorts Dinghies worn by either sex, usually as swimwear. Fishing boats Boardgames Motor boats
USE Board games Pinnaces Rescue boats Boardroom tables Rowing boats Sailing boats BT Office furniture Tables Torpedo boats Tugboats Boars Whaleboats SN Small water transport vessels. For larger BT Mammals vessels, use `Ships'. Where possible, specify the type of boat. Boas Bobbin cases BT Clothing accessories BT Sewing equipment SN Long snake-shaped wraps of silk, feathers or other materials, worn about the neck. SN Cases for storing bobbins.
Boat accessories Bobbin shuttles USE Nautical equipment BT Sewing machine components
SN Holds the bobbin beneath the sewing plate Boat trailers and controlling thread feed.
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Bobbins Bodysuits
BT Sewing equipment BT Underwear
RT Lacemaking bobbins RT Leotards
SN One-piece undergarments usually worn by Bobby pins women, especially under close-fitting garments. BT Hairpins Boilers
Bodice linings BT Equipment BT Clothing NT Fire-tube boilers Marine boilers Bodices Wagon boilers BT Clothing Water-tube boilers SN Fitted upper parts of a woman's dress; in SN Closed vessels or arrangements of peasant dress, laced outer garments enclosed tubes in which liquids are heated covering the waist and bust. For bodices to supply steam to drive an engine or worn as underwear, use the term turbine or provide heat. `Underbodices'. Boilers (cooking pots)
Bodkins USE Cooking boilers BT Sewing equipment
RT Needles Boleros BT Jackets
Body jewellery SN Short jackets reaching to the waistline, worn open, originally Spanish BT Jewellery
Bolsters Body parts (human) BT Soft furnishings BT Objects SN Long ornamental pillows or cushions, NT Bones usually tube-shaped, for beds, sofas etc. Eyes Bolt action rifles Hair BT Rifles Human bones Skeletons (human) Bolts Teeth SN Parts of the human body. BT Fasteners Hardware Body soap SN Small metal rods used as fasteners, having a head and often helical threading USE Bath soaps and being usually secured by a nut or riveting. Body stockings Bomb racks USE Bodysuits BT Military equipment
Bodystockings Bombs USE Bodysuits
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BT Explosive weapons Bonnets
RT Toy bombs BT Headwear
NT Baby bonnets Bonbon boxes Calash bonnets BT Boxes Food storage containers Book accessories
BT Accessories Bonbon dishes NT Book bags BT Dishes Book boards
Bonbon making machines Book covers Bookcases BT Machines Bookends Bookmarks Bonbon stands Bookplates BT Stands Bookrests SN A broad term covering items associated Bonbon trays with books. Where possible, avoid this term, and prefer the names of specific BT Trays accessories.
Bonbons Book bags
BT Festive objects BT Bags Book accessories
Bone carvings Book boards USE Engraved bones BT Book accessories
SN System of boards and straps used to carry Bone growth stimulators schoolbooks. BT Health and medical equipment Book carryalls Bone points USE Book bags
BT Bone tools Book components
Bone tools BT Components
BT Hunting and gathering tools NT Book covers Frontispieces NT Bone points Titlepages Bones RT Books
USE Human bones USE Animal bones Book covers BT Book accessories Bonnet veils Book components
BT Veils Covers
SN Veils attached to bonnets book marks
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USE Bookmarks BT Documents
NT Account books Bookbinding equipment Address books BT Occupation-based equipment Albums
NT Bookbinding presses Appointment books Bookbinding tools Art books Atlases Bookbinding presses Autobiographies BT Bookbinding equipment Autograph books Presses Baby books SN Presses used for various bookbinding Bilingual books processes, including stamping arms, impressing designs or letters on a book Biographies cover, and embossing. Braille books Chequebooks Bookbinding tools Childrens books BT Bookbinding equipment Comic books Tools Commemorative books Bookcases Condolence books Cookbooks BT Book accessories Storage and display furniture Dental books Design workbooks Bookends Directories
BT Book accessories Electronic books Exercise books Booklets Furniture books Gardening books BT Documents Hand printed books NT Advertising booklets Handbooks Cooking booklets Illuminated books Instruction booklets Instruction books RT Books Letter books SN Non-periodical publications, fastened or Manuals bound between 5 and 50 pages Medical books Bookmarks Music books
BT Book accessories Notebooks Pattern books
Bookplates Prescription books Reference books BT Book accessories Registers Religious books Bookrests Sales of poison books BT Book accessories Scrapbooks Sketchbooks Books Swatch books
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NT Textbooks BT Footwear accessories
Tramway fare books RT Shoetrees
Travel books SN Devices, usually of metal or wood, placed Visitors books in boots when they are not being worn, to maintain the shape. Wages books Wallpaper sample books Boot warmers SN Nonperiodical publications containing more than 50 pages BT Footwear accessories Heating equipment Boomerangs
BT Hunting and gathering tools Booties Projectile weapons BT Baby clothing Footwear
Booster rockets RT Baby shoes BT Rockets
SN In Astronautics: a) a rocket engine used as Bootlaces the main supply of thrust in a missile BT Footwear accessories flight. b) the stage of a missile containing Laces this engine, usually detached at all-burnt. (Macquarie Dictionary, 3rd ed. 1997) SN Strings or laces for fastening boots.
Boot covers Bootmaking tools
BT Covers BT Tools Footwear NT Boot lasts Boot hooks Boot stretchers Shoe hammers BT Clothing hooks Footwear accessories Shoe lasts Shoe stretchers Boot laces SN Tools used in the making or mending of boots and shoes. USE Bootlaces Boots
Boot lasts BT Footwear BT Bootmaking tools NT Cowboy boots Cricket boots Boot maker's tools Flying boots USE Bootmaking tools Football boots Gumboots Boot scrapers Gym boots BT Footwear accessories Riding boots Ski boots Boot stretchers Ugg boots BT Bootmaking tools Wellington boots
Footwear accessories RT Bootlaces
Boot trees Borax
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BT Cleaning products NT Cork extractors Glassmaking equipment SN Devices used for prying tops off bottles. SN A white, crystalline sodium borate, occurring naturally or prepared artifically and used as a flux, a cleaning agent, and Bottle stands in the manufacture of glass. (Macquarie BT Bottle accessories Dictionary 3rd ed. 1997). Vessel stands
Boring machines NT Milk bottle stands
BT Machines Bottle stoppers SN Machines for boring holes in wood. BT Bottle accessories
Bosses NT Decanter stoppers
USE Ceiling bosses Bottle tickets
BT Bottle accessories Botanical drawings SN Small plaques suspended by a chain BT Drawings around the neck of a bottle or decanter and lettered with name of the contents. Botanical specimens Bottle top sealing machines BT Specimens USE Packaging machines NT Timber specimens
Bottle tops Bottle accessories BT Bottle accessories BT Accessories
NT Bottle holders Bottles Bottle openers BT Containers Bottle stands Bottle stoppers NT Acid carboys Bottle tickets Bellarmines Bottle tops Beverage bottles Blacking bottles Bottle brushes Carboys
BT Cleaning brushes Cruets Demijohns Bottle crates Detergent bottles
BT Crates Feeding bottles Flacons
Bottle holders Food preserving bottles Hatpin bottles BT Bottle accessories Ink bottles Holders Medication bottles NT Wine coasters Musical bottles Bottle openers Perfume bottles Snuff bottles BT Bottle accessories Kitchenware Soda siphons
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NT Tonic bottles Bow harps
Unguentaria BT Stringed instruments RT Flasks Bow saws Bottling equipment BT Frame saws BT Food processing equipment NT Coping saws Kitchen equipment
NT Food preserving boilers RT Hacksaws Food preserving bottles SN Small frame saws, especially those in which the blade is strained by means of a Food preserving jars twisted cord and toggle stick.
Boudoir caps Bow ties BT Caps BT Neckwear
RT Nightcaps
SN Soft caps used for lounging or nightwear. Bowed instruments USE Stringed instruments Bouncing balls BT Games balls Bowie knives
BT Hunting knives Bouquet holders Sheath knives SN Heavy sheath knives with long, single BT Holders edge blades, often used for hunting. SN Stands for holding floral bouquets. Bowler hats
Bouquets BT Hats
BT Objects SN Hard felt hats with rounded crown and narrow brim SN Bunches of flowers, real or artificial, arranged in a cluster grouping like a large nosegay. Bowling balls BT Sports equipment Bourdalous RT Bowling pins BT Sanitary equipment SN Balls used in ten pin bowling SN Small urinary containers for female use, of compressed elliptical shape with an incurved rim on the front end. Generally Bowling pins made of ceramic or occasionally silver. BT Sports equipment
Bow calipers RT Bowling balls
USE Outside calipers SN Used in ten pin bowling.
Bow compasses Bowls
BT Drafting compasses BT Containers
SN Small drafting compasses whose legs are NT Barbers bowls connected by a spring shaped like a bow Coolamons rather than by a joint. Covered bowls
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NT Dog bowls Box kites
Fingerbowls BT Kites Flower bowls Fruit bowls Box lids Kidney bowls BT Lids Measuring bowls Mixing bowls Box mangles Paperclip bowls BT Mangles Porringers SN Weighted boxes which were run over Presentation bowls rollers placed on the mangle bed for Punchbowls smoothing large sheets, cloth, etc. Box Rosewater bowls mangles were crank operated by a manual gearing system. Salad bowls
Slop bowls Box puzzles Soup bowls USE Chinese puzzles Sugar bowls
RT Dolls bowls Boxed sheet film
USE Sheet film Bows
Boxer shorts Bows and arrows BT Underpants USE Archery equipment SN Loose-fitting men's underpants with an elasticised waist. Bowsers
USE Petrol pumps Boxes
BT Containers Box brownie cameras NT Apothecary boxes USE Box cameras Armour boxes Ballot boxes Box cameras Bible boxes BT Cameras Bonbon boxes
NT Box brownie cameras Butter boxes Sliding box cameras Cake boxes SN Boxlike cameras, usually without bellows. Chocolate boxes Cigar boxes Box irons Cigarette boxes
BT Laundry irons Coal boxes Collar boxes NT Charcoal irons Collection boxes RT Mrs Potts irons Covered boxes SN Laundry irons with hollow bodies and Dentifrice boxes sliding heels or tops, heated with slugs or bricks put into the interior. Dispatch boxes Display boxes
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NT Document boxes BT Childrens clothing Donation boxes SN Use this term in conjunction with a more specific clothing term. Fan boxes
Handkerchief boxes Bra tops Jewellery boxes BT Tops Lacemaking bobbin boxes Letterboxes RT Brassieres Light boxes SN Tops in bra form, worn as outerwear. Matchboxes Moneyboxes Brace bits Nib boxes BT Bits Patch boxes RT Woodworking braces Postboxes Prayer boxes Bracelets Presentation boxes BT Jewellery Sewing boxes NT Bangles Shoe boxes Mourning bracelets Silverware boxes Therapeutic bracelets Snuff boxes Soap boxes Braces Spice boxes BT Clothing accessories Stationery boxes SN Straps worn over the shoulders for holding Strongboxes up trousers Tobacco boxes Tool boxes Bracket clocks
Toy boxes BT Clocks Treasure boxes Workboxes Bracket lights RT Clothing storage containers BT Lighting equipment
Boxing gloves Bracket saws BT Gloves USE Fret saws Sports equipment
Boxing planes Brackets
USE Rabbet planes BT Architectural elements Hardware
Boxing routers NT Corbels Lamp brackets BT Coachbuilding routers Wall brackets SN Routers used for finishing rebates to the depth required and for cleaning out grooves already made and testing them for Braids depth. BT Textiles
Boys clothing RT Textile tapes
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SN Narrow bands or tapes formed by plaiting Brandy balloons or weaving together several strands silk, cotton, wool etc.. USE Brandy glasses
Braille books Brandy flasks BT Books BT Beverage bottles Flasks Braille printers
BT Printing machines Brandy glasses BT Liquor glasses SN Machines used for bulk printing of braille reading material. SN Large balloon-shaped drinking glasses, with a slightly inverted rim and a Braille typewriters stemmed foot.
BT Typewriters Bras
RT Braillers USE Brassieres SN Typing machine that impresses braille patterns onto paper. Brass musical instruments Braille writers BT Wind instruments
BT Writing equipment NT Bugles
SN Consists of a pad of writing paper on a Musical horns supporting back-board, with a moving Trombones stencil attached that is used to make braille impressions on the paper. Trumpets Tubas Braillers SN Musical wind instruments without reeds which produce sound through being Office machines BT played on funnel-like mouthpieces. These include the trumpet and horn families. RT Braille typewriters SN Electronic machines which can record Brassieres information keyed in and emboss braille directly onto paper, or translate braille BT Underwear into typescript when when connected to a NT Maternity brassieres computer and a printer.
Brain scanners Braziers
BT Medical imaging equipment BT Heating equipment SN Metal receptacles for holding burning Branding irons charcoal or other fuel, as for heating a room. USE Brands Bread
Brands BT Foodstuffs
BT Marking tools RT Bread containers SN Rods, usually iron, which terminate in a flat surface on which is a device or letter set in relief. They are used after heating Bread and butter plates to mark livestock, tools, or manufactured USE Side plates goods with indelible evidence of ownership.
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Bread baskets USE Bread platters
BT Baskets Tableware Breadboards
RT Cake baskets BT Kitchenware
Bread bins Breadcrocks
BT Bread containers USE Bread crocks
RT Bread crocks Breakfast dishes
BT Serving dishes Bread boards SN A type of dish for serving hot food to a USE Breadboards breakfast sideboard. Usual form is an oval platter resting on four tall legs with a Bread containers high-domed cover which rotates vertically to be under the platter when opened. BT Food storage containers
NT Bread bins Breast drills Bread crocks BT Woodworking drills
RT Bread SN Manual rotary drills which have an attachment for applying pressure with the chest. Bread crocks BT Bread containers Breast flatteners
RT Bread bins BT Underwear
Bread knives Breast plates
BT Kitchen knives USE Breastplates
Bread plates Breast pumps
USE Bread platters BT Baby accessories Food processing equipment Health and medical equipment Bread platters
BT Serving dishes Breastplates
SN Shallow receptacles for serving bread at a BT Armour plates table, the ledge is often decorated with Torso armour relief mounts or embossing. NT Aboriginal breastplates Bread storage containers SN Pieces of armor worn to protect the front of the torso. USE Bread containers Breeches
Bread tins BT Trousers BT Baking tins SN Trousers which cover the hips and thighs, SN Containers for baking bread. usually ending at the knees.
Breechloading firearms Bread trays BT Firearms
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NT Breechloading pistols NT Airbricks Breechloading rifles Convict bricks Glass bricks Breechloading pistols House bricks BT Breechloading firearms Pistols Bridal fans
USE Wedding fans Breechloading rifles
BT Breechloading firearms Bridal gowns Rifles USE Wedding dresses Brewers jugs Bride dolls BT Brewing equipment BT Character dolls
Brewing equipment Bridesmaids dresses BT Occupation-based equipment BT Dresses NT Beer barrels Wedding clothing Beer casks RT Wedding ensembles Beer kegs SN Dresses worn by the bridesmaids at a Beer plants wedding Brewers jugs Brewing tools Bridge girders Brewing vats BT Architectural elements
RT Bridges Brewing tools
BT Brewing equipment Bridges Tools BT Structures Brewing vats NT Suspension bridges BT Brewing equipment RT Bridge girders Vats
Bridle bits Brick moulds BT Horse tack BT Industrial moulds
Bridles Brick presses BT Horse tack BT Presses
Briefcases Brickmaking equipment BT Cases BT Manufacturing equipment SN Flat rectangular cases used to carry documents, books, manuscripts etc and Bricks held in the hand. BT Architectural elements Briefs NT Air bricks
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BT Underpants BT Shoes
NT Bikini briefs SN A pair of strongly made lace-ups shoes, with decorative perforations on upper. SN Snug-fitting legless underpants
Bromides Briquettes BT Documents BT Heating equipment SN Typeset material produced by means of a phototypesetter on light-sensitive paper. Brise fans
BT Hand fans Bronchodilators BT Health and medical equipment SN Fans with no leaf or mount, made entirely of sticks or other rigid materials (ivory, etc) which broaden towards the edge and Brooches are held in place by ribbons. The sticks are often decorated by painting, incising BT Jewellery or piercing. NT Mourning brooches Bristol boards Sweetheart brooches
BT Artists paper Brooms
RT Canvas boards BT Cleaning equipment SN Sheets of stout drawing paper pressed together and used for drawing or mounting. Brownie cameras USE Box cameras Broadaxes BT Axes Brunch coats
RT Felling axes USE Dressing-gowns
SN Axes having a large, broad blade bevelled on one side, used for the rough dressing of Brush drawings timber. BT Art drawings Broadcast listener licences SN The artists brush is often an instrument of drawing as well as painting. USE Radio receiving licences Brush pots Broadcasting equipment USE Brush washers BT Audio and visual equipment Brush rests
Broadsheets BT Artists equipment USE Leaflets RT Writing equipment
Broadswords Brush washers BT Swords BT Artists equipment
Brochures RT Writing equipment SN Chinese or Japanese receptacles for holding and washing the brushes used in Brogues painting and calligraphy.
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Brushes Buddhist lions
BT Objects USE Dogs of Fo
NT Cleaning brushes Buffs Clothes brushes Cosmetics brushes BT Polishers Surface finishing tools Hair brushes SN Devices such as sticks or blocks with soft Hairbrushes absorbent surfaces used to apply polishing Nailbrushes materials. Paintbrushes Bugles Pastry brushes BT Brass musical instruments Shaving brushes
Toothbrushes NT Keyed bugles Workshop brushes SN Cornet-like military wind instruments, SN Use as a general term for collections of usually metal, used for sounding signals. brushes. Where possible, name specific types of brushes. Buhl saws
USE Fret saws Brushes, tooth
USE Toothbrushes Building bricks
USE Toy bricks Bubble pipes
BT Pipes Building components Toys SN Childrens toy pipes used with detergent USE Architectural elements mixture to blow bubbles Building stones Bucket shaves BT Architectural elements USE Coopering spokeshaves Stones
NT Keystones Buckets BT Containers Building transporters
NT Beach buckets BT Trailers
Ice buckets RT Prime movers Milk buckets SN Large trailers designed to pull or move Mop buckets buildings, generally by being attached to a prime mover. Buckles Buildings BT Clothing accessories BT Structures NT Belt buckles NT Commercial buildings Shoe buckles Fortifications Bucky tables Garages
USE X-ray Bucky tables Industrial buildings Lighthouses Official buildings
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NT Planetaria Bullroarers
Religious buildings BT Wind instruments Residential buildings SN Long thin narrow pieces of wood attached Rotundas to a string , by which they are whirled in Schools the air, making a roaring sound Sheds Bullrushes Slab huts BT Plants RT Architectural elements
Bulls Bulk film backs BT Cattle USE Camera backs
Bulldog clips Bundy card racks BT Office equipment BT Office equipment
SN Spring-operated clips to hold papers, etc. Bundy clocks
Bullet money BT Office equipment Time recording clocks BT Coins SN A type of time recording clock which SN Globular or skull-shaped coinage - the marks the time on cards inserted into it, principal coinage of Siam from c.1350 used to record arrivals and departures of until 1861 - continued to circulate widely, employees, bus services, etc. not being finally demonetised until 1904. Bung jars Bullet moulders BT Jars BT Moulds RT Covered jars RT Bullets SN Jars with stoppers, used for storing SN Iron tools for moulding lead bullets. foodstuffs, ointments, pharmaceuticals, etc. Bullet moulds Bungers BT Firearms accessories BT Firecrackers
SN Firecrackers which produce a large bang. Bullets Known in New Zealand as `pohas'. BT Ammunition Bunsen burners Bullion pieces BT Laboratory equipment
BT Coins Buoys SN Coins or coin-like objects, in gold or silver, that state the fineness and weight of BT Nautical equipment metal content rather than any particular SN Distinctively marked and shaped denomination. anchored floats, sometimes carrying a light, whistle, or bell, marking a channel Bullocks or obstruction. (Macquarie Dictionary 3rd BT Mammals ed.)
Bureaus
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BT Desks Bush toys SN Writing desks with sloping fall-front BT Toys section RT Homemade toys
Burial shoes SN Bush toys are made from salvaged BT Ceremonial clothing materials and, generally, whatever is Funeral equipment available at the time of construction.Bush Toys are widely used within the remote Shoes East Arrernte Aboriginal communities of SN Ceremonial shoes worn for burial. Alcoota (Engawala Station), Ltyentye Apurte (Santa Teresa) and Titjikala Burins (Maryvale Station). Bush Toys reflect images of the outback and more BT Stone tools specifically the cattle industry experience SN Stone tools often made on a stone blade within these communities throughout with slivers removed at one end to make a several generations. chisel edge. Bushings
Burn brands BT Machinery components
USE Brands SN Fixed or removable cylindrical linings used to control or reduce friction in Burnishers mechanical parts. Usually made from metal but may also be made of other BT Polishers materials such as plastics. Surface finishing tools SN Implements with a hard smooth rounded Business accounts end or surface used for smoothing and BT Business records polishing.
Burton drivers Business cards
BT Hoop drivers BT Business stationery Cards SN Hoop drivers in the form of a wedge-shaped steel shoe, grooved at the RT Visiting cards bottom, and socketed to take a wooden stock, ringed at the top. Business guarantees
Bus seats BT Business records
BT Seats Legal documents
Business letters Bus tickets BT Business records BT Transport tickets Letters
RT Business stationery Buses
BT Vehicles Business machines
NT Horsedrawn buses USE Office machines
RT Toy buses
SN Vehicles with long bodies equipped with Business records seats or benches for passengers, usually BT Documents operating as part of a scheduled service. NT Account records
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NT Administrative files Butchers knives
Business accounts BT Knives Business guarantees NT Cleavers Business letters RT Carving knives Organisation charts Registers Butter RT Financial records BT Foodstuffs Business stationery Butter beaters BT Stationery BT Dairy equipment NT Business cards
RT Business letters Butter boxes
BT Boxes Business suits Butter containers BT Suits Butter churns RT Lounge suits BT Churns Bust improvers Dairy equipment
BT Underwear Butter containers
RT Brassieres BT Dairy equipment SN Garments used to increase appearance of Food storage containers bust NT Butter boxes Butter coolers Bustiers Butter dishes BT Tops RT Butter Underwear SN Women's close-fitting tops, shaped around the bust. Originally an undergarment in Butter coolers this style. BT Butter containers Coolers Bustles SN Cylindrical or oval dishes with cover and BT Underwear internal liner, the space between the inner and outer receptacles being filled with SN Pads, cushions or wire frameworks worn cold water to chill the butter. Some by women on the back of the body below versions have no liner but perforations the waist, to expand and support the skirt. along the sides and bottom for ventilation. Australian butter coolers were often made Busts in terracotta and kept wet to cool the BT Sculptures butter by evaporation.
SN Sculptures of the head and shoulders of a Butter dishes person, executed either in the round or in relief, made variously of clay, stone, wood BT Butter containers etc. Dishes
Butchers blocks Butter moulds
BT Retailing equipment BT Dairy equipment
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BT Food moulds Button hooks RT Butter USE Buttonhooks
Butter pats Buttonhole scissors BT Dairy equipment BT Scissors Kitchenware
RT Butter stamps Buttonhooks
BT Clothing hooks Butter plates
USE Butter dishes Buttons
BT Clothing accessories Butter presses Fasteners BT Dairy equipment NT Cuff buttons Military buttons Butter spreaders Studs USE Butterknives Buzz saws
Butter stamps USE Circular saws
BT Dairy equipment Kitchenware Byzantine coins SN Carved stamps, of wood, used for BT Coins imprinting the house or farm symbol on surface of butter. C-clamps Butter workers USE Gee clamps BT Dairy equipment
RT Butter churns Cabbage tree hats
SN Contrivances for pressing the buttermilk BT Hats out of butter. SN Wide-brimmed hats made from the leaves of the local cabbage tree, a common form Butter wrappers of hat in the early days of the colony and BT Dairy equipment later regarded as a symbol of nationalist feeling. Food packaging
Cabinet card photographs Butterflies USE Cabinet photographs BT Insects
Cabinet cards Butterknives USE Cabinet photographs BT Table knives
SN Small knives that have wide blades with curved blunt edges that are used for Cabinet making tools cutting and spreading butter at the table. USE Cabinetmaking tools
Butterworkers Cabinet organs USE Butter workers USE Reed organs
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Cabinet photographs Cable car bells
BT Card photographs USE Tram bells
SN Card photographs on mounts measuring 4.25 by 6.5 inches. Cable cars
BT Vehicles Cabinet prints
USE Cabinet photographs RT Cable trams SN Carriages of cable trams, cars on a Cabinet sewing machines funicular railway or passenger cars in cable railway systems. BT Sewing machines Cable releases RT Sewing machine cabinets BT Camera accessories SN Sewing machines stored in cabinets and made to look, when not in use, like a piece RT Camera shutters of furniture. SN Cables by which the shutter of a camera may be operated without risk of shaking Cabinetmakers tools the camera. USE Cabinetmaking tools Cable trams
Cabinetmaking tools BT Vehicles
BT Woodworking tools RT Cable cars
SN Cable-hauled trams. Cabinets BT Storage and display furniture Cables
NT Cabinets-on-stand BT Equipment
China cabinets NT Computer cables Cocktail cabinets Telecommunications cables
Coin cabinets RT Ropes Corner cabinets Cosmetics cabinets Cachepots Display cabinets USE Pot plant holders Medicine cabinets
Music cabinets Caddy spoons Plan cabinets BT Spoons Radio cabinets Sewing machine cabinets RT Tea caddies SN Cases with hinged doors containing SN Spoons used for taking and measuring dry compartments, shelves or drawers for tea from a tea caddy, usually small storing or displaying objects. enough to fit inside the caddy.
Cabinets-on-stand Caftans
BT Cabinets BT Clothing
SN Small cabinets, usually made of woodwork RT Dresses or lacquerwork of high quality, which were considered such prized possessions SN Long garments with long sleeves, tied at that they were mounted on carved stands. the waist by a girdle, usually worn under a coat in the Near East.
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Cages BT Slicers
BT Animal accessories Containers Cake stands
NT Birdcages BT Stands Tableware Cricket cages RT Tazzas Cake baskets
BT Baskets Cake tins
Tableware BT Baking tins RT Bread baskets RT Cake boxes
Cake boxes Cake trays BT Boxes BT Trays Food storage containers
RT Cake tins Calabashes
Cake forks BT Gourds
BT Dessert forks SN Gourds from the calabash tree, used as vessels for water, etc.
Cake knives Calash bonnets
BT Table knives BT Bonnets
SN Reinforced hoods worn by women in the Cake mixer accessories 18th and 19th centuries, originally designed to protect elaborate coiffures. BT Cake mixers
Calculating apparatus
Cake mixers USE Calculating devices BT Food mixers
NT Cake mixer accessories Calculating devices BT Information processing equipment Cake moulds NT Abacus USE Cake tins Adding machines Calculators Cake plates Logarithmic calculating instruments BT Dessert plates Totalisator equipment SN Use as a general term for collections of RT Side plates calculating devices. Where possible name SN A type of small plate, for cake, or for bread a specific type of calculating device. and butter, for use by an individual diner at a dinner table. Calculating instruments
Cake racks USE Calculating devices
BT Kitchenware Calculating machines
Cake slicers USE Calculators
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Calculation tables Calipers
BT Information tables BT Measuring instruments
NT Conversion tables NT Inside calipers Exposure tables Micrometer calipers Wage calculators Odd leg calipers Outside calipers Calculators Vernier calipers
BT Calculating devices RT Drafting compasses
NT Analog calculators SN Tools which, in their simplest form, have two legs and resemble a draughtsman's Electromechanical calculators compass, used for obtaining inside and Electronic calculators outside measurements, especially across Mechanical calculators curved surfaces.
RT Computers Calligraphy brushes SN Machines that perform mathematical operations mechanically, BT Artists brushes electro-mechanically or electronically. Calling cards Calculigraphs USE Visiting cards BT Slide rules
SN Logarithmic calculating instruments Calliopes characterised by a particular and novel arrangement of logarithmic scales BT Keyboard instruments (preferably four) upon a plane surface or SN Harsh musical instruments consisting of a base. A similar logarithmic scale is placed set of steam whistles, played from a upon a separate plane surface (the keyboard. bridge), either of transparent material, or opaque with appropriately placed slots to aid viewing. Callipers USE Calipers Caldrons USE Cauldrons Calves
BT Cattle Caleches
USE Calash bonnets Camcorders
BT Video cameras Calendar clocks Video cassette recorders BT Clocks SN Video cameras that incorporate video cassette recorders. SN Clocks showing the date, sometimes the month, and even the day of the week. Camel accessories Calendars BT Animal accessories
BT Documents RT Camels
NT Desk calendars Perpetual calendars Camel saddles Wall calandars USE Saddles
RT Almanacs
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Camels SN Use for the detachable camera backs of `View cameras', interchangeable or BT Mammals combination backs that allow use of sheet film and roll film, and bulk film backs. RT Camel accessories Camera bags
Cameos USE Gadget bags BT Jewellery
SN Jewellery pieces consisting of engravings Camera bellows in relief on gems or stones. Different BT Camera components colours of stone are used to produce a contrasting background to the relief RT Extension bellows engraving. Cameos are used as brooches, earrings, pendants, etc. SN Collapsible light-tight tubes or bags made of flexible leather, plastic, or rubberised Camera accessories cloth which join the lens to the back of the camera. Use `Extension bellows' for BT Photographic equipment special attachments providing lens extension for close-up and NT Cable releases macrophotography. Camera backs Camera cloths Camera cases Camera diaphragms BT Cases Camera film Photographic equipment containers Camera filters RT Gadget bags Camera supports SN Cases that enclose cameras for protection. Use `Gadget bags' for bags and cases used Dark slides to carry cameras and associated Diffusion attachments equipment such as lenses, filters etc. Exposure aids Extension bellows Camera chains Extension tubes BT Photographic equipment
Film and plate holders SN Equipment comprising television cameras, Movie camera accessories associated amplifiers, a monitor and the cable needed to bring the camera output Photographers hoods signal to the control room. Photographic equipment containers Television camera accessories Camera cloths SN Objects which are attached to or used in BT Camera accessories conjunction with a camera in order to Cloths enhance its use. Accessories are not necessary for the camera to function; for components of a camera which are Camera components required for the camera to function (eg BT Components film, lenses, bellows, etc), use `Camera Photographic equipment components'. NT All-sky camera mirrors Camera backs Camera bellows BT Camera accessories Camera control units Camera lenses NT Combination camera backs Camera mirrors Camera power units Camera shutters
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NT Photographic plates NT 120 film Television camera tubes 126 film Waterhouse stops 220 film SN Parts of a camera, either removable or 35mm film fixed, without which the camera cannot Cartridge film function. Where possible specify a particular camera part from the list below. Instant film For objects which enhance or complement Movie film the camera but are not required for it to function (eg camera bags, supports, Positive film exposure meters, etc), use `Camera Reversal film accessories'. Roll film
Camera control units Sheet film SN Strips, rolls or sheets of cellulose nitrate BT Camera components or cellulose acetate composition coated with a sensitive emulsion, used in SN Units for controlling television cameras. cameras to take photographs.
Camera cranes Camera filters
BT Cinematographic equipment BT Camera accessories Filters RT Movie cameras NT Colour filters SN Large camera trolleys with a long projected arm at the end of which is a Graduated filters platform which holds the camera and Skylight filters seats for various members of the film RT Camera lenses crew. SN Lens attachments made of glass or plastic Camera diaphragms that alter the quality or colour of an image. BT Camera accessories
NT Diaphragm holes Camera flashes Iris diaphragms BT Photographic lighting equipment
RT Camera shutters NT Electronic flashes SN Devices between the elements of, or near a Flashbulbs lens that control the size of the aperture Magnesium flashes through which light is conducted to the SN Portable devices providing brief bursts of film or plate. artificial lighting to aid photography. Use `Studio lighting equipment' for lighting Camera dollies equipment that cannot be carried around. BT Photographic equipment Camera lens caps SN Hand trucks used in movie production for travelling shots, fitted with a hydraulic USE Lens caps camera boom.
Camera lenses Camera equipment cases BT Camera components USE Gadget bags Photographic lenses
NT Television camera lenses Camera film
BT Camera accessories Camera lucida
NT 110 film BT Copying devices
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RT Cameras NT Roller blind shutters SN Screens protecting films or plates from SN Instruments used for copying drawings light until moved by a shutter release to and sketching views of nature. They take a photograph. consist of a prism and lens supported by a telescoping stand over drawing paper. Camera stands
Camera mirrors BT Camera supports
BT Camera components Stands Mirrors SN Solid heavy bases carrying one or more pillars with a platform on top to take the RT Cameras camera. The pillars are adjustable for SN Surface coated mirrors used in height and the platform can be tilted. photography for reflecting images, normally without distortion or diffusion. Camera supports Mirrors are used in reflex cameras to BT Camera accessories reflect light from the lens to a viewing screen as part of the viewfinder system. NT Camera stands Camera tripods Camera mounts Hand grips USE Camera stands SN Devices which aid photography by supporting camera equipment to prevent Camera obscura camera movement.
BT Viewing equipment Camera tripods
RT Cameras BT Camera supports SN Originally, rooms in which people could Tripods view images of outside subjects projected SN Three-legged camera supports. onto a wall through a pinpoint light source. This evolved into portable boxes with apertures, lenses and viewing Camera tubes screens. USE Television camera tubes
Camera originals Cameraless photographs USE Direct positives USE Photograms
Camera plates Cameras USE Photographic plates BT Photographic equipment
Camera power units NT Box cameras Detective cameras BT Camera components Extension cameras SN Devices for providing power to television cameras. Film cameras Folding cameras Camera shrouds Janssen's apparatus USE Photographers hoods Mirror cameras Plate cameras Camera shutters Repeating back cameras
BT Camera components Stereo cameras Still video cameras NT Focal plane shutters Studio cameras
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NT Technical cameras SN Candareen is a unit from the Chinese decimal system, being the 10th part of the Television cameras mace and the 100th part of the tael. The Video cameras Chinese dollar is inscribed 7 mace 2 candareen. View cameras Waterproof cameras Candareens Weatherproof cameras USE Candareen coins SN Photographic apparatus in which a sensitive plate or film is exposed, the image being formed by means of a lens. Candelabra
Camiknickers BT Candle holders SN BT Underwear Large ornamental candle-holders with several branches, usually for table use. SN Undergarments combining camisole and knickers Candle equipment
Camisole tops BT Lighting equipment
USE Singlet tops NT Candle extinguishers Candle holders Camisoles Candle moulds
BT Underwear Candle screens Candle snuffers SN Ornamental underbodices Snuffer trays Camp ovens Snuffers Wick trimmers BT Camping equipment Cooking pots Candle extinguishers SN Cast-iron pots, used for cooking in a camp fire. BT Candle equipment
Camping equipment RT Snuffers SN Small hollow cones placed over lighted BT Recreational equipment candles to extinguish the flame without NT Billy cans causing the snuff to smoke. Camp ovens Candle holders Ground sheets BT Candle equipment Inflatable mattresses Holders Mosquito coils NT Candelabra Sleeping-bags Candlesticks Tarpaulins RT Candles Tents
RT Sports equipment Candle lamps
BT Lamps Can openers
USE Tin-openers Candle moulds
Candareen coins BT Candle equipment Moulds BT Coins
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Candle screens Canned foods
BT Candle equipment BT Foodstuffs Screens Cannisters Candle snuffers USE Canisters USE Snuffers
Cannon Candles USE Cannons BT Lighting equipment
NT Tapers Cannon balls
BT Ammunition Candlesticks Balls
BT Candle holders RT Cannons
NT Chamber candlesticks Table candlesticks Cannons Taper candlesticks BT Artillery
RT Candles SN Large guns for firing heavy projectiles, SN Utensils used for supporting single usually mounted on a carriage. candles, usually having flat bases or drip pans. Cannulae
USE Cannulas Cane handles
USE Cane tops Cannulas
BT Medical instruments Cane tops SN Metal tubes for insertion into the body, BT Handles used to keep a passage open, to draw off fluid or to introduce medication. RT Canes SN The tops of canes, often made of porcelain Canoes or precious metals. BT Boats Canes
BT Clothing accessories Cans BT Containers NT Swagger sticks Swordsticks NT Billy cans SN Clothing accessories used as decorative Food storage cans supports when walking, as opposed to Hot water cans walking-sticks which have a more functional use in assisting people who Milk cans have difficulty walking. Oil cans Petrol cans Canisters SN Containers made of sheet iron coated with BT Food storage containers tin or other metals, usually for storing liquids or foodstuffs. SN Small boxes, usually of metal, for holding tea, coffee, or foodstuffs. Canton china
USE Export china
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Canvas boards Caps
BT Artists equipment BT Headwear
SN Pasteboard covered in primed and sized NT Baby caps canvas, chiefly used by amateurs for Bathing caps sketching or making studies in oil paint. Beanies Canvas stretchers Boudoir caps
BT Painting equipment Christening caps
SN The wooden frame on which a canvas is Dervish caps stretched and fixed. Mob-caps Nurses caps Cap-firing firearms Parlour caps BT Percussion firearms Skullcaps
NT Cap-firing pistols Smoking caps Tam-o'-shanters Cap-firing pistols
BT Cap-firing firearms Car doors Pistols USE Motor car doors
Cap guns Car engines
BT Toy guns USE Motor car engines SN Toy guns which work using caps. Car generators Capacitors USE Motor car generators BT Electronic equipment SN Devices for accumulating and holding an Car horns electric charge, consisting of two BT Motor car accessories conducting surfaces separated by an insulator or dielectric. Car mascots Capes BT Motor car accessories BT Outerwear
NT Evening capes Car phones
Mantles BT Motor car accessories Pelerines Telephones
Plaids RT Motor cars
Ponchos SN Cellular telephones for use in a motor RT Stoles vehicle.
Car radios Capillary tubes BT Radios BT Laboratory equipment
SN Tubes of small internal diameter Car seat covers capitals BT Motor car accessories
USE Column components
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Car transporters RT Sharpening stones
BT Trailers SN Silicon carbide, an abrasive produced in an electric furnace and used in block form RT Prime movers as a sharpening material.
SN Large trailers designed to pull or move cars, generally by being attached to a Carboys prime mover. BT Bottles
Car window sill covers SN Large glass bottles, especially ones protected by basket work or a wooden box, BT Motor car accessories as for containing acids.
SN Pieces of fabric spread across the front or back sills of motor cars, to protect them Carburettors from heat and light damage. BT Engine components
Carafes Card boxes BT Beverage bottles BT Stationery boxes RT Water-monkeys RT Card holders SN Glass bottles for water, wine, etc.
Card cases Caravans USE Cardcases BT Vehicles
SN Vehicles in which people may live temporarily or permanently, usually Card holders having wheels and designed to be drawn BT Holders by a motor car or in earlier times by horses. NT Menu card holders
Carbines Card photographs
BT Firearms BT Photographic prints
NT Cabinet photographs Carbon arc prints Cartes-de-visite USE Photocopies SN Photographic prints made by a variety of processes on commercially produced cardboard mounts of standard sizes. Carbon cells BT Batteries Card tables
BT Tables Carbon copies RT Playing cards BT Documents SN Lightweight, often collapsible tables used RT Photocopies for playing cards.
Card trays Carbonated drinks BT Trays USE Soft drinks RT Visiting cards Carborundum SN Small trays upon which visiting cards were received. BT Abrasives
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Cardcases SN Ships designed to carry large amounts of freight. BT Cases
SN Small metal cases designed to fit into a Cargo vessels pocket, in which business cards, visiting USE Cargo ships cards etc can be stored.
Cardigans Carillons
BT Outerwear BT Percussion instruments SN sets of stationary bells hung in a tower Carding tools and sounded by manual or pedal action, or by machinery BT Spinning equipment
SN Implements used in disentangling and Carnelians combing out fibres of wool, flax, etc. BT Gemstones preparatory to spinning. SN Red or reddish varieties of chalcedony, Cards used in jewellery, etc.
BT Documents Carousel horses
NT Advertising cards BT Amusement machines Business cards Ride-on toys Collecting cards RT Horses Commemorative cards Display cards Carp Educational cards BT Fish Financial transaction cards Greeting cards Carpenter's benches
How to vote cards USE Workbenches Identity cards Library cards Carpenters pincers Membership cards BT Carpentry tools Mourning cards SN Joined tools with a pair of jaws and Place cards handles which are used to grip objects. Playing cards Most have knob and claw ends to the grips. Postcards Prayer cards Carpenter's planes Ration cards USE Planes Recruiting cards School report cards Carpenters squares Sympathy cards BT Carpentry tools Tarot cards Squares Visiting cards SN Flat, metal, L-shaped tools that constitute an accurate right angle and are engraved Cargo ships with divisions and markings useful to a carpenter in laying out and erecting BT Ships framing. RT Steamships
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Carpenter's tools BT Vehicle accessories SN Protected lamps or lanterns, fixed or USE Carpentry tools removable, used on coaches or carriages. Commonly made of brass, they often were Carpentry tools fitted with reflectors as well as red lenses to serve as tail lights (Art and BT Woodworking tools Architecture Thesaurus).
NT Carpenters pincers Carriages Carpenters squares BT Vehicles
Carpet beaters NT Prams BT Cleaning equipment Railway carriages SN Four-wheeled vehicles used for RT Carpets transporting people. SN Metal or wooden open worked paddles on long sticks, used to beat dust out of Carrier bags carpets. USE Carry bags
Carpet sweepers Carry bags BT Cleaning equipment BT Bags SN Devices with revolving brushes which pick up dirt from carpets and store it in a holding container above the brushes. Carry cases
USE Carrying cases Carpet tiles
BT Carpets Carrying cases Floor tiles SN Squares of carpet designed to be laid like BT Cases paving or tiles, and intended to allow easy SN Cases designed especially to transport removal and replacement of portions of contents. the covering in cases of spills or stains.
Cars Carpets USE Motor cars BT Floor coverings Soft furnishings Carte-de-visite photographs NT Carpet tiles Floor rugs USE Cartes-de-visite SN Heavy fabrics for covering floors. Cartes-de-visite
Carphones BT Card photographs USE Car phones Visiting cards SN Card photographs on mounts measuring about 4 x 2.5 inches. Primarily used for Carriage clocks portraiture and functioning as calling BT Clocks cards; flourished from the 1860s to the 1880s. SN Small clocks in robust rectangular cases with handles on top. Cartons Carriage lamps BT Containers
BT Lamps NT Milk cartons
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SN Cardboard boxes, particularly those in NT Childrens carts which foodstuffs are packaged and sold. Dog carts Cartoon character dolls Drays Horse carts USE Character dolls Toy carts
Cartoons Carver rests BT Artworks USE Knife rests NT Political cartoons SN Sketches or drawings as in a newspaper or Carving chisels periodical, symbolising or caricaturing some subject or person of current interest, BT Woodworking chisels in an exaggerated way. RT Carving gouges Cartridge belts SN Includes a wide range of chisels used in carving. BT Ammunition belts
NT Bandoliers Carving forks BT Carving sets Cartridge cameras Forks
BT Pocket cameras RT Carving knives
SN Cameras that use cartridge film, that is, SN Large forks used to hold meat that is film enclosed in light-proof containers being carved with a carving knife. They which drop directly into the camera have two long tines, usually curved without having to wind from one reel to slightly outward and tapering to a point. another. Carving gouges
Cartridge film BT Gouges BT Camera film RT Carving chisels
RT Cartridge cameras SN Gouges sharpened both inside and SN Film enclosed in sealed, light-tight outside; the larger outside bevel is used containers dropped directly into cartridge for hardwoods, and the smaller inside cameras. bevel for softwoods.
Cartridges Carving knives
BT Ammunition BT Carving sets Knives SN Cylindrical cases containing a charge of SN Large knives that are used to carve meat. powder and a bullet or quantity of shot for They have very sharp, slightly curved, a single shot from a firearm, first pointed blades. appearing in the late 16th century. Early types had cases of paper, pasteboard, or linen which were ignited externally, while Carving rests more recent ones have metal or plastic USE Knife rests cases holding their own means of ignition, such as a percussion cap, at one end. Carving sets
Carts BT Cutlery BT Vehicles NT Carving forks NT Barrows Carving knives
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SN Carving knives and carving forks, made NT Pen cases and decorated en suite, often with a Pencil cases conforming knife sharpener. Photograph cases Carving stands Pipe cases
USE Knife rests Presentation cases School cases Carving tools Shaving cases
BT Tools Sovereign cases Spectacles cases NT Wood carving tools Travelling cases SN Tools used for carving materials such as wood, bone or stone. Typewriter cases Vesta cases Carvings Writing cases
BT Artworks RT Cabinets
NT Rock carvings Scrimshaw Cash coins shell carvings BT Coins Wood carvings SN The most common denomination of Chinese currency (the 1,000th part of the Cases tael), characterised by a hole in the centre for easy stringing and carrying. BT Containers Cash registers NT binocular cases Briefcases BT Office machines Retailing equipment Camera cases SN Tills with mechanisms for indicating Cardcases amounts of sales, etc. Carrying cases Cigar cases Caskets Cigarette cases BT Containers Clock cases NT Perfume caskets Cosmetics bags Tea caskets Cosmetics cases RT Jewellery boxes Display cases SN Ornamental boxes, usually with hinges for Dressing cases a lid, rather than having a cover. They are Fan cases larger than snuff boxes, and usually intended to hold jewels. Use 'Coffins' for Firearm cases funeral caskets. Inros Key cases Casks
Lens cases BT Containers Medal cases NT Beer casks Medical cases Wine casks Mirror cases RT Barrels Music cases Musical instrument cases Casserole dishes Needle cases
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BT Baking dishes Castors SN A baking dish of glass, pottery, etc, BT Wheels usually with a cover. SN Small wheels on swivels, set under a piece Casserole pots of furntiture, etc., to facilitate moving it.
USE Casserole dishes Cat-o'-nine-tails
BT Punishment equipment Casseroles Whips USE Casserole dishes SN Whips, usually having nine knotted lines or cords fastened to a handle, used to flog offenders. Cassette film
USE 35mm film Cat whiskers
BT Wires
Cassette players SN Fine adjustable copper or gold wires used USE Audio cassette players in crystal wireless receivers or certain types of electronic circuits.
Cassette recorders Catalogues
USE Audio cassette recorders BT Documents
NT Advertising catalogues Cassette tape recorders Exhibition catalogues USE Audio cassette recorders Sales catalogues
Cassette tapes Catapults
USE Audio cassettes BT Projectile weapons
Cassolettes Caterpillars
BT Cosmetics jars BT Insects SN Covered vases containing perfume for scenting a room, with pierced decoration Cathedrals on the shoulder or cover to release the scent. BT Churches
Castanets Catheters BT Percussion instruments BT Medical instruments SN Instruments made of two pieces of wood or SN Hollow tubes employed to drain fluids ivory , joined by a cord. The player holds a from body cavities or to distend body pair in each hand. passages, often used for passing into the bladder through the urethra to draw off Castings urine. BT Objects Cathode ray tubes NT Ingots BT Electronic valves RT Moulds SN Vacuum tubes in which are generated SN Objects cast from a mould as part of the focused beams of electrons which can be process of manufacture or in creating a deflected by electric and/or magnetic work of art. fields.
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Cats Ceiling bosses
BT Mammals BT Mouldings
NT Ceiling roses Catsuits RT Ceiling panels BT Clothing SN Knob-like projections of ornamental SN Skin-tight one-piece garments to cover the character for a ceiling. body, as for dancing Ceiling panels Cattle BT Architectural panels BT Mammals
NT Bulls Ceiling roses
Calves BT Ceiling bosses Cows RT Ceiling panels Cauldrons Ceilings BT Cooking boilers USE Ceiling panels SN Large kettles or boilers, usually spherical, with a lid and a handle. Celestas
Caulking irons USE Dulcitones BT Coopering tools Shipwrighting tools Celestial charts SN Steel tools resembling chisels, most often with a large thick flat blade cast as a USE Astronomical charts single piece with a narrower handle and striking surface. These are used in Celestial globes conjunction with caulking mallets to drive various materials into seams and crevices, BT Astronomical equipment to make joints watertight and airtight. Globes SN Spheres with a map of stars depicted on Caulking mallets them.
BT Coopering tools Mallets Celestial photographs Shipwrighting tools USE Astrophotographs
RT Caulking irons
SN Mallets used in conjunction with caulking Cell phones irons, to drive various materials into USE Mobile phones seams and crevices in order to make joints watertight and airtight. Cello accessories
CD-ROMs BT Stringed instrument accessories BT Compact discs NT Cello bow frogs Computer memory devices SN Compact discs designed for reading Cello bows digitised text Cello bridges Cello cases CDs USE Compact discs Cello bow frogs
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BT Cello accessories SN Containers in which incense is burned. These are usually lidded, and sometimes swung from chains in religious Cello bows ceremonies. BT Cello accessories Musical instrument bows Cent coins BT Coins Cello bridges NT Fifty cent coins BT Cello accessories Five cent coins Half cent coins Cello cases One cent coins BT Cello accessories Quarter cent coins Musical instrument cases Ten cent coins Three cent coins Cello components Twenty cent coins BT Stringed instrument components Twenty-five cent coins NT Cello tailpieces Two and a half cent coins Two cent coins Cello frogs SN The cent is the 100th part of the dollar USE Cello bow frogs wherever it is current. It is also the 100th part of certain other decimal currencies not expressed in dollars. For example, in Cello style guitars Ceylon, Mauritius and the Seychelles 100 cents = 1 rupee. USE Arched top guitars Centavo coins Cello tailpieces BT Coins BT Cello components RT Decimo coins
SN The 100th part of the peso, which appears Cellos in many decimal currencies of Central and BT Stringed instruments South America.
Centavos Cellotape USE Centavo coins USE Adhesive tape
Centesimi Cellulose sheet film negatives USE Centesimo coins USE Film negatives
Centesimo coins Cement mixers BT Coins BT Construction vehicles SN The 100th part of a decimal unit: in Italy RT Toy cement mixers of the lire, in Uruguay of the peso.
Censers Centime coins BT Coins BT Incense burners
NT Fifty centime coins Five centime coins
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NT One centime coins Centrifugal equipment
Ten centime coins USE Centrifuges Three centime coins Twenty centime coins Centrifugal pumps Twenty-five centime coins USE Pumps Two centime coins SN The 100th part of the French franc, as introduced by the revolutionary Centrifuges government by decree of 7 April 1795. BT Machines
Centimo coins SN Machines consisting of a rotating container, in which substances of different BT Coins densities may be separated or in which animals, humans or instruments are SN The 100th part of various Latin-American subjected to prolonged accelerations. denominations, issued as a copper coin in Venezuela, Dominica and Costa Rica among others. Cents USE Cent coins Centre-fire firearms BT Firearms Ceramic forms
NT Centre-fire revolvers BT Sculptures
Centre-fire revolvers Ceramics equipment
BT Centre-fire firearms USE Pottery equipment Revolvers
Ceramics moulds Centre of gravity toys BT Moulds BT Toys
NT Balancing figure toys Ceramics tools Balancing toys USE Pottery tools Spinning tops RT Rocking toys Ceremonial aprons
BT Aprons Centrepieces Ceremonial clothing BT Furniture accessories Tableware Ceremonial clothing
NT Cornucopias BT Ceremonial objects Epergnes Clothing
Nefs NT Burial shoes Plateaus Ceremonial aprons SN Ornamental objects used in a central Christening clothing position, especially on the centre of a dining table. These can comprise flowers, Confirmation dresses ceramic pieces, etc. Coronation robes Crowns (headwear) Centrifugal apparatus Ecclesiastical clothing USE Centrifuges Going-away clothing
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NT Mourning clothing NT Membership certificates Wedding clothing Prize certificates Testamurs Ceremonial costumes Trade certificates USE Ceremonial clothing Wedding certificates
Ceremonial jewellery Certificates of appreciation
BT Ceremonial objects BT Certificates Jewellery NT Engagement rings Cervical dilators
Prayer beads BT Dilators Wedding rings SN Instruments used to dilate the cervix
Ceremonial objects Chaff cutters BT Objects BT Agricultural tools NT Ceremonial clothing Cutting tools Ceremonial jewellery SN Implements for cutting straw into small pieces for fodder. Ceremonial textiles Funeral equipment Chainmail armour Memorial wreaths BT Armour Presentation containers NT Mail shirts Presentation pieces Religious objects Chains Sceptres BT Objects Skull cups Tikis NT Fob chains Treasure boxes Gold chains Ushabti figures Watch chains Wedding accessories Chainsaws
Ceremonial textiles BT Saws
BT Ceremonial objects SN Power-driven cross cut saws with teeth Textiles mounted on an endless chain.
NT Altarcloths Chair covers Prayer canopies BT Covers Prayer rugs Soft furnishings Trousseaus
Chairpans Certificates USE Commode pans BT Documents
NT Birth certificates Chairs Certificates of appreciation BT Seating furniture Death certificates NT Marriage certificates Armchairs
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NT Barbers chairs Chamber pots
Bean bags BT Pots Beanbags Sanitary equipment Commode chairs Corner chairs Champagne bottles Deckchairs BT Wine bottles Dentists chairs Dining chairs Champagne buckets
Director's chairs USE Ice buckets Ergonomic chairs Folding chairs Champagne flutes
High chairs BT Champagne glasses Highchairs Flute glasses Kitchen chairs SN Tall narrow glasses for drinking champagne. Office chairs
Reclining chairs Champagne glasses Rocking chairs BT Wine glasses Sedan chairs Stacking chairs NT Champagne flutes Wheelchairs Saucer champagne glasses SN Glasses for drinking champagne, usually either flute or saucer shaped. Chaise longues BT Seating furniture Chandeliers
RT Lounges BT Light fittings
RT Lustres Chalices BT Cups Changing bags Religious objects BT Photographic equipment SN Cups used in Christian religious ceremonies, in which the wine of the NT Plate changing bags Eucharist is stored. SN Opaque light-tight bags used for handling unprotected photosensitive materials Chalkboards when no darkroom is available, or for USE Blackboards loading developing tanks in normal lighting.
Chalks Chaps
BT Drawing instruments BT Clothing accessories
SN Protective cover for the front of trousers, Chamber candlesticks typically seen on Cowboys.
BT Candlesticks Chapucos SN Short candlesticks mounted in the centre of a saucer with a single handle. BT Violins SN Folk violins from South America Chamber organs BT Organs Character dolls
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BT Dolls Charms
NT Bride dolls BT Jewellery Clown dolls RT Amulets Golliwogs SN Trinkets worn on chains or bracelets. The Kewpie dolls term is also sometimes used for objects Swag dolls worn for their supposed magical effects, SN Dolls which exhibit the characteristics of a similar to amulets. specific type of real or fictional person or group. Charts
BT Documents Character jugs
BT Jugs NT Astronomical charts Chronograms NT Toby jugs Circuit diagrams Colour charts Charcoal Electrocardiograms BT Drawing instruments Genealogical charts Health and medical charts Charcoal box irons Horoscopes USE Charcoal irons Navigational charts Organisation charts Charcoal drawings SN Graphic representations of information. BT Art drawings Chastity belts Charcoal irons BT Belts
BT Box irons
SN A type of box iron heated with burning Chasubles fuel such as charcoal. BT Ecclesiastical clothing
SN Sleeveless outer vestments worn by charge cards celebrants of church services. USE Credit cards Chatelaines Chargers BT Personal effects
BT Serving dishes SN A device for suspending keys, trinkets etc worn at the waist of women. SN Large platters, usually circular or oval, used as a centrepiece or used for serving meat at the table. Some highly decorative Check planes examples were made to be hung on the USE Rabbet planes wall as plaques.
Chariots Check routers
BT Horsedrawn vehicles USE Boxing routers
SN Horse drawn vehicles with two wheels and a compartment for the driver to stand in. Checkers
USE Draughts Charity badges
BT Badges
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Checkers (game) Chemical equipment
USE Draughts sets BT Scientific equipment
NT Chemical jars Cheese BT Foodstuffs Chemical jars
RT Dairy equipment BT Chemical equipment Jars
Cheese containers NT Acid jars RT Pharmaceutical jars BT Food storage containers
Chemical models Cheese dishes BT Scientific models BT Dishes SN Models of chemical structure, usually constructed of balls and rods Cheese graters
BT Food graters Chemical samples
BT Samples
Cheese knives SN Sample or test amounts of chemicals. BT Table knives
SN Knives with a curved blade used for Chemises cutting cheese, usually having the end of BT Underwear the blade curving away from the cutting edge with two points to pick up the piece NT Baby chemises of cut cheese. Chemisettes Cheese moulds BT Blouses BT Food moulds SN Women's blouses worn with a low cut or open bodice to cover the neck and breast. Cheese scoops
BT Food servers Cheong sam Scoops USE Cheongsam SN Serving implements having a straight handle connected to a wide curved blade occuring in a variety of shapes, used to Cheongsam scoop an individual portion from a large BT Dresses cheese, such as Stilton. SN Dresses, often of silk, originally worn by Cheese slicers Chinese women, cut very straight, with a slit up one side of the skirt. BT Kitchenware Slicers Cheque books
USE Chequebooks Chefs hats
BT Hats Chequebooks
BT Books Chemical containers Financial records BT Containers
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Cheques USE Night cupboards
BT Financial records Chickens
Cherry blossoms BT Birds
BT Flowers Child safety seats
Cherry pickers (cine equipment) BT Childrens furniture Safety equipment USE Camera cranes Seats
Chess pieces Children's books
BT Chess sets USE Childrens books Game pieces Childrens books Chess sets BT Books BT Board games NT Cut-out books NT Chess pieces Picture books Pop-up books Chestnut roasters Storybooks BT Cooking equipment RT Toys
Chests Childrens carts BT Luggage BT Carts Storage and display furniture Ride-on toys NT Admirals chests NT Billycarts Admiral's chests SN Carts which children ride in. Use `Toy Tea chests carts' for small carts designed to be pulled Tea-chests along by a handle or cord.
RT Trunks Childrens clothing
BT Clothing Chests of drawers
BT Storage and display furniture NT Boys clothing Girls clothing NT Tallboys Play clothing School uniforms Cheungsam RT Baby clothing USE Cheongsam SN Use this term in conjunction with a more specific term. Cheval mirrors
BT Furniture Children's deckchairs Mirrors USE Childrens furniture SN Full-length mirrors mounted as to swing in a frame. Childrens furniture
Chevets (night tables) BT Furniture
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NT Child safety seats Chincing irons
Highchairs BT Coopering tools RT Dolls furniture Prying tools SN Tools used to insert a cooper's flag between the head and staves of a barrel Children's handcarts after the head is in place. USE Toy carts Chinese boxes Childrens magazines USE Chinese puzzles
BT Magazines Chinese checkers RT School magazines BT Board games
Childrens playing cards Chinese export ware BT Playing cards USE Export trade ware
Chiming clocks Chinese puzzles BT Clocks BT Puzzles RT Striking clocks SN Very complicated puzzles, especially a SN Clocks which play a simple melodic series of boxes in boxes. sequence on bells or gongs at each quarter hour. Chip cutters
Chimney pots USE Potato chip cutters
USE Chimneypots Chisels
Chimneypots BT Cutting tools Hand tools BT Architectural elements NT Bark chisels Pipes SN Cylindrical or other pipes, as of Cold chisels earthenware or sheet metal, fitted on the Masonry chisels top of the chimney to increase draught, Woodworking chisels and carry off smoke. RT Gouges
Chin implants SN Metal hand tools with a cutting edge at one end, usually driven by a hammer or BT Surgical implants mallet; used in dressing, shaping or working wood, stone or metal. Chin rests Chisels, plugging BT Violin accessories USE Plugging chisels
China cabinets Chits BT Cabinets USE Froes RT Dinnerware
SN Cabinets designed to display collections of Chivs porcelain and dishes, often with cupboards in the lower part and open shelves or BT Coopering planes shelves with glazed doors on the top.
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SN Tools used to make a smooth surface in Chopping boards the form of a shallow depression near the top of the staves on which the croze groove BT Kitchenware will consequently be cut. Chops (stamps) Chocolate boxes BT Stamps (tools) BT Boxes Food storage containers SN Stamps for marking objects with a symbol indicating a permit, a creator's identity or a certain quality of goods. Chocolate card albums BT Albums Chopsticks
BT Cutlery Chocolate cups BT Covered cups Chord organs Drinking cups BT Organs RT Chocolate pots
SN Large cups for drinking hot chocolate, Christening bonnets usually with two handles, a cover, and a saucer. BT Baby bonnets Christening clothing
Chocolate moulds RT Christening caps BT Food moulds Christening caps
Chocolate pots BT Caps BT Pots Christening clothing RT Christening bonnets RT Chocolate cups
SN Covered pots for serving hot chocolate, usually pear-shaped or cylindrical, and Christening clothing often with a handle placed at right angles BT Baby clothing to the spout. In the cover is a hole for Ceremonial clothing inserting a wooden utensil to stir the contents. NT Christening bonnets Christening caps Choker necklaces Christening gowns BT Necklaces Christening cups SN Necklaces worn tightly around the neck. BT Cups Chokers Religious objects RT Christening mugs USE Choker necklaces
Christening gowns Cholera treatment kits BT Baby gowns USE Medical kits Christening clothing
Chooras Christening mugs
BT Daggers BT Mugs SN Afghanistan daggers. Religious objects
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SN RT Christening cups Clock-driven instruments for recording the exact instant of occurrences, or for measuring small intervals of time. Christmas bushes
BT Australian plants Chronometers BT Timepieces
Christmas cards NT Marine chronometers BT Christmas ephemera SN Timekeepers with a special mechanism for Greeting cards ensuring accuracy, used in determining longitude at sea or for any purpose where very exact measurement of time is Christmas crackers required. USE Bonbons Chrysanthemums Christmas decorations BT Flowers
BT Festive objects Chrysoprase Christmas ephemera BT Gemstones
BT Ephemera SN A nickel-stained, apple-green chalcedony, Festive objects much used in jewellery.
NT Christmas cards Churches
Christmas trees BT Religious buildings
BT Festive objects NT Cathedrals Trees Churns
Chromolithographic prints BT Machines USE Chromolithographs NT Butter churns Cream churns Chromolithographs Ice-cream churns BT Lithographs RT Kitchenware
NT Oleographs SN Vessels or machines in which liquids, SN Prints produced in colours by a usually dairy products, are agitated to planographic method of surface printing form a solid. from stone. Cibachrome prints Chronograms USE Positive to positive prints BT Charts
RT Chronographs Cicadas
SN The records made by a chronograph. BT Insects
Chronographs Cider glasses
BT Timepieces BT Drinking glasses
RT Chronograms SN Drinking glasses for cider, often having an engraved motif of a spray of apple-blossoms, apple-tree branches or a fruiting apple tree.
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Cigar boxes BT Packaging Smoking equipment BT Boxes Smoking equipment Cigarette papers
Cigar cases BT Smoking equipment
BT Cases RT Cigarette rollers
Smoking equipment SN Thin pieces of rice paper in which tobacco is rolled to make a cigarette. Cigar holders
BT Holders Cigarette rollers Smoking equipment BT Smoking equipment
Cigar-making presses Cigarettes
BT Presses BT Smoking equipment
Cigar trays Cigars
BT Smoking equipment BT Smoking equipment Trays
Cigarette boxes Cinderella stamps BT Adhesive stamps BT Boxes
Smoking equipment NT Advertising stamps Freight stamps Cigarette card albums Revenue stamps BT Albums SN Any affixed stamp that is not a postage stamp, e.g. advertising stamps, revenue stamps, freight stamps Cigarette cards BT Collecting cards Cine projectors
USE Movie projectors Cigarette cases BT Cases Cinecameras
Smoking equipment USE Movie cameras
Cigarette holders Cinefilm BT Holders USE Movie film Smoking equipment
Cigarette lighters Cinema glass slides
BT Smoking equipment USE Lantern slides
Cigarette packaging Cinema posters
USE Cigarette packets BT Posters
RT Performance posters Cigarette packets
BT Containers
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Cinema programs Cinerary urns
BT Programs USE Funerary urns
Cinema projectors Cipher machines
USE Movie projectors BT Information processing equipment Military equipment Cinematographic equipment Circle clamps BT Audio and visual equipment USE Gee clamps NT Camera cranes
Cinematographic film Circle end clamps Cinematographic viewers USE Gee clamps Film cans
Film rewinders Circuit boards Film spools BT Electronic equipment Movie cameras Movie projectors Circuit breaker components Mutoscope reels BT Electrical equipment Spool arms SN Equipment for creating and viewing RT Circuit breakers motion picture illusions on movie films and animation strips such as those used in devices such as zoetropes. Circuit breakers
BT Control equipment Cinematographic film Electrical equipment BT Cinematographic equipment SN Devices such as switches for interrupting electric circuits, under normal or fault NT Praxinoscope film conditions. Zoetrope film
RT Cinematographic viewers Circuit diagrams BT Charts Cinematographic film viewers RT Electrical equipment USE Cinematographic viewers Circular calculators
Cinematographic viewers BT Logarithmic calculating instruments BT Cinematographic equipment SN Flat circular logarithmic calculating Photographic viewing equipment instruments. NT Kinetoscopes Mutoscopes Circular saw benches Phenakistoscopes USE Workbenches Praxinoscopes Zoetropes Circular saws SN Peep-show equipment for the viewing of BT Woodworking saws cinematographic films by one person at a time. Use `Movie projectors' for devices SN Thin steel disks, with teeth on their projecting cinematographic films for periphery, that rotate on a power driven viewing by larger audiences. spindle. They are used either as hand tools or are mounted on a bench.
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Circus costumes USE Cog rattles
BT Performance costumes Clamps RT Circus equipment BT Tools
Circus equipment NT Bench clamps Gee clamps BT Performing arts equipment Gee cramps NT Circus programs Handscrew clamps Circus props Joiners clamps Circus whips SN Portable holding and tightening devices RT Circus costumes for holding work together during assembly or when being glued. Most have two jaws, one or both of which can be drawn Circus programs together by screw.
BT Circus equipment Clappers Programs BT Percussion instruments
Circus props SN Musical instruments comprised of sets of BT Circus equipment curved wood beaten together to make sound. Also known as `Bones'. Props
Clapsticks Circus whips BT Percussion instruments BT Circus equipment Whips Claret jugs
Cistres BT Jugs USE English guitars Clarinets
Citherns BT Woodwind instruments USE Citterns Clasp knives
Cithers BT Knives USE Citterns NT Navajas Pocket-knives Citterns RT Penknives BT Stringed instruments SN Knives with blades folding into the NT English guitars handle. SN Early 16th and 17th century musical instruments, related to the guitar, having Clasps a flat pear-shaped soundbox and wire BT Jewellery strings. RT Fibulas Civil court uniforms BT Uniforms Classical guitars
BT Acoustic guitars Clackers
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SN Guitars with a flat top (belly), shorter NT Cleaning products neck and nylon or gut and silk strings, Dishcloths played with the fingers. Dishmops Clavichords Dusters
BT Keyboard instruments Dustpan and brush sets Knife cleaners Claw tools Knife polishers
USE Tooth chisels Mop buckets Mops Clay test samples Pipe cleaners Pot scourers BT Pottery equipment Test samples Record cleaners Vacuum cleaners RT Glaze test samples
SN Small clay samples used to test clays or Cleaning fluids glazes in the kiln. BT Cleaning equipment
Cleaning brushes USE Cleaning products BT Brushes Cleaning equipment Cleaning products NT Banister brushes BT Cleaning equipment Blacking brushes NT Borax Bottle brushes Soap Dustpan and brush sets Floor polisher brushes Cleaning soap Saucepan brushes USE Soap Scrubbing-brushes Shoe brushes Cleaning toys Toilet brushes BT Household toys Washing up brushes SN Any of a variety of brushes used for RT Cleaning equipment domestic cleaning. Where possible, name a specific type of brush. SN Toys that replicate cleaning equipment, such as toy brooms. Cleaning cloths Cleaning vehicles BT Cleaning equipment BT Vehicles Cloths
RT Cleaning equipment Cleaning equipment SN Vehicles whose primary function is to BT Domestic equipment transport a cleaner and/or cleaning equipment. NT Brooms Carpet beaters Cleavers
Carpet sweepers BT Butchers knives Cleaning brushes SN Heavy knives or long-bladed hatchets Cleaning cloths used by butchers for cutting up carcasses. Cleaning fluids
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Cleaving irons Clock cases
USE Froes BT Cases Clock accessories Cleaving wedges Clock components USE Splitting wedges BT Timepiece components
Cliches-Verre NT Clock dials
USE Glass prints Clock hands Clock movements Clicking presses Clock pendulums Clock weights BT Machines Presses Clock dials RT Bootmaking tools BT Clock components SN Clicking presses are used in shoe making. They consist of a mechanised series of SN The faces of clocks upon which time is clicking knives, which press leather down indicated by hands, pointers, or shadows. into wood or metal, to cut the master shape of a shoe. Clock hands
BT Clock components Clinometers
BT Geophysical survey instruments Clock keys Meters BT Clock accessories Clip earrings Keys
BT Earrings Clock mechanisms
USE Clock movements Clipboards
BT Office equipment Clock movements SN Small backing boards with a strong clip at BT Clock components the top to hold sheets of paper together.
RT Clocks Cloaks SN The whole mechanism of a clock, BT Outerwear excluding the dial and case, eg. clock plates and wheels. Cloche hats Clock pendulums BT Hats BT Clock components SN Small tight hats with narrow brims, usually felt, popular in 1920's. Clock radios
Clock accessories BT Clocks
BT Timepiece accessories Radios
NT Clock cases Clock weights Clock keys BT Clock components Clock winders SN Weights used to drive clocks.
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Clock winders NT Table clocks
USE Clock keys Talking clocks Time recording clocks Clockmakers wheel cutting engines Turret clocks Wag-on-the-wall clocks USE Wheel cutting engines Wall clocks
Clockmaking equipment Water clocks SN Instruments for indicating time, having BT Occupation-based equipment either pointers on a numbered dial or a digital display to show the hour. Clocks are not carried on the person; such Clocks timepieces are called watches. BT Timepieces Clocks, Cromwellian NT Alarm clocks USE Lantern clocks Atomic clocks Baby Ben clocks Clockwork toys Battery clocks USE Wind-up toys Beehive clocks Bracket clocks Clog making tools Calendar clocks Carriage clocks BT Tools
Chiming clocks RT Bootmaking tools Clock radios Cuckoo clocks Clogger's tools Dashboard clocks USE Clog making tools Digital clocks
Drop dial clocks Clogs Eight-day clocks BT Footwear Electric clocks Electric impulse clocks NT Sabots Gaslight time clocks Close helmets Lantern clocks BT Military helmets Longcase clocks Mantel clocks SN Close helmet, A modern term for helmets of a particular construction widely used Master clocks from the 16th to the mid 17th century. Mechanical clocks The face guard usually consisted of a visor Musical clocks with eye slits, a hinged chin guard and articulated plates around the neck. Night clocks Pendulum clocks Closed helmets Regulator clocks USE Close helmets Rolling clocks
Shelf clocks Cloth badges Skeleton clocks USE Badges Slave clocks Striking clocks
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Cloth dolls BT Laundry equipment
BT Dolls NT Clothes horses Soft toys SN Dolls with bodies of cloth or cloth stuffed Clothes hoists with various materials such as rags, BT Clothes lines sawdust, or papyrus leaves. SN Devices with square rotating frames Cloth paintings which can be raised or lowered, from which clothes are hung to dry. USE Textile paintings Clothes horses Cloth patches BT Clothes drying racks BT Cloths SN Free standing clothes drying racks with SN Pieces of cloth which are sewn together to four legs. form a patchwork. Clothes lines
Clothes BT Laundry equipment USE Clothing NT Clothes hoists
Clothes baskets RT Clothes pegs SN Ropes or wire devices from which clothes BT Baskets are hung to dry. Laundry equipment SN Containers used for transporting clothes Clothes peg bags to and from the washing area and drying lines. BT Laundry equipment
SN Bags made or intended to hold clothes Clothes beaters pegs. Often hung from a clothes line. BT Clothing accessories Laundry equipment Clothes pegs
RT Clothes brushes BT Laundry equipment
SN Used to remove dust and dirt from NT Dolly pegs clothing by beating. RT Clothes lines Clothes brushes SN Forked pieces of wood or plastic used for hanging clothes on a line. BT Brushes Laundry equipment Clothes pins NT Hat brushes USE Clothes pegs RT Clothes beaters
SN Any of a variety of brushes used to remove Clothes ropes dirt and lint from clothing. USE Clothes lines Clothes dryers
BT Laundry equipment Clothes wringers BT Laundry equipment NT Electric clothes dryers SN Machines which assist in drying clothes. SN Apparatus or machines which wring water out of the washing.
Clothes drying racks Clotheslines
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USE Clothes lines NT Outerwear Outfits Clothing Pants-suits BT Objects Penis sheaths Protective clothing NT Aprons Robes Aviation clothing Saris Babies clothing Sarongs Baby clothing Shirts Baby's clothing Skirts Bathrobes Space clothing Berthas Sports clothing Blouse fronts Stomachers Bodice linings Suits Bodices Tops Caftans Trousers Catsuits Tunics Ceremonial clothing Twin sets Childrens clothing Underwear Clothing ensembles Uniforms Convict clothing Vests Costumes Waistcloths Court dress Waistcoats Culottes Womens clothing Doublets Work clothing Dress accessories RT Dresses Clothing components Evening wear Firefighters clothing Clothing accessories Footwear BT Accessories Personal adornments Fur clothing Head wear NT Ankle ties Headwear Applique patches Hotpants Armbands Infants clothing Badges Jumpsuits Belt accessories Kimonos Belts Leggings Bicycle clips Leotards Boas Loin cloths Braces Maternity clothing Buckles Mens clothing Buttons Motoring clothing Canes Mourning clothing Chaps Nightwear Clothes beaters
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NT Clothing hooks SN The additional parts of an outfit, as shoes, gloves, hat, etc. Coat-hangers Cufflinks Clothing braces Cuffs USE Braces Cummerbunds
Dress clips Clothing components Epaulettes BT Components Footwear accessories Garlands NT Costume components Glove stretchers Footwear components Gloves Sequins Handbags Underwear components Handkerchiefs RT Clothing; Textiles Headwear accessories Hosiery Clothing dummies Inros USE Shop dummies Laces Leg warmers Clothing ensembles Masks BT Clothing Mittens NT Evening ensembles Modesty pieces Motoring ensembles Muffs Wedding ensembles Neckwear RT Outfits Netsuke SN Sets of matching clothing, conceived by Obi-jime one designer Obis Peplums Clothing hooks Pockets BT Clothing accessories Purses Hooks Rank badges NT Boot hooks Sashes Buttonhooks Scarves Corset hooks SN Hooks used to aid in fastening buttons, etc Shawls on clothing. Shirt fronts Sleeve flounces Clothing labels
Sleeves BT Labels Sporrans RT Clothing accessories Stoles SN Fabric labels attached on the inside or the Toggles outside of garments, usually with the logo Trouser presses or name of the designer/manufacturer or Undersleeves size/washing instructions. Uniform accessories Clothing packaging Waistbands BT Packaging Wristbands
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NT Shoe boxes Coach horns
RT Clothing USE Post-horns
Clothing storage containers Coach lamps
BT Containers USE Carriage lamps
NT Armour boxes Collar boxes Coach pots Glove boxes USE Bourdalous Hatboxes Suit bags Coachbuilding routers Suitcases BT Coachbuilding tools SN Where possible, use a specific type of Routers container in preference to this general NT Boxing routers term. SN A variety of routers used to work grooves, rebates and mouldings on the curved Cloths parts of carriage frames. BT Textiles Coachbuilding tools NT Altarcloths BT Tools Camera cloths Cleaning cloths NT Coachbuilding routers
Cloth patches RT Wheelwrighting tools Egyptian mummy cloths Lens cloths Coaches Pudding cloths Saddlecloths Coal boxes Tablecloths BT Boxes Tapa cloths RT Coalscuttles Tea-towels Temple cloths Coal feeders Tray cloths SN Pieces of material, made by any process, USE Factory equipment and used for specific purposes. Coal hoppers Clown dolls USE Factory equipment BT Character dolls
RT Toy clowns Coal mining equipment
BT Mining equipment Club badges
BT Badges Coal picks SN Badges indicating membership or other BT Picks role in a club, society or association.
Clubs Coal samples
BT Percussive weapons BT Mineral samples
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Coal scuttles NT Overcoats
USE Coalscuttles Parkas Raincoats Coal trains Surcoats Tail coats USE Trains
Coats of arms Coalscuttles BT Identity devices BT Fireplace accessories
RT Coal boxes Coaxial cables
SN A bucket in which coal is carried into, and BT Electronic equipment kept in, a room (Macquarie Dictionary) SN Cables composed of an insulated central conductor with tubular stranded Coasters conductors laid over it concentrically and BT Tableware separated by layers of insulation.
SN Small mats placed under glasses or cups to protect tables from their moisture and Cobbler's tools heat. USE Bootmaking tools
Coat dresses Cobbling tools BT Dresses USE Bootmaking tools SN Dresses styled in a similar way to a coat.
Cochlear implants Coat hangers BT Surgical implants USE Coat-hangers
Cockatoo feathers Coat-hangers BT Feathers BT Clothing accessories
Cockatoos Coat studs BT Australian birds BT Studs
Cockspurs Coathangers BT Kiln furniture USE Coat-hangers SN Supports for holding ceramic wares while in the kiln. Usually with three legs and Coats one upwards point. Sometimes called a Stilt. BT Outerwear
NT Beach coats Cocktail cabinets
Beach robes BT Bar equipment Evening coats Cabinets Frock coats SN Cabinets for storing spirits and liqueurs, as well as glasses and other accessories Fur coats used in making cocktails. House coats Lab coats Cocktail dresses
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BT Dresses Coffee Evening wear BT Beverages Cocktail glasses
BT Bar equipment Coffee accessories Drinking glasses BT Domestic equipment
NT Coffee bean roasters Cocktail hats Coffee containers BT Evening wear Coffee cups Hats Coffee grinders Cocktail shakers Coffee mugs Coffee percolators BT Bar equipment Food processing equipment Coffee services Coffee spoons Cocktail sticks Coffeepots
USE Swizzle sticks Coffee and chicory
Cocoa BT Beverages
BT Beverages Coffee bean roasters RT Cocoa containers BT Coffee accessories SN A beverage made of cocoa powder Food processing equipment
Cocoa containers Coffee cans
BT Food storage containers BT Coffee cups
NT Cocoa tins SN Small straight-sided cylindrical cups, shaped like mugs, and popular in the 18th RT Cocoa century for serving coffee. They are approximately 2.5 inches in both height Cocoa tins and width.
BT Cocoa containers Coffee containers
BT Coffee accessories Coconuts Food storage containers
BT Nut fruits NT Coffee tins
RT Coffee Cocoons BT Animal products Coffee cups
BT Coffee accessories Coding devices Drinking cups
BT Equipment NT Coffee cans
RT Coffee mugs Codpieces
BT Protective clothing Coffee grinders BT Coffee accessories RT Cricket boxes Food processing equipment
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BT Kitchen equipment SN Use for commercial packaging. For generic kitchenware use Canisters. Coffee machines Coffeepots BT Food processing equipment Machines BT Coffee accessories Pots RT Coffee accessories
SN Machines used (usually in cafes) to make Coffin accessories espresso coffee. BT Funeral equipment Coffee mills
USE Coffee grinders Coffin planes USE Smoothing planes Coffee mugs
BT Coffee accessories Coffins Mugs BT Funeral equipment RT Coffee cups Cog rattles
Coffee percolators BT Rattles BT Coffee accessories Cogwheels
Coffee pots USE Gear wheels USE Coffeepots Coherers
Coffee roasters BT Electronic equipment USE Coffee bean roasters RT Radios
SN Obsolete devices for detecting radio Coffee services waves, usually consisting of a tube filled BT Coffee accessories with a conducting substance in granular Tableware form, whose electrical resistance decreases when radio waves pass through SN A set of implements for serving coffee, it. including a coffee-pot, sugar-bowl, cream-jug or milk-jug, and often a large tray, but not articles of cutlery or Coils flatware. BT Electrical equipment Electronic equipment Coffee spoons SN Electrical conductors such as copper BT Coffee accessories wires, wound into a spiral or similar form. Spoons SN Very small spoons, about 10cm long, used Coin albums for stirring coffee in a small coffee cup. BT Albums Money accessories Coffee tables BT Tables Coin bags
BT Bags Coffee tins Money accessories
BT Coffee containers Food storage cans
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Coin cabinets NT Centavo coins
BT Cabinets Centesimo coins Money accessories Centime coins Centimo coins Coin moulds Cents BT Minting equipment Coin proof sets Moulds Coin specimen sets Commemorative coins Coin presses Counterfeit coins BT Minting equipment Daler coins Presses Darics
Coin proof sets Decimo coins Denier coins BT Coins Dinars SN Sets of coins which have been minted but Dirham coins not placed in circulation. Dobra coins Coin sorting machines Doit coins
BT Machines Dollar coins Money accessories Double coins Sorting equipment Drachma coins Ducatoon coins Coin specimen sets Dumps BT Coins Escudo coins Falus coins Coining Presses Fil coins USE Coin presses Filler coins Florins Coins Follis coins BT Money Forint coins Franc coins NT Ancient Greek coins Grano coins Ancient Indian coins Groat coins Ancient Roman coins Groschen coins Angel coins Grosz coins Anna coins Guilders Att coins Headdress coins Baht coins Heller coins Baiocco coins Holey dollars Batz coins Kapang coins Bullet money Kopek coins Bullion pieces Kopeks Byzantine coins Kreuzer coins Candareen coins Krone coins Cash coins Lepton coins Cent coins
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NT Liard coins NT Spade money Lion coins Star pagoda coins Lira coins Stuber coins Mace coins Stuiver coins Maravedi coins Testoon coins Mark coins Thaler coins Markka coins Tornese coins Mil coins Tournois coins Millieme coins Turner coins Misstruck coins Unicorn coins Mohur coins Unite coins Mon coins Yen coins New pence coins Zloty coins
Noble coins RT Toy coins Ore coins Para coins Colanders
Pattern coins BT Kitchenware Pengo coins SN Strainers for draining off liquids, Penni coins particularly in cookery. Penny coins Cold chisels Peso coins Pfennig coins BT Chisels Metalworking tools Piastre coins NT Coopering chisels Pice coins SN Steel bars, usually of octagonal section, Pie coins with one end tapered and ground on both Pound coins sides to a chisel edge. Used by a variety of Proclamation coins trades for cutting metal. Qirsh coins Cold packs Rappen coins BT Health and medical equipment Real coins Reis coins RT Sports equipment Riksdaler coins SN Icebags or plastic packs filled with chemicals which can be chilled and Rouble coins applied to the body to reduce swelling and Rupee coins relieve pain. Rupiah coins Ryal coins Collages Schilling coins BT Artworks Sen coins Shekel coins Collar boxes
Shilling coins BT Boxes Skilling coins Clothing storage containers Sol coins Soldo coins Collars Sou coins BT Neckwear
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NT Detachable collars BT Transfers
Dog collars RT Tintypes Fur collars Wing collars Collodion wet plate negatives
USE Wet collodion negatives Collecting cards
BT Cards Collotype prints
NT Cigarette cards USE Collotypes SN Use for cards issued singly or in sets since the 19th century, primarily to be collected, bearing a wide variety of types of images, Collotypes such as sports figures, movie stars, or BT Photolithographs flowers. (Art and Architecture Thesaurus, 2002). SN Photomechanical prints produced by the collotype process, a type of Collection boxes photolithography where a printing plate is prepared using a bichromate process. BT Boxes Unhardened gelatine areas hold water and thus resist greasy ink ; hardened areas accept ink and hold it in the Collection plates characteristic worm-like pattern of cracks. BT Religious objects Colmar machines SN Plates used in churches to take up a collection of money. USE Arithmometers
Collector cards Colognes USE Collecting cards BT Perfumes Shaving toiletries Collectors cards
USE Collecting cards Colorimeters BT Meters Colliery engines
USE Mining engines Colour charts
BT Charts Collodion dry plate negatives Painting equipment
USE Dry collodion negatives NT Paint colour charts RT Colour comparators Collodion glass positives
USE Ambrotypes Colour comparators BT Painting equipment
Collodion negatives RT Colour charts USE Wet collodion negatives Colour compensating filters
Collodion positives USE Colour filters USE Ambrotypes Colour conversion filters
Collodion transfers USE Colour filters
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Colour filters SN Combination weapons consisting of a small arm combined with either a BT Camera filters different weapon or with some tool or article of everyday use, such as a walking SN Any of various filters used to alter the stick. response of film to one or more wavelengths of light. Combination photoprints
Colour screen process USE Composite photographs transparencies USE Screen process transparencies Combination plane irons
BT Plane irons Colour transparencies SN Plane irons for combination planes. BT Photographic transparencies
SN Photographic transparencies whose Combination planes images are composed of more than one hue, plus the neutral tones. Use BT Combination tools `Black-and-white transparencies' for Planes photographic transparencies having a SN Planes with a movable fence and range of tones within one hue. interchangeable blades used for a variety of grooving and moulding purposes. Coloured pencils
BT Pencils Combination pliers BT Combination tools Pliers Column components SN Any of various styles of pliers that can be BT Columns used for cutting, swaging or hammering, as well as for gripping. SN Parts of architectural columns, such bases, shafts or capitals. Combination prints
Columns USE Composite photographs
BT Architectural elements Combination tools NT Column components BT Tools
Comb cases NT Combination planes BT Hair care equipment Combination pliers Tool pads
Combination backs RT Awls
USE Combination camera backs SN Use for collections of tools that have more than one function. Use a more specific term where possible. Combination camera backs BT Camera backs Combination weapons
SN Camera backs allowing the use of roll film BT Weapons or sheet film in a camera. NT Combination guns Combination guns Swordsticks SN Weapons which are combinations of two or BT Combination weapons more different kinds of weapon. May also be used for weapons that are hidden in or appear to be innocent articles of everyday use.
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Combinations Commemorative cups
BT Underwear BT Commemorative objects Cups RT Union suits Commemorative envelopes Combined receiving licences BT Philatelic envelopes USE Television receiving licences
Commemorative glassware Combined weapons BT Commemorative objects USE Combination weapons
Commemorative jugs Combs BT Commemorative objects BT Hair care equipment Jugs
RT Dolls combs Commemorative medallions
Combustion turbines BT Commemorative objects Medallions USE Gas turbine engines Commemorative medals Comic books BT Commemorative objects BT Books Medals
Comic character dolls Commemorative mugs
USE Character dolls BT Commemorative objects Mugs
Commemorative badges NT Coronation mugs RT Commemorative cups BT Badges Commemorative objects Commemorative objects
Commemorative banners BT Objects BT Banners NT Commemorative badges Commemorative objects Commemorative banners Commemorative books Commemorative books Commemorative cards BT Books Commemorative objects Commemorative coins Commemorative cups Commemorative cards Commemorative glassware
BT Cards Commemorative jugs Commemorative objects Commemorative medallions Commemorative medals Commemorative coins Commemorative mugs BT Coins Commemorative plates Commemorative objects Commemorative teapots Commemorative teaspoons
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NT Commemorative ware Commode chairs
Commemoratives BT Chairs Presentation pieces Sanitary equipment SN A general term used to indicate a range of SN Chairs fitted with a commode pan items produced to commemorate a special (chamber pot). event. Use a narrower term instead if possible e.g. Commemorative mugs Commode pans
Commemorative photographs BT Sanitary equipment
BT Photographs Commodes
Commemorative plates BT Storage and display furniture
BT Commemorative objects RT Washstands
Plates SN Pieces of furniture containing drawers or shelves OR stands or cupboards Commemorative teapots containing a chamber-pot or washbasin.
BT Commemorative objects Communication satellites Teapots BT Satellites Commemorative teaspoons Telecommunications equipment SN Artificial earth satellites used for relaying BT Commemorative objects radio and television signals around the Teaspoons curved surface of the earth. SN Teaspoons that commemorate an event. Communications equipment
Commemorative trowels BT Equipment USE Presentation trowels NT Aerials Antennas Commemorative ware Audio and visual equipment Radar equipment Commemoratives Telecommunications equipment Transmitters Commercial artwork
USE Commercial artworks Communion cups
USE Chalices Commercial artworks
BT Artworks Communion sets
BT Religious objects
Commercial buildings SN A set of articles used for the Eucharist, BT Buildings including a chalice (or communion cup), paten and flagon. NT Office buildings Shops Community posters BT Posters Commercial establishments USE Commercial buildings Commutators
BT Electrical equipment
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SN Devices for reversing the direction of an NT Balance pans electric current, especially in dynamos or Battery components motors. Beams Compact disc players Book components
BT Audio equipment Camera components Clothing components Compact discs Computer components
BT Machine-readable records Container components Optical discs Doll components
NT Audio compact discs Engine components CD-ROMs Figure components Furniture components Compacts Handles USE Face powders Lamp components Machinery components Compass dividers Musical instrument components
USE Bow compasses Nozzles Radio components Compass planes Sewing machine components
BT Planes Telephone components Timepiece components RT Smoothing planes Tool components SN Planes having a curved baseplate, either Vehicle components concave or convex, used for smoothing curved woodwork. Weapon components
Compass saws Comports
BT Hand saws BT Dinnerware Fruit bowls NT Keyhole saws SN Bowl, usually on a stemmed foot, often SN Hand saws with a narrow blade tapered with a cover, for serving stewed fruit. almost to a point, used to cut small intricate shapes or circles of small radii, Composing machines particularly where it would be difficult to work bow saws. BT Printing machines
Compass smoothing planes Composite photographs USE Compass planes BT Manipulated photographs
SN Photographic prints in which two or more Compasses negatives are printed as one unified BT Navigational equipment image. For combinations of images, such as photographs with architectural NT Directional compasses drawings, use `Photomontages'. Use `Collages' when pieces of photographs or Drafting compasses other relatively flat materials are pasted Surveying compasses together into less unified images.
Components Composites
BT Objects USE Composite photographs
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Compotes Computer chips
USE Comports BT Computer components
RT Computer memory devices Compotiers
USE Comports Computer circuits
BT Computer components Compound engines
BT Steam engines Computer components
NT Cross compound engines BT Components Double expansion engines Computer hardware Tandem compound engines NT Computer cables Triple expansion engines Computer chips SN Multicylinder displacement engines, using Computer circuits steam, air or hot gas, where expansion Computer power supplies proceeds sequentially to drive the piston up and down. Paper tape units
Compression-ignition engines Computer desks
USE Diesel engines BT Computer accessories Office desks Compressors Computer disk drives BT Machines BT Computer hardware NT Air compressors
Ammonia compressors Computer game software
Comptometers BT Applications software Games BT Mechanical calculators RT Computer game units SN High-speed adding and calculating machines. Computer game units
Computer accessories BT Games BT Accessories Microcomputers SN Computers which exclusively run games NT Computer desks software. Computer mouses Machine-readable records Computer games Mouse mats BT Games
Styluses (computer accessory) RT Computer game units Typing keyboards SN Games designed for playing on a RT Computers computer. (For standalone or dedicated game units, use "Computer game units".) Computer cables Computer hardware BT Cables BT Information processing equipment Computer components NT Computer components
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NT Computer disk drives BT Computer accessories Computer memory devices Computer printers Computer musical instruments Computer terminals BT Musical instruments Office information systems NT Digital pianos Visual display units Music synthesizers RT Computers SN Electronic instruments which utilise SN The general term for the physical parts of computer technology to generate or the computer, including the central process electronic signals in order to processing unit, memory, bus, and clock, produce music as well as peripherals such as printers, disk and tape drives, keyboards, and Computer peripheral equipment visual display units. USE Computer hardware
Computer kits Computer power supplies BT Information processing equipment BT Computer components RT Computers
SN Kits for making up a computer. Computer printers
BT Computer hardware Computer languages Printing machines BT Computing Computer programmes RT Computer programming USE Computer software SN Software used by programmers to write computer programs. This term may be subdivided into named languages as Computer punch cards required. BT Computer memory devices
Computer memory devices SN Used for early (mid 20th century) computing. BT Computer hardware
NT CD-ROMs Computer punch tape
Computer punch cards BT Computer memory devices Computer punch tape Floppy disks Computer screens Magnetic computer tape USE Visual display units Magnetic drums
Optical discs Computer software RT Computer chips BT Information processing equipment
Computer memory drums NT Applications software Operating systems USE Magnetic drums SN The programs and other information used by the computer. Computer monitors
USE Visual display units Computer storage devices USE Computer memory devices Computer mouses
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Computer terminals SN A book for people to write messages of condolence in, usually used at funerals. BT Computer hardware
SN Use only for dumb terminals. For display Condolence letters terminals, use Visual display units. BT Letters
Computers RT Condolence books; Sympathy cards
BT Information processing equipment SN letters written offering sympathy and condolences. NT Analog computers Digital computers Condom boxes SN Devices that perform mathematical and BT Personal effects logical computations electronically according to a series of stored instructions called a program. Condoms
BT Male contraceptives Concertinas SN Thin coverings, usually rubber, worn over BT Accordions the penis during sexual intercourse to prevent conception or sexually Concrete pipes transmitted diseases
USE Pipes Conductors batons
BT Music accessories Condensing engines
BT Steam engines Conduits SN Steam engines in which the steam BT Electrical equipment exhausts from the cylinder to a vacuum space (the condenser), where the pressure is maintained as much below that of the Confectionery atmosphere as possible. BT Foodstuffs
Condiment dishes NT Lozenges Dishes BT RT Confectionery jars
Condiment sets Confectionery jars
BT Tableware BT Food storage containers Jars RT Cruet sets Retailing equipment SN Sets of vessels of different types, for serving condiments. For sets of identical RT Confectionery or nearly identical stoppered or lidded condiment vessels on a stand or small Confectionery moulds tray, use 'Cruet sets'. BT Food moulds Condiments
BT Foodstuffs Confectionery packaging
BT Food packaging Condolence books
BT Books Confirmation dresses
BT Ceremonial clothing RT Condolence letters; Sympathy cards
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BT Dresses Contact photoprints
USE Contact prints Confirmation veils
BT Veils Contact printers
BT Printing machines Conkers SN Devices used for making contact prints in BT Games photography, having a frame for holding SN Games using horse chestnuts: one child printing paper and negatives together and swings a conker, which has been threaded a light source for making an exposure. on a string, in an attempt to break his opponent's conker. Contact printing frames
BT Photographic processing equipment Console tables
BT Tables NT Stereo printing frames
SN Tables with bracket-like legs, designed to RT Contact printers fit against a wall. SN The frames used in contact printers, usually hinged frames which hold Construction equipment negatives flat on the paper while the contact print is being made. BT Occupation-based equipment
NT Cranes Contact prints Hods BT Photographic prints Hydraulic shovels RT Contact printers Power shovels SN Prints made by interfacing a negative and Steamrollers a sheet of photographic paper and exposing the paper with raw light. Construction toys
BT Toys Container components BT Components NT Meccano sets Toy bricks NT Barrel hoops
RT Mechanical toys Lids
SN Toys which can be joined together to Stoppers construct objects such as buildings, Vessel covers vehicles etc. which may or may not work Vessel liners mechanically. Vessel stands Construction vehicles SN Parts of containers, such as lids, stoppers, handles etc BT Vehicles Containers NT Cement mixers BT Objects Front-end loaders
RT Toy construction vehicles NT Aerosol cans Aerosol containers Contact lenses Aerosol packs
BT Eyewear Animal transport containers Optical lenses Atomisers Bags
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NT Barrels NT Reliquaries Basins Situlae Baskets Storage boxes Bicycle luggage carriers Storage tanks Bottles String containers Bowls Tins Boxes Tobacco containers Buckets Tool containers Cages Toy storage containers Cans Urns Cartons Vases Cases Vats Caskets Water containers Casks Wineskins Chemical containers Cigarette packets Contra basses Clothing storage containers USE Double basses Cosmetics containers Crates Contraceptive creams Crucibles BT Spermicides Cups Drinking vessels Contraceptive diaphragms
Ewer and basin sets BT Female contraceptives Flasks SN A contraceptive membrane worn in the Food storage containers vagina covering the cervix Gas bottles Contraceptive implants Gas cylinders Gas tanks BT Contraceptives Holdalls SN Designed to be implanted in the body, usually in the upper arm. They are Jars impregnated with synthetic hormone Jugs (such as levonorgestrel). The hormone is Kegs then released gradually, over a period of time, thus removing the necessity to use Kerosene containers contraceptive measures daily. Match containers Medication containers Contraceptive intra-uterine devices
Opium containers USE Intra-uterine devices Paint containers Pans Contraceptive packaging
Pesticide containers BT Packaging Photographic equipment containers
Planters Contraceptive pessaries Portfolios USE Contraceptive suppositories Pots Presentation containers
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Contraceptive pills BT Photographic lenses
USE Oral contraceptives SN Camera lenses that consist of several elements which can be used in various combinations to provide different focal Contraceptive suppositories lengths (AAT).
BT Spermicides Convict bricks Vaginal suppositories BT Bricks Contraceptives Convict relics
BT Birth control equipment Convict clothing NT Contraceptive implants BT Clothing Female contraceptives Convict relics
Male contraceptives NT Convict shirts RT Sex aids Convict love tokens
Contracts BT Convict relics BT Legal documents Tokens SN Coins reused by engraving with verse and/or decoration/dedication by a Control boards transportee to Australia to be left as a keepsake with a loved one - either BT Control equipment romantic or family.
Control equipment Convict relics
BT Equipment BT Objects
NT Circuit breakers NT Convict bricks Control boards Convict clothing Control units Convict love tokens Remote control transmitters Switches Convict shirts BT Convict clothing Control units Shirts
BT Control equipment Cook books
Conversion tables USE Cookbooks
BT Calculation tables Cookbooks SN Tables of data used to show conversion values between different types of units, BT Books such as measurement units or currency units. Cookery books Converted percussion pistols USE Cookbooks
BT Percussion pistols Cooking boilers SN Pistols which have been converted from flintlock to percussion firing mechanism. BT Cooking pots
Convertible lenses NT Cauldrons
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NT Double boilers Cooking stoves
Fish kettles BT Cooking equipment Food preserving boilers NT Electric cooking stoves Pudding boilers Fuel cooking stoves Rice boilers SN Kitchen boilers used for cooking specific Gas cooking stoves types of food like asparagus, fish, ham, Kerosene cooking stoves etc. SN Use this term for kitchen appliances with a cooktop. For kitchen appliances without Cooking booklets a cooktop, use Domestic ovens.
BT Booklets Cooking timers
BT Kitchenware Cooking equipment Timers BT Kitchen equipment NT Eggtimers
NT Barbecues Chestnut roasters Cooking utensils Cooking pots USE Kitchenware Cooking stoves Deep-fryers Coolamons Domestic ovens BT Bowls
Egg cookers SN Basin-shaped wooden dishes made and Frying baskets used by Aborigines. Frying pans Coolers Hibachi BT Objects Jaffle irons Toasters NT Butter coolers Waffle irons Eskies Freezers Cooking pots Refrigerators BT Cooking equipment Wine cask coolers Pots Wine-coolers NT Billy cans Wineglass coolers Camp ovens Cooking boilers Cooling equipment
Cooking steamers BT Environment control equipment Pressure cookers NT Airconditioners Saucepans Fans RT Baking tins Coopering adzes
Cooking steamers BT Adzes BT Cooking pots Coopering tools SN Short handled tools whose handles are NT Fish steamers wedged into the head to lean sharply SN Kitchen utensils used for steaming fish, towards the blade. vegetables, rice, etc.
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Coopering axes Coopering planes
BT Axes BT Coopering tools Coopering tools Planes
SN Axes used for shaping the staves and NT Chivs heads of barrels. They have thin, flat Crozes T-shaped blades ground on one side only and a handle that is offset to prevent Sun planes grazing of knuckles. SN Various planes used in coopering. Use a more specific term where possible. Coopering chisels Coopering punches BT Cold chisels Coopering tools BT Coopering tools SN All-steel cold chisels for cutting iron Punches hoops. SN Used for punching holes in hoops to take the rivets, for ornamental work, to force Coopering compasses the flat ends of the hoop together or to dome the tail of the rivet. BT Coopering tools Drafting compasses Coopering saws RT Wing compasses BT Coopering tools SN Compasses used by coopers, especially for Frame saws finding the correct radius for cask heads. RT Crozes They include iron wing compasses with legs 7 to 8 inches long; wooden compasses SN Saws used by coopers for sawing the with tapered legs up to 18 inches long, jointed pieces of the cask heads into a fitted with iron points; and wooden circular shape and for cutting croze compasses in the form of a bow with the grooves in single staves when doing repair legs connected by a wooden cross-piece work. with screws at the ends. Coopering shaves Coopering drawing knives BT Coopering tools BT Coopering tools Shaves Drawing knives NT Coopering spokeshaves NT Hollowing drawing knives Downright shaves Jigger knives Inside shaves Round shaves RT Coopering drawing knives RT Coopering shaves SN Several different cutting and scraping SN Drawing knives used by coopers for taking tools used for the final smoothing and of unwanted timber from the back and cleaning down of the inside and outside of inside of staves and for paring the bevel the casks and the heads. surrounding the heads. Coopering spokeshaves Coopering hammers BT Coopering shaves BT Coopering tools Spokeshaves Hammers SN Spokeshaves of heavy make with strong NT Hammer drivers cutting irons. They are used for finishing pails and similar coopered vessels. SN Hammers used by coopers, including heavy short-handled hand hammers for beating truss-hoops on and off, striking Coopering tools hoop drivers and riveting and flaring BT Woodworking tools hoops and two-handed type hammers for finishing off casks and serving as anvils. NT Caulking irons
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NT Caulking mallets USE Hoop drivers Chincing irons Coopering adzes Cooper's frame saws Coopering axes USE Coopering saws Coopering chisels Coopering compasses Cooper's gauges
Coopering drawing knives USE Stave gauges Coopering hammers Coopering planes Cooper's hammer drivers
Coopering punches USE Hammer drivers Coopering saws Coopering shaves Cooper's head saws Coopering vices USE Coopering saws Flagging irons
Hoop drivers Cooper's hollowing drawing knives Stave gauges USE Hollowing drawing knives Coopering vices Cooper's inside shaves BT Coopering tools USE Inside shaves SN Not a vice in the ordinary sense of the word, these are tools made like coarse gimlets with a key-like handle. The tool is Cooper's jigger drawing knives twisted into the head of casks in order to lift the head up into place. USE Jigger knives
Cooper's burton drivers Cooper's knives
USE Burton drivers USE Coopering drawing knives
Cooper's chiv planes Cooper's levellers
USE Chivs USE Sun planes
Cooper's chives Cooper's riddle saws
USE Chivs USE Coopering saws
Cooper's chivs Cooper's round shave drawing USE Chivs knives USE Round shaves
Cooper's croze planes Cooper's round shaves USE Crozes USE Round shaves
Cooper's downright shaves Coping saws USE Downright shaves BT Bow saws
Cooper's drivers
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SN Small bow saws with a narrow blade BT Liqueur glasses mounted in a U-shaped frame with a SN Small drinking glasses (about 1 to 1.5 oz. handle, used to cut curves in wood. capacity) for cordials, liqueurs, and eaux-de-vie, used from the 17th to 19th Copings centuries. They were usually shaped like BT Architectural elements small wine glasses.
SN Protective caps, tops, or covers of walls, Corers parapets, or other structures, often of stone, terracotta, or metal. (Art and BT Kitchenware Architecture Thesaurus, Getty Institute, 2005) NT Apple corers RT Slicers Copper points
BT Metal points Cork extractors
BT Bottle openers Copper sticks NT Corkscrews BT Laundry equipment
SN Sticks or tongs used to push clothes under Cork pictures water, manipulate the wash, and remove hot clothes from laundry coppers. BT Pictures
Copper tongs Cork removers
USE Copper sticks USE Cork extractors
Copying devices Corkscrews
BT Objects BT Cork extractors
NT Camera lucida Copying machines Corn crushers
BT Agricultural equipment Copying machines
BT Copying devices Corn dollies Machines BT Festive objects NT Gestetners Ornaments Mimeographs SN Ornaments made by wheat-weaving, Photocopiers usually associated with harvest folklore.
Coral Corneal lenses
BT Animal parts USE Intra ocular lenses Animals Cornelians Corbels USE Carnelians BT Brackets SN Architectural brackets. Supporting Corner cabinets projections of stone, wood, terracotta, etc, on the face of a wall. Also supports for BT Cabinets mantelpieces. SN Furniture cabinets designed to fit into a corner. Cordial glasses
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Corner chairs Coronation robes
BT Chairs BT Ceremonial clothing Robes Corner cupboards Coronets BT Cupboards USE Tiaras SN Cupboards designed to fit into a corner.
Correspondence Corner drills BT Documents USE Breast drills NT Faxes Corner shops Letter books
BT Shops Letters Memorandums
Cornets Pigeongrams Telegrams BT Trumpets
SN Wind instrument of the trumpet class, Corsages with valves and pistons. BT Personal adornments
Cornices SN Small bouquets worn at the waist, on the shoulder etc. BT Architectural elements Mouldings Corselets SN Horizontal mouldings or bands used between a wall and a ceiling, crowning a BT Underwear wall, or for concealing hooks or rods from which curtains are hung, or for supporting RT Corsets picture hooks. SN Shaped, close-fitting supporting undergarments with very few or no bones, Cornish engines worn by women, enclosing the trunk and extending for a distance above and below BT Non-condensing engines the waistline. Pumping engines SN Non-condensing early steam engines used Corset covers for pumping water from mines. BT Underbodices Cornucopia RT Corsets USE Cornucopias SN Low-necked, sleeveless underbodices to cover the corset to the waist. Cornucopias Corset hooks BT Centrepieces BT Clothing hooks SN Horn-shaped or conical receptacles or ornaments. Corset laces Coronation mugs BT Laces BT Commemorative mugs Underwear components
SN Commemorative mugs celebrating a RT Corsets coronation.
Corsets
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BT Underwear NT Alabastrons
NT Guepieres Alabastrum SN Shaped, close-fitting inner garments Balsamaria stiffened with whalebone or the like and Cosmetics jars capable of being tightened by lading, enclosing the trunk and extending for a Face powder containers distance above and below the waistline, Flacons worn (chiefly by women) to change the Lipstick cases appearance of the shape of the body. Unguentaria Cosmetics RT Cosmetics
BT Toiletries Cosmetics jars NT Artificial eyelashes BT Cosmetics containers Depilatories Jars Face powders NT Cassolettes False eyelashes Incense jars Lipsticks Oil jars Mascara Pomade jars Rouge Potpourri jars SN Preparations for beautifying the complexion and skin. Toothpowder jars SN Jars used for storing cosmetics and Cosmetics bags associated toiletries and perfumery.
BT Cases Cosmetics packaging Personal effects BT Packaging
Cosmetics brushes RT Toiletries packaging BT Brushes
NT Powder puffs Cosmic ray detectors BT Astronomical equipment RT Face powders
SN Soft brushes used for applying cosmetics. Cossack uniforms Cosmetics cabinets BT Uniforms
BT Cabinets Costrels RT Cosmetics USE Pilgrim flasks SN Cabinets holding cosmetics in compartments or shallow drawers. Costume accessories
Cosmetics cases USE Clothing accessories BT Cases Personal effects Costume components RT Toiletry bags BT Clothing components
Cosmetics containers Costume dolls BT Containers BT Dolls NT Alabastra
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RT National costumes BT Toiletries SN Small balls of cotton wool SN Dolls outfitted in traditional national or ethnic dress Cotton wool rolls
Costumes BT Cotton wool BT Clothing RT Cotton wool balls
NT Academic dress SN Cotton wool that is packaged as a rolled Academicals sheet. Fancy dress costumes Couches National costumes BT Seating furniture Performance costumes
SN Clothing belonging to another period, NT Divans place etc used for special occasions and not normally considered streetwear, eg stage clothing, national dress, etc. Cough mixtures BT Patent medicines Cot covers
BT Bedcovers Counter signs
BT Shop display equipment Cots Signs BT Beds SN Small signs designed to sit on a Nursery furniture countertop, as in a shop or office. SN Childrens beds with enclosed sides. Counterfeit coins
Cotton gins BT Coins
BT Agricultural machines Counterpanes SN Machines that separates cottonseed from the fibres. USE Bedspreads
Cotton reels Country and western guitars BT Thread holders USE Steel string guitars
Cotton wipes Coupes USE Toiletries BT Dessert dishes
SN Stemmed glasses with a shallow bowl, Cotton wool used for serving chilled desserts consisting BT Health and medical equipment of fruit and ice-cream.
NT Cotton wool balls Couplings
Cotton wool rolls BT Machinery components SN Raw cotton for surgical dressings and toilet purposes which has had its natural NT Crankshaft couplings wax chemically removed (Macquarie SN Mechanical devices for uniting or Dictionary 3rd Ed.). connecting parts or things.
Cotton wool balls Court dress
BT Cotton wool BT Clothing
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SN Formal costume worn on state and NT Custard cups cermonial occasions in 17th and 18th centuries; for men it includes silk knee breeches and stockings. Covered dishes BT Serving dishes Court fans BT Hand fans Covered jars
BT Jars Court plaster SN Jars made with covers or lids BT Medical textiles
SN Cotton or other fabric coated on one side Covered jugs with an adhesive preparation, as of BT Jugs isinglass and glycerine, used for covering slight cuts etc on the skin. SN Jugs with unhinged covers
Court shoes Covered urns BT Shoes BT Urns SN Women's shoes with no adjustable SN Urns made with covers or lids fastening, but can have a decorative strap, bar, elastic gusset or trim. Courts are not normally flat-heeled. Covered vases
BT Vases Court uniforms SN Vases made with covers or lids BT Uniforms
Coverlets Coveralls BT Bedspreads USE Overalls
Covers Coverdishes BT Objects USE Covered dishes NT Album covers
Covered bowls Bedcovers Book covers BT Bowls Boot covers NT Ecuelles Chair covers RT Tureens Cushion covers Dish covers Covered boxes Display domes BT Boxes Food covers Musical instrument covers RT Covered jars Record covers SN Small containers with covers, usually metal or ceramic. Use only for decorative Seat covers objects, not packaging. Sewing machine covers Tarpaulins Covered cups Toilet seat covers BT Cups Typewriter covers
NT Chocolate cups Vessel covers
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NT Video cassette covers BT Health and medical equipment SN Use only for objects used to cover things. Meters For philatelic covers, use envelopes. Cranks Cow creamers BT Tool components BT Cream jugs Milk jugs RT Crankshafts SN Cream jugs or milk jugs in the form of a SN Devices for communicating motion or for cow, with an opening in the back for changing rotary motion into reciprocating filling, a spout in the form of the mouth, motion or vice versa. In their simplest and a curved tail as a handle. form they consist of an arm projecting at right angles from the axis or shaft which Cow horns receives or imparts the motion.
BT Animal horns Crankshaft couplings
BT Couplings Cowbells RT Crankshafts BT Animal bells
RT Musical bells Crankshafts SN Bells hung round a cow's neck. Use BT Machinery components Musical bells for those used in musical performance. SN Shafts driving or driven by a crank, especially the main shaft of an engine Cowboy boots which carries the cranks to which the connecting rods are attached. BT Boots Crates
Cows BT Containers BT Cattle NT Bottle crates SN Box or framework, usually of wooden Crabs slats,for packing and transporting fruit, furniture, etc (Macquarie Dictionary) BT Crustaceans Cravats
Cradles BT Neckwear BT Nursery furniture
SN Small beds or cots for an infant, usually Crayfish built on rockers. BT Crustaceans Crampons
BT Footwear accessories Crayfishes Sports equipment USE Crayfish SN Spiked plates that are attached to boots to ensure grip when walking or climbing on Crayon drawings snow and ice. USE Pastel drawings Cranes BT Construction equipment Crayon engravings
BT Engravings Craniometers
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SN Prints produced by an 18th century BT Financial records technique used in conjunction with stipple engraving for the reproduction of crayon drawings. Creese USE Kris Crayons
BT Drawing instruments Crematorium equipment
NT Pastels BT Funeral equipment
NT Funerary urns Cream
BT Foodstuffs Cribbage boards
BT Games Cream churns RT Game boards BT Churns SN Board with holes in it, used to mark Dairy equipment scores with pegs in a game of cribbage. RT Butter churns Cricket balls
Cream containers BT Cricket equipment BT Food storage containers Sports balls
NT Cream jugs Cricket bats RT Cream BT Cricket equipment
Cream jugs Cricket boots BT Cream containers BT Boots Jugs Cricket equipment NT Cow creamers Sports footwear SN Vessels in various forms for holding cream, generally having a handle and Cricket boxes spout or lip, and sometimes a lid. Commonly associated with coffee services. BT Cricket equipment Protective clothing Cream separators Sports clothing
BT Dairy equipment RT Athletic supports
SN Guards worn by men when playing cricket Creamers to protect genital area.
USE Cream jugs Cricket cages
BT Cages Credenzas
BT Sideboards Cricket equipment SN Small sideboards, often without legs. BT Sports equipment
Credit cards NT Cricket balls Cricket bats BT Financial transaction cards Cricket boots Cricket boxes Credit notes
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NT Cricket scoresheets BT Textileworking patterns Cricket uniforms Crochet threads Cricket scoresheets BT Crochet equipment Threads BT Cricket equipment Scoresheets Crockery Cricket uniforms USE Dinnerware
BT Cricket equipment Sports clothing Crocodiles
BT Reptiles Cricketers belts
BT Belts Cromwellian clocks Sports clothing USE Lantern clocks Crickets Crosiers BT Insects BT Religious objects
Crimping irons SN The pastoral staff of a bishop or an abbot, hooked at one end like a shepherd's crook. USE Goffering irons Cross compound engines
Crinolines BT Compound engines BT Underwear SN Compound engines where the steam moves between the cylinders in a Cris crisscross fashion.
USE Kris Crossbow winders
BT Weapon accessories Crochet borders RT Crossbows
Crochet equipment Crossbows BT Textileworking equipment BT Archery bows NT Crochet hairpins RT Crossbow winders Crochet hooks Crochet patterns SN Weapons for shooting missiles, consisting of a bow fixed transversely on a stock Crochet threads having a groove or barrel to direct the missile. Crochet hairpins
BT Crochet equipment Crowbars BT Tools Crochet hooks
BT Crochet equipment Crowes USE Crozes Crochet patterns
BT Crochet equipment Crowns
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BT Shilling coins BT Religious objects
SN Five shilling coins NT Pectoral crosses
RT Ceremonial jewellery Crowns (headwear)
BT Ceremonial clothing Crude oil engines Headwear BT Internal-combustion engines
Croze-iron boards SN Internal-combustion engines using a mixture of air and crude oil vapour as fuel. USE Crozes Cruet bottles
Croze irons USE Cruets BT Plane irons
RT Crozes Cruet sets
SN The cutting iron blade of crozes. BT Tableware
RT Condiment sets; Cruets Crozes SN Sets of identical or nearly identical BT Coopering planes stoppered or lidded condiment vessels on a stand or small tray. For sets of vessels of SN Planes used to cut a groove round the different types for serving condiments, use inside of the staves, near each end, to take 'Condiment sets'. the heads off the cask. Cruets Croziers BT Bottles USE Crosiers Tableware
NT Double cruets Crucible covers RT Cruet sets BT Refractory equipment SN Individual containers from a cruet set. Usually small jug-shaped receptacles, Crucible stands with lips, handles, and stoppers or lids, used for serving condiments at the table. BT Refractory equipment
Cruise ships Crucible tongs USE Passenger ships BT Refractory equipment Tongs Crustaceans RT Crucibles BT Invertebrates
Crucibles NT Crabs Crayfish BT Containers Glassmaking equipment Prawns Metalworking equipment Refractory equipment Crutches
NT Scorifiers BT Walking aids SN Vessels used to heat substances to high temperatures. Crystal balls
Crucifixes BT Balls
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Crystal detectors USE Costume dolls
BT Electronic equipment Radio equipment Cummerbunds
RT Crystal receiving sets BT Clothing accessories
SN Devices used in early radio receiving RT Waistbands apparatus for rectifying the alternating currents, consisting essentially of a crystal, as of galena or carborundum, Cuneiform tablets permitting a current to pass freely in one BT Documents direction only. SN Form of ancient Sumerian writing on clay Crystal receiving sets tablets
BT Radios Cup handles
RT Crystal detectors BT Handles
SN Simple forms of radio receiver based on a RT Cups crystal detector.
Cuckoo clocks Cup, saucer and plate sets
BT Clocks BT Tableware
Cuff buttons Cup stands
BT Buttons BT Vessel stands
Cuff links Cupboards
USE Cufflinks BT Storage and display furniture
NT Corner cupboards Cufflinks Kitchen cupboards BT Clothing accessories Night cupboards Jewellery RT Wardrobes
Cuffs Cupolas BT Clothing accessories BT Architectural elements NT Uniform cuffs SN Rounded vaults or domes constituting or built upon a roof (Macquarie Dictionary Cullenders 3rd ed.)
USE Colanders Cups
BT Containers Culottes
BT Clothing NT Chalices Christening cups Cultivators Commemorative cups Covered cups BT Agricultural machines Disposable cups Drinking cups Cultural group dolls Feeding cups
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NT Loving cups Cushion covers
Measuring cups BT Covers Presentation cups Soft furnishings Three handled cups Cushions
Cups and saucers BT Soft furnishings BT Drinking cups Tableware Cuspidors USE Curettes Spittoons
BT Surgical instruments Custard cups
BT Covered cups Curlers Dinnerware USE Hair rollers RT Custard glasses
SN Small cups with a cover, for serving Curling iron heaters custard, usually made in a set en suite BT Hair care equipment and accompanied by a serving tray.
Custard glasses Curling irons BT Dinnerware BT Hair care equipment Glasses
Curling tongs Cut film cameras
USE Curling irons BT Film cameras
SN Cameras which take sheet film. Current indicators
BT Electrical equipment Cut-out books
Indicators BT Childrens books Testing equipment Paper toys SN Books with perforated illustrations that Current transformers can be removed and used as paper toys.
BT Transformers Cut steel jewellery
BT Jewellery Curtain accessories SN Articles of jewellery made of steel cut as BT Furniture accessories studs or `heads', faceted and densely set to Window accessories provide brilliance. RT Curtains Cut-throat razors Curtain rod ends BT Razors
USE Curtain accessories Cutlasses Curtains BT Swords
BT Soft furnishings SN Short, heavy, slightly curved swords, Window coverings formerly used especially at sea.
RT Curtain accessories
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Cutlery NT Chisels
BT Tableware Diamond cutting tools Glass cutters NT Carving sets Gouges Chopsticks Knife blades Disposable cutlery Knives Food servers Machetes Kitchen knives Paper cutters Splayds Rasps Spoons Saws Table forks Scissors Table knives Scythes SN Utensils used at the table or in food preparation, including knives, forks, Secateurs spoons, servers and slices. Shears Sickles Cutlery boxes Spindle cutters BT Silverware boxes Tinsnips NT Knife boxes Tobacco cutters
RT Cutlery Wire cutters
SN Lined boxes used to store cutlery. RT Cutting machines
Cutting gauges Cuttlefish
BT Woodworking gauges BT Molluscs
SN Gauges fitted with small knives for cutting thin materials such as light Cyanotype prints plywood and marking parallel lines across the grain of wood. BT Photographic prints SN Photographic prints produced by a process Cutting irons with ferric salts producing blue lines on a white background, used chiefly in printing USE Plane irons tracings.
Cutting machines Cyanotypes
BT Machines USE Cyanotype prints
NT Lathes Cygnets RT Cutting tools BT Swans
Cutting tools Cylinder pianos BT Tools USE Barrel pianos NT Adzes Augers Cylinder player Axe heads BT Audio equipment Axes SN Use this term for early phongraphs / Bark cutters gramophones that played a cylinder Chaff cutters rather than a disc.
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Cylinder shaving machines Daguerreotype photographs
BT Machines USE Daguerreotypes
SN For shaving gramophone or dictaphone cylinders. Daguerreotypes
BT Direct positives Cylindrical calculators
BT Logarithmic calculating instruments RT Photographic plates
SN Drum shaped logarithmic calculating SN Photographs made by the daguerreotype machines with long scales. process, an early photographic process producing a direct positive image on a silver-coated copper plate. They are Cymbals usually mounted in cases. BT Percussion instruments
SN Brass or bronze concave plates, giving a Daiko musical sound when struck. BT Musical drums
SN A class of Japanese barrel drum, Cystoscopes two-headed and played with two sticks. BT Medical instruments Taiko is a general term to describe drums other than the hourglass drum known as SN Slender, cylindrical instruments for tsuzumi. Specific taikos include the examining the interior of the unrinary odaiko, shimedaiko, and da-daiko. bladder and for the introduction of medication therein. Daikos Czakan USE Daiko
USE Double flageolets Dairy appliances Da-daikos USE Dairy equipment
USE Daiko Dairy equipment Dado panels BT Occupation-based equipment
BT Architectural panels NT Butter beaters SN Panels applied to the dado, or lower part Butter churns of interior wall. Butter containers Butter moulds Daggers Butter pats BT Edged weapons Butter presses NT Chooras Butter stamps Cris Butter workers Dirks Butter wrappers Kris Cream churns Kukris Cream separators Stiletto daggers Dairy thermometers Skimmers Daguerreotype USE Daguerreotypes Dairy thermometers
BT Dairy equipment Thermometers
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Daler coins Dark slide holders
BT Coins USE Slide holders
SN A Scandinavian denomination. Daler is the Scandinavian word for Thaler. Dark slides
BT Camera accessories Dance costumes SN Opaque, insertable blinds that protect BT Performance costumes film in accessory film holders or NT Ballet costumes removable backs.
RT Dance equipment Darkroom lamps
BT Photographic processing equipment Dance equipment SN Lamps used in darkrooms which provide a BT Performing arts equipment light source that does not interfere with processing. NT Dance programs Dancing shoes Darkslide holders RT Dance costumes USE Slide holders
Dance programs Darkslides BT Dance equipment USE Dark slides Programs
Dancing shoes Darners BT Sewing equipment BT Dance equipment Shoes
NT Ballet shoes Darning eggs USE Darners Dandy rollers USE Dandy rolls Dashboard clocks
BT Clocks Dandy rolls Motor car accessories
BT Machinery components RT Battery clocks
SN Clocks built into dashboards of motor RT Papermaking machines cars. SN Rolls in a Fourdrinier papermaking machine used to compact the sheet and Dashboard covers sometimes to imprint a watermark. USE Motor car accessories Darics
BT Coins Data processing equipment
SN Gold coins of the ancient Persian Empire, USE Information processing equipment first struck under (and named after) Darius the Great, 521-486 BC. Day dresses Dark room lamps BT Dresses
USE Darkroom lamps Daylight enlargers
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BT Photographic enlargers SN Pieces of paper bearing a design which is to be transferred to wood, metal, china, SN Fixed-focus enlargers with a sheet of opal glass etc by the method of decalomania. diffusing glass instead of a lamphouse. They are pointed at the daylight to project an enlarged image of the negative on a Decanter stoppers sheet of bromide in the opposite end of the BT Bottle stoppers box. RT Decanters DC generators
BT Rotating generators Decanters
SN Rotating machines that supply an BT Beverage bottles electrical output with unidirectional voltage and current. Decime coins
DC motors BT Ten centime coins
BT Motors Decimo coins RT DC generators BT Coins SN Electric rotating machines energised by direct current and used to convert electric RT Centavo coins energy to mechanical energy. SN Equivalent to 10 centavos in the decimal Death certificates system as adopted by South American countries during the 19th century. BT Certificates Deck shoes
Debentures BT Shoes
BT Financial records SN Shoes to be worn on the deck of a ship, Legal documents generally with canvas upper and rubber SN Notes or certificates acknowledging a soles. debt, given by a company. Deckchairs
Debit Cards BT Chairs BT Financial transaction cards Outdoor furniture
SN Plastic card issued by bank or other financial institution which allows the Decorated eggs holder to draw funds from their account or BT Eggs prepaid sum without recourse to any Objects of vertu paper documentation. (Macquarie Dictionary, Third Edition 1997) NT Easter eggs
Debut dresses Decorative finishes
BT Evening dresses BT Artists equipment
SN Substances used for decoration which are Decadrachms not paint, such as gold leaf.
BT Drachm coins Decorative marbles
BT Marbles Decals RT Flower holders BT Documents
RT Stickers
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SN Marbles used in interior decoration as Denier coins ornaments, floral arrangement accessories, etc. BT Coins
SN The silver penny in the Carolingian Decorative panels currency system, based on the old Roman BT Artworks denarius (12 deniers = 1 solidus, 20 solidi = 1 libra; hence the abbreviation l.s.d. for Panels pounds, shillings and pence). NT Altarpieces SN Panels made of glass, silk, wood or other Densitometers materials, containing designs, carving USE Density meters etc., for ornamental purposes.
Deeds Density meters
BT Legal documents BT Meters Photographic processing equipment Deep-fryers SN Meters that measure the amount of silver deposit produced by exposure and BT Cooking equipment development.
Deer Dental books BT Books BT Mammals
NT Reindeer Dental chairs Stags USE Dentists chairs Defibrillators
BT Health and medical equipment Dental cream USE Toothpaste SN Medical apparatus which uses electric shocks to restore normal heart rhythm. Dental dams Demi-parures BT Dental equipment BT Parures Sex aids SN Matching jewellery, but not a complete SN Rectangular sheets, usually of latex parure set. rubber or silicone, originally invented for use by dentists, to isolate areas of the Demijohns mouth and also prevent the patient swallowing debris during procedures. Also BT Bottles now widely used for protection against sexually transmitted diseases during oral RT Acid jars sex. SN Large small-necked bottles, usually stoneware, often encased in wicker. Dental drills
BT Dental instruments Demonstration apparatus
BT Laboratory equipment Dental equipment
BT Health and medical equipment Demonstration models NT Dental dams BT Scientific models Dental instruments SN Models used to demonstrate scientific principles or discoveries. Dental moulds
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NT Dentists chairs Depilatories
Orthodontic appliances BT Cosmetics Tooth impressions Shaving toiletries SN Creams, lotions or waxes designed to Dental instruments remove hair from the body, by chemical or mechanical means. BT Dental equipment Medical instruments Depthing routers NT Dental drills USE Router planes Mouth mirrors
Dental moulds Dervish caps BT Caps BT Dental equipment Medical moulds Desiccators
Dental records BT Equipment BT Medical records SN Apparatus for drying fruit, milk etc, or for absorbing the moisture present in a range Dental speculums of substances. These can take the form of machinery, or packets of USE Mouth mirrors moisture-absorbing chemicals.
Dental X-ray machines Design archives BT Archives BT X-ray machines
Dentifrice boxes Design drawings BT Drawings BT Boxes
SN Boxes for storing toothpaste or tooth powder. Design models BT Models Dentifrices NT Prototypes BT Toiletries SN Models made to help clarify and visualise NT Tooth powder aspects of a project during the design process. Toothpaste SN Powders, pastes or other preparations for cleaning teeth, including soluble tablets Design specifications for cleaning false teeth. BT Specifications
Dentists chairs Design workbooks BT Chairs BT Books Dental equipment SN Books containing sketches, material Dentures samples, clippings etc, which document or inspire the design process. BT Prostheses Teeth Desk accessories
BT Furniture accessories Deodorants
BT Toiletries NT Desk calendars
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NT Desk sets SN Knives used for eating desserts. Their handles are usually short and their blades are sometimes curved and pointed. Desk calendars BT Calendars Dessert plates Desk accessories BT Plates
Desk lamps NT Cake plates
BT Lamps Fruit plates Office equipment SN Type of shallow plate for serving a dessert. Desk sets Dessert services BT Desk accessories BT Dinnerware Writing equipment SN Sets of matching articles intended primarily for use on a desk including such Dessert spoons articles as inkstands, pen trays, and USE Dessertspoons stampboxes. (Getty Institute, Art & Architecture Thesaurus, 2005) Dessertspoons Desks BT Spoons BT Furniture SN Spoons used for eating desserts. They are NT Bureaus intermediate in size between a tablespoon and a teaspoon. Lecterns Office desks Detachable collars School desks BT Collars Travelling desks
Writing desks Detective cameras
Despatch boxes BT Cameras
USE Dispatch boxes SN Small hand-held cameras, especially those designed to resemble familiar objects such as pens, cigarette boxes etc. Dessert dishes
BT Dishes Detergent bottles BT Bottles NT Coupes
RT Dessert plates Detonators SN Type of dish or bowl for serving a dessert. BT Explosives equipment
Dessert forks Developer dishes BT Table forks USE Developing trays NT Cake forks SN Forks used for eating a dessert. They have handles that are usually short and three Developer tanks or four flat tines. USE Developing tanks
Dessert knives Developing boxes BT Table knives
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USE Developing tanks SN Simple diaphragms consisting of metal plates with holes that could be inserted through a slit in the barrel of the lens Developing dishes mount. USE Developing trays Diaphragms Developing tanks USE Contraceptive diaphragms
BT Photographic processing equipment Diapositives NT Film tanks USE Photographic transparencies Plate tanks SN Light-tight containers in which film, plates or paper are processed. Diaries
BT Documents Developing trays
BT Photographic processing equipment Diathermy machines Trays BT Health and medical equipment RT Developing tanks Therapeutic devices SN Rectangular open dishes used for SN Machines which give off radiant heat, for developing single plates, sheet film or therapeutic purposes. processing film on paper to make prints. Diazo photoprints Diadems USE Diazo prints BT Headwear Jewellery Diazo prints RT Tiaras BT Prints SN Crown-like headpieces of metal SN This was a process yielding a 'direct positive' line image (i.e. an original line Diagrams drawing, black line on white paper, BT Documents produces a dark line on near-white ground). Used chiefly for the reproduction NT Engineering diagrams of engineers' etc. drawings, they have SN Graphic designs that explain rather than replaced the cyanotype, blue-print process. represent. Exposure to light produces a reaction between the diazo compound and a dye Diamond cutting tools substance in the paper, which is brought out by ammonia vapour or solution. It is BT Cutting tools not suitable for half-tone images. The Primulene process was introduced in America in 1890 by Green, Cross and Diamonds Bevan. Various treatments after exposure BT Gemstones could produce red, orange, purple, brown or black images. Ref: Arthur T. Gill, 'Photographic processes, a glossary and a Diapers chart for recognition', (UK) Museums Association Information Sheet No.21, USE Nappies 1978. PAM770.238/GIL - Powerhouse Museum Research Library Diaphragm holes Dice BT Camera diaphragms BT Game accessories Recreational equipment
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Dicky fronts SN Compression-ignition engines in which fuel oil is sprayed into the cylinder after USE Shirt fronts the air in it has been compressed, thus causing the ignition of the oil, at substantially constant pressure. Dictaphones USE Dictating machines Diet aids
BT Health and medical equipment Dictating machines SN Substances and equipment used in the BT Office machines regulation of dietary intake.
SN Machines which record and reproduce dictation. Dietary supplements BT Foodstuffs Dictionaries BT Reference books Diffusing discs
USE Diffusion attachments Didactic displays BT Display equipment Diffusion attachments
BT Camera accessories Didgeridoos RT Camera lenses USE Didjeridus SN Camera attachments that soften the light passing though a lens. Didjeridus
BT Wind instruments Diffusion transfer prints USE Instant camera photographs Didrachms Digging sticks BT Drachm coins BT Hunting and gathering tools SN Ancient Greek coins
Dielines Digital clocks
USE Dyeline prints BT Clocks SN Clocks which indicate the time by a Dies display of figures rather than by a dial.
BT Objects Digital computers
NT Applique dies BT Computers Metalworking dies NT Mainframe computers Printing dies Microcomputers SN Devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine. Minicomputers Valve computers Diesel engines SN Computers which can process information and perform computations using digits or BT Internal-combustion engines other symbols which can represent binary Piston engines notation.
Digital pianos
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BT Computer musical instruments BT Australian animals Dogs Digital sound recorders Dingos BT Audio equipment USE Dingoes
Digital Versatile Discs Dining chairs USE DVDs BT Chairs Dining room furniture Digital Video Discs USE DVDs Dining room furniture
BT Furniture Digital watches NT Dining chairs BT Watches Dining tables
Dilators Dining tables
BT Medical instruments BT Dining room furniture Tables NT Cervical dilators Urethral dilators Dinner forks SN Medical instruments for dilating body canals, orifices or cavities. BT Table forks
RT Dinner knives Dildos SN The largest eating forks for individual use. BT Sex aids They have four equal and similar tines and are used in combination with a dinner Dill axes knife.
USE Froes Dinner jackets
BT Evening wear Dillybags Jackets
BT Bags RT Dinner suits
SN A dress jacket without tails for evening Dime coins wear
BT Ten cent coins Dinner knives
BT Table knives Dinars SN The largest type of dining knife for BT Coins individual use. It is characterised by a SN Arab gold coins, first struck in Syria straight blade which is moderately sharp. under Abd-al-Malik in A.D. 696. Dinner plates
Dinghies BT Plates BT Boats
SN Small rowing or sailing boats Dinner services
USE Dinner sets Dingoes
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Dinner sets Dioptichrome plates
BT Dinnerware USE Screen process transparencies
SN Sets of matching china or pottery articles used in serving dinner, including plates of Dioramas various sizes, cups, saucers, etc. BT Display equipment
Dinner suits RT Models
BT Evening suits SN Miniature scenes reproduced in three dimensions, and with a perspective view. RT Dinner jackets SN Mens suits, usually black, for evening Diplomas wear, consisting of a short coat and trousers. BT Awards Documents Dinnerware Dippers BT Tableware BT Equipment NT Comports Custard cups Diptychs Custard glasses BT Artworks Dessert services Dinner sets RT Panels Dish covers SN A pair of panels hinged together, bearing pictures, carvings etc.. Dishes Jelly glasses Direct acting screw engines Plates BT Marine screw engines Sundae glasses SN A general term applied to ceramic articles SN Marine engines with the piston-rod for daily household use. Where possible, directly attached to a crank on the shaft of prefer a more specific term, eg dishes, the screw propeller. plates, etc. Direct current generators
Dinosaurs USE DC generators BT Animals Direct current motors
Diobol coins USE DC motors BT Ancient Greek coins
SN Greek silver coins, one third of the Direct image photographs drachm. It was the standard payment to USE Direct positives Attic citizens for attending he games and other public functions. ("The Seaby Coin Encyclopaedia", Ewald Junge, BA Seaby Direct positives Ltd, London, 1992) BT Positives
Diodes NT Daguerreotypes BT Electronic equipment Instant camera photographs
SN Devices with two terminals, which can Polaroid instant photographs only conduct a current in one direction. Tintypes
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SN Positive-image photographs produced in BT Daggers the camera without the intervening use of SN Daggers used by Scottish Highlanders; a negative, or produced by a stabbing weapons. positive-to-positive process. Where possible, specify the type of photography, eg Daguerreotype, ambrotype, tintype, etc. Disc cameras BT Pocket cameras Direct power generators RT Midget cameras BT Electric generators SN Cameras using a circular film or glass NT Electrostatic generators plate on which several pictures are taken SN Devices which convert thermal or around the periphery of the disc. chemical energy into electric power by methods more direct than the Discographies conventional thermal cycle. BT Lists Music documents Direction-finders SN Listings of selected recordings as those BT Antennas made by one artist, orchestra etc.
RT Radios Discphonograph motors SN Contrivances on radio receivers, usually USE Gramophone motors based on a loop antenna rotating on a vertical axis, which ascertain the direction of incoming radio waves. Dish covers
Directional compasses BT Covers Dinnerware BT Compasses SN A high-domed covering of silver (more often Sheffield Plate) to be used with a NT Aircraft compasses Platter or Meat Plate to keep the course Gyro-compasses warm while being brought to the table. Magnetic compasses Sun compasses Dish drainers USE Dish racks Directories BT Books Dish racks
NT Street directories BT Kitchen equipment
Director's chairs Dish-rings
BT Chairs BT Tableware
Dirham coins Dishcloth holders
BT Coins BT Kitchen equipment SN Dirham or Dirhem: The standard silver coin of the Arab world. Also the currency Dishcloths of modern Morocco. BT Cleaning equipment Dirhem coins RT Dishmops USE Dirham coins Dishes Dirks BT Dinnerware
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NT Bonbon dishes Display boxes
Butter dishes BT Boxes Cheese dishes Display equipment Condiment dishes Dessert dishes Display cabinets Patens BT Cabinets Pie dishes Display equipment Saucer dishes Display cards Serving dishes BT Cards Sweetmeat dishes Shop display equipment RT Plates SN Cards used for advertising purposes, often SN Shallow table utensils on which food is on shop counters. served or eaten. Use this term when referring to utensils 30cm or more in Display cases diameter; smaller utensils are terms `Plates'. BT Cases Display equipment Dishmops Display domes BT Cleaning equipment BT Covers RT Dishcloths Display equipment SN Tall cylindrical objects with sides curved Dishracks inwards at the top to form a dome. They were used in Victorian days to cover USE Dish racks displays of reproductions of fruit or bouquets of artificial flowers. Dishwashing basins Display equipment BT Basins BT Equipment
Disk cameras NT Didactic displays
USE Disc cameras Dioramas Display boxes Dispatch boxes Display cabinets Display cases BT Boxes Display domes SN Sealed and locked boxes in which confidential government papers are Exhibition labels carried by special messengers. Exhibition stands Pedestals Dispensers Plinths BT Retailing equipment Props
NT Straw dispensers Shop display equipment Syrup dispensers Showcases
Displacement engines Display stands
USE Piston engines BT Stands
RT Mannequins
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SN Bases which support an object while on BT Engineering tools display. Measuring instruments SN Devices for accurately dividing and Disposable cups marking out a readout (and possibly input) scale in the making of a measuring BT Cups instrument. Picnic equipment Diving equipment Disposable cutlery BT Recreational equipment BT Cutlery Picnic equipment RT Swimming equipment
Disposable gloves Djellabas
BT Gloves BT Outerwear
NT Surgical gloves SN Caftan-like robes open at the neck, originating in North Africa. Disposable nappies Dobra coins BT Nappies BT Coins SN Nappies designed to be thrown away after use. SN Portuguese gold coins.
Disposable plates Dockets
BT Picnic equipment USE Receipts Plates Doctors cases Disposable shavers BT Medical cases BT Safety razors SN Cases carried by doctors containing equipment, instruments and supplies. Distaffs
BT Spinning equipment Document accessories BT Accessories RT Spindles
SN Wooden sticks approximately three feet NT Document boxes long, used in hand spinning. Document holders Folders Distributor heads Paperclips BT Internal-combustion engines Paperknives SN Part of an internal combustion engine. Document boxes
Divans BT Boxes BT Couches Document accessories Security equipment SN Security devices for keeping valuable Divider pins documents. BT Lacemaking pins Document holders SN Pins used for lacemaking. BT Document accessories Dividing engines Holders
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NT Letter holders NT Leaflets Map holders Legal documents Lists Documents Logbooks BT Objects Machine-readable records
NT Administrative records Magazine covers Agricultural records Magazine inserts Almanacs Magazines Architectural plans Manuscripts Aviation documents Maps Ballot papers Maritime documents Blueprints Medical records Booklets Music documents Books Newsletters Brochures Newspapers Bromides Notes Business records Obituaries Calendars Pages Carbon copies Pamphlets Cards Passes Catalogues Patents Certificates Periodicals Charts Personal papers Correspondence Petitions Cuneiform tablets Photocopies Decals Placards Diagrams Postal documents Diaries Posters Diplomas Press clippings Drawings Press releases Examination papers Programs Financial records Reports Floor plans Rosters Genealogical documents Scrolls Government records Specifications Handbills Statutory declarations Illuminated addresses Stickers Information packs Technical notes Information sheets Television guides Information tables Theses Instructional documents Tickets Invitations Transfers Journal articles Travel documents Journals
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SN A general term covering legal, official or BT Tools business information provided in written SN Simple metal devices, usually a bar with or machine-readable form. Use for hooks at each end, used for binding two collections of documents. Where possible, pieces of timber together. Also a general indicate a more specific type of document. term for any device used for gripping, holding, or fastening an object (Art & Dog accessories Architecture Thesaurus). BT Animal accessories Doilies NT Dog baskets BT Furniture accessories Dog bowls Soft furnishings Dog collars RT Table linen Dog kennels SN Small ornamental mats, as of embroidery Kennels or lace, paper or plastic often placed under RT Leads cakes, sandwiches etc, on a plate
Doit coins Dog baskets BT Coins BT Baskets Dog accessories SN Very small Dutch copper coins, to the value of 2 pfennige, current from the Dog bowls latter part of the 16th to the early 19th century. BT Bowls Dog accessories Doll components
BT Components Dog carts RT Dolls BT Carts
Doll furniture Dog collars USE Dolls furniture BT Collars Dog accessories SN Use for collars designed to be worn by Doll house furniture dogs, and for dog-collar style collars worn USE Dolls furniture by people.
Dog kennels Doll stands
BT Dog accessories BT Dolls accessories
SN Structures designed to house domestic SN Devices which hold a doll in an upright dogs. position or act as a support.
Dogs Dollar coins
BT Mammals BT Coins
NT Dingoes NT Eighth dollar coins Fifteen dollar coins Dogs paw rugs Fifty dollar coins BT Floor rugs Five dollar coins Half dollar coins Dogs (tools) One dollar coins One hundred dollar coins
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NT Quarter dollar coins NT Dolls household textiles Sixteenth dollar coins Dolls houses Ten dollar coins Dolls musical instruments Twenty dollar coins Dolls prams Twenty-five dollar coins Dolls strollers Two dollar coins Dolls tableware Two hundred dollar coins Dolls toys SN Coin currency in dollar denominations; Toy furniture often coins which replaced banknotes of SN Accessories used in doll's houses or when the same denominations. playing with dolls.
Dollhouses Dolls beds USE Dolls houses BT Dolls furniture
Dollies Dolls bottles USE Laundry dollies BT Dolls tableware
Dolls Dolls bowls BT Toys BT Dolls tableware NT Aboriginal dolls RT Bowls Baby dolls SN Small bowls used in doll's houses or when Barbie dolls playing with dolls. Bisque dolls Black dolls Dolls cabinets Character dolls BT Dolls furniture Cloth dolls Costume dolls Dolls chairs
Fashion dolls BT Dolls furniture Indigenous Australian dolls Paper dolls Dolls chests of drawers Peg dolls BT Dolls furniture Promotional dolls
Sleeping dolls Dolls clocks Walking dolls BT Dolls furniture Dolls accessories
BT Toys Doll's clothes USE Dolls clothing NT Doll stands Dolls clothing Dolls clothing Dolls dressing table sets BT Dolls accessories Dolls food Dolls furniture Dolls clothing patterns Dolls hair care accessories Dolls household equipment BT Dressmaking patterns
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SN RT Dolls clothing Small dinnerware used in doll's houses or when playing with dolls. Use `Toy dinnerware' for miniature dinnerware Dolls coalscuttles used by children.
BT Dolls household equipment Dolls dressing table sets
BT Dolls accessories Dolls coffeepots
BT Dolls tableware Dolls dressing-tables
BT Dolls furniture Dolls combs
BT Dolls hair care accessories Dolls drinking glasses RT Combs BT Dolls tableware
Dolls costumes Dolls food USE Dolls clothing BT Dolls accessories
Dolls cots RT Foodstuffs
BT Dolls furniture Dolls furniture
BT Dolls accessories Doll's cups
USE Dolls cups NT Dolls beds Dolls cabinets Dolls cups Dolls chairs
BT Dolls tableware Dolls chests of drawers Dolls clocks SN Small cups used in doll's houses or when playing with dolls. Use `Toy cups' for Dolls cots miniature cups for children. Dolls dressing-tables Dolls sideboards Doll's cups and saucers Dolls sofas USE Dolls tableware Dolls tables Dolls washstands Dolls cutlery SN Furniture to be used in doll's houses or BT Dolls tableware when playing with dolls. Use `Children's furniture' for small furniture designed for SN Cutlery used in doll's houses or when children's use. playing with dolls. Use `Toy cutlery' for miniature cutlery for children. Dolls gardening equipment
Doll's dinner services BT Dolls household equipment
USE Dolls dinnerware Dolls hair care accessories
Dolls dinnerware BT Dolls accessories
BT Dolls tableware NT Dolls combs Dolls hairbrushes
Dolls hairbrushes
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BT Dolls hair care accessories SN Kitchenware for doll's houses. Use `Kitchen toys' for miniature play RT Hairbrushes kitchenware. SN Small hairbrushes used in doll's houses or when playing with dolls. Dolls lights
BT Dolls household equipment Dolls house furniture USE Dolls furniture Dolls musical instruments
BT Dolls accessories Dolls household equipment Musical instruments BT Dolls accessories Doll's napkin rings NT Dolls coalscuttles USE Dolls serviette rings Dolls gardening equipment Dolls kitchenware Dolls lights Dolls napkins USE Dolls household textiles Doll's household furniture USE Dolls furniture Dolls perambulators
USE Dolls prams Dolls household textiles BT Dolls accessories Dolls plates
RT Household textiles BT Dolls tableware
SN See Household textiles for items included RT Plates in this category. SN Plates used in doll's houses or when playing with dolls. Doll's houses USE Dolls houses Dolls prams
BT Dolls accessories Dolls houses BT Dolls accessories Dolls saucepans Toy houses BT Dolls kitchenware
Dolls jugs SN Saucepans used in doll's houses. Use `Toy saucepans' for play saucepans. BT Dolls tableware Dolls saucers
Dolls kettles BT Dolls tableware
BT Dolls kitchenware SN Saucers used in doll's houses or when playing with dolls. SN Miniature kettles used in doll's houses. Use `Toy kettles' for play kitchenware. Dolls serviette rings
Dolls kitchenware BT Dolls tableware
BT Dolls household equipment RT Serviettes
NT Dolls kettles SN Small serviette rings used in doll's houses Dolls saucepans or when playing with dolls.
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Dolls serviettes Dolls tea sets
USE Dolls household textiles BT Dolls tableware
SN Small tea sets used in doll's houses or Dolls sideboards when playing with dolls. Use `Toy tea sets' for small tea sets used by children. BT Dolls furniture Dolls teapots
Doll's silverware BT Dolls tableware USE Dolls cutlery Dolls toys
Dolls sofas BT Dolls accessories BT Dolls furniture Dolls trays
Dolls strollers BT Dolls tableware BT Dolls accessories Dolls washstands
Dolls sugar bowls BT Dolls furniture BT Dolls tableware Dolly pegs
Dolls tables BT Clothes pegs BT Dolls furniture SN Wooden pegs without metal springs, in one piece Dolls tableware Dolphins BT Dolls accessories BT Mammals NT Dolls bottles
Dolls bowls Dombras Dolls coffeepots USE Domras Dolls cups Dolls cutlery Domestic equipment Dolls dinnerware BT Equipment Dolls drinking glasses Dolls jugs NT Bathroom accessories Dolls plates Cleaning equipment Dolls saucers Coffee accessories Dolls serviette rings Dressmaking equipment Dolls sugar bowls Gardening equipment Dolls tea sets Heating equipment Dolls teapots Household textiles Dolls trays Kitchen equipment SN Small tableware used in doll's houses or Laundry equipment when playing with dolls. Use `Toy Nutcrackers tableware' for small tableware used by children. Pest control equipment Picnic equipment Sanitary equipment
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NT Shopping lists NT Doorbells Tea accessories Doorhandles Toy modelling equipment Doorknobs SN A general term to describe various ranges Doorknockers of equipment used for domestic or Doormats household-based operations. This broad term is included only as a place-holder for Doorplates hierarchy purposes and is not to be used Doorstops to describe individual objects; instead use the specific type of equipment from the Fingerplates list below, or where possible name a specific object. Door hinges
BT Door accessories Domestic mangles Hinges USE Upright mangles Door jambs
Domestic ovens BT Architectural elements BT Cooking equipment RT Lintels
NT Microwave ovens SN Vertical pieces which form the side of a SN Use this term for kitchen appliances doorway. without a cooktop. For kitchen appliances with a cooktop, use Cooking stoves. Door knobs
USE Doorknobs Domestic textiles
USE Household textiles Door knockers
USE Doorknockers Dominoes
BT Games Door letter slots
BT Door accessories Domras
BT Stringed instruments Door locks
RT Balalaikas BT Door accessories SN Russian folk instruments, usually with Locks three strings which are plucked, and similar to balalaikas. Door mats
Donation boxes USE Doormats
BT Boxes Money accessories Door panels SN Boxes used by charitable organisations to BT Architectural panels collect money. RT Doors
Door accessories SN Distinct portions or divisions of a door sunk below or raised above the general BT Architectural elements level, or enclosed by a frame or border. Furniture accessories NT Door hinges Doorbells Door letter slots BT Bells Door locks Door accessories
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Doorhandles NT Telephone double adaptors SN Plug-in connectors which allow two BT Door accessories electrical appliances to be operated Handles simultaneous from a single power source. RT Doors Double bass bows Doorknobs BT Musical instrument bows
BT Door accessories RT Double basses
SN Bows for the musical instruments, double Doorknockers basses.
BT Door accessories Double basses
BT Stringed instruments Doormats
BT Door accessories RT Double bass bows Floor mats SN Small mats placed in front of doors, for Double boilers scraping mud off shoes. BT Cooking boilers Doorplates SN Cooking utensils consisting of two saucepans, one fitting inside the other. BT Door accessories The bottom saucepan contains boiling water that gently heats food in the upper RT Doors pan. SN Plates on the doors of houses or rooms, bearing a name, number or the like. Double coins
Doors BT Coins SN Copper coins of Guernsey, introduced in BT Architectural elements 1830, to the value of half a farthing. NT Elevator doors Manhole covers Double cruets BT Cruets Doorstops SN Bottles with interior divisions which make BT Door accessories two separate containers, each with its own neck, mouth, and stopper. They are usually intended for oil and vinegar. Dorjes
BT Religious objects Double cylinder engines
SN Tibetan Buddhist religious objects. USE Twin cylinder engines
Double acting engines Double dark slide holders
BT Engines USE Slide holders
SN Engines acting in two directions, as with a reciprocating piston in a cylinder with a Double dark slides working chamber at each end. USE Slide holders Double adaptors
BT Electrical fittings Double darkslide holders USE Slide holders NT Bayonet double adaptors
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Double darkslides BT Shilling coins
USE Slide holders Doublets
Double expansion engines BT Clothing
BT Compound engines SN Close-fitting outer body garments, with or without sleeves, formerly worn by men. SN Engines in which the expansion of steam from high boiler pressure to the low Douches condenser pressure is accomplished in two stages. BT Medical instruments
RT Double extension bellows Enemas SN Instruments for administering a jet of USE Extension bellows liquid to a body part, organ or cavity for medical or contraceptive purposes. Double extension cameras Dough stencils BT Extension cameras USE Biscuit paste forcers SN Cameras where the lens panel can be racked forward from the baseboard to give twice the normal focal length. Doves
BT Birds Double flageolets
BT Flageolets Downright shaves SN Flagelots comprised of two pipes held in a common head joint and with a single BT Coopering shaves mouthpiece. SN Plane-type shaves used for smoothing the outside of staves after assembly. Double florin coins
USE Double florins Downrights USE Downright shaves Double florins
BT Florins Drachm coins
SN Four shilling coins BT Ancient Greek coins
NT Decadrachms Double horseshoe electric motors Didrachms BT Motors Drachms
SN Electric motors with the coil supported Hemidrachm coins between the arches of double horseshoe Tetradrachms magnets on a wooden base. Tridrachms Double-necked guitars RT Drachma coins
BT Guitars SN Coin currency in drachma denominations
SN Guitars with two necks Drachma coins
Double saucepans BT Coins
USE Double boilers RT Drachm coins
Double sovereigns
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SN The drachm is the monetary unit of both SN Boards placed between the laundry copper ancient and modern Greece. In the and the tub to facilitate the transfer of modern currency, the drachm is divided clothes from one to the other. For kitchen into 100 lepta. draining boards, use `Dish racks'.
Drachms Drainpipes
BT Drachm coins BT Pipes Plumbing fixtures SN Pipes receiving discharge from waste Draft shaves pipes and soil pipes. USE Drawing knives Dram glasses
Drafting compasses BT Drinking glasses
BT Compasses Drafting instruments Draughts Measuring instruments BT Game pieces NT Beam compasses Bow compasses Draughts sets Coopering compasses BT Board games Proportional compasses SN A board game played by two people on a Wing compasses chequered board. RT Calipers
SN Instruments for taking measurements and Draughtsman's compasses describing circle, with two arms connected USE Drafting compasses at one arm by a movable joint.
Drafting dividers Draw knives
USE Drafting compasses USE Drawing knives
Drafting instruments Draw shaves
BT Instruments USE Drawing knives
NT Drafting compasses Drawers Rulers BT Furniture components Ruling pens Set squares SN Use for drawers as part of furniture or machinery. For underpants, use Drawers Styluses (tools) (underpants). T-squares
RT Squares Drawers (underpants)
BT Underpants
Drafting machines SN Trouser like undergarment extending BT Machines from waist to top of knee or below with open crotch.
Draining boards Drawing instruments
BT Laundry equipment BT Instruments
RT Laundry coppers NT Chalks Charcoal
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NT Crayons Dress accessories
Metal points BT Clothing Pantographs NT Dress fronts Pencils Dress shields Pens Sympalmographs Dress clips
Drawing knives BT Clothing accessories
BT Woodworking tools Dress fronts NT Coopering drawing knives BT Dress accessories SN Woodworking tools with a long narrow blade and two handles mounted at right RT Dresses angles to the blade. They are used in many different trades for the removal of surplus wood and for rounding and Dress ornaments chamfering. BT Jewellery
Drawings RT Dresses
BT Artworks SN Small ornaments, usually set with Documents gemstones, made to be worn with similar pieces attached to a woman's dress. They NT Anatomical drawings were often sewn on as a scattered overall Architectural drawings decoration, accompanied by one larger, more ornate piece. Art drawings Botanical drawings Dress protectors Design drawings USE Dress shields Engineering drawings Schematic drawings Dress shields Sketches BT Dress accessories Technical drawings SN Pads worn under the arms beneath Drawknives clothing to keep perspiration from showing or staining. USE Drawing knives Dress shirts
Drays BT Shirts BT Carts RT Evening shirts
RT Wagons SN Men's shirts used for formal wear, usually SN Low strong carts without fixed sides, for with a tuxedo. carrying heavy loads. Dresses
Dredges BT Clothing BT Machines NT Baby dresses SN Machines used for removing earth and Ball gowns objects from the bed of a river. Bridesmaids dresses Dredging machines Cheong sam Cheongsam USE Dredges
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NT Cheungsam BT Health and medical equipment
Coat dresses NT Bandaids Cocktail dresses Confirmation dresses Dressmakers dummies
Day dresses USE Dressmakers forms Evening dresses Going-away dresses Dressmakers forms
Maternity dresses BT Dressmaking equipment Minidresses RT Mannequins Mourning dresses Open robes Dressmaking equipment Overdresses BT Domestic equipment Pinafores Occupation-based equipment Sunday dresses Sewing equipment Tea gowns NT Dressmakers forms Tennis dresses Dressmaking patterns Walking dresses Dressmaking scissors Wedding dresses Toiles Dressing cases Dressmaking patterns BT Cases BT Dressmaking equipment Textileworking patterns
Dressing gowns NT Dolls clothing patterns USE Dressing-gowns RT Millinery patterns
Dressing-gowns Dressmaking scissors BT Nightwear BT Dressmaking equipment
NT Negligees Scissors
RT Bathrobes Drill bits
BT Bits Dressing sheets SN The parts of the drill which are used to BT Medical textiles drill the holes, of varying sizes and used to make holes in different types of materials. Dressing table sets Drill braces BT Toiletries USE Hand drills
Dressing tables Drill stands USE Dressing-tables BT Drills Stands Dressing-tables SN Base that supports and/or steadies a drill BT Tables during use.
Drill stocks Dressings
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USE Breast drills Drinking glasses
BT Drinking vessels Drilling machines Glasses USE Bench drills Tableware
NT Ale glasses Drills Beer glasses
BT Tools Cider glasses Cocktail glasses NT Archimedean drills Dram glasses Bench drills Liqueur glasses Drill stands Liquor glasses Gimlets Milkshake glasses Hand drills Port glasses Pump drills Rummers Push drills Sherry glasses Seed drills Tumblers Woodworking drills Wine glasses RT Woodworking braces Wineglasses SN Tools or machines for making cylindrical holes, especially by rotation. RT Goblets
Drink can holders Drinking straws
BT Holders BT Food servers Picnic equipment SN Narrow cylinders through which beverages may be sucked into the mouth Drink coasters (usually paper, plastic or metal).
USE Coasters Drinking vessels
Drinking cups BT Containers
BT Cups NT Beer bottles Drinking vessels Beer cans Tableware Drinking cups NT Beakers (cups) Drinking glasses Chocolate cups Goblets Coffee cups Kendis Cups and saucers Mugs Kylikes Soft drink bottles Modiolus Soft drink cans Moustache cups Tankards Pannikins Tygs Tea bowls Water bags Teacups SN Any vessels used for drinking beverages. Where possible, use a more specific term Wine cups in preference to this broad heading. Wine tasting cups Drivers licences
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BT Licences Drums, musical
USE Musical drums Driving gloves
BT Gloves Dry batteries
SN Gloves, usually leather, worn when USE Dry cell batteries driving.
Drop dial clocks Dry cell batteries
BT Clocks BT Batteries
SN Octagonal or round cornered 8-sided wooden hanging clocks with a short case Dry cleaning machines drop. USE Dry-cleaning machines
Drops Dry-cleaning machines BT Lighting equipment BT Laundry equipment RT Lustres Machines SN Smooth or faceted glass or crystal SN Machines which clean clothing with ornaments that are suspended from a chemicals rather than water chandelier, candelabrum, girandole, lustre, or candlestick. Dry collodion negatives
BT Glass plate negatives Druggist's jars SN Negatives produced by the dry collodion USE Pharmaceutical jars process in which the binder was dried before exposure or contained a hygroscopic Drum kit components agent to retain sufficient moisture to allow processing after an extended period BT Percussion instrument components of time.
Drum kits Dry docks
USE Musical drums BT Structures
RT Ships
Drum memory SN Basin-like structures from which the USE Magnetic drums water can be removed after the entrance of a ship, used when making repairs to the ship's bottom. Drum sticks
BT Musical instrument accessories Dry plate cameras BT Glass plate cameras RT Musical drums SN Early cameras which used glass or metal SN Sticks used to beat drums plates coated with a dry light-sensitive emulsion (as opposed to wet plates). Some Drum storage used collodion, but the more successful used albumen and gelatine silver halide. USE Magnetic drums Dry plate positives Drums BT Glass plates USE Musical drums Positives
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Dry point engravings Dulcimers
BT Engravings BT Zithers
SN Prints produced by an intaglio printing SN Types of zithers played by hitting the technique where the lines are drawn by strings with hammers, or less frequently, scratching the metal plate with a strong by plucking with plectrums. steel needle. Dulcitones Dryback boilers BT Keyboard instruments USE Scotch boilers SN 19th century instruments in which a series of tuning forks are operated by a Drying equipment keyboard. Dulcitones, or typophones, were precursors of the celesta. USE Desiccators Dumb scrapers
Ducatoon coins USE Scrapers BT Coins
SN Large Dutch silver coins, struck in the Dumbbells Netherlands from the end of the 16th to BT Exercise equipment the end of the 18th century. It was also known, from its type, as the "silver rider"; SN Pairs of weights used as gymnasium its official name derives from the fact that apparatus. its silver value was - theoretically at least - equal to that of the gold ducat. Dump trucks USE Duck guns Tip-trucks
USE Sporting firearms Dumps
Ducks BT Coins SN Dump is the name given to the centre, BT Birds cut-out part of the New South Wales ring (or "holey") dollar, counterstamped to the Duelling pistols value of 15 pence.
BT Pistols Duplicating machines
USE Copying machines Dufay colour slides
USE Screen process transparencies Dusters
BT Cleaning equipment Dufaycolour slides NT Feather dusters USE Screen process transparencies
Dusting brushes Dufay's screen process USE Bench brushes transparencies USE Screen process transparencies Dustpan and brush sets Duit coins BT Cleaning brushes Cleaning equipment USE Doit coins
Dustproof cameras
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USE Weatherproof cameras Ear lobe extenders
BT Jewellery Duty stamp dies
BT Printing dies Ear muffs
USE Earmuffs DVDs
BT Optical discs Ear plugs Video recordings USE Earplugs SN Optical disc storage media format used for video and data storage. DVD may stand for Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Ear studs Disc. As DVD is the commonly used term, this is the preferred term. BT Earrings
RT Pierced earrings Dye samples SN Ear ornaments composed of a front and BT Samples rear part, joined by shanks of tubular SN Samples of dyes as chemicals in jars or as form, and passed through a hole in the pieces of dyed textile or paper. ear.
Dyeing equipment Ear trumpets
BT Textileworking equipment BT Hearing aids SN Magnifying tubes placed against an ear to NT Dyes assist in hearing.
Dyeline prints Earmuffs
BT Prints BT Headwear
Dyelines Earphones
USE Dyeline prints BT Audio equipment
SN Small devices (single or pair) for Dyes converting electric signals into soundwaves, designed to fit into the ear. BT Dyeing equipment
RT Hair colourings Earplugs
BT Personal effects Dynamometers Safety equipment SN Devices worn in the ear to protect from BT Meters noise or water. NT Electrodynamometers Reflecting dynamometers Earrings BT Jewellery Dynamos NT Clip earrings USE Rotating generators Ear studs Pierced earrings Eagles Screw-on earrings BT Birds Easels
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BT Artists equipment Edged weapons
BT Weapons Easter decorations NT Ataghans BT Festive objects Axes Bayonets Easter eggs Daggers BT Decorated eggs Harpoons Festive objects Machetes Ecclesiastical clothing Saifs Spears BT Ceremonial clothing Swords NT Chasubles Yatagans
RT Edged weapons accessories Ecclesiastical garments SN Weapons with thin sharp sides, eg. USE Ecclesiastical clothing swords, daggers, etc.
Ecclesiastical vestments Edged weapons accessories
USE Ecclesiastical clothing BT Weapon accessories
NT Edged weapon cleaning equipment Echidnas Fuchi BT Australian animals Hilts Mammals Kozuka Scabbards Ecuelles Sheaths BT Covered bowls Tsuba Soup bowls RT Edged weapons SN Covered shallow bowls, usually with two flat lateral handles level with the rim, and a conforming stand, mainly used for Edging tiles serving soup. BT Tiles
Edged arms NT Garden edging tiles USE Edged weapons Grave edging tiles
Edged arms accessories Education kits
USE Edged weapons accessories USE Educational kits
Edged weapon cleaning equipment Educational aids
BT Edged weapons accessories BT Objects
NT Educational cards Edged weapon components Educational kits
BT Weapon components Educational cards NT Spear heads BT Cards Spearheads Educational aids
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Educational kits USE Eggspoons
BT Educational aids Egg tempera paintings
Educational toys USE Tempera paintings
BT Toys Egg timers
USE Eggtimers Eel traps
BT Animal traps Eggbeaters
USE Egg-beaters Egg beaters
USE Egg-beaters Eggcup stands
BT Stands Egg-beaters Tableware BT Kitchenware RT Eggcups
RT Whisks SN Stands for holding eggcups, usually six, with sometimes a tray en suite for spoons. Egg calipers Eggcups USE Outside calipers BT Tableware
Egg cookers RT Eggcup stands
BT Cooking equipment Eggs
Egg cruets BT Animal parts Animal products USE Eggcup stands NT Bird eggs Decorated eggs Egg cups Eggshells USE Eggcups Eggshells
Egg decapitators BT Eggs BT Kitchenware Eggslices
Egg glasses BT Kitchenware USE Eggtimers Eggspoons Egg irons BT Spoons BT Standing irons SN Spoons, smaller than teaspoons, that are used for eating boiled eggs. RT Sleeve irons
SN Egg shaped laundry irons mounted on Eggtimers wooden stands, used for finishing the tops of sleeves or gathered waistbands. BT Cooking timers
Egg spoons Egret feathers
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BT Feathers NT Electric blankets
Egrets Electric bedwarmers
BT Birds USE Electric bed-warmers
Egyptian mummy cloths Electric blankets
BT Cloths BT Blankets Electric bed-warmers SN Cloths made of linen, cotton, or other fabrics which were used to wrap the dead in the Egyptian mummification process. Electric cables
USE Electrical cables Eight-day clocks
BT Clocks Electric cars
BT Motor cars Eight pfennig coins SN Motor cars which are powered by electric BT Pfennig coins motors.
Eight real coins Electric clocks BT Clocks BT Real coins
RT Holey dollars Electric clothes dryers
BT Clothes dryers Eighth dollar coins NT BT Dollar coins Spin dryers
Electric coils Elastic USE Coils USE Textile tapes
Electric converters Electric arc lamps BT Electrical equipment USE Arc lamps NT Rectifiers Electric arc welders Electric cooking stoves USE Electric welders BT Cooking stoves
Electric automobiles Electric cords USE Electric cars BT Electrical equipment
Electric balances NT Extension cords
BT Measuring instruments Electric dishwashers SN Devices designed by Lord Kelvin for measuring power/current BT Kitchen equipment
Electric bed-warmers Electric fans BT Bed warmers BT Fans
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Electric fuses Electric irons
BT Electrical equipment BT Laundry irons
SN Devices for preventing excessive currents passing through a circuit by melting if the Electric jugs current exceeds a specified value. BT Jugs Electric generators
BT Generators Electric kettles BT Kettles NT Direct power generators Exciters Electric light bulbs Motor generators Motor vehicle generators USE Electric light globes Pedal generators Rotating generators Electric light globes Turbogenerators BT Electric lighting equipment SN Machines that convert mechanical energy NT Exciter lamps into electrical energy. In their commonest form, a large number of conductors are mounted on an armature that is rotated in Electric light switches a magnetic field produced by field coils. BT Electric lighting equipment Electric guitars Electric switches
BT Guitars Electric lighting equipment
NT Bass guitars BT Electrical equipment SN Plectrum played guitars with Lighting equipment electromagnetic pick-ups and a separate NT Electric light globes amplifier and loudspeaker system in lieu of a sound box. The bodies of electric Electric light switches guitars are reduced in function to being Light globe fittings vibrationally inactive string-bearers, with Neon lamps acoustic functions taking place through the electric or electronic mechanisms. Electric meters
Electric impulse clocks BT Meters BT Clocks NT Ammeters
RT Master clocks Amp meters
SN Clocks that do not themselves keep time, Wattmeters but use pulses of electrical current to Wavemeters drive an escapement in reverse, which turns the hands of the clock through a Electric motor cars normal train. They are used as a means of indicating time on a number of clocks USE Electric cars simultaneously, as controlled by a master clock. Electric motors
Electric indicators USE Motors
BT Electrical equipment Indicators Electric organs Measuring instruments BT Organs
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Electric pianos Electrical cables
BT Pianos BT Electrical equipment
Electric powerpoints Electrical conductors
BT Electrical fittings BT Electrical equipment
Electric radiators Electrical cords
BT Radiators USE Electric cords
Electric shavers Electrical elements
BT Razors BT Electrical fittings
RT Safety razors Electrical engineering equipment SN Electrically powered devices with rotating or reciprocating blades behind a foil, used BT Occupation-based equipment for shaving facial and body hair. Electrical equipment Electric switches BT Equipment BT Switches NT Adaptors NT Electric light switches Amplifiers Electric switching devices Batteries Battery chargers BT Electrical equipment Switches Battery testers Circuit breaker components Electric toothbrushes Circuit breakers
BT Toothbrushes Coils Commutators Electric toys Conduits
BT Toys Current indicators Electric converters SN Toys operated by electric power, especially batteries. Electric cords Electric fuses Electric trams Electric indicators BT Trams Electric lighting equipment SN Trams powered by electricity Electric switching devices Electrical cables Electric washing machines Electrical conductors
BT Washing machines Electrical fittings Electrical insulators Electric welders Electromagnets
BT Welders Fuel cells Leyden jars SN Machines in which joints are welded by an electric arc or a large electric current. Rheostats Transformers
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Electrical fittings Electromagnets
BT Electrical equipment BT Electrical equipment Magnets NT Double adaptors Electric powerpoints Electromassage machines Electrical elements BT Massage equipment Light fittings Therapeutic devices
Electrical insulators Electromechanical calculators BT Electrical equipment BT Calculators Insulators SN Calculators that are partly electric and partly mechanical in their components Electrical switches and operation. USE Electric switches Electrometers Electro-generators BT Meters
USE Electric generators Electron microscopes Electrocardiograms BT Microscopes
BT Charts
SN The graphic records produced by an Electron tubes electrocardiograph. USE Valves
Electrocardiographs Electronic books BT Health and medical equipment BT Books SN Devices which detect and record minute Electronic equipment differences in heart action over the body, and which are used in the diagnosis of heart disease. Electronic calculators BT Calculators Electrodes Electronic equipment
BT Electronic equipment NT Accounting machines
SN Parts of an electrical system that emits or Electronic desktop calculators collects electric charges Electronic pocket calculators Programmable calculators Electrodynamometers Solar cell calculators BT Dynamometers SN Calculators in which integrated circuits perform calculations and show results on a digital display; the displays usually use Electroforms either seven-segment light emitting diodes USE Electrotype reproductions or liquid crystals.
Electronic desktop calculators Electrolarynx BT Electronic calculators BT Prostheses SN Electronic calculators small enough to be SN Battery-operated devices which perform conveniently placed on a desk, but larger the same function as the larynx when this than pocket calculators. organ is destroyed by disease or surgery.
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Electronic equipment BT Organs
BT Equipment Electronic pest killers
NT Amplifiers BT Pest control equipment Capacitors Circuit boards Electronic pocket calculators Coaxial cables BT Electronic calculators Coherers SN Electronic calculators, capable of Coils operating independently of mains electric Crystal detectors power, that are sufficiently light and small to be operated in the hand or carried Diodes in a pocket. Electrodes Electronic books Electronic records
Electronic calculators USE Machine-readable records Electronic flashes Electronic musical instruments Electronic still video cameras Electronic toys USE Still video cameras Electronic valves
Oscilloscopes Electronic toys Relays BT Electronic equipment Resistors Toys Transistors SN Electronic equipment or kits made for RT Electrical equipment children.
SN Equipment containing valves or transistors, involving transmission or Electronic valves processing of signals BT Electronic equipment Valves Electronic flashes NT Cathode ray tubes BT Camera flashes X-ray tubes Electronic equipment SN Light sources producing illumination of Electronic voice boxes brief duration by the passage of electric current between electrodes in a gas-filled USE Electrolarynx tube. They are discharged in synchronisation with a camera shutter, Electronics packaging usually by electronic means. BT Packaging Electronic larynx NT Valve boxes USE Electrolarynx Electrophones
Electronic musical instruments USE Electronic musical instruments BT Electronic equipment Musical instruments Electroplating generators NT Electronic organs BT Generators
Electronic organs SN Generators used in electroplating.
BT Electronic musical instruments
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Electrostatic generators Elevator doors
BT Direct power generators BT Doors
NT Electrostatic induction generators Wimshurst machines Elevators
RT Electrostatic machines BT Lifting equipment Machines SN Machines which produce electric charges by friction or electrostatic induction. Embossing machines
Electrostatic induction generators BT Printing machines BT Electrostatic generators
SN Generators which produce electricity by Embossing presses electrostatic induction. USE Bookbinding presses
Electrostatic machines Embroidered panels BT Machines BT Textile panels RT Electrostatic generators NT Embroidered pictures
Electrotherapeutic apparatus Embroidered pictures BT Therapeutic devices BT Embroidered panels Pictures Electrotype reproductions
BT Replicas Embroidery equipment
SN Reproductions of objects (often artworks), BT Sewing equipment such as coins, plaques, etc made by using NT Embroidery frames the electrotype process. Use this term in conjunction with objects to indicate an Embroidery kits electrotype of that object, eg for Embroidery patterns electrotype cups, use `Cups' and `Electrotype reproductions'. Embroidery scissors Embroidery stencils Electrotypes Jacquard cards USE Electrotype reproductions Stiletto tools Tambour work equipment Elephant bells Embroidery frames USE Animal bells BT Embroidery equipment
Elephant teeth RT Tambour frames
BT Animal teeth Embroidery kits Elephant tusks BT Embroidery equipment
BT Tusks Embroidery machines Elephants BT Sewing machines
BT Mammals
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Embroidery patterns SN Transport vehicles used in emergency circumstances. BT Embroidery equipment Textileworking patterns Emeries
RT Needlework patterns USE Emery boards
Embroidery scissors Emery boards
BT Embroidery equipment BT Manicure equipment Scissors RT Nail files
Embroidery stencils SN Small stiff strips of cardboard or wood, covered in crushed emery, used to file BT Embroidery equipment fingernails Stencils Emery cushions Embroidery threads BT Sewing equipment BT Threads
SN Threads used to embroider a base Emery stones material. BT Abrading stones Embroidery tools USE Embroidery equipment Emu eggs
BT Bird eggs Emeralds RT Engraved emu eggs BT Gemstones SN Use for emu eggs that are not engraved. Use 'engraved' emu eggs if engraved. Emergency coins Emu feathers BT Emergency money BT Feathers
Emergency money Emus BT Money BT Australian birds NT Emergency coins SN A form of substitute currency issued to overcome a shortage of government legal Enamel jewellery tender or as a substitute for coins which BT Jewellery had disappeared from circulation, eg. "Notgeld" of Austria and Germany. Enamel pictures
Emergency vehicles BT Pictures BT Vehicles
NT Ambulances Encaustic paintings Fire engines BT Paintings
Lifeboats SN Paintings with pigments mixed with hot Surf rescue boats wax. Surfboats Endoscopes RT Toy emergency vehicles BT Medical instruments
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SN Slender tubular instruments used to SN Instruments used for measuring the examine the interior of the body. pressure-volume changes in piston engines during the working cycle. Endscrapers Engine plates USE Stone scrapers USE Makers plates
Enema syringes Engineering diagrams BT Syringes BT Diagrams RT Enemas RT Engineering drawings Enemas Engineering drawings BT Health and medical equipment BT Drawings SN Instruments used to inject fluid into the rectum in order to evacuate the bowels. Often enema attachments are provided for Engineering machines hot water bottles to perform this task. BT Machines Engageantes
USE Undersleeves Engineering tools BT Tools Engagement rings NT Dividing engines BT Ceremonial jewellery Finger rings Engines Wedding accessories BT Objects
Engine accessories NT Agricultural engines
BT Accessories Air-cooled engines Double acting engines RT Engines External-combustion engines SN Use for mixed collections of engine Internal-combustion engines accessories when they cannot be separated into individual components. Liquid-cooled engines Where possible, specify the particular Locomotive engines accessory. Motor vehicle engines Engine components Piston engines Reversing engines BT Components Single acting engines NT Carburettors Single cylinder engines Motor car engine components Slide valve engines RT Engines Stationary engines SN Use for mixed collections of engine parts Stephenson's link motion engines when they cannot be separated into individual components. Where possible, Twin cylinder engines specify the particular part. Wheel cutting engines
Engine indicators
BT Indicators
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SN Machines in which power is applied to do BT Intaglio prints work by the conversion of various forms of energy into mechanical force and motion. NT Crayon engravings Use `Motors' for machines which convert Dry point engravings electrical energy into mechanical energy. Line engravings Where possible use the name of a specific type of engine. Mezzotints Stipple engravings English drivers Wood engravings USE Burton drivers SN Prints produced by intaglio printing techniques (by cutting, corrosion by acids, photographic processes, etc on the surface English flageolets of metal plates, blocks of wood, etc.) USE Double flageolets Enlarger bellows English guitars USE Extension bellows
BT Citterns Enlarging lenses NT Harp-lutes BT Photographic lenses SN Pear-shaped stringed instruments which are related more to citterns than guitars, SN Lenses used in photographic enlargers. popular in the 18th century and the basis with some modifications of the French Ensemble cistre and the Portuguese guitarra. USE Clothing ensembles Engraved bones BT Animal bones Entree dishes Artworks BT Serving dishes NT Scrimshaw SN A type of dish for serving at dinner the RT Bone carvings entree, usual form is rectangular and shallow, stands on four low feet, and with a low-domed flat-topped cover. Engraved emu eggs BT Artworks Entree forks
Table forks RT Emu eggs BT
SN Used for emu eggs that have been SN Table forks of medium length with four engraved. equal and similar tines.
Engraved horns Entree knives
BT Animal horns BT Table knives Artworks SN Table knives of medium length that are similar to dinner knives but smaller in Engraving tools size.
BT Tools Entree plates
NT Etching tools BT Plates Gravers Roulettes Envelope making machines Scorpers BT Machines
Engravings RT Envelopes
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Envelopes NT Boilers
BT Postal stationery Cables Coding devices NT Philatelic envelopes Communications equipment RT Envelope making machines Control equipment Desiccators Environment control equipment Dippers BT Equipment Display equipment
NT Cooling equipment Domestic equipment Heaters Electrical equipment Heating equipment Electronic equipment Humidifiers Environment control equipment Explosives equipment Epaulettes Food processing equipment BT Clothing accessories Geographical equipment Uniform accessories Hair care equipment Health and medical equipment Epergnes Homewares BT Centrepieces Horse riding equipment SN Ornamental pieces for the centre of a Hospital equipment dinner table, which include small dishes, Hydraulic equipment cruets, etc for holding foodstuffs and table accessories. Information processing equipment Insulators Ephemera Irrigation equipment BT Objects Lifting equipment
NT Aviation ephemera Lighting equipment Christmas ephemera Machines Photographic ephemera Manufacturing equipment Railway ephemera Metallurgical equipment Sports ephemera Minting equipment SN Only use where no specific object name is Navigational equipment available. Performing arts equipment
Epidiascopes Postal equipment Presses BT Projectors Printing equipment SN Projectors for throwing enlarged images of Punishment equipment opaque objects onto a screen. Refractory equipment Episcopes Ropes
USE Epidiascopes Safety equipment School equipment Equipment Scientific equipment
BT Objects Sealers Security equipment NT Aviary equipment Sharpeners Bar equipment
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NT Solar power equipment Ermine
Sorting equipment BT Animal fur Space equipment SN The white winter fur of a northern weasel, Supporting equipment with a black tail or tip. Textileworking equipment Tools Escritoires Transport equipment BT Writing desks Valves Welding equipment Escudo coins Wires BT Coins SN Collections of implements, including tools SN Escudo is Spanish for shield, and the and machinery. Where possible use a name used for a variety of coins (both gold more specific term in preference to this and silver) bearing this device. broad term. This general term is used to group equipment which can be used over a wide range of occupations or for a variety Escutcheons of tasks; for equipment specific to one BT Hardware group of activities, use that activity, occupation, etc as part of the term, eg SN The shields or shield-shaped surfaces on `Medical equipment', `Domestic which armorial bearings are depicted. equipment' etc. Eskies
Equipment components BT Coolers USE Components Picnic equipment SN Portable coolers Erasers Eskimo dolls BT Stationery USE Costume dolls SN Instruments of any material e.g. rubber or cloth, used to erase marks made with pencil, pen, chalk etc. Espadrilles
BT Shoes Ergonomic chairs SN Rope-soled shoes often with canvas or BT Chairs cotton upper, sometimes laced across the vamp and around the ankle. (Getty RT Office chairs Institute, Art and Architecture Thesaurus, 2005) Ericsson cycle engines
USE Ericsson engines Essence, almond USE Almond essence Ericsson engines
BT Hot air engines Essence pots USE Cassolettes SN Hot air engines which operate on the Ericsson cycle. Etching tools Erkes BT Engraving tools BT Woodwind instruments
SN Side-blown wooden instruments from Etchings South America BT Intaglio prints
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NT Aquatints Evening ensembles
Soft-ground etchings BT Clothing ensembles SN Prints produced by intaglio method where Evening wear a design is bitten into the metal plate by means of acid. Evening gloves
Etuis BT Evening wear
BT Objects of vertu Gloves
SN Small cases for needles, toilet articles, etc, Evening jackets often in fanciful shapes and worn on the person. BT Evening wear Jackets Eucalyptus trees RT Evening coats BT Australian plants Evening sandals
Eudiometers BT Evening wear BT Meters Sandals
RT Evening shoes Euphoniums
BT Tubas Evening shirts
SN Tenor tubas mainly used in brass bands. BT Evening wear Shirts Eureka flags RT Dress shirts
BT Flags SN Mens shirts worn under dinner jackets or suits.
Evaporators Evening shoes
BT Machines BT Evening wear Shoes
Evening bags RT Evening sandals
BT Evening wear Handbags Evening suits
BT Evening wear Evening capes Suits
BT Capes NT Dinner suits Evening wear
RT Evening coats Evening wear
BT Clothing Evening coats NT Ball gowns BT Coats Cocktail dresses Evening wear Cocktail hats Evening dresses Dinner jackets Evening bags BT Dresses Evening wear Evening capes
NT Debut dresses Evening coats Evening dresses
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NT Evening ensembles Executive toys
Evening gloves BT Toys Evening jackets RT Balancing toys Evening sandals SN Toys and puzzles to amuse adults, often Evening shirts designed to be displayed on the desk of an Evening shoes office worker. Evening suits Tuxedos Exercise bicycles BT Bicycles Event posters Exercise equipment
BT Posters Exercise books NT Exhibition posters BT Books Festival posters Performance posters Exercise equipment Every-ready cases BT Recreational equipment
USE Camera cases NT Dumbbells Exercise bicycles Ewer and basin sets Medicine balls
BT Containers RT Sports equipment
Sanitary equipment SN Equipment and apparatus used to keep SN Jug and bowl sets designed for personal physically fit. washing, in lieu of a toilet sink. Exhaust pipes Ewers BT Motor car components BT Jugs
SN Tall wide-mouthed jugs with one handle, Exhibition catalogues generally used in conjunction with a basin decorated en suite, to hold water for BT Catalogues ablutions. Exhibition labels Examination papers BT Display equipment BT Documents Labels
Exciter lamps Exhibition posters
BT Electric light globes BT Event posters Lamps
RT Exciters Exhibition stands SN Bright incandescent lamps having a BT Display equipment concentrated filament, used to excite a Stands phototube or photocell. SN Stalls where articles are displayed for sale Exciters or for some other purpose, especially at shows or exhibitions. BT Electric generators
SN Small auxiliary generators that provide Expanding files field current for AC generators. BT Stationery
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Experimental models SN Calculating devices for assessing what camera settings will give the correct BT Scientific models exposure. Factors affecting the exposure such as weather, time, altitude and SN Models used to investigate hypotheses. subject are assessed using a calculating device such as a slide rule. Explanatory keys
USE Didactic displays Exposure meters BT Light meters
Explosive weapons RT Density meters
BT Weapons SN Instruments for determining the correct exposure by measuring the light falling on NT Bombs or reflected by the subject. Grenades Mines (weapons) Exposure reckoners
RT Missiles USE Exposure calculators
Explosives Exposure tables
BT Explosives equipment BT Calculation tables
SN Agents or substances which explode when Exposure aids detonated, eg dynamite, gunpowder etc. SN Tables listing factors affecting exposure Where possible, specify the type of such as weather, subject, time and explosive. altitude. They are used to help determine the camera settings for correct exposure. Explosives equipment Exposure time calculators BT Equipment USE Exposure calculators NT Detonators Explosives Exposure timers RT Mines (weapons) USE Exposure meters
Exposure aids Express daylight enlargers BT Camera accessories USE Daylight enlargers NT Actinometers Exposure calculators Extension bellows
Exposure tables BT Camera accessories Photometers SN Bellows attachments for miniature and Tintmeters other rigid cameras with interchangeable SN Devices which assist determination of lenses, providing a variable degree of lens camera settings for correct exposure. extension for close-up and macrophotography. Use `Camera bellows' Exposure calculators for bellows which are an integral part of the camera not used to provide extra lens BT Exposure aids extension. Logarithmic calculating instruments
NT Posographs Extension cameras
BT Cameras
NT Double extension cameras Triple extension cameras
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SN Cameras where the base board is designed Eye washers so that the lens panel can be racked forward using extension tubes or bellows BT Health and medical equipment to extend the focal length for macro and microphotography. Eyecups Extension cords USE Eye washers
BT Electric cords Eyeglasses Extension ladders USE Spectacles
BT Ladders Eyepieces Extension leads BT Optical instruments
USE Extension cords SN Instrument containing a lens or combination of lenses, to which the eye is applied; often part of a larger instrument, Extension tubes such as a microscope. BT Camera accessories Eyes SN Tubes of specific lengths taking the camera lens at one end and the lens BT Body parts (human) mount at the other. They are used to NT increase the working separation between Glass eyes the lens and the sensitive materials to Plastic eyes give a magnified image. Extension tubes are used mainly in miniature and small Eyewear cameras. Bellows perform a similar function in larger cameras. BT Personal adornments
NT 3-D glasses External-combustion engines Contact lenses BT Engines Goggles NT Hot air engines Opera glasses Steam engines Spectacles SN Engines in which the generation of heat is Sunglasses effected in a furnace or reactor outside the engine cylinder. Three dimensional glasses
Eye charts Fabric softeners
BT Eye testing equipment BT Laundry equipment Health and medical charts SN Charts used to test eyesight. Fabric swatches
USE Swatches Eye testing equipment
BT Health and medical equipment Face powder Testing equipment USE Face powders NT Eye charts Optometers Face powder boxes RT Optical instruments USE Face powder containers SN Apparatus used to test eyesight.
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Face powder containers Fairy floss machines
BT Cosmetics containers BT Food processing equipment Machines NT Powder compacts RT Face powders Fairy floss sticks
BT Food processing equipment Face powders SN Sticks used to hold fairy floss BT Cosmetics Fairy Wrens
Face washers BT Australian birds BT Bath linen
RT Towels False eyelashes
SN Small pieces of cloth used for washing the USE Artificial eyelashes face and body. False teeth Facecloths USE Dentures USE Face washers
Falsies Facial tissues USE Bust improvers BT Personal effects
SN Paper tissues for personal use. Falus coins
BT Coins Facsimile machines
USE Fax machines NT Half falus coins One falus coins Facsimile models Quarter falus coins Three falus coins USE Replicas Two falus coins SN Moroccan coins. Facsimiles
USE Replicas Family trees
USE Genealogical documents Facsimilies
USE Replicas Fan boxes
BT Boxes Factory engines
BT Factory equipment Fan cases Stationary engines BT Cases SN Stationary engines designed to run factory machinery. Personal effects
Factory equipment Fan frames
BT Occupation-based equipment BT Frames
NT Factory engines Fancy dress accessories
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BT Fancy dress costumes Farm records
BT Agricultural records Fancy dress costumes NT Farm ledgers BT Costumes
NT Fancy dress accessories Farmhouses
Fancy dress masks BT Houses RT Toys Farthing tokens Fancy dress masks BT Tokens BT Fancy dress costumes Masks Farthings
Fanlights BT Penny coins
BT Windows SN Coins worth one quarter of a British penny. SN Fan-shaped windows set above doors. Fashion badges
Fans BT Badges BT Cooling equipment Personal adornments
RT Brooches NT Electric fans SN Folding fans Decorative badges, usually metal, designed to be attached to clothing as a Hand fans fashion accessory. Rigid fans Fashion dolls
Fantasy money BT Dolls BT Paper money SN Dolls created to promote specific fashion trends in textiles and hair styling; RT Toy money especially popular from the 16th to the SN Invented designs or denominations of 18th century in France. paper money, whether or not in imitation of actual circulating notes. Fashion plates
Farm equipment BT Prints
BT Agricultural equipment SN Pictorial designs showing prevailing or new modes of dress. NT Flails Seed drills Fasteners BT Objects Farm ledgers NT Bolts BT Farm records Buttons Grommets Farm machinery Laces USE Farm equipment Nuts (hardware) Nuts and bolts Farm machines Pins USE Agricultural machines Rivets
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NT Screws NT Ostrich feathers Staples Pelican feathers Straps Pheasant feathers String Zippers Feeding bottles BT Baby accessories Fauna Bottles
USE Animals NT Biberons
RT Feeding cups Fax machines
BT Office equipment Feeding cups Telecommunications equipment BT Baby accessories SN Machines which transmit and receive Cups graphic data by wire or radio. NT Pap boats
Faxes RT Feeding bottles
BT Correspondence Felling axes SN Documents, pictures etc. transmitted by fax machines. BT Axes
Feather aigrettes RT Broadaxes SN Axes used for felling trees. USE Aigrettes
Female contraceptives Feather boxes BT Contraceptives USE Treasure boxes NT Contraceptive diaphragms Feather dusters Injectable contraceptives
BT Dusters Intra-uterine devices Oral contraceptives Feather fans Spermicides Vaginal rings BT Hand fans
RT Feathers Fences
BT Structures
Feather flowers SN Enclosures or barriers, usually of wire or BT Artificial flowers wood, as around or along a field or garden Feathers (Macquarie Dictionary 3rd Ed.).
Fern pots Feathers BT Vases BT Animal parts
RT Flowerpots NT Bird of paradise feathers SN Cockatoo feathers A type of vase of rectangular section, larger at the mouth and tapering down to Egret feathers a smaller base, standing in a rectangular Emu feathers rimmed receptacle. Usually decorated with floral swags in relief. Feather flowers
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Ferns BT Wreaths
BT Plants Fetters
USE Leg irons Ferries
BT Ships Fibre specimens (anthropological)
BT Anthropological specimens Ferrotypes SN Use for specimens of fibres that have been USE Tintypes collected for anthropological purposes rather than botanical or scientific purposes e.g. fibre specimens used for Ferry seats basket weaving by Aboriginal people. BT Seats Fibulas Ferry tickets BT Jewellery
BT Transport tickets SN Types of clasps or brooches
SN Tickets issued for travel on ferry boats. Fichus Festival posters BT Scarves
BT Event posters SN Scarves of muslin, lace, or the like, generally triangular in shape, worn about the neck by women, with the ends drawn Festive decorations together or crossed in front. USE Festive objects Fictile ivories
Festive objects BT Plaster casts
BT Objects SN Describes a special collection acquired in 1887. NT Balloons Birthday cards Fictional character dolls Birthday decorations USE Character dolls Bonbons Christmas decorations Fiddles
Christmas ephemera BT Stringed instruments Christmas trees NT Gusles Corn dollies Huqin Easter decorations Pochettes Easter eggs SN A general term used for stringed folk Festive wreaths instruments played with a bow. Fireworks Field cameras New year decorations USE View cameras Party hats
RT Ceremonial objects Field guns Festive wreaths BT Artillery
BT Festive objects RT Cannons
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Field notes NT Human figures
BT Notes Religious figures Statues Field telephones Toy figures Toy theatre figures BT Military equipment Telephones Ushabti figures
Fifes Figurines USE Figures BT Flutes
SN Small cylindrical transverse flutes, with narrower bores and thus a louder shriller Fil coins sound than a flute proper, often played in BT Coins military fife and drum bands. SN Iraqi coins. Fifteen dollar coins
BT Dollar coins Filing cabinets BT Office furniture
Fifteen kopek coins RT Cabinets
BT Kopek coins SN Cases, usually metal, with sliding drawers designed to hold filing cards, collections of papers or documents etc. Fifty cent coins BT Cent coins Filler coins
BT Coins Fifty centime coins SN Austrian/Hungarian coins. BT Centime coins Fillister planes
Fifty dollar coins USE Fillisters BT Dollar coins Fillisters
Fifty kopek coins BT Grooving planes BT Kopek coins RT Rabbet planes
SN Planes used for cutting the angled portion Fifty pfennig coins of a wooden panel. They usually take the BT Pfennig coins form of rabbet planes fitted with guides.
Film and plate holders Figure components BT Camera accessories BT Components NT Film holders RT Figures Plate holders Slide holders Figures SN Rectangular frames for holding sheet film BT Objects or plates in readiness for use.
NT Animal figures Film aprons Gnomes
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BT Photographic processing equipment Film holders
RT Developing tanks BT Film and plate holders
SN Bands of celluloid or other material used RT Sheet film to separate successive turns of film when rolled up for development in a tank. SN Thin rectangular frame in which sheet film is placed and loaded into a camera. Film bins Film magazines BT Film editing equipment USE Movie film SN A bin for putting cut film in during editing process. Film negatives
Film cameras BT Negatives BT Cameras NT Silver gelatin negatives NT 35mm cameras RT Reversal film Autofocus cameras SN Negatives on camera film. Cut film cameras Instant picture cameras Film projectors Movie cameras USE Projectors Pocket cameras Reflex cameras Film re-winders Roll film cameras USE Film rewinders SN A general term for most modern cameras which employ film rather than glass or metal plates. Where possible, name more Film rewinders specific types of cameras. BT Cinematographic equipment
Film canisters SN Devices used for rewinding movie films after projection. USE Film cans
Film spools Film cans BT Cinematographic equipment BT Cinematographic equipment RT Film rewinders
Film cartridges Film strips USE Cartridge film BT Photographic viewing equipment
Film costumes SN Length of 35mm film containing still images joined together in order to run BT Performance costumes them through a film strip projector and be projected on a screen. Used in school classrooms 1960s to 1980s. Film editing equipment BT Audio and visual equipment Film tanks
NT Film bins BT Developing tanks Film Splicers SN Developing tanks for photographic film.
RT Photographic processing equipment
SN Equipment used to edit motion picture Film winding boxes film. BT Photographic processing equipment
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RT Camera film NT Credit cards
SN Light-proof boxes for winding undeveloped Debit Cards films off a spool onto another spool. SN Includes credit and debit cards
Filter papers Finger bowls
BT Filters USE Fingerbowls Laboratory equipment
Finger planes Filters BT Planes BT Objects Violin making tools NT Abbot filters Camera filters Finger rings Filter papers BT Jewellery Water filters Rings NT Archers rings Financial documents Engagement rings USE Financial records Keeper rings Mourning rings Financial records Seal rings BT Documents Wedding rings
NT Account books Fingerbowls Accounts BT Bowls Accounts books Tableware Bank drafts RT Rosewater bowls Bankbooks SN Small bowls that hold water for rinsing Chequebooks the fingers at the table. Cheques Credit notes Fingerplates Debentures BT Door accessories Financial transaction cards RT Doors Promissory notes SN Solid plates fixed near the latch of a door Sales records to protect the surface from being soiled by Share certificates fingerprints. Share scrip SN Documents and records related to banking Finials or other finances. Where possible, specify BT Architectural elements the type of record or document instead of this broad general term. NT Roof finials
RT Furniture Financial reports SN Ornaments which terminate the point of a BT Reports spire, pinnacle, or other vertical member. Common on furniture as well as architecture. Financial transaction cards BT Cards Finishing horses Financial records USE Saw horses
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Finishing tools NT Vertical boilers
USE Surface finishing tools RT Water-tube boilers SN Steam boilers in which hot gaseous products of combustion pass through Fire blankets tubes surrounded by boiler water. BT Fire fighting equipment Firearm cases Fire engines BT Cases Firearms accessories BT Emergency vehicles Fire fighting equipment Firearm cleaning equipment RT Toy fire engines BT Firearms accessories
Fire extinguishers Firearm components BT Fire fighting equipment BT Weapon components NT Foam generators SN Devices containing water or chemicals NT Gun barrels under pressure, for putting out fires. Gun stocks Magazines (firearm components) Fire fighting equipment Percussion caps BT Occupation-based equipment Firearms NT Fire blankets Fire engines BT Weapons
Fire extinguishers NT Blunderbusses Breechloading firearms Fire irons Carbines BT Fireplace accessories Centre-fire firearms
NT Fire tongs Flintlock firearms Pokers Guns SN Implements used for tending a domestic Matchlock firearms fire, such as tongs, pokers, etc. Muskets Fire screens Muzzle-loading firearms Pepperboxes USE Firescreens Percussion firearms
Fire tongs Pinfire firearms Pistols BT Fire irons Revolvers Tongs Rifles Fire tube boilers Rimfire firearms
USE Fire-tube boilers Sporting firearms Wheel-lock firearms SN Small weapons from which projectiles are Fire-tube boilers discharged by an explosion. BT Boilers Firearms accessories NT Locomotive boilers BT Weapon accessories Scotch boilers
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NT Ammunition pouches NT Fire irons Bullet moulds Firedogs Firearm cases Firescreens Firearm cleaning equipment Tinderboxes Holsters Powder flasks Fireplaces Ramrods BT Architectural elements SN Accessories used in conjunction with Heating equipment firearms. RT Firescreens
Firebricks Firescreens BT Kiln furniture BT Fireplace accessories Refractory equipment Screens SN Bricks made of fireclay for use in kilns, furnaces, etc. NT Pole screens
RT Fireplaces Firecrackers SN Screens placed in front of fireplaces, for BT Fireworks protection or decoration.
NT Bungers Firesticks
Firedogs BT Hunting and gathering tools
BT Fireplace accessories SN A lighted stick carried in smouldering condition from camp to camp, formerly SN Metal stands used in pairs to support used by Aborigines, especially those in wood in an open fireplace. Tasmania, for lighting fires. (Macquarie Dictionary 3rd Ed.). Firefighters clothing
BT Clothing Firetube boilers USE Fire-tube boilers NT Firefighters helmets
RT Uniforms Fireworks
BT Festive objects Firefighters helmets
BT Firefighters clothing NT Firecrackers Helmets RT Toys
Firemarks First aid charts BT Hardware BT First aid equipment Plaques Health and medical charts SN Metal plates formerly attached to buildings by insurance companies to indicate that the building was insured. First aid cream BT Medicines Fireplace accessories BT Accessories First aid equipment
NT Ash pans BT Health and medical equipment
Coal scuttles NT First aid charts Coalscuttles First aid kits
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First aid kits Fish kettles
BT First aid equipment BT Cooking boilers Medical kits RT Fish steamers
First day covers SN Boilers used for cooking fish.
USE First day envelopes Fish knives
First day envelopes BT Table knives SN Table knives with flat, decoratively BT Philatelic envelopes shaped blades, one edge being smooth and SN Envelopes with new stamps on first day of gently curved, the other end being issue. incurved and undulating.
First generation computers Fish ponds
USE Valve computers BT Structures
Fish Fish servers
BT Animals BT Food servers
NT Carp NT Fish-serving forks Sharks Fish-serving knives SN Flat implements shaped basically like a Fish drainers trowel, for use in serving and sometimes dividing fish at the dinner table. BT Strainers Tableware Fish-serving forks RT Mazarines BT Fish servers SN Drainers in the form of an oval (rarely Serving forks circular) pierced plate that rests in a SN Large fish forks used as a food server with deeper and wider serving dish. a conforming fish slice.
Fish floats Fish-serving knives BT Fishing equipment BT Fish servers SN Pieces of cork or hollow plastic for Serving knives supporting a baited line in the water and showing by its movement when a fish Fish slices bites. USE Fish servers Fish forks
BT Table forks Fish steamers
BT Cooking steamers RT Fish knives
SN Forks used with conforming fish knives RT Fish kettles when eating fish. They have three or four flat unsharpened tines, the outer one being wider and sometimes having a Fish traps curved point. BT Animal traps
Fish hooks Fish trowels USE Fishing hooks USE Fish servers
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Fisheye lenses Fishing rods
BT Photographic lenses BT Fishing equipment
SN Extremely wide-angle lenses, covering a field of about 180 degrees and reproducing Fishing tackle a circular image with pronounced barrel distortion (AAT). USE Fishing equipment
Fishhooks Five cent coins
USE Fishing hooks BT Cent coins
NT Half dime coins Fishing boats
BT Boats Five centime coins
RT Fishing equipment BT Centime coins
Fishing equipment Five dollar coins
BT Occupation-based equipment BT Dollar coins Recreational equipment NT Fish floats Five franc coins Fishing hooks BT Franc coins Fishing lines
Fishing lures Five kopek coins Fishing nets BT Kopek coins Fishing reels Fishing rods Five pfennig coins Fishing hooks BT Pfennig coins
BT Fishing equipment Hooks Five pound coins
BT Pound coins Fishing lines
BT Fishing equipment Five reis coins SN Use for hand held fishing lines or rolls of BT Reis coins line intended for use with a fishing rod.
Fishing lures Five shilling coins
BT Fishing equipment BT Shilling coins
SN An object attached to a fishing line designed to attract or entice fish so they Five tenths real coins bit the fish hook. BT Real coins Fishing nets
BT Fishing equipment Fixed engines Nets USE Stationary engines
Fishing reels Fixed-focus lenses BT Fishing equipment
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BT Photographic lenses SN Instruments for threshing grain by hand, consisting of a staff or handle to one end of SN Lenses set at one fixed distance from the which is attached a freely swinging stick film and offering no method of focusing or bar. adjustment; most common on inexpensive cameras. Flake tools Fizzy drinks USE Stone tools
USE Soft drinks Flamenco guitars Flacons BT Acoustic guitars
BT Bottles Cosmetics containers Flamingos SN Small bottles with a stopper, such as a BT Birds perfume bottle.
Flageolets Flammards
BT Flutes USE Froes
NT Double flageolets SN Manufactured duct flutes, made on the Flamming irons recorder principle. The term is USE Froes particularly used to denote a `tin whistle'.
Flagging irons Flannel flowers
BT Coopering tools BT Flowers Prying tools SN Prying tools with a double-hooked head Flannels used in caulking barrels with flags, or for USE Face washers removing barrel heads.
Flagons Flare pistols
BT Jugs BT Signal pistols
SN Pouring vessels ; also church vessels that are used to replenish the wine in a chalice Flash guns or communion cup at the Eucharist. USE Flashguns Flags
BT Textiles Flash light holders USE Magnesium flash holders NT Aboriginal flags Eureka flags Flash point apparatus Maritime flags Military flags BT Measuring instruments National flags SN Equipment for measuring the lowest temperature at which the vapours from a Pennants volatile oil or a substance unstable in heat RT Banners will ignite in air when exposed to a flame.
Flails Flash powders
BT Farm equipment BT Photographic lighting equipment
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SN Magnesium powders used in early flash Flatware photography. USE Cutlery Flash units, studio
USE Studio lighting equipment Flavouring scoops USE Scoops Flashbulbs
BT Camera flashes Fleams BT Surgical instruments NT Flashcubes Veterinary equipment SN Glass bulbs filled with oxygen and a thin SN Surgical veterinary instruments sheet of magnesium or aluminium, used consisting of three steel triangular shaped as a light source in photography. blades. Flashcubes Flensing knives BT Flashbulbs BT Knives RT Cameras Whaling equipment SN SN Four flashbulbs in a cube which turns so Cutting tools used to strip the blubber or that four photographs can be taken the skin from a whale without reloading. Fleshhooks
Flashguns BT Hooks BT Photographic lighting equipment Kitchen equipment SN Hooks for use in lifting meat, as from a SN Devices for holding and firing electronic pot ; Hooks to hang meat on. flashes or flashbulbs, usually synchronised with the camera shutter. Flexes Flasks USE Electric cords
BT Containers Flier NT Brandy flasks USE Leaflets Pilgrim flasks Powder flasks Flier Thermoses USE Leaflets RT Bottles
SN Bottle-shaped containers with a cover, for carrying liquids. Flies
BT Insects Flat irons USE Flatirons Flight attendant uniforms
BT Uniforms Flatirons
BT Laundry irons Flight covers
NT Tailors irons USE Airmail envelopes RT Mrs Potts irons
SN Solid cast iron laundry irons heated Flight information externally on stoves or in front of a fire, BT Aviation documents and usually used in pairs.
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Flight records Float bowls
USE Aircraft logbooks USE Flower bowls
Flight simulators Float vases
BT Aviation equipment USE Flower bowls
RT Training aeroplanes Flongs SN Apparatus which re-create flight conditions, used for the training of aircraft BT Printing equipment pilots. SN Paper or other material from which a stereotype mould is made. Flightlogs
USE Aircraft logbooks Floor coverings
BT Interior coverings Flint tools NT Carpets USE Stone tools Floor mats Floor tiles Flintlock blunderbusses Linoleum
BT Blunderbusses RT Floors Flintlock firearms SN A general term for objects used to cover floors in houses and offices. Where Flintlock firearms possible, use a more specific type of floor BT Firearms covering in preference to this broad term.
NT Flintlock blunderbusses Floor lamps
Flintlock pistols BT Lamps Flintlock rifles SN Lamps designed to stand on the floor
Flintlock pistols Floor mats BT Flintlock firearms BT Floor coverings Pistols
NT Snaphance pistols NT Doormats SN Small mats made of plaited or woven Flintlock rifles rushes, hemp, or other fibres, used to cover a floor, and particularly for scraping BT Flintlock firearms dirt from feet. Rifles Floor plans
Flippers BT Documents BT Swimming equipment Floor polisher brushes
Flit planes BT Cleaning brushes USE Plough planes Floor rugs Flit ploughs BT Carpets USE Plough planes Rugs
NT Dogs paw rugs
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NT Floor runners NT Double florins Kilims Half florins Prayer rugs Quarter florins Rag rugs SN A florin is both a gold and a silver coin, of the same type and size, issued SN Small heavy carpets which cover parts of a simultaneously in Florence (1252), with floor. They can sometimes also be used as the former ten times the value of the wall hangings. latter. Also revived as a silver coin in England, with a value of one-tenth of a Floor runners sovereign, one-tenth of a pound, and after BT Floor rugs 1887, two shillings. Runners SN Long, narrow rugs or carpets, suitable for Flotation aids a hall or staircase. BT Swimming equipment
Floor tiles RT Lifebuoys
BT Floor coverings Tiles Flounce irons
NT Carpet tiles USE Sleeve irons Linotiles Parquetry Flour
Quarry tiles BT Foodstuffs Wood tiles SN Any small square or rectangular pieces of Flour bags floor covering designed to be laid together on a floor. Tiles can be made of carpet, BT Food storage bags linoleum, or various clays or ceramics. RT Flour Floors
BT Architectural elements Flour barrels BT Barrels RT Floor coverings Flour containers SN Single element or set of elements which form the structure of a floor, rather than its covering. Flour bins BT Flour containers Floppy disks BT Computer memory devices Flour containers Machine-readable records BT Food storage containers SN Flexible magnetically coated disks used for storing data. NT Flour barrels Flour bins Floral bouquets RT Flour USE Bouquets
Flour dredgers Florin coins USE Food dredgers USE Florins
Flour mills Florins BT Mills BT Coins
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SN Mills for making flour. Fluoroscopes
BT X-ray machines Flour sifters SN Tubes or boxes, fitted with a screen coated BT Kitchenware with a fluorescent substance, used for Sieves objects exposed to X-rays. SN Sieving devices, usually with a rotating handle, for aerating and removing lumps Flute cases from flour. BT Musical instrument cases Flower bowls
BT Bowls Flute components Vases BT Wind instrument components NT Rose bowls RT Flutes RT Flower holders SN Bowls used to hold cut flowers. Usually Flute glasses having a pierced cover, or a removable flower holder, or a removable wire mesh BT Wine glasses through which to insert the flower stems. NT Champagne flutes Such pieces are sometimes called Rose Bowls. SN Narrow short-stemmed glasses with long straight sides, especially suitable for Flower holders sparkling wines since they offer only a small surface area to the air. BT Holders
SN Perforated holders placed inside a vase to Flute headjoints hold cut flowers in place. USE Flute components
Flower pots Flutes USE Flowerpots BT Woodwind instruments
Flowerpots NT Fifes
BT Gardening equipment Flageolets Pots Pan flutes Piccolos Flowers Recorders BT Plant components Shakuhachi RT NT Artificial flowers Flute components Cherry blossoms Chrysanthemums Flutinas Flannel flowers BT Accordions Fuchsias Gum blossoms Fluxing pots Lotuses BT Metalworking equipment Orchids Pots Refractory equipment Peonies Sunflowers RT Crucibles Tulips Fly paper
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USE Flypaper BT Chains Jewellery Fly traps Watch accessories SN The chains attached to a pocket watch, USE Flytraps from which fobs and other ornaments are suspended. Flyers Fob watches USE Leaflets USE Pocket watches
Flying boats Fobs BT Aeroplanes BT Jewellery RT Seaplanes Watch accessories
SN Aeroplanes whose main body consists of a NT Mourning fobs single hull or boat that can take off and SN Small ornaments suspended from watch land on water. chains.
Flying boots Focal plane shutters
BT Aviation clothing BT Camera shutters Boots SN Pair of blinds located immediately in front of the film. They move across the film to Flypaper expose a space between them, the size of BT Flytraps the space determining the shutter speed.
SN Paper prepared to destroy flies by Folders poisoning them or by catching them on its sticky surface. BT Document accessories Stationery
Flyswats NT Photograph folders BT Pest control equipment Presentation folders
Flyswatters Folding balances
USE Flyswats BT Balances
Flytraps Folding cameras
BT Pest traps BT Cameras SN Cameras which are compact when folded. NT Flypaper The lens and shutter are attached to a collapsible, light-tight bellows, and Foam extinguishers mounted on a hinged rigid bed which extends out from the camera body. When USE Foam generators the camera is not in use, the lens, bed and bellows fold into the body. Foam generators Folding chairs BT Fire extinguishers Generators BT Chairs SN Equipment for creating a mass or layer of foam for firefighting. Folding fans Fob chains BT Fans
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Folding razors Food dredgers
BT Razors BT Kitchenware
SN Containers with perforated tops, used in Folding rules cooking for sprinkling dry foodstuffs such as flour, sugar, etc into food mixtures or BT Rulers onto prepared foods.
RT Woodworking tools Food essences SN Rulers, commonly used in woodworking, which commonly consist of four six inch BT Foodstuffs wooden strips, hinged together in pairs, NT Almond essence with each pair connected by a brass knuckle-hinge so that all four strips can Lemon essence be folded flat. Vanilla essence SN Liquid substances obtained from foods, Folding stand cameras usually by a distillation process, and containing the food's characteristic USE Folding cameras properties in concentrated form. Food essences are intended to be added to foods Folk guitars to impart a particular flavour.
USE Steel string guitars Food graters
BT Kitchenware Follis coins
BT Coins NT Cheese graters Fruit graters SN Bronze coins slightly washed with silver, first introduced as part of the coinage Ginger graters reforms of the Roman Emperor Diocletian Nutmeg graters (AD 295-8). Food labels Food BT Food packaging USE Foodstuffs Labels
Food colouring Food ladles
BT Foodstuffs BT Food servers Kitchenware Food colourings Ladles RT Scoops USE Food colouring
Food mashers Food covers BT Kitchenware BT Covers Tableware NT Potato mashers RT Jug covers SN Manual tools for reducing food to a pulp by pressure. SN Metal devices to keep food warm, or net umbrella-like devices to protect prepared food from insects. Food mixers BT Kitchenware Food decorations NT Cake mixers BT Food processing equipment SN Mechanical or electrical devices for combining food ingredients by beating.
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Food moulds Food preserving jars
BT Kitchenware BT Bottling equipment Moulds Food storage jars
NT Biscuit moulds Butter moulds Food processing equipment Cheese moulds BT Equipment
Chocolate moulds NT Blenders Confectionery moulds Bottling equipment Ice-cream moulds Breast pumps Jelly moulds Cocktail shakers Pudding moulds Coffee bean roasters RT Baking tins Coffee grinders Coffee machines Food packaging Coffee roasters BT Packaging Fairy floss machines Fairy floss sticks NT Butter wrappers Food decorations Confectionery packaging Food processors Food labels Heat sealers Food packs Kitchen funnels Food storage cans Meat mincers Milk cartons Mills Food packs Pepper grinders
BT Food packaging Food storage containers Food processors
RT Tumblers BT Food processing equipment Kitchen equipment SN Food storage jars which are reusable as SN Kitchen implements used to shred, slice, tumblers. juice, mash etc, usually with several blade attachments. Food preparation equipment USE Food processing equipment Food safes
BT Kitchen equipment Food preparation utensils, toy Pest control equipment
USE Kitchen toys NT Meat safes
RT Safe stands Food preserving boilers
BT Bottling equipment Food servers Cooking boilers BT Cutlery SN Kitchen boilers used for preserving food, especially for making fruit preserves. NT Cheese scoops Drinking straws Food preserving bottles Fish servers BT Bottles Food ladles Bottling equipment Salad servers Food storage containers Serving forks
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NT Serving knives NT Jam containers Serving spoons Juice containers Serving tongs Milk containers
RT Carving sets Pepper containers
SN Use for collections of dining implements Rice containers made in a variety of shapes, sizes and Spice boxes styles for serving food. Where possible, Sugar containers name a specific type of food server. Tea caddies Food storage bags Thermoses
BT Storage bags Food storage jars NT Flour bags BT Food storage containers Jars Food storage cans NT Amphorae BT Cans Biscuit jars Food packaging Food preserving jars Food storage containers Ginger jars NT Beer cans Honey jars Coffee tins Jam jars Soft drink cans Mineral water jars Soup cans Oil jars Food storage containers Pickle jars
BT Containers Tea jars
NT Beverage bottles Food warmers Biscuit containers BT Heating equipment Bonbon boxes Kitchen equipment
Bread containers NT Hot water plates Butter containers Hot water urns Cake boxes Spirit burners Canisters Tea urns Cannisters Veilleuses Cheese containers SN Utensils for keeping warm the contents of a bowl, dish, teapot, or cup. Chocolate boxes Cocoa containers Foodstuffs Coffee containers BT Objects Confectionery jars Cream containers NT Baking powder Flour containers Beverages Food packs Biscuits Food preserving bottles Bread Food storage cans Butter Food storage jars Canned foods Gallipots Cheese Honey containers Condiments
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NT Confectionery BT Sports clothing Cream Dietary supplements Footballs Flour BT Sports balls
Food colouring SN Balls used in the various forms of football. Food essences Honey Footstools
Jam BT Stools Lard SN Low stools upon which to rest one's feet. Milk Mushrooms Footwear Noodles BT Clothing Nuts (foodstuffs) NT Ankle bindings Pasta Boot covers Porridge Booties Pudding mixes Boots Rice Clogs Sauces Gaiters Soup Moccasins Space food Pattens Spices Sandals Sugar Shoes Wheat Skates Wine SN A broad term to cover a range of foods. Slippers Where possible specify types of food in Sports footwear preference to this broad term. Footwear accessories Foot bellows BT Clothing accessories BT Bellows NT Arch supports
Foot stools Boot hooks Boot scrapers USE Footstools Boot stretchers Boot trees Foot-warmers Boot warmers BT Heating equipment Bootlaces RT Bed warmers Crampons SN Any of various contrivances for keeping Shoe bags the feet warm. Shoe boxes
Football boots Shoe stretchers Shoehorns BT Boots Shoelaces Sports footwear Shoetrees Football uniforms Spurs
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Footwear components NT Pitchforks
BT Clothing components Serving forks Table forks NT Vamps Toasting forks
Forceps Fortifications BT Surgical instruments BT Buildings
SN Fortresses and forts (PICMAN, 2000) Fore planes
USE Jack planes Fossils
BT Objects Forge blowers SN Any remains, impression or trace of an BT Machines animal or plant of a former geological age. Metallurgical equipment SN Machines for forcing air through a forge Fotoplayer rolls (the special fireplace, hearth, or furnace in USE Music rolls which metal is heated before shaping).
Forges Fountain pens
BT Metalworking equipment BT Pens Refractory equipment SN The special fireplaces, hearths or furnaces Fountains in which metal is heated before shaping. BT Structures Forging tools BT Metalworking tools Four kopek coins
RT Forges BT Kopek coins
Forint coins Four pfennig coins
BT Coins BT Pfennig coins
SN Hungarian for florin. It is often found abbreviated as Frnt on Austrian silver Four real coins coins struck for Hungary. BT Real coins Fork polishers
BT Polishers Four-stroke engines BT Internal-combustion engines RT Cutlery Piston engines SN Engines operating on a cycle in which one Forklift trucks piston stroke out of every four is a power stroke. BT Trucks Fourpences
Forks BT Penny coins BT Objects RT Groats NT Carving forks Gardening forks Fowl
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USE Chickens Franc coins
BT Coins Fraction tint actinometers NT Five franc coins USE Tintmeters Half franc coins One franc coins Frails Quarter franc coins USE Tool bags Ten franc coins Twenty franc coins Frame aerials Two franc coins BT Antennas SN Part of French and Swiss currency.
Frame pit saws Franking machines
BT Pit saws BT Postal equipment
SN Large pit saws supplied with frames, used SN Machines which stamp items of mail to to cut logs into boards or planks. indicate that postage has been or will be paid, and keep a record of accumulated Frame saws postage.
BT Woodworking saws Freezers
NT Bow saws BT Coolers Coopering saws Fret saws Freight stamps Pit saws BT Cinderella stamps SN Hand-driven saws in which a narrow blade is stretched between two points of SN Adhesive non-postage stamps affixed to attachment within a wood or metal frame. letters or freight to denote conditions or Use `Frame pit saws' for large pit saws method of transport other than the post supplied with frames which are used to office, e.g. "fragile", "par avion", cut logs into boards or planks. destinations e.g. "Sydney" or the cost of freight e.g. "3 shillings" Frames Freighters BT Objects USE Cargo ships NT Fan frames
Mirror frames Frequency test records Photograph frames BT Audio records Picture frames Measuring instruments SN Audio records used to test frequencies on Framesaws a sound system. USE Frame saws Frescos
Framing squares BT Artworks
USE Carpenters squares SN Wall paintings in which pure powdered pigments, mixed only in water, are applied to a wet, freshly laid lime-plaster ground. Frammers
USE Froes Fret saws BT Frame saws
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SN RT Keyhole saws Drinking mugs with a naturalistically modelled and painted frog in the interior SN Saws with extremely fine blades set in a which is revealed to the drinker as he frame or file-style handle, used for cutting finishes the drink. Also called a `Toad curved shapes in thin wood, plywood and mug' or a `Surprise mug'. veneer. Frogs Fretsaws BT Amphibians USE Fret saws
Fromards Frictional electrostatic machines USE Froes USE Wimshurst machines
Front-end loaders Fridge magnets BT Construction vehicles USE Refrigerator magnets SN Vehicles consisting of a tractor, with wheels or a caterpillar track, having a Fridges hydraulically operated scoop at the front. USE Refrigerators Frontispieces
Friezes BT Book components
BT Architectural elements RT Titlepages
Artworks SN An illustrated leaf preceding the titlepage SN That part of an entablature between the of a book. architrave and the cornice, commonly ornamented with sculpture, or, any Frows similar decorative band or feature, as on a wall. USE Froes
Frisbees Fruit BT Recreational equipment USE Fruits
Frock coats Fruit bowls
BT Coats BT Bowls SN Mens coats with skirts joined at the NT Comports waistline and hanging in back to the bend of the knee. Strawberry bowls
Froes Fruit forks
BT Woodworking tools BT Table forks
RT Axes RT Fruit knives
SN Cleaving tools whose handles are at a SN Small forks, usually having three tines, right angle to the blade. They are used in that are used to hold a piece of fruit while conjunction with a froe club for splitting it is being pared with a fruit knife. wood. Fruit graters Frog mugs BT Food graters BT Mugs
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Fruit juices Frying baskets
BT Beverages BT Cooking equipment
SN RT Juice containers Wire baskets used to immerse food in hot fat for cooking.
Fruit knives Frying pans
BT Table knives BT Cooking equipment
RT Fruit forks SN Shallow pans with a long handle in which food is fried on a hotplate or over a flame. SN Small knives used for paring fruit, the blade being slightly curved and sharp-pointed. Fuchi BT Edged weapons accessories Fruit peelers SN The ornamental collar around the hilt of a BT Peelers Japanese sword or dagger next to the guard. The word means border or margin. NT Apple peelers Fuchsias Fruit plates BT Flowers BT Dessert plates
SN A type of plate, of medium size, used for Fuel cells eating fresh fruit by an individual diner at a dinner table. Such plates are usually BT Electrical equipment deorated with fruit motifs and are often gilded. Fuel cooking stoves Fruit slicers BT Cooking stoves
BT Slicers SN Stoves which burn wood, coal, coke or other solid fuel to generate heat for cooking, room-warming Fruit sorters
BT Agricultural machines Fuel tins Sorting equipment USE Petrol cans NT Apple sorters Full plate cameras Fruit spoons BT Plate cameras BT Spoons SN Cameras using the standard size daguerreotype metal plate, ie 6.5 x 8.5 Fruits inches.
BT Plants Full scale models
NT Artificial fruits BT Scale models Bananas NT Replicas Gourds SN Models of objects which are produced at Nut fruits the same size as the original, but may not RT Foodstuffs necessarily function in the same manner, or function at all. Use this term in conjunction with an object to indicate a Frummers full-size model of that object, eg for a life-size model steam engines, use `Steam USE Froes engines' and `Full-scale models'.
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Full size models BT Collars Fur clothing USE Full scale models
Fur jackets Funeral equipment USE Jackets BT Ceremonial objects Occupation-based equipment Furnace tongs NT Burial shoes BT Refractory equipment Coffin accessories Tongs Coffins Crematorium equipment Furnaces
Grave edging tiles BT Metalworking equipment Grave markers Refractory equipment
Grave vases NT Annealing furnaces Hearses Blast furnaces
Hell money RT Forges SN Objects relating to funeral ceremonies and the funeral industry. Furnishing fabrics
Funerary urns USE Furnishing textile lengths
BT Crematorium equipment Urns Furnishing swatches
RT Grave vases BT Swatches SN Urns or boxes designed to hold human ashes Furnishing textile lengths Fungi BT Soft furnishings Textile lengths BT Objects
Furniture Funnels BT Objects BT Objects NT Babies furniture NT Kitchen funnels Bathroom furniture SN Cone-shaped utensils with a tube at the Beds apex for conducting liquid through a small opening. Bedsteads Blackboards Fur clothing Cheval mirrors BT Clothing Childrens furniture
NT Fur coats Desks Fur collars Dining room furniture Furniture suites Fur coats Hallstands
BT Coats Hat racks Fur clothing Hatstands Kitchen furniture Fur collars Medical furniture
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NT Nursery furniture Furniture suites
Office furniture BT Furniture Outdoor furniture NT Bedroom suites Room dividers SN Sets of furniture of similar design and Screens complementary in function, eg. a Seating furniture three-piece lounge suite consists of a settee and two armchairs. Shop furniture
Storage and display furniture Fuses Tables USE Electric fuses Towel racks Umbrella stands G-clamps Furniture accessories USE Gee clamps
BT Objects G-strings NT Antimacassars BT Underpants Ashtray stands SN Tight fitting underpants or swimsuits Ashtrays with narrow piece of cloth at the back. Bedstead knobs Bellpulls Gadget bags
Centrepieces BT Photographic equipment containers Curtain accessories RT Camera cases Desk accessories SN Bags used to carry cameras and camera Doilies accessories such as lenses, filters, and Door accessories flashes. Use `Camera cases' for stand alone cases to enclose and protect Furniture arms cameras.
BT Furniture components Gaiters
BT Footwear Furniture books NT Spats BT Books SN Coverings for the ankle and instep, and sometimes also the lower leg, made of Furniture components cloth or leather and worn over the shoe.
BT Components Galahs NT Bed components BT Australian birds Drawers
Furniture arms Galleys Furniture legs BT Ships Shelves SN Early seagoing vessels propelled by oars Tabletops or by oars and sails. (Macquarie Upholstery components Dictionary, 3rd ed.)
Furniture legs Gallipots
BT Furniture components BT Food storage containers Pots
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RT Jam jars NT Chess pieces
SN Small glazed ceramic containers, basically Draughts cylindrical, for unguents and other Game counters substances, such as jams, conserves and RT Game counters sweetmeats.
Galoshes Games
USE Overshoes BT Objects
NT Arcade games Galvanometers Board games BT Meters Computer game software SN Instruments for measuring small electric Computer game units currents Computer games Gambling equipment Conkers Cribbage boards BT Occupation-based equipment Recreational equipment Dominoes Guessing games NT Gaming boxes Jacks (game) Lottery machines Knuckles (game) Poker machines Pinball games Roulette wheels Playing cards Totalisator equipment Playing marbles Game accessories Puzzles
BT Accessories Skittles
NT Dice Games balls Game boards BT Balls Game pieces NT Beach balls Scorecards Bouncing balls Scoresheets RT Sports balls RT Games SN Balls used in a variety of games. For balls used in sports, use `Sports balls'. Game boards BT Game accessories Gaming boxes
RT Cribbage boards BT Gambling equipment SN Boxes used to conduct gambling Game counters
BT Game pieces Gaming tables BT Tables RT Game pieces
SN Small counters used in board games to move around the board. Garages BT Buildings Game pieces SN Buildings for sheltering a motor vehicle or BT Game accessories vehicles, or establishments where motor vehicles are repaired, petrol is sold etc.
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Garbage bags Gardening forks
BT Bags BT Forks Gardening tools SN Bags used for the disposal of waste matter. RT Pitchforks
Garbage bins Gardening hoes BT Kitchen equipment BT Gardening tools RT Wastepaper baskets Hoes
SN Containers in which household rubbish is kept until collection or disposal. Gardening hoses BT Gardening equipment Garbage trucks Hoses BT Trucks Gardening rakes Garden edging tiles BT Gardening tools Rakes BT Edging tiles Garden ornaments Gardening spades Garden ornaments BT Gardening tools Spades BT Ornaments
NT Garden edging tiles Gardening tools
Gnomes BT Gardening equipment Jardinieres Tools
RT Gardening equipment NT Gardening forks Gardening hoes Gardening books Gardening rakes
BT Books Gardening spades Gardening trowels Gardening equipment Secateurs
BT Domestic equipment RT Shovels
NT Flowerpots Gardening trowels Gardening hoses BT Gardening tools Gardening tools SN Tools with a curved, scooplike blade used Lawn mowers in gardening for taking up plants etc. Lawnmowers Lawn-mowers Garlands
Planters BT Clothing accessories Pot plant holders RT Wreaths Pot plant stands SN Wreaths or strings of flowers, leaves or Sprinklers other material worn for ornament or Watering-cans honour, or hung on something as a Wheelbarrows decoration.
RT Garden ornaments Garments
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USE Clothing Gas generators
BT Generators Garnet paper
BT Abrasives Gas heaters SN Finishing and polishing paper whose BT Heating equipment abrasive is powdered garnet. SN Space heaters, usually domestic, powered Garnitures de cheminee by gas.
BT Vases Gas irons SN Sets of vases designed to decorate BT Laundry irons mantelpieces SN Laundry irons heated by gas burners fixed Garters into the body or attached to a stand.
BT Hosiery Gas lamps SN Fasteners, often in the form of a band BT Gas lighting equipment passing around the leg, to keep up Lamps stockings or long socks.
Gas bottles Gas laundry coppers
USE Gas cylinders USE Laundry coppers
Gas controllers Gas lighting equipment
USE Gaslight time clocks BT Lighting equipment
NT Gas lamps Gas cooking stoves SN Subject term used by PICMAN for exterior gas lights. BT Cooking stoves
Gas meters Gas cylinders BT Meters BT Containers
SN Cylinders and bottles used to store gas Gas tanks under pressure e.g. LPG, helium, oxygen. USE Gas cylinders Gas detectors
BT Safety equipment Gas turbine engines Scientific equipment BT Internal-combustion engines SN Devices used for the identification of gases Turbines in the immediate atmosphere. Used in NT Jet engines particular to detect the presence of gases which are harmful to humans or animals. SN Internal-combustion engines in which a continuous stream of compressed, hot gases (usually air) drive a turbine. The Gas engines term is used to describe a complete engine BT Internal-combustion engines consisting of at least a compressor, a combustion chamber and a turbine. SN Internal-combustion engines driven by a mixture of gas and air. Use `Gas turbine engines' for gas engines used to drive a Gas turbines turbine. USE Gas turbine engines
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Gaslight time clocks SN Instruments for marking lines, measuring pressure, volume or dimensions or acting BT Clocks as a measure to which material or workpieces must conform. SN Clock mechanisms operating a mechanical switch to turn gas street lamps on and off. Gauntlet gloves
Gaslights BT Gloves
USE Gas lighting equipment SN Gloves with cuff-like extensions.
Gasmasks Gauntlets
BT Masks BT Armour Safety equipment RT Gloves SN Masklike devices worn to protect against noxious gases, fumes, etc., as in warfare or SN Armour which covers the hands. in certain industries, the air inhaled by the wearer being filtered through charcoal Gavels and chemicals. BT Office equipment Gasoline engines Striking tools
USE Petrol engines RT Hammers
SN Small mallets used by presiding officers to Gate-leg tables signal for attention or order.
BT Tables Gear generating machines SN Tables having drop leaves which are BT Generators supported when open by legs which swing out and are usually connected by RT Wheel cutting engines cornerpieces. SN Machines that produce straight-bevel gear teeth by reciprocating a cutting tool across Gates the gear face while a generating motion is BT Architectural elements attained by slowly rotating the work and the tool holder, or cradle, at a RT Gateways synchronised rate.
Gateways Gear generator machines USE Gear generating machines BT Architectural elements
RT Gates Gear wheels SN Passages through fences or walls BT Gears separating two external spaces, or the structures or ornamental constructions Wheels enclosing such a passage. NT Pinions
RT Pulleys Gauges SN Any form of toothed wheel, as BT Measuring instruments distinguished from running wheels, pulleys, fly wheels, friction wheels, etc. NT Pressure gauges
Rain gauges Geared marine screw engines Woodworking gauges USE Geared screw engines RT Marking tools
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Geared screw engines SN Negatives employing silver in a gelatine binder on a glass photographic plate. BT Marine screw engines
SN Marine screw engines in which a large Gelatin dry plate positives spur wheel drives a smaller pinion to USE Dry plate positives maintain and moderate the speed of the crankshaft. Gelatin silver prints
Gearing braces USE Silver gelatin prints USE Hand drills Gelatine glass plate negatives
Gears USE Gelatin dry plate negatives BT Machinery components
NT Gear wheels Gelatine photonegatives SN Toothed wheels, cones or cylinders or USE Silver gelatin negatives other machined elements that are designed to mesh with other similarly toothed elements for purposes which Gelatine photoprints include the transmission of power and the USE Silver gelatin prints change of speed or direction.
Gee clamps Gelatine prints
BT Clamps USE Silver gelatin prints
SN Clamps in the shape of the letter C in which force is applied by rotating a Gelatine silver prints threaded shaft through one jaw of the C to USE Silver gelatin prints force the work against the other jaw; frequently used in carpentry and joinery. Gem irons Gee cramps BT Baking tins USE Gee clamps SN Heavy cast iron baking trays with recessed, rounded moulds, each a half Geelums sphere, used for cooking gem scones or small round cakes. USE Rabbet planes Gemstones
Geese BT Stones BT Birds NT Agates Amethysts Geiger counters Carnelians BT Measuring instruments Chrysoprase
RT Radiation meters Diamonds
SN Instruments for detecting and counting Emeralds ionising radiation, consisting of a tube Opals which conducts electricity when the gas Rubies within is ionised by such a particle. Sapphires Gelatin dry plate negatives Synthetic gemstones SN Stones which have been cut and/or worked BT Glass plate negatives to display their qualities.
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Genealogical charts BT Specimens
BT Charts NT Soil specimens
RT Mineral samples RT Genealogy SN Samples of earth, rock or minerals that have been collected as specimens. Genealogical documents BT Documents Geophysical survey instruments
BT Surveying equipment Genealogical trees NT Clinometers USE Genealogical documents SN Surveying instruments used for geological study, including rock and soil mechanics Genealogies and surveying the earth.
USE Genealogical documents Gestetners
BT Copying machines Generating sets SN Duplicators, in which a stencil cut on a USE Generators typewriter is wound round two ink-covered cylinders, operating in the same fashion as a silk screen. Generators BT Machines Get well cards
NT Acetylene generators BT Greeting cards Acetyline generators Electric generators Geta
Electroplating generators USE Sandals Foam generators Gas generators Giant pandas
Gear generating machines BT Mammals Negative ion generators RT Bears Ozone generators Signal generators Gimlet bits Synchronising generators BT Woodworking bits RT Steam turbines SN Bits with spiral flutes and sharp threaded SN Apparatus for producing electricity, gases, points; used for boring small holes in steam, foam, etc. wood. Geographical equipment Gimlets BT Equipment BT Drills NT Atlases SN A small tool for boring holes. Maps Gin glasses Geological maps BT Liquor glasses BT Maps SN Drinking glasses, varying in shape, for serving gin. They are similar to a wine Geological specimens glass but smaller, usually about 9 to 11 cm. high.
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Ginger beer bottles RT Plastic eyes
BT Soft drink bottles Glass forms RT Soft drinks BT Sculptures
Ginger graters Glass harmonicas BT Food graters BT Percussion instruments
Ginger jars SN Instruments consisting of a series of glass bowls graduated in size played with a BT Food storage jars moistened finger
Girandoles Glass negatives USE Wet collodion negatives BT Light fittings
RT Lustres Glass plate cameras SN Ornate branched supports for candles or BT Plate cameras other lights. NT Dry plate cameras Girdles Wet plate cameras
BT Underwear RT Glass plates
NT Maternity girdles SN Cameras using glass plates coated with a light sensitive emulsion that receive the Pantie girdles image through the aperture of the camera. SN Undergarments that support the abdominal region of the body. Glass plate negatives
Girls clothing BT Negatives
BT Childrens clothing NT Dry collodion negatives SN Use this term in conjunction with a more Gelatin dry plate negatives specific term. Gelatine glass plate negatives
Glass bricks Wet collodion negatives SN Negatives formed on photographic glass BT Bricks plates.
Glass-collodion positives Glass plate positives BT Positives USE Ambrotypes
RT Ambrotypes Glass cutters
BT Cutting tools Glass plates
Glassmaking equipment BT Photographic plates
Glass engraving tools NT Dry plate positives SN Photographic plates used in glass plate USE Engraving tools cameras.
Glass eyes Glass prints
BT Eyes BT Photographic prints
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SN Prints made by exposing sensitised Glaze test samples photographic paper to the sun beneath a glass plate on which the design has been BT Pottery equipment drawn. Also known as Cliches-Verre. Test samples
RT Clay test samples Glass shards
BT Shards Gliders
BT Aircraft Glass slides NT Hang-gliders USE Lantern slides SN Motorless aeroplanes for gliding from a higher to a lower level by the action of Glassblowing pipes gravity, or from lower to a higher level by the action of air currents. USE Blow irons Globes Glasses BT Maps BT Objects NT Celestial globes NT Custard glasses Terrestrial globes Drinking glasses SN Spheres with maps depicted on them. Jelly glasses Sundae glasses Glossing irons
USE Polishing irons Glasses cases
USE Spectacles cases Glove boxes
BT Clothing storage containers Glassmaking equipment
BT Occupation-based equipment Glove puppets
NT Annealing furnaces BT Puppets Blow irons Borax Glove stretchers
Crucibles BT Clothing accessories Glass cutters
Glassmaking moulds Gloves SN Use this term for collections of tools and implements utilised in the process of BT Clothing accessories making glass objects. Where possible, specify the particular piece of equipment. NT Boxing gloves Disposable gloves Glassmaking moulds Driving gloves BT Glassmaking equipment Evening gloves Industrial moulds Gauntlet gloves RT Blow irons Glue Glauns BT Adhesives
USE Clamps Glue pots
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BT Pots Gold chains
BT Chains Gluts SN Linked strand made of gold. USE Wedges Gold licences Gnomes BT Licences BT Figures Garden ornaments Gold pans Goannas BT Goldmining equipment
BT Australian animals SN Pans used for alluvial goldmining. Lizards Gold points
Goats BT Metal points BT Mammals Gold washing cradles
Goblets BT Goldmining equipment BT Drinking vessels
SN Stemmed and footed drinking vessels Goldmining equipment
BT Mining equipment Goffering irons NT Gold pans BT Standing irons Gold washing cradles SN Laundry irons used to give a fluted or Sluice boxes rounded appearance to flounces or frills. SN Equipment used for goldmining. Goggles Golf balls BT Eyewear BT Golfing equipment NT Aviation goggles Sports balls Motoring goggles Ski goggles Golf clothes Swimming goggles BT Sports clothing
Going-away clothing Golf clubs BT Ceremonial clothing BT Golfing equipment NT Going-away dresses SN Clothing worn by a bride and/or groom Golfing equipment when leaving their wedding celebrations to embark on their honeymoon. BT Sports equipment
NT Golf balls Going-away dresses Golf clubs BT Dresses SN Equipment used to play the sport of golf, Going-away clothing such as golf balls, golf clubs, tees, etc. SN A dress worn by a bride when leaving her wedding celebrations to embark on her Golliwogs honeymoon. BT Character dolls
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BT Soft toys SN Implements similar to chisels, with a long, curved blade used for hollowing out wood, RT Black dolls or for making holes, channels, or grooves SN Black-faced dolls, usually soft, with pop in wood or stone. eyes and a large red mouth; based on a character in children's books c.1900. Gouging chisels
Gollywogs USE Gouges
USE Golliwogs Gourds
Gong sticks BT Fruits
USE Gong strikers NT Calabashes
RT Maracas Gong strikers
BT Percussion instruments Government buildings USE Official buildings RT Gongs
SN Covered mallets or sticks used to strike gongs. Government records BT Documents Gongs
BT Percussion instruments Graduated filters
RT Gong strikers BT Camera filters
SN Large heavy bronze discs hung by the NT Sky filters edge, and struck in the middle with a SN Filters having one coloured half and one wool-covered mallet. transparent half, with the colour fading gradually towards the centre of the filter. Gorgets USE Neck armour Grains
BT Plants Gouache paintings NT Hops BT Watercolour paintings SN Paintings executed in opaque watercolour Gramophone cylinders paints. BT Sound recordings Gouaches
USE Gouache paintings Gramophone motors BT Motors
Gougers SN Electric motors used to run a gramophone.
BT Violin making tools Gramophone needles Gouges USE Styluses (audio)
BT Cutting tools Gramophone records NT Carving gouges USE Audio records RT Chisels
Gramophones
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BT Audio equipment Grass trees
RT Phonographs BT Australian plants
SN Device for playing 78rpm disc recordings. The term is more commonly used in Grasses United Kingdom, while Phonograph was more common in USA. Use 'Cylinder BT Plants players' for players of cylinders and use 'Record players' for turntables that play LPs or 45s. Grasshopper engines BT Beam engines Grand pianos SN Beam engines used for rotative duties, BT Pianos using a shorter beam than was customary. Their name was suggested by rocking links at the beam end. They are pivoted at Grandfather clocks one end instead of the centre. USE Longcase clocks Grattoirs
Grani USE Stone scrapers
USE Grano coins Grave edging tiles
Granny's tooth BT Edging tiles Funeral equipment USE Router planes SN Tiles used around the edge of graves.
Grano coins Grave markers BT Coins BT Funeral equipment SN The grano was first of all a southern SN Use for head stones, crosses tec placed at Italian weight, to the norm of 1/600 of an the end of graves to indicate the location uncia. Later, it became the smallest of a grave. copper denomination in the coinage of Ferdinand II of Naples and Sicily; and from the 16th to the 19th centuries it was Grave vases also the smallest copper coin of Malta, BT Funeral equipment until replaced by the third-farthing under Vases British rule. RT Funerary urns Grape presses
BT Presses Gravers Winemaking equipment BT Engraving tools
NT Stipple gravers Grappling irons Tint tools BT Tools SN The engraver's principal tool (also known SN Devices consisting essentially of one or as a burin). It is a short steel rod, usually more hooks or clamps, for grasping or lozenge-shaped in section, cut obliquely at holding something; grapples; grapnels the end to provide a point. Its short, rounded handle is pushed by the palm of Grass skirts the hand while the fingers guide the point.
BT Skirts Gravy boats
SN Skirts made of grass or other natural USE Sauce boats fibres, usually long strands attached to a waistband.
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Gravy spoons Grinding stones
BT Spoons BT Stone tools Stones NT Strainer spoons SN Hand-held stones used to grind grain etc. SN Types of spoons for serving gravy or sauce from a platter, as distinguished from a ladle. It usually has a long handle and a Grinding tools deep bowl, circular or oval-shaped, and is BT Tools similar to but longer than a basting spoon. Some are in the form of a type of strainer NT Abrasive grinders spoon. Mortars and pestles Gravy strainers RT Mills
BT Kitchenware Strainers Grindstones USE Grinding stones Greatcoats USE Overcoats Grisaille paintings
BT Paintings
Greeting cards SN Monochrome paintings in grey or greyish BT Cards colour.
NT Birthday cards Groat coins Christmas cards BT Coins Get well cards NT Groats Grenades Half groats SN English or Scottish silver pieces to the BT Explosive weapons value of four pennies.
Greybeards Groats
USE Bellarmines BT Groat coins
RT Fourpences Gridiron balls SN English silver coins of the 14th to 17th USE Footballs centuries, worth fourpence.
Grocery coupons Grilles BT Retailing equipment BT Architectural elements
RT Ration cards RT Airbricks
SN Lattice or openwork screens, usually of metal and often of decorative design, used Grommets to cover a window, a doorway or the outlet BT Fasteners of a ventilation system. Hardware SN Rings or eyelets of metal, rubber etc.. Grinder heads
BT Machine tools Grooving planes SN The part of a grinding tool or grinding BT Planes equipment, which performs the grinding action. NT Fillisters
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NT Plough planes Guided missiles
Rabbet planes BT Missiles RT Japanese planes RT Rockets SN Planes intended to make grooves in wood.
Guilders Groschen coins BT Coins BT Coins SN Dutch coins. SN The principal silver coin of the Holy Roman Empire. Also a modern name for copper or nickel pieces of 10 pfennige. Guinea coins
USE Guineas Grosz coins
BT Coins Guineas SN Polish coins. BT Shilling coins
Grosze Guitar cases USE Grosz coins BT Musical instrument cases
Groszy Guitar-harps USE Grosz coins USE Harp-lutes
Ground edge axes Guitarras BT Axes USE English guitars
Ground sheets Guitars BT Camping equipment BT Stringed instruments RT Picnic rugs NT Acoustic guitars Double-necked guitars Guarantee cards Electric guitars USE Business guarantees Resonator guitars SN Stringed instruments with a Guard rings figure-of-eight body shape and strings tuned in a particular pattern. USE Keeper rings Gum blossoms
Guepieres BT Flowers BT Corsets
SN Small lightweight corsets made to produce Gum nuts a tiny waist. Appeared in 1945 with the USE Gumnuts New Look.
Guessing games Gum trees
BT Games USE Eucalyptus trees
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Gumboots BT Directional compasses
BT Boots RT Gyroscopes
SN Compasses that rely on the properties of a RT Wellington boots gyroscope for their action, rather than SN Rubber or plastic boots worn to protect magnetism. Such compasses are against water or mud unaffected by the metal components of the ship or aircraft in which they are located, Gumnuts and point to true rather than magnetic north. BT Plant components Gyrocompasses
Gun barrels USE Gyro-compasses BT Firearm components
NT Blunderbuss barrels Gyrocopters USE Autogyros Gun stocks
BT Firearm components Gyroscopes
BT Scientific equipment
Guncarriages SN Apparatus consisting of a rotating wheel BT Military equipment mounted so that it can maintain the same absolute direction in space despite SN The carriage or structure on which a gun movements of the mountings and is mounted, and from which it is fired. surrounding parts. They are used to maintain equilibrium in aeroplanes and Guns ships and to determine direction, as in gyro-compasses. BT Firearms
NT Airguns Gyroscopic compasses Machine guns USE Gyro-compasses Shotguns RT Artillery Hacksaws
BT Hand tools Guslas Metalworking saws
USE Gusles RT Bow saws
SN Lightweight metal-cutting hand saws with Gusles a narrow fine-toothed blade retained in an adjustable metal frame. BT Fiddles
SN One-stringed fiddles from Yugoslavia. Hair BT Body parts (human) Gyles NT Human hair USE Brewing vats Hair brushes
Gym boots USE Hairbrushes BT Boots Sports footwear Hair care equipment
BT Equipment Gyro-compasses
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NT Comb cases Hair gels
Combs BT Hair styling products Curling iron heaters
Curling irons Hair Jewellery Hair clippers USE Hairwork jewellery Hair curlers Hair driers Hair oils Hair rollers BT Hair toiletries Hair toiletries SN Preparations designed to be rubbed into Hairbrushes hair (usually men's), to hold it in place. Hairdressing scissors Hairnets Hair pins
Hairpins USE Hairpins Perming equipment RT Barbers equipment Hair rinses
USE Hair colourings Hair clippers BT Hair care equipment Hair rollers
BT Hair care equipment Hair clips BT Head ornaments Hair sprays
BT Hair styling products Hair colourings BT Hair toiletries Hair styling products
RT Dyes BT Hair toiletries
SN Colouring, either permanent or NT Hair gels temporary, applied to the hair. Hair sprays Hair conditioners RT Hairbrushes
BT Hair toiletries SN Toiletries used to hold hair in place or in a hairdo.
Hair cosmetics Hair toiletries
USE Hair toiletries BT Hair care equipment Toiletries Hair curlers NT Hair colourings
USE Hair rollers Hair conditioners Hair oils Hair driers Hair styling products
BT Hair care equipment Pomades Shampoos
Hair dyes RT Pomade jars SN Preparations used for hair care. USE Hair colourings
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Hairbrushes BT Dollar coins
BT Brushes Hair care equipment Half falus coins SN Brushes for grooming the hair. BT Falus coins
Haircombs Half farthings
USE Combs BT Penny coins
Hairdressing equipment Half florin coins USE Hair care equipment USE Half florins
Hairdressing scissors Half florins BT Hair care equipment BT Florins Scissors
Hairnets Half franc coins BT Franc coins BT Hair care equipment Headwear
NT Snoods Half groats BT Groat coins
Hairpins SN English silver coins of the 14th to 17th BT Hair care equipment centuries, worth tuppence.
NT Bobby pins Half guineas
BT Shilling coins Hairwork jewellery
BT Jewellery Half kopek coins SN Jewellery incorporating woven hair, often BT Kopek coins used in mourning jewellery.
Half anna coins Half noble coins
BT Anna coins BT Noble coins
Half cent coins Half nobles
BT Cent coins USE Half noble coins
Half crowns Half penny coins
BT Shilling coins USE Halfpennies
RT Thirty pence coins Half pfennig coins Half dime coins BT Pfennig coins
BT Five cent coins Half plate cameras Half dollar coins BT Plate cameras
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SN Cameras using plates that were half the BT Hand tools size of the standard full plate. Striking tools
NT Coopering hammers Half plates Patella hammers BT Photographic plates Peen hammers SN Photographic plates used in half plate Shoe hammers cameras. Sledgehammers Half real coins Steam hammers
BT Real coins Strapped head hammers RT Gavels
Half-round pliers SN Hand tools with the handle perpendicular to the head, used for driving nails or other USE Combination pliers applications involving pounding or striking. Half sovereigns Hammocks BT Shilling coins BT Seating furniture
SN A net that is used as a swinging seat or Halfpennies bed, usually suspended between two poles BT Penny coins or trees.
Hand axes Halfpenny tokens BT Axes BT Tokens Stone tools
RT Axe heads Hallstands SN Stone implements chipped over both BT Furniture surfaces and often pointed at one end, ranging in shape from triangular or pear-shaped to oval. Halters USE Horse tack Hand bags
USE Handbags Hammer drivers BT Coopering hammers Hand beaders Hoop drivers BT Woodworking tools SN Cooper's hammers with a straight pane grooved along the edge which serves as a SN Double handled tools with a metal centre driver. They can be used for hammering section into which profile cutters are down the hoop or can be held on the hoop inserted, unmarked. Used for beading, and struck with another hammer. reeding or fluting straight or irregular surfaces and for all kinds of light Hammer dulcimers routering.
USE Dulcimers Hand bellows
BT Bellows Hammerhead picks
BT Picks Hand driers
BT Machines Hammers Sanitary equipment
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SN Electrical blow driers for use after Hand plate cameras washing hands. USE Plate cameras Hand drills
BT Drills Hand printed books Hand tools BT Books SN Hand-operated boring devices made up of a central steel tube containing a shaft. At one end is a handle and at the other a Hand saws bit-holding chuck. BT Woodworking saws
Hand fans NT Compass saws
BT Fans RT Mitre boxes
Personal adornments SN Saws which have a handle at one end and NT Advertising fans a wide blade which tapers in width from handle to toe. They are never power saws. Brise fans Court fans Hand screens Feather fans BT Personal adornments Mourning fans Screens Painted fans NT Screen fans Wedding fans SN Fans designed to be held in the hand, for Hand soap personal use or as a decorative clothing accessory. USE Bath soaps
Hand grips Hand tools BT Camera supports BT Tools SN Smaller camera supports which brace the camera like a rifle or resemble the handle NT Allen keys of a pistol. Chisels Hacksaws Hand looms Hammers BT Looms Hand drills Pliers Hand mangles Screwdrivers BT Upright mangles Soldering irons Wrenches RT Clothes wringers RT Tool boxes SN Domestic upright mangles operated by hand, often performing the same functions SN Any tools which are operated by and as a clothes wringer. guided by hand.
Hand mirrors Hand towels
BT Mirrors USE Handtowels
Hand muffs Handaxes
USE Muffs USE Hand axes
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Handbags Handles
BT Bags BT Components Clothing accessories NT Basket handles Personal effects Cane tops NT Evening bags Cup handles Handbasins Doorhandles Laundry iron handles BT Basins Plumbing fixtures Tool handles SN Basins, especially those permanently fixed Umbrella handles in a bathroom, used for washing parts of Vase handles the body. Walking-stick handles Handbells Whip handles SN The parts of objects intended to be BT Bells grasped by the hand in order to use or move the object. RT Musical bells
SN Bells rung by hand. Use Musical bells for Handrills those used for musical performance. USE Hand drills Handbills
BT Advertisements Handscrew clamps Documents BT Clamps
RT Advertising leaflets SN Any clamps set by means of a screw; especially those used in woodworking which have two parallel jaws for holding Handbooks together work to be pressed. BT Books Handscrew cramps Handcuffs USE Handscrew clamps
BT Punishment equipment
SN Ring-shaped shackles for the wrists, Handtowels usually a pair connected by a short chain BT Towels or linked bar.
Handkerchief bags Handworked photographs USE BT Bags Manipulated photographs Personal effects
RT Handkerchief boxes Hang-gliders BT Gliders
Handkerchief boxes SN Simple, kite-like gliders without a fuselage but with a framework from which BT Boxes a person hangs in a harness, using a Personal effects horizontal bar to control flight. RT Handkerchief bags Hanging ropes
Handkerchiefs BT Punishment equipment
BT Clothing accessories Ropes Personal effects
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Hankies Harmoniums
USE Handkerchiefs BT Reed organs
SN Free-reed organs with pressure Hansom cabs foot-bellows.
BT Horsedrawn vehicles Harness
BT Horse tack Hard hats SN Combinations of straps, bands and other BT Hats parts forming the working gear of a horse Protective clothing or other draft animal (except the ox). SN Protective hats made of strengthened, rigid materials with a shock-absorbing Harness ornaments lining, often yellow; worn in hazardous working conditions for protection and BT Horse accessories visibility (Getty Institute, Art & Ornaments Architecture Thesaurus, 2005). Harp guitars Hardware USE Harp-lutes BT Objects
NT Bolts Harp lute guitars
Brackets USE Harp-lutes Escutcheons Firemarks Harp-lutes
Grommets BT English guitars Hinges SN A generic term for a range of modified Keys English guitars first developed by Edward Locks Light in 1798. Harp-lutes were slightly shorter than conventional guitars and Nails characterised by wide fingerboards and Nameplates soundboxes with vaulted backs. Nuts (hardware) Nuts and bolts Harp-lyres Rivets USE Harp-lutes Screw eyes Screws Harp mandolins Washers USE Harp-lutes
RT Tools
SN Large and small items that are necessary Harpoons to attach, anchor, hold or join materials BT Edged weapons and components of structures, furniture Projectile weapons and other objects. RT Fishing equipment Hardware packaging
BT Packaging Harps
BT Stringed instruments Harmonicas
USE Mouth organs Harpsichords
BT Keyboard instruments
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NT Spinets Hat trimmings
Virginals BT Headwear accessories SN Keyboard instruments with wire strings plucked by very small plectra, each held RT Millinery equipment separately in an upright wooden strip or jack. Harpsichords generally have a winged shape with strings at right angles Hat veils to the keyboard. BT Headwear accessories Veils Harrows SN Veils that attach to hats, usually worn BT Agricultural machines over the face
SN Agricultural implements set with teeth, Hatblocks upright discs etc., usually of iron, drawn over ploughed land to level it, break clods, USE Hat blocks etc. Hatboxes Harvesters BT Clothing storage containers BT Agricultural machines
NT Stripper harvesters Hatchets
BT Axes Hat block making equipment
BT Millinery equipment RT Hatchets
Hat block stands Hatpin bottles
BT Millinery equipment BT Bottles Stands RT Hatpins
SN Narrow glass bottles with metal lids, used Hat blocks for storing hatpins. BT Millinery equipment Hatpins Hat boxes BT Headwear accessories Jewellery USE Hatboxes Pins
RT Hat brushes Hatpin bottles
BT Clothes brushes Hatracks
USE Hat racks Hat pins
USE Hatpins Hats
BT Headwear Hat racks
BT Furniture NT Akubra hats Boaters RT Hatstands Bowler hats Cabbage tree hats Hat stands Chefs hats USE Hatstands Cloche hats
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NT Cocktail hats BT Wreaths Hard hats Headbands Panama hats BT Head ornaments Party hats Pork-pie hats Sun hats Headcloths Top hats BT Headwear Uniform hats
RT Helmets Headdress coins BT Coins Hatstands Headwear accessories
BT Furniture Headdresses RT Hat racks BT Headwear
SN Coverings for the head and hair, often Hawks-bill croze irons made of cloth and sometimes elaborately USE Croze irons wrapped.
Headlight assemblies Hay rakes BT Motor car components BT Agricultural tools Rakes NT Headlight lenses
Head cloths Headlight lenses
USE Headcloths BT Headlight assemblies Lenses Head ornaments Headphones BT Headwear BT Audio equipment NT Aigrettes SN Devices consisting of one or two small Hair clips speakers with attachments for holding Headbands them over the ears. Mantilla combs Headsets Scrunchies BT Telecommunications equipment
Head strapped hammers SN Sets of equipment which include a microphone and one or a pair of USE Strapped head hammers headphones with a strap or bar over the head, or attached to a helmet; designed to Head vices free hands while communicating.
USE Coopering vices Headware
USE Headwear Head wear
USE Headwear Headwear
BT Clothing Head wreaths
BT Headwear NT Aigrettes
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NT Balaclavas NT Birth control equipment Berets Bone growth stimulators Bonnets Breast pumps Caps Bronchodilators Coronets Cold packs Crowns (headwear) Cotton wool Diadems Craniometers Earmuffs Defibrillators Hairnets Dental equipment Hats Diathermy machines Head ornaments Diet aids Head wreaths Dressings Headcloths Electrocardiographs Headdresses Enemas Helmets Eye testing equipment Mantillas Eye washers Shower caps First aid equipment Tiaras Health and medical charts Turbans Hearing aids Veils Inhalers SN A broad term for all coverings for the Leg calipers head. Where possible, use more specific Massage equipment terms. Measuring spoons Headwear accessories Medical cases
BT Clothing accessories Medical furniture Medical imaging equipment NT Hat trimmings Medical instruments Hat veils Medical kits Hatpins Medical moulds Headdress coins Medical pumps Lappets Medical textiles Health and medical charts Medical tubing
BT Charts Medicinal atomisers Health and medical equipment Menstrual products
NT Eye charts Nebulisers First aid charts Negative ion generators Pharmaceutical equipment Health and medical equipment Pharmacy equipment BT Equipment Prostheses Respirators NT Acupuncture equipment Resuscitation equipment Ampoules Surgical equipment Anaesthesia equipment Surgical supports Anatomical models Swabs Autoclaves
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NT Therapeutic devices BT Environment control equipment Toothpicks NT Bed warmers Vaccination equipment Boot warmers Ventilators Braziers Veterinary equipment Briquettes Walking aids Fireplaces Water treatment equipment Food warmers Wheelchairs Foot-warmers
RT Eyewear Gas heaters Radiators Heang rein Solar heaters
BT Woodwind instruments Stoves Water heaters RT Oboes SN Chinese instruments similar to the oboe, Heel planes with a double reed. USE Compass planes Hearing aids Helicopters BT Health and medical equipment BT Rotary wing aircraft NT Ear trumpets
Hell money Hearses BT Funeral equipment BT Funeral equipment Paper money Vehicles SN Specially printed paper money burnt at Chinese funerals. Hearth tiles BT Tiles Heller coins
BT Coins
Heat engines SN A type of silver penny which became USE Hot air engines widely diffused in southern Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Also modern Austrian coins. Heat sealers
BT Food processing equipment Helmets Sealers BT Headwear SN Devices used to seal plastic bags by the Protective clothing application of heat. NT Aviation helmets
Heaters Bicycle helmets Firefighters helmets USE Heating equipment Military helmets Motorcycle helmets Heating engines Pith helmets USE Hot air engines Space helmets Sports safety helmets Heating equipment BT Domestic equipment Hemidrachm coins
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BT Drachm coins USE Highchairs
RT Triobol coins High pressure engines SN The half drachm piece of ancient Greek coinage, more commonly known as the USE Non-condensing engines triobol, sharing with the diobol a particular function; it was the daily payment of any citizen acting as a judge. Highchairs (The Seaby Coin Encyclopaedia, Ewald BT Chairs Junge, BA Seaby Ltd, London, 1992). Childrens furniture Nursery furniture Hen eggs SN Tall chairs used by infants at mealtimes BT Bird eggs Hilts
Hens BT Edged weapons accessories USE Chickens RT Tsuba
SN Handles of swords or daggers. Heraldic ware
USE Armorial ware Hinges
BT Hardware Hermetic motors NT Door hinges USE Induction motors
Hipster pants Heterodyne units BT Trousers BT Audio equipment SN Mens or womens trousers or jeans that SN Heterodyne units are used to monitor hang from the hips, not the waist i.e. the sub-sonic frequencies, by shifting all waistline is below the navel. frequencies by 400Hz. Hire purchase agreements Hewing axes BT Legal documents USE Broadaxes Sales records
Hibachi Hobbles
BT Cooking equipment BT Horse tack
RT Barbecues SN Ropes, straps etc., used to fasten together the legs of an animal so as to prevent free SN Portable braziers on which foods are motion. barbecued, consisting of a heavy wire grill over a pot-shaped container for burning Hods charcoal (Japanese). BT Construction equipment Hibiscus Lifting equipment SN Portable troughs for carrying mortar, BT Plants bricks etc., fixed crosswise on top of a pole and carried on the shoulder. High and low pressure engines Hoe money USE Compound engines BT Primitive money
High chairs
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SN Hoe-shaped metal pieces used as money, Holland blinds eg. "Pu" money of China, Aztecs, and areas of Africa south of the Sahara. BT Blinds
Hoes Hollow augers BT Agricultural tools USE Hollow bits
NT Gardening hoes Rotary hoes Hollow bits
BT Auger bits Holdalls Wheelwrighting tools
USE Bags RT Spoke trimmer bits
SN Cylindrical bodied bits with a large Holders cylindrical nose and radial cutters, used to make round tendons, and particularly BT Objects used by wheelwrights for rounding and NT Bill holders shouldering spoke tongues. Bottle holders Hollow planes Bouquet holders BT Moulding planes Candle holders Card holders RT Round planes Cigar holders SN Planes with a concave sole for cutting rounded mouldings. They are usually Cigarette holders paired with round planes in a set. Document holders Drink can holders Hollowing drawing knives
Flower holders BT Coopering drawing knives Key holders SN Drawing knives with blades bent in a Knife holders shallow hollowing curve. They are used to Matchbox holders trim and give a slight concavity to the inside of staves. Pen holders Pencil holders Holograms Photograph holders BT Positives Pot plant holders SN Photographs of patterns produced by Purses interference between coherent light-beam Soap holders and light diffracted from the same beam by an object. A two- or three-dimensional Toothbrush holders image of the object is produced when the hologram is suitably illuminated. Holey dollars BT Coins Holographs
USE Holograms RT Eight real coins
SN The first coinage of Australia, Spanish dollars with their centres cut out. The Holsters remaining "ring" was then marked on one BT Firearms accessories side with the value "five shillings". The centre part, known as the dump was issued as a piece of "fifteen pence". Homemade toys
BT Toys
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RT Bush toys Hookahs
SN Use for collections of homemade toys. For BT Smoking pipes individual homemade toys use in conjunction with heading for specific type SN Smoking pipes with a long, flexible tube of toy, e.g. `Homemade toys' and `Dolls' for by which the smoke of tobacco, marijuana, homemade dolls. etc, is drawn through a vessel of water and thus cooled. Homewares Hooks USE Domestic equipment BT Objects
Honey NT Clothing hooks Fishing hooks BT Foodstuffs Fleshhooks
Honey ants Wall hooks
BT Ants Hoop drivers
SN Honey-pot ant non-preferred term. BT Coopering tools
Honey containers NT Burton drivers Hammer drivers BT Food storage containers RT Coopering hammers RT Honey SN Wedge-shaped tools used by coopers for driving hoops over the outside of a cask. Honey jars Most of them are grooved at the nose to prevent them slipping off the hoop. BT Food storage jars Hooters
Honey knives BT Percussion instruments BT Beekeeping equipment Knives Hops
RT Honey BT Grains
Honey-pot ants Horizontal engines USE Honey ants BT Steam engines
SN Engines with the cylinder(s) arranged Honeycomb horizontally. BT Animal products Horizontal enlargers
Honeyeaters BT Photographic enlargers
BT Birds SN Enlargers with a horizontal rather than vertical arrangement.
Honour boards Horoscopes
BT Plaques BT Charts
SN Large plaques with names from an honour Personal papers roll listed for display on a wall, often wooden with gold or black lettering.
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SN Forecasts of a person's future derived from USE Horseshoes studying the positions of the planets at the person's birth. The term is also used to describe the charts created to calculate Horse tack a horoscope. BT Horse accessories
Horse accessories NT Bridle bits
BT Animal accessories Bridles Harness NT Harness ornaments Hobbles Horse armour Saddlebags Horse riding equipment Saddlecloths Horse tack Saddles Horseshoes Saddletrees
Horse armour Stirrups RT Horse riding equipment BT Armour Horse accessories SN The equipment collectively which pertains to the saddling and harnessing of horses, including saddlebags and saddlecloths. Horse bells USE Animal bells Horse trams
BT Trams Horse carts SN Trams powered by horses. BT Carts Horsedrawn vehicles Horse trappings
USE Horse accessories Horse harness
USE Harness Horse whips
USE Riding whips Horse harness ornaments
USE Harness ornaments Horsedrawn buses
BT Buses Horse livery Horsedrawn vehicles USE Horse accessories RT Toy horsedrawn buses
Horse riding equipment Horsedrawn coaches BT Equipment BT Horsedrawn vehicles Horse accessories
NT Jodhpurs RT Toy horsedrawn coaches Riding boots Riding habits Horsedrawn vehicle components Riding whips BT Vehicle components Spurs SN Personal accoutrements for horse riding. Horsedrawn vehicles
BT Vehicles Horse shoes NT Chariots
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NT Hansom cabs Hot-water bottles
Horse carts USE Hot water bottles Horsedrawn buses Horsedrawn coaches Hot water bottles Milk floats BT Bed warmers Wagonettes
RT Sleighs Hot water cans
BT Cans Horses
BT Mammals Hot water dishes
USE Hot water plates Horseshoes
BT Horse accessories Hot water plates
BT Food warmers Hoses Plates BT Objects SN Double-walled plates with a hollow space between the upper and lower surfaces for NT Gardening hoses containing hot water to keep food warm. The water poured in through a small hole Hosiery in the rim.
BT Clothing accessories Hot water urns
NT Garters BT Food warmers Pantihose Urns
Socks RT Tea urns Stockings Suspenders Hotpants
Tights BT Clothing
SN Brief, tight shorts, usually conspicuously Hospital equipment coloured, worn by women. USE Health and medical equipment Hourglasses Hot air balloons BT Timepieces
BT Aircraft SN Timepieces that measure equal periods of time by the motion of sand or other freely flowing, fine-grained substances through a Hot air engines narrow aperture between two triangular BT External-combustion engines or conical glass bulbs arranged mouth to mouth; probably introduced in the early NT Ericsson engines 14th century and used then especially for timepkeeping aboard ships. Stirling engines SN External-combustion engines which use hot furnace gases in the engine cylinder House bricks instead of steam. BT Bricks
Hot pants RT Airbricks
USE Hotpants
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House coats NT Cleaning toys
BT Coats Kitchen toys Laundry toys SN Loose buttoned or zipped coats, long or short for wearing at home Toy appliances Toy baskets House dusters Toy sewing machines USE Dusters Toy tableware SN Toys which replicate household House signs equipment, appliances, etc.
BT Signs Houses
BT Residential buildings Household linen NT Farmhouses USE Household textiles Terrace houses
RT Toy houses Household linens
USE Household textiles How to vote cards
BT Cards Household manuals RT BT Manuals Ballot papers
Household textiles Howeling knives USE Jigger knives BT Domestic equipment Textiles
NT Bath linen Huchin Bedding USE Huqin Blankets Jug covers Human bones Mosquito nets BT Body parts (human) Pillows NT Skulls (human) Rugs Runners Human figures Soft furnishings BT Figures Table linen
Tea-cosies Human hair Tea-towels BT Hair RT Dolls household textiles
SN This broad term is included only as a Humidifiers place-holder for hierarchy purposes and is not to be used to describe individual BT Environment control equipment objects; instead use the specific group of household items from the list below, or where possible name a specific object. Hunting and gathering tools
BT Tools Household toys NT Archery equipment BT Toys
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NT Bone tools Hydraulic turbines
Boomerangs USE Water turbines Bows and arrows Digging sticks Hydrological equipment Firesticks BT Scientific equipment Hunting knives SN Equipment used in the science dealing Nulla nullas with water on the land or under the Spears earths surface, such as current meters, flow calculators and other instruments Spearthrowers used to measure water. Stone tools Hydrometers Hunting horns BT Measuring instruments BT Musical horns NT Saccharometers SN Instruments for determining the specific Hunting knives gravity of liquids BT Hunting and gathering tools Hygrometers NT Bowie knives BT Meters Huqin
BT Fiddles Hypodermic injection devices USE Hypodermic injectors SN Chinese spike fiddles
Hurdy gurdies Hypodermic injectors
USE Hurdy-gurdies BT Injection instruments SN Devices used to inject material below the Hurdy-gurdies skin, without a needle. BT Stringed instruments Hypodermic needles
BT Injection instruments Hyalotypes Needles
USE Lantern slides RT Hypodermic syringes
SN Hollow needles used to inject solutions Hydraulic equipment subcutaneously
BT Equipment Hypodermic syringes
NT Hydraulic shovels BT Injection instruments Pumps Syringes SN Equipment operated by or employing SN Small piston or barrel syringes having a water detatchable hollow needle used to inject solutions subcutaneously. Hydraulic shovels
BT Construction equipment Ice-axes Hydraulic equipment BT Axes SN Revolving mechanical excavators in which SN Axes used by mountaineers to cut hydraulic rams or motors are substituted footholds in ice. for drums and cables.
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Ice bags Icebags
USE Cold packs USE Cold packs
Ice buckets Iceboxes
BT Buckets USE Ice chests Tableware SN Vessels for holding pieces of ice, usually to Iced-tea spoons keep drinks cool. BT Spoons Ice chests RT Teaspoons BT Refrigerators SN Modern spoons having small oval bowls SN Ice-cooled containers for food, used widely and stems about 20 cm long that are used prior to electric refrigeration. for stirring beverages served in a tall drinking glass. Ice-cream churns Icepicks BT Churns Kitchen equipment BT Picks SN Picks or similar tools for breaking ice. Ice-cream moulds BT Food moulds Iceskates
USE Ice-skates Ice cube trays
BT Kitchenware Identification photographs
Trays USE Identity photographs
Ice mattocks Identification tags BT Mattocks USE Identity tags SN Instruments shaped like pickaxes but with one broad end, used for breaking up ice. Identity badges BT Badges Ice mattocks and spikes Identity devices
USE Ice mattocks RT Identity photographs
Ice picks Identity cards
USE Icepicks BT Cards
RT Identity photographs Ice skates
USE Ice-skates Identity devices
BT Personal effects Ice-skates NT Coats of arms BT Skates Identity badges Identity tags Ice spikes and mattocks Insignia USE Ice mattocks Rank badges
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Identity photographs Impulse dial clocks
BT Photographs USE Electric impulse clocks
NT Passport photographs Impulse dials Identity tags USE Electric impulse clocks
BT Identity devices In-line skates Idiophones USE Roller-blades
USE Percussion instruments Incense Ignition keys BT Religious objects
BT Keys Motor car accessories Incense burners SN Keys used to start vehicles BT Religious objects
Illuminated addresses NT Censers Koros BT Documents Pastille burners RT Illuminated scrolls SN Bowls or containers for burning incense. These can be open, or covered with perforated lids. Some incense burners Illuminated books include holes for inserting burning tapers BT Books of incense.
Incense jars Illuminated scrolls BT Cosmetics jars BT Scrolls
RT Illuminated addresses Inclined plane clocks
USE Rolling clocks Illuminated signs BT Signs Inclinometer
NT Neon signs BT Aircraft compasses Measuring instruments Illustrations SN Instrument used to determine aircraft angle in relation to the horizon or USE Drawings instrument used to determine the angle of the earth's magnetic field in respect to the Imagegrams horizontal plane.
BT Postal stationery Indentures
BT Legal documents Implements USE Equipment Indian ink
BT Ink Impulse clocks SN Ink brought from China or Japan in sticks USE Electric impulse clocks or cakes, used chiefly as a drawing ink.
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Indicator boards Industrial ladles
BT Indicators BT Ladles
Indicators Industrial moulds
BT Objects BT Moulds
NT Airspeed indicators NT Architectural moulds Current indicators Brick moulds Electric indicators Glassmaking moulds Engine indicators Indicator boards Industrial ovens BT Refractory equipment Indigenous Australian dolls RT Domestic ovens BT Dolls
SN Dolls made to look like indigenous Infant simulators Australian people. BT Birth control equipment Induction generators RT Baby dolls BT AC generators
RT Induction motors Infants clothing
SN Nonsynchronous AC generators whose USE Childrens clothing construction is identical to that of AC motors, and which are driven above Inflatable mattresses synchronous speed by external sources of power. BT Camping equipment Mattresses Induction motors
BT AC motors Inflation notes BT Banknotes RT Induction generators SN Very high denomination notes issued in SN AC motors in which a primary winding on periods of hyperinflation, often caused by one member (usually the stator) is war. connected to the power source, and a secondary winding on the other member (usually the rotor) carries only current Information kits induced by the magnetic field of the USE Information packs primary.
Inductor alternators Information packs
BT Synchronous generators BT Documents
SN Synchronous generators in which the field SN Various documentary forms of information winding is fixed in magnetic position packaged together by the information relative to the armature conductors. provider.
Industrial buildings Information processing equipment
BT Buildings BT Equipment
NT Sawmills NT Calculating devices Cipher machines
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NT Computer hardware Inhalers
Computer kits BT Health and medical equipment Computer software RT Nebulisers Computers SN Computers and other SN Apparatus used in inhaling medicinal information-handling machines that store, vapours, anaesthetics, etc. organise, and perform calculations on large quantities of data with the minimum Injectable contraceptives of human intervention. BT Female contraceptives Information sheets Injectables BT Documents BT Medications RT Leaflets RT Vaccines Information tables SN Medications adminstered by injection.
BT Documents Injection instruments NT Calculation tables BT Medical instruments Mathematical tables Periodic tables NT Hypodermic injectors Railway fare tables Hypodermic needles Timetables Hypodermic syringes Tramway fare books Ink RT Charts BT Printing equipment SN Use as a general term for collections of Writing equipment information presented in tabular form. Where possible, name a specific type of NT Indian ink information tables. Ink blocks SN A fluid or viscous substance used for Ingot tongs writing or printing. BT Minting equipment Tongs Ink blocks BT Ink
Ingots SN Ink in block form, used especially in BT Castings Chinese and Japanese writing sets.
SN A metal mass, moulded into a shape Ink bottles (usually a block or a bar) which is convenient for storage or transportation. BT Bottles Writing equipment Inhalants
BT Medications Ink drawings BT Art drawings NT Smelling salts SN Medications administered by inhaling. Ink pots
Inhalators BT Pots
USE Inhalers Writing equipment RT Inkwells
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Ink stones NT Ants
BT Writing equipment Bees Beetles SN Stones used for mixing ink from an ink block, especially in Chinese and Japanese Butterflies writing sets Caterpillars Cicadas Ink wells Crickets USE Inkwells Flies Moths Inkstands Silkworms BT Writing equipment White ants SN Stands for holding ink, pens etc Witchetty grubs
RT Entomology Inkwells BT Writing equipment Inside calipers
RT Ink pots BT Calipers
SN Small vessels for holding ink into which a SN Calipers with a riveted joint and straight pen can be dipped (Art and Architecture tapered legs having a slight inward curve Thesaurus 2000) only at their ends. They are used for measuring the internal diameters of holes Inros etc, and outside diameters within confined spaces. BT Cases Clothing accessories Inside shaves
RT Netsuke BT Coopering shaves SN Japanese medicine-cases or seal-cases of several compartments, worn suspended RT Round shaves from the sash in company with a netsuke. SN Plane-type shaves used for cleaning the inside of casks if they become foul. Inscribed bones
BT Animal bones Insignia BT Identity devices RT Bone carvings SN Badges or distinguishing marks of office or honour. Insect sprays
BT Pest repellent products Installations
SN Insecticide or insect repellant in a spray BT Artworks form, usually from an aerosol can. Instamatic cameras Insecticides USE Cartridge cameras BT Pest repellent products
SN A substance or preparation used for Instant camera photographs killing insects. (Macquarie Dictionary 3rd edition) BT Direct positives
Insects RT Instant picture cameras
BT Invertebrates
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SN Photographic prints made from film Instruction sheets packets which contain their own developing chemicals and are exposed in a USE Instruction leaflets special camera. Instructional documents Instant cameras BT Documents USE Instant picture cameras NT Instruction booklets Instant film Instruction books
BT Camera film Instruction leaflets
SN Self-developing film used in instant Instrument eyepieces cameras. USE Eyepieces Instant photographs
USE Instant camera photographs Instruments
BT Objects Instant picture cameras NT Abrading instruments BT Film cameras Aviation instruments SN Cameras which take instant, Drafting instruments self-developing pictures. They produce a Drawing instruments finished photographic print within minutes of the film being exposed. Measuring instruments Medical instruments Instant picture film Optical instruments USE Instant film Insulators Instant prints BT Equipment
USE Instant camera photographs NT Electrical insulators
Instruction booklets Intaglio prints
BT Booklets BT Prints Instructional documents NT Engravings Instruction books Etchings Plaster prints BT Books SN Prints produced by processes where the Instructional documents the surface of the plate does not print, the NT Recipe books ink only being held in the engraved furrows. In intaglio printing the principle RT Manuals is the reverse of that which operates in relief printing. Instruction leaflets Intaglios BT Instructional documents Leaflets BT Objects of vertu
RT Seals Instruction manuals SN Seals, gems, pieces of jewellery, or the USE Instruction books like, cut with an incised or sunken design.
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Interchangeable camera backs Intra-uterine devices
USE Camera backs BT Female contraceptives
SN Contraceptive devices inserted into the Intercom systems uterus
BT Telecommunications equipment Intrauterine devices SN Internal or closed audio systems, as USE Intra-uterine devices within an office, school, ship etc.
Interior coverings Invasion money
BT Objects BT Paper money
NT Floor coverings Wall coverings Invasion notes Window coverings BT Military money SN Notes issued in the immediate period Internal-combustion engines following the invasion of a country prior to the setting up of a provisional BT Engines government. NT Aero-engines Invertebrates Aerospace engines Aircraft engines BT Animals
Crude oil engines NT Crustaceans Diesel engines Insects Distributor heads Molluscs Four-stroke engines Octopi Gas engines Snails Gas turbine engines Spiders Kerosene engines Sponges (animals) Oil engines Starfish Otto engines Petrol engines Inverted engines Rocket engines USE Inverted vertical engines Rotary engines Two-stroke engines Inverted vertical engines SN Engines in which the fuel is burned within BT Undertype engines the engine and the products of combustion Vertical engines serve as the thermodynamic fluid. RT Stationary engines
International posters SN Vertical engines in which the cylinder(s) USE Posters are arranged above the crankshaft with the piston rod acting downwards.
Intra ocular lenses Invitations
BT Optical lenses BT Documents Prostheses Stationery SN Lenses inserted surgically into eye to aid NT Party invitations sight. Wedding invitations
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Invoices IUDs
BT Sales records USE Intra-uterine devices
Iris diaphragms Jabots
BT Camera diaphragms BT Neckwear
SN Rings of overlapping blades near or in the SN Falling ruffles, cascades or other lens, controlling the size of the aperture. arrangements of lace, embroidery etc worn at the neck by women and formerly by Iron stands men. USE Laundry iron trivets Jack-in-a-boxes
USE Jack-in-the-boxes Ironers
USE Ironing machines Jack-in-the-boxes
BT Toys Ironing boards
BT Laundry equipment Jack planes
NT Sleeve boards BT Bench planes SN Flat boards or tables, sometimes folding, used for ironing clothing. RT Trying planes SN Bench planes with a slightly curved blade, Ironing machines used for smoothing flat surfaces of rough boards. BT Laundry equipment
SN Machines for industrial or domestic use, Jackets which are used to iron clothes, usually by steam pressing the clothing between two BT Outerwear padded flatplates. NT Baby jackets
Ironing tables Blazers Boleros USE Ironing boards Dinner jackets Evening jackets irons Tuxedos USE Laundry irons Jackknives Irrigation equipment USE Clasp knives BT Equipment
RT Pipes Jacks (game)
SN Equipment used in agricultural irrigation BT Games of crops, pastures etc. e.g. Dethridge wheels/meters, pipes, sprinklers. RT Knuckles (game)
Italian irons Jacquard cards
USE Tally irons BT Embroidery equipment Weaving equipment Itineraries
BT Travel documents
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SN Cards used with Jacquard SN Automatic cameras for taking a series of weaving/embroidering machines to direct time exposures of astronomical prints. shuttle action/stitching and thus generate a pattern. Also come in reel form. Japanese planes
BT Planes Jacquard looms
BT Looms RT Grooving planes
SN Pattern looms for weaving elaborate SN Planes with a light, shallow stock of designs, invented by JM Jacqaurd, rectangular section without handles. The 1752-1834, French inventor. thick tapering iron is set well towards the heel and is let into slots in the cheeks of Jaffle irons the mouth.
BT Cooking equipment Japanese rice boilers
RT Waffle irons USE Rice boilers
SN Double-sided hinged pie-shaped moulds with a long handle for cooking jaffles - a Jar openers sealed toasted sandwich with a savoury or sweet filling. BT Kitchenware
RT Jars Jam SN Devices for prying lids off jars. BT Foodstuffs
RT Jam containers Jardinieres
BT Garden ornaments Jam containers Vases SN Ornamental plant pots, with or without a BT Food storage containers pedestal. NT Jam jars Jarlets RT Jam BT Jars Jam jars SN Small ceramic, glass or stone jars.
BT Food storage jars Jam containers Jars
RT Gallipots BT Containers
NT Bell jars Jam spoons Bung jars BT Spoons Chemical jars Confectionery jars Jamb brushes Cosmetics jars
USE Bench brushes Covered jars Food storage jars Jansen's apparatus Jarlets
USE Janssen's apparatus Leyden jars Pharmaceutical jars Janssen's apparatus Tobacco jars RT Jar openers BT Astronomical equipment Cameras
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SN Deep, wide-mouthed vessels, usually of NT Armlets glass or pottery, commonly cylindrical in Beads form, used for storing a variety of substances. Where possible, use more Body jewellery specific terms for different types of jars. Bracelets Brooches Jazz guitars Cameos USE Arched top guitars Ceremonial jewellery Charms Jeans Clasps BT Trousers Coronets SN Trousers, usually close-fitting and Cufflinks commonly made of blue denim Cut steel jewellery Jelly glasses Diadems Dress ornaments BT Dinnerware Glasses Ear lobe extenders
RT Custard glasses Earrings Enamel jewellery SN Small receptacles that usually have a bowl of inverted conical shape, and either Fibulas a rudimentary stem, or no stem (with the Finger rings bowl resting on the foot). Usually about 10 to 13cm high. They were used, at the end Fob chains of a meal, for jelly or similar desserts. Fobs Hairwork jewellery Jelly moulds Hatpins BT Food moulds Lapel pins Lockets Jenny calipers Necklaces USE Odd leg calipers Neckpieces Parures Jet engines Pendants
BT Aero-engines Sentimental jewellery Gas turbine engines Stickpins SN Aircraft engines that derive most of their Strings of beads thrust by reaction to the ejection of combusted gas (or heated air) in a jet and Tiaras that obtain oxygen from the atmosphere Tie rings for combustion. Tiepins Watch chains Jewellers saws SN Decorative and sometimes functional BT Saws articles made of metal, gemstones, and/or organic material, contrived with craftsmanship and intended to be worn on Jewellery a person. BT Personal adornments Jewellery bags NT Ankle chains BT Bags Ankle rings Anklets
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Jewellery boxes Johanna coins
BT Boxes BT Proclamation coins
NT Trinket boxes Joiners braces
Jewellery cases BT Woodworking braces
USE Jewellery boxes RT Joinery tools
SN Modern woodworking braces consisting of Jig saws a steel frame of rectangular form, rotating hardwood head and handle, and a chuck USE Fret saws in the form of a hollow, screwed shell which forces together the two spring jaws Jigger drawing knives holding the bit.
USE Jigger knives Joiners clamps
BT Clamps Jigger knives Joinery tools BT Coopering drawing knives SN Long bar-type clamps either of wood or metal with an adjustable stop at one end, RT Chivs and a screw-type stop at the other. SN Drawing knives with short, bent, hollowing blades used for paring down the Joiner's cramps chiv surface of barrels on repair work and USE Joiners clamps when the correct size of chiv is not available. Joiner's tools Jigs USE Joinery tools BT Profile tools
SN Devices which are laid over the object to Joiner's try squares be manufactured to act as a guide to the tool being used to shape it. They are used USE Try squares in order to produce identical dimensions in repetition work. Joinery tools Jigsaw puzzles BT Tools Woodworking tools BT Puzzles NT Joiners clamps
Jigsaws Jointer planes USE Jigsaw puzzles USE Trying planes
Jockstraps Journal articles BT Athletic supports BT Documents Underpants RT Journals; Newspaper clippings
Jodhpurs SN Reprints of journal articles or articles BT Horse riding equipment removed from journals. Sports clothing Trousers Journals BT Documents
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RT Magazines BT Outerwear
SN Periodical publications dealing with current events or academic topics Jumpsuits
BT Clothing Jug covers SN Close-fitting garments covering all the BT Household textiles body and legs Pest control equipment SN Lace or fabric covers used to keep insects Kaftans out of milk, cream etc. USE Caftans Jugs
BT Containers Kaleidoscopes BT Optical toys NT Askoi Beer jugs Kalians Character jugs USE Claret jugs Hookahs Commemorative jugs Covered jugs Kangaroo Cream jugs USE Kangaroos Electric jugs Ewers Kangaroo paws Flagons BT Australian plants Lekythoi Milk jugs Kangaroos
BT Australian animals Juice containers
BT Food storage containers Kapang coins
RT Fruit juices BT Coins
SN Copper coins current throughout the Juice extractors Malay peninsula and Sumatra during the 18th and 19th centuries. BT Kitchen equipment
SN Appliances used to extract juice from Katana fruits. May be be manual or electric. BT Swords
Juicers SN The oldest of the Japanese swords; straight and single edged. BT Kitchenware
SN Appliances used to extract juice from fruit Keeper rings and vegetables. BT Finger rings
Jukeboxes SN Rings placed on a finger to prevent another ring from slipping off. BT Amusement machines Audio equipment Kegs SN Coin operated record or compact disc player, allowing selection of music BT Containers
Jumpers NT Beer barrels Beer kegs
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RT Barrels Kewpie dolls
BT Character dolls Keman RT Arcade toys USE Religious objects SN Small, plump dolls; originally with topknots, based on a character in Kendis serialised magazine stories of the late 19th century and since around 1912 BT Drinking vessels produced in numerous materials including SN Drinking vessels of globular shape, with a plaster, bisque and celluloid. vertical neck for filling and a short spout projecting from the shoulder for drinking. Key cases
BT Cases Kennels Key holders BT Dog accessories RT Keys
Kerosene containers Key holders BT Containers BT Holders
NT Key cases Kerosene cooking stoves Key rings BT Cooking stoves RT Keys
Kerosene engines Key rings BT Internal-combustion engines BT Key holders SN Internal-combustion engines using a Rings mixture of air and kerosene vapour as a RT fuel. Keys
Kerosene irons Keyboard instrument accessories
USE Spirit irons BT Musical instrument accessories
Kerosene lamps Keyboard instrument components
BT Lamps BT Musical instrument components
NT Music keyboards Ketches Piano components BT Yachts RT Keyboard instrument accessories SN Fore-and-aft rigged sailing vessels with a large mainmast and a smaller mast aft, Keyboard instruments but forward of the rudder post (Macquarie Dictionary, 3rd ed.) BT Musical instruments
Kettles NT Calliopes Clavichords BT Kitchenware Dulcitones NT Electric kettles Harpsichords SN A large flat-bottomed utensil employed for Organs heating liquids, having a spout, bail handle and a cover. Pianofortes
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NT Pianos Kilims SN Musical instruments played with a BT Floor rugs keyboard. SN Tapestry-woven rugs. (AAT, 1999). Keyboards
USE Typing keyboards Kiln furniture
BT Pottery equipment Keyed bugles Refractory equipment
BT Bugles NT Cockspurs Firebricks SN Bugles with keys or valves widely used in brass bands up to the 1850s; replacement Pyrometric cones of the keys with valves gave rise to the Sagger pins flugel horn. Saggers SN Objects usually made of fireclay for use in Keyhole saws the kiln to support and protect ceramic BT Compass saws ware during firing.
RT Fret saws Kilns SN Compass saws having especially narrow BT Pottery equipment blades and fine teeth, used for cutting out Refractory equipment small shapes, curved work and apertures such as key holes. Kilts
Keymats BT Skirts
USE Typing keyboards SN Short pleated skirts, often tartan, especially worn by men in the Scottish Keyrings Highlands.
USE Key rings Kimberley points
BT Spearheads Keys SN Use for pressure flaked, glass spear heads BT Hardware made by Australian aborigines, particularly from the Kimberley region of NT Clock keys Western Australia. Clock winders Ignition keys Kimonos Museum object keys BT Clothing Musical instrument keys Watch keys Kinetoscopes
Winder keys BT Cinematographic viewers
SN Cinematographic viewers in which a Keystones positive film was passed in continuous BT Architectural elements movement in front of a lens through which Building stones the viewer peered, giving a moving picture lasting some thirteen seconds. SN Wedge-shaped piece at the summit of an arch, regarded as holding the other pieces in place. Kingplates USE Breastplates Kidney bowls
BT Bowls
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Kitchen aprons Kitchen funnels
BT Work aprons BT Food processing equipment Funnels Kitchenware Kitchen boilers NT Pie funnels USE Cooking boilers
Kitchen furniture Kitchen chairs BT Furniture BT Chairs Kitchen furniture NT Kitchen chairs Kitchen cupboards Kitchen cupboards Kitchen dressers BT Cupboards Kitchen tables Kitchen furniture Kitchen knives
Kitchen dressers BT Cutlery BT Kitchen furniture Kitchenware Knives Kitchen equipment NT Bread knives Mincing knives BT Domestic equipment Pastry knives NT Bottling equipment Sashimi knives Coffee grinders Vegetable knives Cooking equipment SN Knives that are used in food preparation. Dish racks Dishcloth holders Kitchen scales
Electric dishwashers BT Kitchen equipment Fleshhooks Weighing instruments Food processors Food safes Kitchen spatulas Food warmers BT Kitchenware Garbage bins Spatulas Ice-cream churns Kitchen spoons Juice extractors BT Spoons Kitchen scales Kitchenware NT Mixing spoons Pot holders SN Spoons that are used in food preparation. Pot stands Refrigerators Kitchen tables Safe stands BT Kitchen furniture Soap-savers Tables Spatulas Kitchen toys Tea infusers BT Household toys Trammels Trivets NT Toy frying pans Toy kettles
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NT Toy saucepans NT Juicers Toy stoves Kettles
RT Dolls kitchenware Kitchen funnels
SN Miniature kitchen utensils for children's Kitchen knives playing. Use `Doll's kitchenware' for Kitchen spatulas kitchen utensils used in doll's houses. Knife holders Kitcheners Ladles Measuring bowls BT Urns Measuring cups SN Urns with a spout at the bottom, used for dispensing water or tea, but without a Measuring spoons heating element. Also known as fountains Mixing bowls or tea kitchens. Oven peels
Kitchenware Pastry boards Pastry brushes BT Kitchen equipment Pastry cutters NT Baking dishes Pastry stamps Baking tins Peelers Baking trays Piping bags Biscuit cutters Potato chip cutters Biscuit moulds Pudding basins Biscuit paste forcers Pudding cloths Bottle openers Rolling pins Breadboards Scoops Butter pats Skewers Butter stamps Skimmers Cake racks Slicers Cheese slicers Tin-openers Chopping boards Whisks Colanders SN A general term describing items of all types, including gadgets and kitchen aids, Cooking timers used in food preparation. Corers Egg decapitators Kites
Egg-beaters BT Toys Eggslices NT Box kites Flour sifters Food dredgers Kiwis Food graters BT Birds Food ladles Food mashers Knee rugs Food mixers BT Personal effects Food moulds Rugs Gravy strainers SN Small blankets used to protect the knees Ice cube trays and legs from draughts and cold. Jar openers
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Knickerbockers SN Small, low utensils for supporting the blade of a knife at the dinner table, BT Trousers sometimes made as part of the service. Also use this term for utensils for SN Full breeches gathered at the knee supporting a carving fork and/or knife.
Knickers Knife sharpeners
BT Underpants BT Sharpeners SN The term for drawers which were closed NT Self-sharpening knife sheaths under the crotch. Sharpening steels Knife blades RT Knives
BT Cutting tools SN Use as a general term for a variety of Tool components knife sharpeners
RT Knives Knitting equipment
BT Textileworking equipment Knife boxes
BT Cutlery boxes NT Knitting machines Knitting needles RT Dinner knives Knitting patterns SN Boxes for holding a set of dinner knives RT Knitting (usually twelve) and sometimes dinner forks. They have interiors fitted with partitions for the individual implements Knitting machine accessories to protect the sharp blades. BT Accessories
Knife cleaners RT Knitting machines
BT Cleaning equipment SN Use for accesories for knitting machines e.g. knitting machine needles. RT Cutlery Knitting machines Knife handles BT Knitting equipment BT Tool handles Machines
RT Knives Knitting needles
BT Knitting equipment Knife holders Needles BT Holders Kitchenware Knitting patterns
BT Knitting equipment Knife polishers Textileworking patterns BT Cleaning equipment Polishers Knives RT Cutlery BT Cutting tools
Knife rests NT Butchers knives Carving knives BT Tableware Clasp knives Flensing knives Honey knives
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NT Kitchen knives USE Kopek coins Palette knives Picking knives Kopecks Serving knives USE Kopek coins Sheath knives Table knives Kopek coins
Tatting knives BT Coins
Knives, picking NT Fifteen kopek coins Fifty kopek coins USE Picking knives Five kopek coins Four kopek coins Knotting shuttles Half kopek coins BT Shuttles One hundred kopek coins One kopek coins Knuckle dusters Quarter kopek coins USE Knuckledusters Ten kopek coins Three kopek coins Knuckledusters Twenty kopek coins BT Percussive weapons Two kopek coins SN Pieces of metal fitted across the knuckles, SN Russian silver coins. used as a weapon. Kopeks Knuckles (game) USE Kopek coins BT Games
RT Jacks (game) Koros
SN A set of real or plastic knucklebones which BT Incense burners are thrown into the air and caught on the back of the hand. RT Incense SN Japanese censers, often shaped like Koalas gourds.
BT Australian animals Kotos RT Toy koalas BT Zithers
SN Japanese stringed instruments which are Kodzuka members of the long zither family, with USE Daggers movable frets.
Kozuka Koma BT Edged weapons accessories USE Dress clips SN [See notes in History tab, 22/5/2007.]
Kookaburras Kreuzer coins BT Australian birds BT Coins
Kopeck coins RT Batz coins
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SN First struck at Merano in the southern NT Food labels Tyrol in 1271 to the value of one grosso ... Swing tags surviving as small change in the Austrian currency system until 1891. Laboratory equipment
Kris BT Scientific equipment BT Daggers NT Beakers (laboratory) SN Malay daggers characterised by a curve to Bell jars an asymmetrical spur at the base of the blade. Bunsen burners Capillary tubes Krone coins Demonstration apparatus BT Coins Filter papers
SN Monetary unit of Austria since 1892. Litmus papers Pipettes Kudyapis Retorts
BT Stringed instruments Test tubes RT Chemical equipment SN Lute style instruments from the Philippines Laboratory logbooks Kukris BT Logbooks BT Daggers SN Records kept in a laboratory of SN Knives with a curved blade, used by the experiments and their results. Gurkhas. Lace bobbins Kylikes USE Lacemaking bobbins BT Drinking cups
SN Ancient Greek drinking cups with a wide Lace borders shallow bowl, horizontal handles,slender stem and small foot. BT Lace lengths Textile borders
Kylixes RT Lace flounces
USE Kylikes SN Lengths with one straight edge,and one patterned, to 100mm wide. Lab coats Lace flounces BT Coats BT Lace lengths Protective clothing SN Coats worn in laboratories to keep the RT Lace borders wearers clothes clean and/or to protect the SN Lengths with one straight edge and one material in the laboratory from patterned more than 100 mm wide. contamination.
Labels Lace galloons BT Lace lengths BT Stationery SN Lengths with two patterned edges. NT Airmail labels Baggage labels Lace insertions Clothing labels BT Lace lengths Exhibition labels
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Lace irons Lacemaking bobbin boxes
BT Laundry irons BT Boxes Lacemaking equipment SN Small box irons or flatirons used for ironing lace. Lacemaking bobbin winders
Lace lengths BT Lacemaking equipment BT Textile lengths
NT Lace borders Lacemaking bobbins Lace flounces BT Lacemaking equipment Lace galloons RT Bobbins Lace insertions Lacemaking equipment lace-making equipment BT Textileworking equipment USE Lacemaking equipment NT Lace mounts Lace mats Lacemaking bobbin boxes
USE Tablemats Lacemaking bobbin winders Lacemaking bobbins Lace mounts Lacemaking lamps Lacemaking patterns BT Lacemaking equipment Lacemaking pillows SN Devices on which to mount lace. Lacemaking pins Prickers Lace panels Tatting knives BT Textile panels Tatting shuttles RT Lace lengths Teneriffe wheels
Lace pieces Lacemaking lamps
BT Textile pieces BT Lacemaking equipment Lamps SN Lace items with no specific form
Lacemaking patterns Lace samplers BT Lacemaking equipment BT Textile samplers Textileworking patterns
RT Lace lengths NT Prickings
SN Lace showing various patterns, used to show the skills of a lacemaker, Lacemaking pillows particularly a beginner. BT Lacemaking equipment Pillows Lacemakers lamps USE Lacemaking lamps Lacemaking pins
BT Lacemaking equipment Lacemaker's lamps Pins
USE Lacemaking lamps NT Divider pins
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Lacemaking shuttles BT Components
USE Tatting shuttles NT Lamp brackets Lamp chimneys Laces RT Lamps
BT Clothing accessories Fasteners Lamp posts
NT Bootlaces USE Lampposts Corset laces Shoelaces Lamp shades SN Cords or strings for holding or drawing USE Lampshades together, as when passed through holes in opposite edges. Lampposts Lachrymatories BT Lighting equipment USE Unguentaria RT Street lighting equipment
Lacquering brushes SN Posts, of concrete, steel, or iron, used to support a lamp which lights a street, park, BT Paintbrushes etc
SN Paintbrushes used to apply lacquer finishes. Lamps BT Lighting equipment Ladders NT Arc lamps BT Tools Argand lamps NT Extension ladders Bicycle lamps Candle lamps Ladles Carriage lamps BT Kitchenware Desk lamps
NT Food ladles Exciter lamps Industrial ladles Floor lamps Toddy ladles Gas lamps SN Spoons with a deep cup-like bowl and a Kerosene lamps long handle used for transferring a liquid Lacemaking lamps from one receptacle to another. Lustres Lamp brackets Miners lamps
BT Brackets Mosque lamps Lamp components Oil lamps
NT Bicycle lamp brackets Projector lamps Spirit lamps Lamp chimneys Table lamps
BT Lamp components RT Lampshades
SN Tubes, commonly of glass, surrounding the flame of a lamp to promote combustion Lamps, photographic and to keep the flame steady. USE Studio lighting equipment Lamp components
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Lampshades Lantern slide transparencies
BT Lighting equipment USE Lantern slides Soft furnishings Lantern slides Lancashire dividers BT Photographic transparencies USE Bow compasses SN Transparent positive images made or mounted on glass for projection by magic Lances lanterns, usually but not necessarily photographic, and measuring 3.25 to 3.5 BT Polearms by 4 inches. Use `Ambrotypes' for glass SN Long shafted weapons with metal heads. plate positives which are not lantern slides. Landscape lenses Lantern strips BT Photographic lenses USE Lantern slide mounts SN Simple lenses covering a semi-angular field of about 20 degrees at a low aperture, suitable for landscape photography. Lanterns BT Lighting equipment Landscape models
BT Models Lap sets
SN Models representing an area of land and BT Wrenches its natural or fabricated features. SN Metal wrenches used for bending metal Lantern clocks edge-plates that were fitted to motor carriage doors. BT Clocks
SN Clocks with lantern-shaped brass cases Lapel pins made in England during the 17th and BT Jewellery 18th centuries. Most had one hand. Some Pins were designed to hang from a hook on the wall, others to stand on a wall bracket. RT Stickpins
Lantern masks Lapidary accessories USE Lantern slide mounts BT Accessories
SN Accessories involved with lapidary work. Lantern mounts USE Lantern slide mounts Lappets
BT Headwear accessories Lantern plates SN Flat fabric pieces , usually a pair that are USE Lantern slides attached to a hat or headdress
Lantern slide mounts Laptop computers BT Portable computers BT Photographic mounts SN Computers weighing 4 - 7 kg that run on RT Lantern slides mains electricity or batteries and can be SN Materials for mounting lantern slides, held in the lap. They usually use flat LCD chiefly cardboard strips and frames. or plasma screens.
Lard
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BT Foodstuffs Laundry blue
BT Laundry equipment Large scale models RT Blue bags BT Scale models SN A brightening agent used particularly to SN Models of objects which are larger than whiten clothes and preserve the colour of the original, usually to show details of black, blue and grey materials. small objects. Use this term in conjunction with objects to indicate an oversized Laundry blue bags model of that object, eg for a blown-up model of an insect, use `Insects' and USE Blue bags `Large scale models'.
Lariats Laundry boilers USE Laundry coppers USE Lassos
Laundry coppers Lassoes BT Washing tubs USE Lassos SN Washing tubs made of copper, tin, aluminium, zinc or enamel used to boil Lassos laundry. BT Agricultural equipment Animal accessories Laundry dippers
Ropes BT Laundry equipment SN Long, noosed ropes for catching horses, cattle etc. Laundry dollies
Lath axes BT Laundry equipment USE Froes NT Laundry possers SN Pronged instruments for stirring and Lath rivers agitating clothes in a dolly tub.
USE Froes Laundry draining trays USE Lathering dishes Draining boards
BT Shaving equipment Laundry equipment SN Shallow broad-rimmed dishes used by barbers. BT Domestic equipment
NT Blue bags Lathes Clothes baskets BT Cutting machines Clothes beaters NT Watchmakers lathes Clothes brushes
RT Woodworking machines Clothes dryers Clothes drying racks Launch engines Clothes lines
USE Marine engines Clothes peg bags Clothes pegs Laundry baskets Clothes wringers Copper sticks USE Clothes baskets
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NT Draining boards NT Mrs Potts irons Dry-cleaning machines Spirit irons Fabric softeners Standing irons Ironing boards SN Iron or steel implements used heated for smoothing or pressing cloth, etc. Ironing machines Laundry blue Laundry mangles Laundry dippers USE Mangles Laundry dollies
Laundry iron trivets Laundry packaging Laundry irons BT Packaging Laundry possers Laundry starch Laundry pegs Mangles USE Clothes pegs Soap flakes Trouser presses Laundry plungers Washboards USE Copper sticks Washing machines Washing tubs
RT Laundry toys Laundry possers BT Laundry dollies Laundry furnaces Laundry equipment SN Sticks used for stirring clothes in the USE Laundry coppers wash, similar to laundry dollys but with a different shape. Laundry iron handles Laundry soap BT Handles BT Soap
Laundry iron trivets RT Laundry equipment
BT Laundry equipment SN Soap made for washing clothes, often without the perfumes etc in bath soap and RT Laundry irons with additions of lye and other strong cleaning agents. SN Trivets on which a laundry iron was placed to keep it from burning the ironing board. Laundry starch BT Laundry equipment Laundry ironing machines SN A stiffening agent used when washing USE Ironing machines clothes.
Laundry toys Laundry irons BT Household toys BT Laundry equipment NT Toy clothes pegs NT Box irons Toy irons Electric irons Toy mangles Flatirons Toy trivets Gas irons Toy washboards Lace irons RT Laundry equipment
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Laundry tubs Leads
USE Washing tubs BT Animal accessories
RT Dog accessories Lawn bowls SN Ropes, straps, thongs or lines for holding a BT Sports balls dog or other animal in check
Leads, extension Lawn-mower repair kits USE Extension cords BT Repair kits
RT Lawn-mowers Leaflets
BT Documents Lawn mowers NT Advertising leaflets USE Lawnmowers Instruction leaflets RT Lawn-mowers Information sheets SN Single sheets, printed on one or both sides USE Lawnmowers usually for advertising purposes, often folded. Lawnmowers Leashes BT Gardening equipment USE Leads SN Machines used for trimming grass lawns. Lawnmowers may be electric, petrol-fuelled, or hand-powered. Leather forming tools
USE Leatherworking tools Layettes
BT Baby clothing Leather patchers SN Complete outfits of clothing, toilet BT Leatherworking tools articles, etc, for a newborn child. Sewing machines Lead points SN Sewing machines used for patching leather. BT Metal points Leather splitters
Lead sealers BT Leatherworking tools
BT Sealers SN Tools with fine blades through which leather is fed, in order to split it into thin SN Devices which seal bags with pieces of strips. lead.
Leadlight door panels Leatherworking equipment BT Occupation-based equipment USE Leadlight panels
Leadlight panels Leatherworking tools
BT Architectural panels BT Tools Windows NT Leather patchers Leather splitters Leadlight windows RT Bootmaking tools BT Windows
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Leaves Leggings
BT Plant components BT Clothing
SN Tight fitting stretch pants to the ankle Lecterns
BT Desks Lego USE Lego sets Lecture notes
BT Notes Lego sets BT Toy bricks Ledgers
BT Account books Lekythoi BT Jugs
Leg armour SN A type of small jug of Greek pottery, for perfume, oil, or ointment. BT Armour
Lemon essence Leg calipers BT Food essences BT Health and medical equipment SN Food additives composed of a concentrated SN Appliances used on limbs to provide liquid with the characteristic properties of external support or correct deformities. lemon.
Leg irons Lens accessories
BT Punishment equipment BT Accessories
SN Chains or shackles placed on the ankles. NT Lens caps Lens cases Leg warmers Lens cloths BT Clothing accessories Lens hoods SN Footless leg coverings usually worn over Lens mounts tights, trousers, boots, or the like, for RT Camera accessories warmth or as a fashionable accessory. (Getty AAT, 2006) Lens blanks
Legal documents BT Lenses BT Documents RT Camera lenses
NT Business guarantees SN Optical lenses cut into the required size Contracts and ready for the finishing operations. Debentures Lens caps Deeds Hire purchase agreements BT Lens accessories Indentures SN Rubber or plastic covers to protect ends of lenses when they are not in use. Licences
Probates Lens cases Radio receiving licences BT Cases Television receiving licences Lens accessories Wills
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USE RT Camera lenses Mirror cameras
SN Cases for enclosing and protecting the whole lens, including the lens hood. Use Lensless photographs `Lens caps' for covers protecting the end of USE Photograms the lens.
Lens cloths Leopards
BT Cloths BT Mammals Lens accessories SN Antistatic cloths for cleaning lenses. Leotards
BT Clothing Lens frames
USE Lens mounts RT Bodysuits SN Close fitting one-piece garments, worn by acrobats and dancers Lens hoods BT Lens accessories Lepta
SN Opaque tubes of rubber, plastic or metal USE Lepton coins used to shield the camera lens from light. Use `Lens caps' for covers protecting the ends of the lens. Lepton coins BT Coins Lens mounts SN Originally a very small weight of Ancient BT Lens accessories Greece, the term was used to describe small copper coins in general, varying SN Devices for attaching a lens to another widely in value. Later a denomination piece of equipment such as a camera or used in the Ionian Islands and the West telescope. Indies. Lens shades Lesson cards USE Lens hoods USE Educational cards
Lens stops Letter books USE Diaphragm holes BT Administrative records Books Lenses Correspondence BT Objects SN Books containing copies of correspondence. NT Anastigmat lenses Headlight lenses Letter boxes
Lens blanks USE Letterboxes Microscope lenses Optical lenses Letter holders
Photographic lenses BT Document holders Portrait lenses Writing equipment Prisms Telescope lenses Letter openers USE Paperknives Lensless cameras
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Letter racks Leyden jars
USE Letter holders BT Electrical equipment Jars Letterbooks RT Batteries
USE Letter books SN Early devices used for storing electric charges, consisting essentially of a glass jar lined inside and outside, for about Letterboxes two-thirds of its height, with tinfoil.
BT Boxes Postal equipment Li-los
RT Postboxes USE Inflatable mattresses
SN Private boxes for receipt of mail. For public boxes for posting mail use Liard coins Postboxes. BT Coins Lettercards SN Small French silver coin, to the value of 3 deniers; remained legal tender until 1845. BT Postal stationery
RT Postcards Liberation notes
SN Cards sold at the post office with stamps BT Military money already attached, which can usually be SN Hasty immediate use of available posted at a lower rate than letters in banknotes (usually occupation or earlier envelopes. notes) by overstamping/overprinting by the newly established government. Letterhead paper
USE Business stationery Library cards BT Cards
Letters SN Cards created for library books to record cataloguing or lending details BT Correspondence
NT Business letters Licences
Condolence letters BT Legal documents Letters of administration NT Drivers licences Personal letters Gold licences Letters of administration Lidded jars BT Letters USE Covered jars
Lettersheets Lidded pots BT Postal stationery BT Pots RT Aerograms SN Sheets of paper which can be folded, Lids gummed and addressed for posting within BT Container components a country; domestic versions of aerograms.
NT Billy can lids Lever action rifles Box lids BT Rifles Pot lids Saucepan lids
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RT Vessel covers Lifts
SN Coverings designed to hold in the contents USE Elevators of a box or container. Use vessel covers for unattached coverings for vessels. Ligature thread
Life jackets BT Surgical thread
BT Safety equipment SN Surgical thread used for constriction of blood vessels or for removing tumors by strangulation. Lifeboats BT Emergency vehicles Light boxes Rescue boats BT Boxes Safety equipment Photographic viewing equipment SN Boats, provisioned and equipped for abandoning ship, carried on larger ships in davits so that they can be lowered Light bulbs quickly in cases of emergency. For USE Electric light globes shore-based boats built for rescuing occupants of ships in distress, use `Surf rescue boats'. Light calculators
USE Exposure calculators Lifebuoys
BT Nautical equipment Light fittings Safety equipment BT Electrical fittings RT Flotation aids Lighting equipment SN Buoyant devices (in various forms) for NT Chandeliers throwing, as from a vessel, to persons in the water, to enable them to keep afloat Girandoles until rescued (Macquarie Dictionary, 3rd Light shades ed.) Light globe fittings Lift doors BT Electric lighting equipment USE Elevator doors NT Bayonet double adaptors Lifting equipment Light globes BT Equipment USE Electric light globes NT Elevators Hods Light meters Lifting jacks BT Meters Pulley blocks NT Exposure meters Pulleys SN An instrument which measures light Tongs intensity (usually measured in lux or foot candles) within an area. Lifting jacks
BT Lifting equipment Light shades
SN Portable mechanisms used for moving BT Light fittings loads short distances by means of force applied with a lever, screw, hydraulic RT Lampshades press or air pressure.
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Lighthouses Lingerie
BT Buildings USE Underwear
RT Lighting equipment Linguaphones
Lighting equipment BT Percussion instruments
BT Equipment SN Plucked idiophones
NT Arc lamp regulators Link reversing engines Bracket lights BT Reversing engines Candle equipment SN Reversing engines that use Stephenson's Candles link motion device to change direction Drops easily. Electric lighting equipment Gas lighting equipment Link reversing launch engines Gaslights USE Link reversing engines Lampposts Lamps Lino Lampshades USE Linoleum Lanterns Light fittings Lino prints
Mirror balls USE Linocuts Photographic lighting equipment Street lighting equipment Linocuts
Theatre lighting equipment BT Relief prints Torches SN A C20th development of the wood-block RT Lighthouses print, where prints are made from a design cut in relief on a block of linoleum. Lightning conductors Linoleum BT Architectural elements BT Floor coverings Safety equipment
SN Rodlike conductors installed to divert NT Linotiles atmospheric electricity away from a SN A synthetic floor covering made by coating structure and protect the structure from hessian or canvass with linseed oil, lightning by providing a path to earth. powdered cork and rosin.
Lightning rods Linoleum tiles USE Lightning conductors USE Linotiles
Line engravings Linotiles BT Engravings BT Floor tiles SN Prints produced by an intaglio printing Linoleum technique where a design is engraved on SN Linoleum cut into squares and laid in a the metal plate with a burin. manner similar to laying tiles or paving.
Liner glasses Lintels USE Vessel liners
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BT Architectural elements Liquor glasses
RT Door jambs BT Bar equipment
SN Horizontal beams or slabs which span the Drinking glasses opening of a door or window and supports NT Brandy glasses the wall above. Gin glasses Lion coins Whisky glasses
BT Coins Lira coins SN Scottish coins to the value of five shillings. BT Coins
SN Italian coins. Also the monetary unit of Lions the Vatican, the Republic of San Marino, BT Mammals and was occasionally struck in Italian colonies.
Lions of Fo Lire
USE Dogs of Fo USE Lira coins
Lipstick cases Lists
BT Cosmetics containers BT Documents
RT Lipsticks NT Bibliographies Discographies Lipsticks Menus BT Cosmetics Price lists
RT Lipstick cases Lithographic stones
USE Printing stones Liquer glasses
USE Liqueur glasses Lithographs
BT Prints Liqueur bottles
BT Beverage bottles NT Chromolithographs
SN Large bottles with bulbous bodies divided RT Photolithographs internally into four compartments, each to SN Prints produced by a planographic method hold a different liqueur and each having of surface printing from stone. its own neck, mouth and stopper. Litmus papers Liqueur glasses BT Laboratory equipment BT Bar equipment Testing equipment Drinking glasses NT Cordial glasses Lizards
BT Reptiles Liquid-cooled engines NT Goannas BT Engines
SN Engines cooled by means of circulating Loafers liquid, especially water. BT Shoes
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SN A pair of casual shoes. SN Saws with a blade held under tension in a tubular steel frame; the blade consists of pegged teeth and "gullets" (spaces). Lobster pots USE Lobster traps Logarithmic calculating instruments
BT Calculating devices Lobster traps NT Circular calculators BT Animal traps Cylindrical calculators Exposure calculators Lock saws Slide rules USE Compass saws Logarithmic tables
Lockets BT Mathematical tables
BT Jewellery
SN Hinged jewellery which opens to disclose a Logbooks portrait, relic, keepsake etc BT Documents
Locks NT Aircraft logbooks
BT Hardware Laboratory logbooks Mileage logs NT Door locks Ships logs Padlocks SN Official records of occurrences in a workplace. Usually associated with Locomotive boilers journeys (such as ship, air or truck journeys), but can also include the BT Fire-tube boilers recording of details in workplaces like RT Locomotives laboratories. SN Internally fixed horizontal fire-tube Loin cloths boilers with integral furnace. The doubled furnace walls contain water which mixes BT Clothing with water in the boiler shell.
Locomotive engines Lolly jars USE Confectionery jars BT Engines
SN Engines which propel locomotives along railway tracks. Long case clocks USE Longcase clocks Locomotives BT Rail vehicles Long-focus lenses
SN Self-propelled vehicles running on railway BT Photographic lenses tracks, designed to pull railway carriages. NT Telephoto lenses Log books SN Any lens whose focal length is appreciably greater than the diagonal of the negative USE Logbooks in the format in which it is used (AAT).
Log saws Long johns
BT Woodworking saws BT Underwear
SN Long, warm underpants.
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Long planes Lounge suites
USE Trying planes BT Seating furniture
RT Lounges Longcase clocks
BT Clocks Lounge suits
RT Shelf clocks BT Suits
SN Domestic clocks in a wooden case usually RT Business suits over 6 feet tall, and standing on the floor.
Looms Lounges
BT Weaving equipment BT Seating furniture SN Use for three-seat furniture or a single NT Hand looms reclined seat that is not a chaise longue or Jacquard looms a reclining chair. SN Machines or apparatus for weaving yarn or thread into fabric. Loving cups
Loop aerials BT Cups
BT Antennas Low pressure engines
Loose-leaf binders USE Condensing engines
BT Stationery Lozenges
Lorgnettes BT Confectionery Medicines BT Spectacles SN Small flavoured cakes or confections of SN Eyeglasses mounted on a long handle. sugar, often medicated, originally diamond-shaped.
Lottery machines Lubricants for condoms BT Gambling equipment USE Personal lubricants Machines
Lotus plants Luggage BT Personal effects BT Plants
NT Backpacks Lotuses Chests
BT Flowers Suit bags Suitcases Loudhailers Travelling cases Trunks BT Megaphones SN Bags used for transporting personal SN Megaphones with built in electric possessions amplifiers. Lumiprints Loudspeakers USE Contact prints USE Speakers
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Lustres Maces
BT Lamps BT Percussive weapons
SN A glass girandole, candelabrum or candlestick decorated with prismatic Machetes pendent drops of glass or crystal. For the pendent drops as components, use BT Cutting tools "Drops". Edged weapons SN Large, heavy knives used esp. in Lute guitars Latin-American countries as both a tool and a weapon. USE Harp-lutes Machine components
Lutes USE Machinery components BT Stringed instruments
NT Biwa Machine guns Pipa BT Guns San-hsiens Shamisens Machine-readable records
BT Computer accessories Luthiers tools Documents
USE Violin making tools NT Compact discs Floppy disks
Lying presses RT Computer software
USE Bookbinding presses SN Document types in a form readable by computer. Lyres Machine tools BT Stringed instruments BT Machines
Lyric sheets NT Grinder heads SN Powered machines for cutting or shaping BT Music documents or finishing metals or other materials, e.g. SN Words of songs, printed or handwritten. lathes
Machinery Lyrics USE Machines USE Lyric sheets
Machinery blades Macadamia Nuts BT Machinery components USE Nuts (foodstuffs)
Mace coins Machinery components BT Components BT Coins
SN Mace is a Chinese unit of weight, one NT Bearings tenth of the tael. It figures on certain Bushings pre-Revolutionary Chinese coins, the Couplings silver dollar being expressed as 7 mace 2 candareens. Crankshafts Dandy rolls
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NT Gears NT Morticing machines Machinery blades Office machines Mufflers Packaging machines Projector components Papermaking machines Regulators Poker machines Sprocket wheels Printing machines Typewriter components Refrigerator evaporators Winches Robots
RT Machines Sewing machines Ticket machines Machines Vending machines
BT Equipment Washing machines Windmills NT Agricultural machines Woodworking machines Amusement machines RT Machinery components Automata Automatic teller machines Mackintoshes Beverage dispensing machines USE Raincoats Bonbon making machines Boring machines Magazine clippings Centrifuges Churns BT Press clippings
Clicking presses RT Magazines Coffee machines Coin sorting machines Magazine covers
Compressors BT Documents Copying machines RT Magazines Cutting machines Cylinder shaving machines Magazine film Drafting machines USE 35mm film Dredges Dry-cleaning machines Electrostatic machines Magazine inserts Elevators BT Documents
Engineering machines RT Magazines Envelope making machines SN Loose or tear-out sheets included in the Evaporators sale price of a magazine. Fairy floss machines Magazines Forge blowers Generators BT Documents
Hand driers NT Childrens magazines Knitting machines School magazines Lottery machines Machine tools Metals processing machines
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SN Periodical publications containing SN Instruments comprising a magnetised miscellaneous articles or pieces in prose or needle pivoted so that it can always point verse, often with illustrations. For to magnetic north, used, often in buildings which store munitions, use conjunction with a map or chart, for `Storage magazines'. direction finding.
Magazines (firearm components) Magnetic computer tape
BT Firearm components BT Computer memory devices
Magic lantern lenses Magnetic drums
BT Photographic lenses BT Computer memory devices
SN RT Magic lanterns Memory units for computers, consisting of a rapidly spinning cylinder on which information is recorded by magnetising Magic lantern slides the surface.
USE Lantern slides Magnets
Magic lanterns BT Objects
BT Projectors NT Electromagnets Fridge magnets SN Early forms of projectors designed for use with lantern slides. Refrigerator magnets
Magnesium flash holders Magnifying glasses
BT Photographic lighting equipment BT Optical instruments
SN Devices for holding magnesium powder or SN Glass lenses, usually convex, or a wire for use in early flash photography. combination of lenses used to produce a virtual image larger than the object being Magnesium flash lamps viewed.
USE Magnesium flashes Magpies
BT Australian birds Magnesium flash powders
USE Flash powders Mail bag tags
BT Postal equipment Magnesium flashes
BT Camera flashes Mail bags SN Devices producing a flash of light through BT Postal equipment the ignition of magnesium powder or wire. SN Bags used for collection and delivery of Magnesium powders postal items.
USE Flash powders Mail shirts
BT Chainmail armour Magnetic compasses
BT Directional compasses Mailbags NT Mariners compasses BT Bags Pocket compasses SN Bags in which mail is carried.
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Mainframe computers NT Bears
BT Digital computers Boars Bullocks SN Large computer systems that are characterised by a wide data bus, large Camels storage capacity and high speed operation. Cats Cattle Maintenance manuals Deer BT Manuals Dogs Dolphins Maintenance tools Echidnas Tools BT Elephants
NT Bench brushes Giant pandas Plungers Goats Horses Make-up Leopards USE Cosmetics Lions Monkeys Make-up brushes Oxen
USE Cosmetics brushes Pigs Platypus Makers plates Poodles
BT Plaques Rabbits Reindeers NT Engine plates Rodents SN Plates with manufacturers details inscribed, attached to an object to indicate Seals (animals) who made it. Sheep Tigers Male contraceptives Whales BT Contraceptives Wolves NT Condoms Manchester Mallets USE Household textiles
BT Striking tools Mandarin robes NT Caulking mallets SN Small wooden hammers used to drive BT Robes another tools, such as a chisel or gouge. SN Robes, formerly worn by Chinese mandarins prior to the establishment of Mambo the Republic in 1912, were long loose and richly embroidered with wide long sleeves, USE Mambo Graphics Pty Ltd motifs indicated wearer's rank.
Mammals Mandolins
BT Animals BT Stringed instruments
NT Badgers RT Banjo mandolins Bats
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SN Stringed instrument with pear shaped SN Photographs that have been altered wooden body, usually smaller than a lute through interference in the optical or chemical procedures, or physically altered, Mangles as for example, sewn, marked on, or torn.
BT Laundry equipment Mannequins
NT Board and roller mangles BT Objects Box mangles SN Body-shaped objects that are usually used Upright mangles to support clothing, armour, jewellery or SN Machines for smoothing cloth or other items worn by people. household linen by means of rollers. Many domestic hand mangles also performed Mantel clocks the functions of clothes wringers. BT Clocks
Mangling machines RT Shelf clocks
USE Mangles SN Clocks designed to stand on a mantelshelf above a fireplace. Mangroves Mantelpieces BT Plants BT Architectural elements
Manhole covers Mantilla combs BT Doors BT Head ornaments SN Doors for the access holes of tanks, boilers or underground passages. SN High combs over which mantillas are draped. Manicure equipment Mantillas BT Toiletries BT Headwear NT Emery boards SN Lace scarves or veils, in black or white, Manicure sets arranged over a high comb and falling Nail buffers over back and shoulders, worn in Spain or Mexico Nail clippers Nail files Mantlepieces Nail scissors USE Mantelpieces Nailbrushes SN Equipment used in the care of hands and fingernails. Mantles BT Capes Manicure sets SN Loose sleeveless capes BT Manicure equipment
SN A group of implements used in the care of Manuals the hands and fingernails. BT Books
Manipulated photographs NT Household manuals BT Photographs Maintenance manuals Operating manuals NT Composite photographs Technical manuals Photomontages Training manuals RT Photographic prints
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RT Instruction books NT Decorative marbles Playing marbles Manufacturing equipment SN Small round balls of glass, steel, ceramics etc. used for decorative and industrial BT Equipment purposes or for various children's games. Where possible, specify the type or use of NT Brickmaking equipment marbles.
Manuscripts Marine boilers
BT Documents BT Boilers
SN Documents, books, letters etc written by SN Boilers designed to meet requirements of hand or typewritten. ship operation in propulsion, running of auxiliary machinery, generation of Map holders electricity and heating.
BT Document holders Marine chronometers SN Holders designed to protect maps BT Chronometers
Maps Marine engines BT Documents Nautical equipment Geographical equipment BT Reversing engines Navigational equipment NT Marine screw engines NT Aeronautical maps Outboard motors Geological maps Paddle engines Globes SN Engines that propel water-born vessels. Navigational charts Road maps Marine screw engines Topographical maps SN Flat surface representations of part or all BT Marine engines of the earth's surface, or of the heavens. NT Direct acting screw engines Maquettes Geared screw engines Twin screw engines BT Sculptures SN Marine engines that propel vessels across SN Model of a contemplated structure, as a water by driving a screw-propeller. wax or clay model of a piece of sculpture. Marine steam turbine engines Maracas USE Marine steam turbines BT Percussion instruments
RT Gourds Marine steam turbines
SN Gourd rattles used particularly in Latin BT Steam turbines American dance music. RT Marine engines Maravedi coins SN Steam turbines used for marine propulsion. BT Coins
SN Spanish coins. Marine vehicles
USE Watercraft Marbles
BT Balls
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USE Astrolabes NT Brands Punches Mariner's compasses Markka coins USE Mariners compasses BT Coins
Mariners compasses RT Penni coins
BT Magnetic compasses SN Plural Markkaa. The Finnish equivalent of the Mark, struck there under Russian SN Magnetic directional compasses used in denomination from 1864 as a silver coin to sea navigation, consisting of a pivoted the value of a quarter rouble. It was compass card, usually with 8, 16 or 32 divided into 100 pennia. equal divisions, set in a gimbal-mounted non-ferrous metal bowl. The most accurate and stable were liquid Markkaa compasses, utilising liquid filled bowls USE Markka coins with a pivoting aluminium compass card.
Maritime documents Marriage certificates BT Certificates BT Documents
NT Ships logs Marrow spoons RT Aviation documents BT Spoons SN A general term used for collections of documents, records etc pertaining to ships SN Spoons with a conventional bowl and a and ship journeys. Where possible, specify handle channelled in the form of a long the type of document, or use a more narrow scoop that are used to extract specific term. marrow from a marrow-bone.
Maritime flags Martial arts outfits
BT Flags BT Sports clothing
Maritime records Mascara
USE Maritime documents BT Cosmetics
Mark coins Masks
BT Coins BT Clothing accessories
SN Currency of the German Empire. NT Armour masks Fancy dress masks Marking brands Gasmasks USE Brands Protective masks Surgical masks Marking gauges Underwater masks
BT Woodworking gauges RT Toy masks
SN Gauges used for marking a scratched line parallel to the edge of wood. Masonry bits
BT Bits Marking tools Masonry tools
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SN Bits used to drill through stone or brick, NT Vesta cases as opposed to those used for woodworking. SN Containers or cases for holding matches.
Masonry chisels Match holders BT Chisels USE Match containers Masonry tools
NT Plugging chisels Matchbox holders Tooth chisels SN Chisels used for cutting and dressing BT Holders stone. SN Metal clips into which cardboard matchboxes are slipped for protection. Masonry tools
BT Tools Matchboxes
BT Boxes NT Masonry bits Match containers Masonry chisels SN Small boxes for holding matches, most Pump drills often used to describe cardboard boxes with a striking surface on one side to light Mason's tools safety matches.
USE Masonry tools Matches
BT Objects Masons' tools
USE Masonry tools NT Safety matches Vesta matches SN Short slender pieces of wood or other Massage equipment material tipped with a chemical substance BT Health and medical equipment which ignites when rubbed on a rough or chemically prepared surface. NT Electromassage machines Vibrators Matchlock firearms
BT Firearms Master clocks NT Matchlock rifles BT Clocks
SN Accurate clocks that control time Matchlock rifles distribution systems, for example the central clock which supplies accurately BT Matchlock firearms controlled current pulses to the circuit of Rifles controlled or impulse dial clocks. Matchstick blinds Match boxes BT Blinds USE Matchboxes
Matchsticks Match cases USE Matches USE Match containers
Maternity brassieres Match containers BT Brassieres BT Containers Maternity clothing NT Matchboxes
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Maternity clothing SN Long-handled heavy wooden mallets.
BT Clothing Mauser cartridges NT Maternity brassieres USE Cartridges Maternity dresses
Maternity girdles Maximum cards SN Loose-fitting clothes designed for pregnant women. BT Postcards
SN Postcards with postage stamp affixed on Maternity dresses the image side of the card and postmarked. BT Dresses Maternity clothing Mazarines SN Full dresses, often adjustable in girth, designed to be worn by pregnant women. BT Strainers Tableware Maternity girdles SN Drainers in the form of an oval (rarely circular) pierced plate that rests in a BT Girdles deeper and wider serving dish. Maternity clothing Measures Mathematical instruments BT Measuring instruments BT Scientific equipment NT Measuring bowls RT Drawing instruments Measuring cups Measuring cylinders Mathematical tables Measuring glasses BT Information tables Measuring spoons NT Logarithmic tables Measuring bowls
Mats BT Bowls
USE Floor mats Kitchenware Measures
Mattocks Measuring cups BT Tools BT Cups NT Ice mattocks Kitchenware Measures RT Pickaxes SN Instruments for loosening the soil in Measuring cylinders digging, shaped like pickaxes, but having one end broad instead of pointed. BT Measures
Mattresses RT Rain gauges SN Graduated cylinders for measuring BT Bed components liquids. Bedding Soft furnishings Measuring equipment NT Inflatable mattresses USE Measuring instruments
Mauls Measuring glasses BT Striking tools
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BT Measures Meat dish covers
SN Graduated glasses for measuring liquids. USE Dish covers
Measuring instruments Meat dishes BT Instruments BT Serving dishes Scientific equipment SN A type of dish for serving the roast or NT Astrolabes main dish at a meal. Astronomical circle instruments Calipers Meat mincers
Dividing engines BT Food processing equipment Drafting compasses Electric balances Meat safe stands
Electric indicators USE Safe stands Flash point apparatus Frequency test records Meat safes Gauges BT Food safes Geiger counters Hydrometers Meat slicers Inclinometer BT Slicers Measures Meters Meccano sets Octants BT Construction toys pH meters Pyrometers SN Perforated metal strips and a kit of components which can be bolted together Quadrants as a framework for constructing models. Repeating circles Rulers Mechanical adding machines
Sclerometers USE Mechanical calculators Sextants Spectrophotometers Mechanical calculators
Spectroscopes BT Calculators Squares NT Arithmometers Tape measures Comptometers Theodolites Mechanical desktop calculators Thermometers Mechanical pocket calculators Thermopiles Millionaire calculators Viscometers SN Calculators operating by mechanical Weighing instruments activity, usually consisting of identical Weights columns of numeral selection keys. The numerical value is selected by depressing keys and the result is displayed in a Measuring spoons mechanical accumulator register. BT Health and medical equipment Kitchenware Mechanical clocks Measures BT Clocks Spoons
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SN Clocks operated by winding gear NT Portrait medallions mechanisms, as opposed to those operated SN Large medals or plaques, usually circular by electricity, sun, water, or sands. or oval, bearing portraits or some specific subject in light relief. Mechanical desktop calculators
BT Mechanical calculators Medals
SN Mechanical calculators small enough to be BT Personal adornments conveniently placed on a desk, but larger NT Commemorative medals than pocket calculators. Medal ribbons Mechanical musical instruments Military medals
USE Automatic musical instruments Miniature medals Sports medals Mechanical pianos SN Flat pieces of medal, usually in the shape of a disc, star, cross, etc, bearing an USE Player pianos inscription or device which is issued to commemorate a person, event or deed; or as a reward for bravery or merit; and Mechanical pocket calculators which is usually worn on the person. BT Mechanical calculators Media kits SN Mechanical calculators that are sufficiently light and small to be operated BT Promotional material in the hand or carried in a pocket.
Mechanical toys Media releases USE Press releases BT Toys
NT Wind-up toys Medical bags SN Toys which include mechanical parts or operate by spring, gear or similar USE Medical cases mechanisms. Medical belts Mechanics vices BT Belts BT Metalworking tools Vices SN Belts worn for use with electrotherapeutic medical apparatus or other medical SN Sturdy vices generally used for holding purposes. metal.
Medal cases Medical books BT Books BT Cases SN Books pertaining to the science or practice RT Medals of medicine.
Medal ribbons Medical cases
BT Medals BT Cases Ribbons Health and medical equipment NT Doctors cases Medallions Nurses cases BT Objects of vertu Pharmaceutical cases Plaques
NT Commemorative medallions Medical charts
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USE Health and medical charts NT Pessaries Stethoscopes Medical clamps Surgical instruments USE Surgical clamps Syringes Tenaculums Medical dilators Tongue depressors
USE Dilators Tweezers
Medical kits Medical equipment BT Health and medical equipment USE Health and medical equipment NT First aid kits Medical furniture Ovulation test kits
BT Furniture Pregnancy test kits Health and medical equipment Snakebite kits
NT Operating tables Medical moulds Stretchers (beds) Trolley-beds BT Health and medical equipment Moulds X-ray tables NT Dental moulds RT Wheelchairs Suppository moulds
Medical imaging devices Medical packaging USE Medical imaging equipment BT Packaging
Medical imaging equipment RT Medication containers SN The packaging used in the medical, BT Health and medical equipment pharmaceutical and related industries. NT Brain scanners Radiotherapy equipment Medical pumps Ultrasound equipment BT Health and medical equipment Pumps X-ray equipment
Medical instruments Medical records
BT Health and medical equipment BT Documents Instruments NT Dental records NT Applicators Prescription books Cannulas Sales of poison books Catheters Cystoscopes Medical textiles Dental instruments BT Health and medical equipment Dilators Textiles Douches NT Bandages Endoscopes Court plaster Injection instruments Dressing sheets Ophthalmoscopes RT Dressings Patella hammers
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Medical tubing BT Medications SN BT Health and medical equipment Medications administered by implanting under the skin.
Medicaments Medicinal powders
USE Medications BT Medicines
SN Powders taken orally for medicinal effect. Medicaments packaging USE Medicine packaging Medicine bags
USE Pharmaceutical cases Medication bottles BT Bottles Medicine balls Medication containers BT Exercise equipment NT Apothecary bottles Sports balls Medicine bottles Smelling bottles Medicine bottles Vinaigrettes BT Medication bottles Medicine containers
Medication containers NT Pill bottles
BT Containers RT Medicines
NT Medication bottles Medicine containers Medicine boxes Pharmaceutical jars BT Medicine containers
RT Medicine chests Medications SN Boxes, carry bags, small cupboards, etc., BT Objects used to store household medicines, bandages, etc. NT Inhalants
Injectables Medicine cabinets Medicinal implants BT Cabinets Medicines Medicine containers Suppositories Topical medications Medicine cases
Vaccines USE Pharmaceutical cases RT Medication containers SN Substances administered by mouth, Medicine chests applied to skin or introduced into the body BT Medicine containers for the purpose of treatment.
RT Medicine boxes Medicinal atomisers
BT Atomisers Medicine containers Health and medical equipment BT Medication containers SN Apparatus for reducing liquids to a fine spray, for medicinal applications. NT Medicine bottles
Medicinal implants Medicine boxes Medicine cabinets
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NT Medicine chests SN Marks, tokens or devices worn as a sign of membership. Pillboxes SN Containers used to hold liquid Membership cards medications, sometimes together with other medical equipment. BT Cards
Medicine glasses RT Membership badges SN Cards signifying membership to an USE Measuring glasses organisation.
Medicine jars Membership certificates
USE Pharmaceutical jars BT Certificates
Medicine packaging Membranophones
BT Packaging USE Percussion instruments
RT Medicine containers Memorandums Medicines BT Correspondence
BT Medications Memorial boards NT First aid cream USE Honour boards Lozenges Medicinal powders Memorial photographs Patent medicines USE Commemorative photographs Pills SN Medications taken orally, including pills, tablets, powders, liquids and lozenges. Memorial rings
Megaphones USE Mourning rings
BT Audio amplifiers Memorial Scrolls NT Loudhailers USE Scrolls SN A device for magnifying sound, or for directing it in increased volume, as a large funnel-shaped instrument used in Memorial wreaths addressing a large audience out of doors BT Ceremonial objects or in calling to a distance (Macquarie Dictionary) Wreaths RT Funeral equipment Melainotypes USE Tintypes Men's clothing
USE Mens clothing Melophones BT Reed organs Mens clothing
BT Clothing
Membership badges SN Use for collections of mens clothing, use BT Badges more specific terms where possible.
RT Membership cards Men's suits
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USE Suits BT Drawing instruments
NT Copper points Menstrual products Gold points BT Health and medical equipment Lead points Toiletries Silver points NT Sanitary belts SN Small metal rods pointed at one end, Sanitary pads which have been used as drawing instruments since classical times. Tampons Metallurgical equipment menswear BT Equipment USE Mens clothing NT Forge blowers Menu card holders Metals processing machines BT Card holders BT Machines SN Small decorative objects with a slot for holding a menu card or place card. Some were made of glass by Lalique. Metalworking dies
BT Dies Menus SN Any of various devices for cutting or BT Lists forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine. RT Menu card holders
Metalworking equipment Merchant ships BT Occupation-based equipment BT Ships NT Crucibles
Mercury arc rectifiers Fluxing pots Forges BT Rectifiers Furnaces Metalworking tools Merino sheep Steam hammers BT Sheep RT Metallurgical equipment
Merinos Metalworking saws USE Merino sheep BT Metalworking tools Saws
Metal cuts NT Hacksaws BT Relief prints
SN Engravings made on a metal plate for Metalworking tools relief printing in the manner of a BT Metalworking equipment wood-block print. Tools
Metal forms NT Bench drills Blacksmithing tools BT Sculptures Cold chisels Forging tools Metal points Mechanics vices
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NT Metalworking saws NT Voltmeters Panelbeating tools SN Any of a range of instruments that measure and record quantities passing Soldering irons through them, usually automatically. Swages Where possible, specify the type of meter. Tinsmithing tools Metronomes
Meteorites BT Music accessories
BT Rocks SN Timing instruments used by musicians
Meteorological equipment Mezzotints
BT Scientific equipment BT Engravings
SN Prints produced by a method of engraving Meters in tone, much used in the 17th, 18th, and early 19th centuries for the reproduction BT Measuring instruments of paintings.
NT Alcoholometers Mice Altimeters BT Animals Anaesthesimeters Anemometers Microcomputers Barometers BT Digital computers Clinometers
Colorimeters NT Automatic teller machines Craniometers Computer game units Density meters Personal computers Dynamometers SN Computer systems whose processing unit is a microprocessor. Basic microcomputers Electric meters include a microprocessor, storage, and an Electrometers input/output facility, which may or may Eudiometers not be on one chip. Galvanometers Microfiche Gas meters BT Microforms Hygrometers Light meters NT Aperture cards Micrometers SN Flexible, transparent sheets of film bearing a number of microimages Optometers arranged in horizontal rows and vertical Photometers columns, normally having an identifying Planimeters strip legible without magnification. Polarimeters Microfilms Potentiometers BT Microforms Print meters SN Fine-grain, high-resolution film in roll Radiation meters form containing images of documents, Refractometers reduced in size from the original. Salinity meters Speedometers Microforms Tachometers BT Objects Thermometers
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NT Microfiche Microwave ovens
Microfilms BT Domestic ovens SN All media used to record microimages.
Midget cameras Micrometer calipers BT 35mm cameras BT Calipers SN Small cameras taking films smaller than SN Calipers for making precise 35mm in special cartridges or film discs measurements. A spindle is moved by a and requiring special processing. Use screw thread so that it touches the object `Miniature cameras' for small cameras to be measured. The dimension can then which can still take 35mm film. be read on a scale. Mil coins Micrometers BT Coins BT Meters
NT Photographic micrometers Mileage logs
BT Logbooks Microphone stands SN Records kept of the miles travelled by BT Audio equipment motor vehicles, particularly trucks and Stands automobiles. RT Microphones Military badges Microphones BT Badges
BT Audio equipment SN Tokens, medals or devices awarded and worn by the military as signs of NT Billiard ball microphones allegiance, valour, membership, authority, or achievement. Microscope accessories Military buttons BT Accessories BT Buttons NT Microscope lenses
RT Microscopes Military decorations
BT Awards Microscope lenses Military equipment
BT Lenses NT Military medals Microscope accessories Ribbon bars NT Objective lenses Military equipment
Microscope slides BT Occupation-based equipment BT Optical instruments NT Ammunition Ammunition belts Microscopes Armour BT Optical instruments Bomb racks Scientific equipment Cipher machines NT Electron microscopes Field telephones RT Microscope accessories Guncarriages Military decorations
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NT Military money BT Vehicles
RT Military vehicles NT Army tanks Battleships Military flags Submarines BT Flags Milk
Military helmets BT Foodstuffs
BT Helmets Milk bottle stands NT Close helmets BT Bottle stands
Military medals RT Milk bottles
BT Medals SN Rectangular open wire frames which hold Military decorations usually six milk bottles, used primarily in home milk delivery. Military money Milk bottles BT Military equipment BT Beverage bottles Paper money Milk containers NT Invasion notes RT Milk bottle stands Liberation notes Occupation issue notes Milk buckets Occupation notes BT Buckets Partisan notes Milk containers SN Official paper money issues of military authorities for use by troops. Milk cans
Military notes BT Cans USE Military money Milk containers SN Large metal containers for holding milk for transportation. Military toys BT Toys Milk cartons
NT Toy armour BT Cartons Food packaging Toy military vehicles Toy soldiers Milk containers Toy weapons BT Food storage containers
Military transport toys NT Milk bottles USE Toy military vehicles Milk buckets Milk cans Military uniforms Milk jugs
BT Uniforms RT Milk
SN A general term used to describe a variety RT Armour of containers for holding milk. Where possible, name a more specific type of Military vehicles container.
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Milk floats Millinery equipment
BT Horsedrawn vehicles BT Occupation-based equipment
RT Toy milk floats NT Hat block making equipment Hat block stands Milk jugs Hat blocks
BT Jugs Millinery patterns Milk containers Millinery tools
NT Cow creamers RT Hat trimmings SN Vessels in various forms for holding milk, generally having a handle and spout or Millinery patterns lip, and sometimes a lid. Commonly associated with tea sets. BT Millinery equipment
Milk pails RT Dressmaking patterns
USE Milk buckets Millinery tools
BT Millinery equipment Milk strainers Tools USE Skimmers Milling and grinding tools
Milkshake glasses USE Grinding tools BT Drinking glasses Millionaire calculators
Milkshake mixers BT Mechanical calculators Retailing equipment BT SN One of the earliest mechanical calculators which were capable of direct multiplying. Mill driving engines Millionaire is a brand name which has become associated with this type of USE Mill engines machine.
Mill engines Mills BT Food processing equipment BT Mill equipment Mill equipment Stationary engines SN Stationary engines designed to run mill NT Flour mills machinery. Mills bombs Mill equipment USE Grenades BT Occupation-based equipment
NT Mill engines Mimeographs
Mills BT Copying machines
Milliammeters Mincing knives BT Ammeters BT Kitchen knives
Millieme coins Mineral samples BT Coins BT Samples
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NT Coal samples SN Small portraits and sometimes scenes, painted on pieces of parchment mounted RT Geological specimens on cardboard cut to suitable shapes. Some SN Samples of mineral ores or compounds. later works were painted on ivory, porcelain, etc. Most were watercolours, but some were executed in oils. Popular in Mineral water jars the sixteenth century. BT Food storage jars Miniature photographs
Miners dials BT Photographs
BT Mining equipment RT Portrait miniatures Surveying equipment
RT Surveying Miniatures
USE Small scale models Miners lamps BT Lamps Minicomputers Mining equipment BT Digital computers
SN Miner's picks Relatively small general-purpose digital computers, intermediate in size between a USE Coal picks microcomputer and a main frame.
Mines (weapons) Minidresses BT Dresses BT Explosive weapons SN Very short dresses RT Explosives equipment
Mining engines Mini dresses BT Mining equipment USE Minidresses Stationary engines SN Engines used to run mining machinery. Miniature cameras
BT 35mm cameras Mining equipment
SN Small cameras which can take 35mm film BT Occupation-based equipment in cartridges with a nominal picture NT Coal mining equipment format of 24mm x 36mm or 18mm x 24mm. Use `Midget cameras' for small Goldmining equipment cameras which take film smaller than Miners dials 35mm in special cartridges or film discs. Miners lamps Miniature medals Mining engines
BT Medals RT Assaying equipment SN Necessary implements for the action, process, or industry of extracting ores, Miniature paintings etc., from mines. BT Paintings Mining winding engines NT Portrait miniatures USE Mining engines RT Portraits
Miniskirts
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BT Skirts Missiles SN Very short skirts BT Weapons
Minting equipment NT Guided missiles Torpedoes BT Equipment RT Explosive weapons NT Coin moulds Coin presses Misstruck coins Ingot tongs BT Coins
Minute books Mitre boxes BT Administrative records BT Woodworking tools
Mirror balls RT Hand saws
BT Architectural elements SN Devices for guiding hand saws at the Lighting equipment proper angle in making mitre joints. They are often in the form of a narrow wooden box having a bottom and two sides in Mirror cameras which slots are cut for guiding the saw. BT Cameras Mitre squares SN Cameras in which the major image-forming component is a mirror, or a BT Squares series of mirrors, rather than a lens. Woodworking tools SN Squares used for setting out and testing Mirror cases mitre joints. BT Cases Mittens RT Mirrors BT Clothing accessories
SN Hand coverings which enclose the four Mirror frames fingers together and the thumb BT Frames separately.
RT Mirrors Mixing bowls
BT Bowls Mirrors Kitchenware BT Objects Mixing spoons NT Advertising mirrors BT Kitchen spoons Camera mirrors Cheval mirrors Mixing tools Hand mirrors Mouth mirrors BT Tools
Parabolic reflectors NT Spatulas Pub mirrors Stirring rods Speculums Wall mirrors Mixmasters SN Reflective surfaces, originally polished USE Food mixers metal, now usually glass with a metallic or amalgam backing.
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Mob-caps SN Piece of fabric or lace worn across decolletage BT Caps
SN Large full caps of cloth, worn by women Modiolus indoors BT Drinking cups
Mobile phones SN Early Roman cylindrical drinking cups, sloping outward slightly toward the rim, BT Personal communication devices often with a small loop handle just below Telephones the rim. Usually made of pottery, but some were made of glass. Mobile telephones Mohur coins USE Mobile phones BT Coins
Mobiles SN Standard gold coins of the Indian sub-continent, introduced by the Moghul BT Ornaments emperors during the 16th Century.
NT Toy mobiles Molluscs SN Constructions of balanced movable parts, usually hanging, which describe rhythmic BT Invertebrates patterns through their motion. NT Cuttlefish Moccasins Mon coins BT Footwear BT Coins
Model ships Money USE Models BT Objects
Models NT Coins
BT Objects Emergency money Paper money NT Architectural models Primitive money Design models Toy money Landscape models Scale models Money accessories Scientific models BT Accessories Sectional models NT Coin albums Working models SN Items which represent the original in Coin bags form, but not necessarily in function. Use Coin cabinets this term (or any of its derivatives) in Coin sorting machines conjunction with objects to indicate a model of that object, eg for model steam Donation boxes engines, use `Steam engines' and `Models'. Money belts Where possible, specify the size of the Money pouches model by preferring the terms `Large scale models', `Full scale models' or Small scale Moneyboxes models'. Purses Sovereign cases Modesty pieces BT Clothing accessories Money belts
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BT Belts SN A print created by painting a design in oil Money accessories colours on to a sheet of plate glass. Paper SN Belts intended to be worn around the is then pressed upon it, and when the waist that can carry money. paper is peeled off a proportion of the colour adheres to it in the form of a print in reverse of the original design. Money boxes USE Moneyboxes Montages
BT Artworks Money clips NT Photomontages BT Wallets RT Collages
Money orders Mop buckets BT Postal documents BT Buckets RT Financial records Cleaning equipment
SN Orders for the payment of money, as one RT Mops issued by one post office and payable at another, requiring proof of ownership before being cashed. Mops BT Cleaning equipment Money pouches RT Mop buckets BT Money accessories Pouches Morning suits Moneyboxes BT Suits
BT Boxes SN Formal mens suits with cutaway jacket, Money accessories striped grey trousers, waistcoat and top hat. NT Piggy banks Morse code keys Monkeys BT Telegraph keys BT Mammals
Mortars and pestles Monocles BT Grinding tools BT Optical lenses SN Cup-shaped grinding vessels (mortars) Spectacles used in conjunction with elongated pieces RT Pince-nez of hard material (pestles) for grinding drugs, pigments or other materials. They SN Single lens spectacles for one eye. are often made of hard stone.
Monoplanes Mortars (grinding tools)
BT Aeroplanes USE Mortars and pestles SN Aeroplanes with only one pair of wings Mortars (weapons)
Monotypes BT Artillery BT Prints
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SN Artillery, either rifled or smoothbore, Motion picture cameras characterized by shorter barrel, lower velocity, shorter range, and higher angle USE Movie cameras of fire than howitzers or cannons; most present day models are muzzleloading. Motion picture film Mortice chisels USE Movie film
BT Woodworking chisels Motor boats SN Steel chisels having a heavy body with a socket shank; used for cutting mortices. BT Boats
Morticing machines NT Surf rescue boats SN Boats propelled by motors. BT Machines
Motor car accessories Mortising machines BT Vehicle accessories USE Morticing machines NT Car horns
Mosaic panels Car mascots Car phones USE Mosaics Car seat covers Car window sill covers Mosaics Dashboard clocks BT Artworks Ignition keys NT Tesserae Taxi meters Tyre clamps Mosque lamps RT Motor car components BT Lamps
SN Lanterns of Islamic glass of inverted Motor car badges bell-shape, with an oil receptacle inside BT Motor car components and having side loop-handles from which they were suspended by chains from the Vehicle badges ceiling. SN Devices fixed to the body of a car depicting logos, brand names etc. Mosquito coils Motor car bodies BT Camping equipment Pest repellent products BT Motor car components
Mosquito nets Motor car chassis
BT Household textiles BT Motor car components Nets Pest control equipment Motor car clocks Moss USE Dashboard clocks
BT Plants Motor car components
Moths BT Vehicle components
BT Insects NT Exhaust pipes Headlight assemblies
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NT Motor car badges Motor cars
Motor car bodies BT Vehicles Motor car chassis NT Electric cars Motor car doors Solar powered motor cars Motor car engine components Utes Motor car engines SN Automobiles or other self-propelled road Motor car generators transport vehicles. Motor car tyres Motor car wheels Motor garages Spark plugs USE Garages Tail-lights Windscreens Motor generators BT Electric generators Motor car doors Motors BT Motor car components SN Single units integrating a motor and generator.
Motor car engine components Motor scooters
BT Engine components BT Vehicles Motor car components RT Scooters RT Motor car engines
Motor vehicle engines Motor car engines BT Engines BT Motor car components Motor vehicle engines NT Automobile engines RT Motor car engine components Bicycle engines Motor car engines Motor car generators Motorcycle engines
BT Motor car components Tram engines Motor vehicle generators SN Engines that provide the motor power for motor cars, tractors, buses and motorcycles. Motor car licence plates BT Vehicle licence plates Motor vehicle generators
BT Electric generators Motor car license plates NT Motor car generators USE Motor car licence plates Motorcycle generators
RT Synchronous generators Motor car tyres SN Electric generators used in motor vehicles BT Motor car components for ignition, lights, fans, etc. Tyres Motor vehicles
Motor car wheels USE Vehicles BT Motor car components Wheels Motorcycle accessories
BT Vehicle accessories
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NT Motorcycle licence plates Motoring ensembles
BT Clothing ensembles Motorcycle components RT Motoring clothing BT Vehicle components
NT Motorcycle headlamps Motoring goggles
BT Goggles Motorcycle engines Motoring clothing BT Motor vehicle engines
SN Engines specifically designed for Motors motorcycles. Use `Bicycle engines' for BT Objects engines attached to bicycles. NT AC motors Motorcycle generators DC motors BT Motor vehicle generators Double horseshoe electric motors Gramophone motors Motorcycle headlamps Motor generators BT Motorcycle components Turbines SN Machines that convert electric energy into mechanical energy by utilising forces Motorcycle helmets produced by magnetic fields on BT Helmets current-carrying conductors. Use `Engines' for machines which convert SN Safety helmets worn while riding other forms of energy (e.g. steam into motorcycles. mechanical energy).
Motorcycle licence plates Moulding planes
BT Motorcycle accessories BT Planes Vehicle licence plates NT Bead planes Motorcycle license plates Hollow planes
USE Motorcycle licence plates Round planes SN Thin-bodied planes with variously shaped soles and blades whose cutting edges form Motorcycle transporters many various mouldings.
BT Trailers Mouldings RT Prime movers BT Architectural elements SN Trailers designed to transport large numbers of motorcycles, generally by NT Ceiling bosses being attached to a prime mover. Cornices
Motorcycles Moulds
BT Vehicles BT Objects
NT Beadwork moulds Motoring clothing Bullet moulders BT Clothing Candle moulds NT Motoring goggles Ceramics moulds
RT Motoring ensembles Coin moulds
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NT Food moulds SN Clothing worn to indicate the loss of a deceased person. While black was a Industrial moulds common colour for mourning apparel, Medical moulds some cultures wore white, purple or yellow. RT Castings
SN Hollow forms for giving a particular shape Mourning dresses to comething in a molten or plastic state. BT Dresses Mounting boards Mourning clothing SN Dresses, usually of black crepe, worn to USE Mounts indicate the loss of a deceased person. Purple and lavender dresses were often Mounting frames worn as one came out of the period of deep mourning. Some cultures wore white, USE Photographic mounts purple or yellow colours.
Mounts Mourning fans
BT Artists equipment BT Hand fans Mourning clothing SN Secondary materials on which an artwork SN Fans decorated with suitable classical or or document is mounted. mourning scenes, to commemorate the death of a loved one. The decorations were Mourning bands often painted in grisaille on a white BT Mourning clothing background, or white on a grey or lavender (mourning colours) background SN Band of black cloth worn on the sleeve. Mourning fobs
Mourning bracelets BT Fobs BT Bracelets Mourning jewellery Mourning jewellery SN Small ornaments worn in memory of a deceased person, suspended from watch Mourning brooches chains.
BT Brooches Mourning jewellery Mourning jewellery BT Sentimental jewellery SN Brooches worn in memory of deceased persons, often made of jet. NT Mourning bracelets
Mourning cards Mourning brooches Mourning fobs BT Cards Mourning necklaces Mourning stationery Mourning pendants RT Sympathy cards Mourning rings RT Mourning clothing Mourning clothing SN Various articles of jewellery worn in BT Ceremonial clothing memory of deceased persons during Clothing periods of mourning. Where possible, NT Mourning bands name a specific type of mourning jewellery. Mourning dresses Mourning fans Mourning necklaces Mourning veils BT Mourning jewellery RT Mourning jewellery Necklaces
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RT Mourning pendants BT Wind instruments SN Musical instruments having a set of small Mourning pendants metallic reeds mounted in a case and played by the breath BT Mourning jewellery Pendants Mouthguards
RT Mourning necklaces BT Safety equipment
Mourning rings Movie camera accessories
BT Finger rings BT Camera accessories Mourning jewellery SN A type of finger ring worn in memory of a RT Movie cameras deceased person, popular from the 15th to the 19th centuries. Early rings were set Movie camera cranes with crystal or gems and included the initials of the deceased or mourning USE Camera cranes motifs. Later rings tended to be made of jet or black glass, in sombre styles. These were especially popular in the Victorian Movie cameras period, after the death of Prince Albert. BT Cinematographic equipment Film cameras Mourning stationery SN Cameras that take a series of still BT Stationery photographs at regular intervals (e.g. 24 per second), using movie film. NT Mourning cards Movie film
Mourning veils BT Camera film
BT Mourning clothing SN The film used in movie cameras. This Veils includes 8mm, 16mm, 35mm, 65mm and 70mm width film. Mouse mats Movie projectors BT Computer accessories BT Cinematographic equipment Projectors Mouse traps SN Projectors for viewing movie film. BT Animal traps Pest traps Moving picture cameras RT Rat-traps USE Movie cameras
Moustache cups Moving picture film BT Drinking cups USE Movie film SN Drinking cups having a guard behind the rim to protect the moustache while drinking. A C19th innovation. Mrs Potts irons BT Laundry irons Mouth mirrors SN Double pointed laundry irons with BT Dental instruments detachable handles, which were a cross Mirrors between box irons and flatirons.
Mouth organs Muffin dishes
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BT Serving dishes SN In general, the term "Muppet" is used to refer to puppets made by Jim Henson's RT Covered dishes Muppet Workshop in New York. The SN Covered dishes with a deep well, used for puppets made by Jim Henson's Creature serving hot muffins, biscuits or tea-cakes. Shop in London and Los Angeles tend to be more realistic or scarier and are not generally called "Muppets". Jim began Mufflers calling his puppets "Muppets" around BT Machinery components 1955 with the start of Sam and Friends. In Christopher Finch's book, Jim Henson: The Works, he says, "Jane Henson recalls Muffles that the name "Muppet" was actually an amalgam of the words puppet and BT Refractory equipment marionette...although Jim later insisted SN An oven or arched chamber, or a container that he chose the name simply because he used in a furnace or kiln, for heating liked the sound of it." The term "Muppet" substances without direct contact with the is a trademark of The Jim Henson fire. Company. (Karen Falk, Archivist, The Jim Henson Company). Muffs Murals BT Clothing accessories BT Artworks SN Thick tubular cases covered with fur or other material, in which hands are placed for warmth. Muselars
Mugs USE Virginals
BT Drinking vessels Museum object keys NT Beer mugs BT Keys Christening mugs SN Keys which open an object or part of an Coffee mugs object which has been acquired by the Commemorative mugs museum. Frog mugs Museum stands Shaving mugs SN One-handled drinking vessels, usually BT Stands cylindrical, with a plain rim without a lip, SN Stands made by MAAS for storage sometimes with a hinged lid. (usually given a part number -X)
Mugshots Mushrooms USE Identity photographs BT Foodstuffs
SN Varieties of fleshy fungi, often of umbrella Mules shape. BT Shoes Music accessories SN Shoes or slippers which leave the heel exposed BT Accessories
Mummy cloths NT Conductors batons Metronomes USE Egyptian mummy cloths Music cases Music documents Muppets Music stands BT Puppets Pitchpipes
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NT Tuning forks Music rolls SN Use for accessories which are not parts of BT Musical instrument accessories musical instruments NT Piano rolls Music books BT Books Music scores
SN Books primarily containing music scores. USE Scores
Music box automata Music stands
USE Musical automata BT Music accessories Stands Music box discs SN Stands to hold sheet music
BT Musical instrument accessories Music stools
Music boxes BT Musical instrument accessories Stools BT Automatic musical instruments
SN Boxes containing apparatus for producing Music synthesizers music mechanically BT Computer musical instruments Music cabinets Music typewriters BT Cabinets BT Typewriters Music cases Musical automata BT Cases Music accessories BT Automata SN Cases for carrying sheet music SN Mechanical moving figures (automata) which have a musical component. They Music documents can either be parts of a music box, or figures which have music operating in BT Documents addition to the clockwork movements of Music accessories the figure or scene. NT Discographies Musical bells Lyric sheets Scores BT Bells Percussion instruments Sheet music SN Bells used for musical performance.
Music equipment Musical blocks USE Music accessories USE Toy blocks
Music keyboards Musical bones BT Keyboard instrument components USE Clappers
Music programs Musical bottles BT Programs BT Bottles Wind instruments
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Musical clocks NT Viola bows
BT Clocks Violin bows
RT Musical automata Musical instrument cases
SN Clocks which play a tune at the hours or BT Cases at certain specific hours. The name is also Musical instrument accessories sometimes given to clocks with musical chimes only. NT Cello cases Flute cases Musical drums Guitar cases BT Percussion instruments Saxophone cases
NT Bass drums Viola cases Daiko Violin cases Snare drums Musical instrument components RT Drum sticks BT Components SN Musical instruments consisting of hollow bodies covered at one or both ends with NT Keyboard instrument components tightly stretched membranes, which Percussion instrument components produce sound when beaten or struck. Stringed instrument components Musical horns Wind instrument components
BT Brass musical instruments Musical instrument covers NT Hunting horns BT Covers Post-horns Musical instrument accessories SN Horns used for sounding notes or in musical orchestras, as distinct from the bones of animals or products made from Musical instrument keys them. BT Keys
SN Keys used to open locks on musical Musical instrument accessories instruments. BT Accessories Musical instrument stands NT Drum sticks BT Musical instrument accessories Keyboard instrument accessories Stands Music box discs Music rolls Musical instrument strings Music stools BT Stringed instrument components Musical instrument cases Musical instrument covers Musical instruments Musical instrument stands BT Objects Stringed instrument accessories Wind instrument accessories NT Aerophones Automatic musical instruments Musical instrument bows Computer musical instruments BT Stringed instrument accessories Dolls musical instruments Electronic musical instruments NT Cello bows Keyboard instruments Double bass bows Percussion instruments
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NT Practice instruments Nail clippers
Stringed instruments BT Manicure equipment Wind instruments SN A broad term used only for collections of a range of instruments. Where possible, Nail files name the type of instrument given below BT Manicure equipment or the specific instruments listed under the headings for each of these types. RT Emery boards
SN Small metal files used for filing Musical Instruments - stringed fingernails. USE Stringed instruments Nail scissors
Muskets BT Manicure equipment Scissors BT Firearms
Nailbrushes Mustard pots BT Brushes BT Pots Manicure equipment
RT Mustard spoons Nails
BT Hardware Mustard spoons SN Slender pieces of metal each having a BT Spoons point on one end which is driven into construction materials by impact. RT Mustard pots
SN Small spoons for serving mustard from a Nameplates mustard pot. BT Hardware Mutoscope reels Plaques SN Plates outside a house or business bearing BT Cinematographic equipment the name and usually the profession of the occupant, as used by doctors, dentists etc. Mutoscopes Nantucket drivers BT Cinematographic viewers USE Hammer drivers SN Early cinematographic viewing machines based on the flip book principle. A motion sequence of still photographic pictures Napery mounted on flexible cards arranged in a USE circular stack around a central hub was Table linen rapidly riffled by the turning of a crank. Napkin rings Muzzle-loading firearms USE Serviette rings BT Firearms
Napkins nail brushes USE Serviettes USE Nailbrushes
Nappies Nail buffers BT Baby clothing BT Manicure equipment NT Disposable nappies
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RT Pilchers Nautical toys
SN Pieces of cloth worn by babies to absorb BT Toys and contain urine and faeces. NT Toy boats National costumes Toy seaplanes
BT Costumes Toy ships
RT Costume dolls Navajas
BT Clasp knives National dolls SN Spanish folding clasp knives. USE Costume dolls
Naval hats National flags BT Uniform hats BT Flags
NT Australian flags Naval pinnaces
USE Pinnaces Native pears
BT Australian plants Naval ships
BT Ships Nautical documents NT Aircraft carriers USE Maritime documents Submarines Warships Nautical equipment SN A general term for ships used by the navy, BT Recreational equipment often ships of war. Where possible, specify Transport equipment a particular type of naval ship.
NT Anchor chains Navigational charts Anchors BT Charts Belaying pins Maps Buoys Lifebuoys Navigational equipment Marine engines BT Equipment Nautical ropes NT Compasses Oars Maps Paddles Octants Rowlocks Sextants Sailmaking equipment RT Surveying equipment Sails SN Equipment used on boats or ships. Nebulisers
Nautical records BT Health and medical equipment
USE Maritime documents RT Inhalers
Nautical ropes Neck armour BT Nautical equipment BT Armour Ropes
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Neck braces Needle containers
BT Surgical supports BT Sewing equipment
NT Needle cases Neckerchiefs Needle packets BT Neckwear Needlebooks
RT Pin holders Necklaces BT Jewellery Needle packets
NT Choker necklaces BT Needle containers
Mourning necklaces RT Pin packets
Therapeutic necklaces SN Needle containers made of paper or cardboard, consisting of a wrapper or Neckpiece envelope, often with holes into which the needles are stuck. USE Neckpieces Needlebooks Neckpieces BT Needle containers BT Jewellery
SN Pieces of jewellery worn around the neck, Needles often of rigid materials BT Piercing tools
Neckrings NT Acupuncture needles USE Neckpieces Hypodermic needles Knitting needles Neckties Sewing machine needles BT Neckwear Sewing needles
SN Bands of woven or knitted material placed Surgical needles round the neck and tied in front. RT Bodkins
Neckwear Needlework bags BT Clothing accessories USE Sewing bags NT Bow ties Collars Needlework equipment
Cravats USE Sewing equipment Jabots Neckerchiefs Needlework patterns Neckties BT Textileworking patterns Tippets SN Articles of dress worn round or at the RT Embroidery patterns neck. Needlework pictures Needle cases USE Embroidered pictures BT Cases Needle containers Needlework samplers
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USE Textile samplers BT Dressing-gowns
SN Lightweight, decorative dressing gowns Nefs
BT Centrepieces Neon lamps
SN Table centrepieces, in the form of a BT Electric lighting equipment fanciful model of a sailing ship. SN A gas discharge lamp that contains neon gas at low pressure. Negative film
USE Reversal film Neon signs
BT Illuminated signs Negative holders
USE Film and plate holders Netballs
BT Sports balls Negative ion generators BT Generators Nets Health and medical equipment BT Textiles SN Devices which release negative ions into the air to promote a feeling of well-being NT Fishing nets and to alleviate ailments such as asthma, Mosquito nets hay fever, and headaches by reducing pollution from dust or cigarette smoke. Netsuke Negative photoprints BT Clothing accessories
USE Negative prints SN Small objects of ivory, wood, etc, usually carved or decorated, used in Japanese dress as a toggle to prevent a pouch or Negative plate holders other article, to which it is attached by a USE Plate holders cord, from slipping through the girdle.
Netting equipment Negative prints BT Textileworking equipment BT Photographic prints NT Netting gauges RT Negatives Netting needles SN Photographic prints in which the tones or Netting shuttles colours are reversed from their appearance in nature. Netting gauges
Negatives BT Netting equipment BT Photographs Netting needles NT Film negatives Glass plate negatives BT Netting equipment
RT Negative prints
SN Photographs, usually on a transparent Netting shuttles support, in which the tones or colours are BT Netting equipment reversed from their appearance in nature. Shuttles Use `Negative prints' for prints in which tones or colours are reversed. New pence coins
Negligees BT Coins
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RT Penny coins Nibs
SN English currency. BT Writing equipment
RT Nib boxes New year decorations SN The point of a pen, especially a small, BT Festive objects tapering metallic device having a split tip for drawing up ink and for writing. Newcomen's engine Night clocks USE Beam engines BT Clocks
Newel posts RT Talking clocks
USE Newels SN Clocks which indicate the time, despite the dark or dimly lit conditions. This includes clocks with illuminated dials, Newels magic lantern clocks and talking clocks. These clocks have silent escapement as it BT Architectural elements is desirable that they produce as little SN Central pillar or upright from which the noise as possible. steps of a winding stair radiate ; A post at the head or foot of a stair, supporting the Night cupboards handrail. BT Cupboards
Newsletters SN Small tables made to stand beside a bed; includes those having a cupboard to hold a BT Documents chamber pot and those with a necessary SN Informal bulletins, as those circulating stool that pulls forward in the lower part. among people with a common interest. Night tables Newspaper clippings USE Night cupboards BT Press clippings
RT Newspapers Nightcaps
BT Nightwear Newspaper cuttings RT Boudoir caps USE Newspaper clippings
Nightdresses Newspaper supplements BT Nightwear USE Newspapers NT Baby nightdresses SN Loose dress-like garments worn to bed. Newspapers
BT Documents Nightgowns
RT Newspaper clippings USE Nightdresses
Nib boxes Nighties
BT Boxes USE Nightdresses Writing equipment RT Nibs Nightshirts
BT Nightwear
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SN Loose knee-length shirt style garments Noodles worn to bed BT Foodstuffs Nightstands
USE Night cupboards Nose augers
USE Shell augers Nightwatchman's clocks
USE Watchmans clocks Note amplifiers
BT Audio amplifiers
Nightwear SN An audio frequency amplifier. BT Clothing Note books NT Bed socks USE Bedjackets Notebooks Dressing-gowns Nightcaps Notebook computers Nightdresses BT Portable computers Nightshirts SN Computers weighing 1 - 4 kg that run off Pyjamas batteries or a transformer pack and are easy to carry in a briefcase. They SN Clothes for wearing in bed. sometimes use RAM drive or EPROM instead of floppy or hard drives. Noble coins
BT Coins Notebooks BT Books NT Half noble coins One noble coins RT Notes Quarter noble coins Rose noble coins Notes SN English gold coins introduced by Edward BT Documents III in 1344, to the value of 6s 8d. NT Field notes Nobles Lecture notes
USE One noble coins RT Notebooks
SN Brief statements of fact or experience Nobles (coins) written down for review, as an aid to memory, or as a short informal letter. USE One noble coins Noticeboards
Non-condensing engines BT Signs BT Steam engines SN Boards located centrally in offices, schools, workplaces etc, designed for the display of NT Cornish engines notices and other information of general SN Early engines in which the boiler pressure interest. was increased above that used in condensing engines. Exhaust was to the atmosphere instead of a condenser. Novelty toys BT Toys Non-vertebrates SN Cheap or trivial toys for brief amusement, USE Invertebrates often made for promotional purposes.
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Nozzles NT Almonds
BT Components Coconuts
SN Fittings for the end of a hose or spout. Nutcrackers
BT Domestic equipment Nulla nullas SN Instruments for cracking nuts. BT Hunting and gathering tools
Nutmeg graters Number plates BT Food graters USE Vehicle licence plates
Nuts Nursery furniture USE Nuts (hardware) BT Furniture
NT Bassinettes Nuts and bolts Cots BT Fasteners Cradles Hardware Highchairs
RT Baby accessories Nuts (foodstuffs) BT Foodstuffs Nursery toys
USE Baby toys Nuts (hardware)
BT Fasteners Nurses' caps Hardware SN Short metal blocks each having a threaded USE Nurses caps hole in the centre for receiving a bolt or threaded rod. Nurses caps Oars BT Caps Uniform hats BT Nautical equipment
RT Rowing boats Nurses cases
BT Medical cases Obi-jime SN Cases carried by nurses containing BT Clothing accessories equipment and supplies.
Nurses uniforms Obis
BT Uniforms BT Clothing accessories
RT Waistbands Nut carvings SN Wide sashes worn with kimonos BT Wood carvings
SN Decorative carvings onto the surface of Obituaries nuts, for example boab nuts. BT Documents
Nut fruits SN Notices of the death of a person, often with a biographical sketch. BT Fruits
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Objective lenses NT Agricultural equipment
BT Microscope lenses Artists equipment Aviation equipment Objects of vertu Barbers equipment Beekeeping equipment BT Ornaments Bookbinding equipment NT Decorated eggs Brewing equipment Etuis Clockmaking equipment Intaglios Construction equipment Medallions Dairy equipment Patch boxes Dressmaking equipment Seals Electrical engineering equipment Snuff bottles Factory equipment Snuff boxes Fire fighting equipment Snuff horns Fishing equipment Vesta cases Funeral equipment Gambling equipment Oboes Glassmaking equipment BT Woodwind instruments Leatherworking equipment RT Heang rein Metalworking equipment SN Instrument played with a a mouthed Military equipment double reed Mill equipment
Obol coins Millinery equipment Mining equipment BT Ancient Greek coins Office equipment NT Triobol coins Oil paints SN Derived from the Greek obelos, a spit (in Painting equipment pre-coinage times used as currency), the obol became a small silver coin valued at Plastering equipment one sixth of the drachm. Though fractions Pottery equipment of it were also struck, these turned out to Retailing equipment be really too small for practical use; indeed by the 2nd century BC the obol Signwriting equipment itself was struck in copper. ("The Seaby Surveying equipment Coin Encyclopaedia", Ewald Junge, RA Tree-felling equipment Seaby Ltd, London, 1992) Upholstering equipment Ocarinas Viticulture equipment
BT Wind instruments Watchmaking equipment Welding equipment SN Wind instruments shaped like an elongated egg, with fingerholes. Whaling equipment Winemaking equipment Occasional tables Woodworking equipment USE Side tables Workboxes Writing equipment
Occupation-based equipment RT Horse riding equipment BT Objects
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SN A general term encompassing the BT Chairs equipment used in various trades, Office furniture occupations, professions, etc. This broad RT term is included only as a place-holder for Ergonomic chairs hierarchy purposes and is not to be used to describe individual objects; instead use Office desks the specific type of equipment from the list below, or where possible name a BT Desks specific object. Office furniture
NT Computer desks Occupation issue notes BT Military money Office equipment
BT Occupation-based equipment Occupation notes NT Bulldog clips BT Military money Bundy card racks SN Notes issued during the period following Bundy clocks the invasion of a country, when a provisional government has been Clipboards appointed. Desk lamps Fax machines Ocean liners Gavels USE Passenger ships Office information systems Office machines Octants Paperclip bowls BT Measuring instruments Paperclips Navigational equipment Paperknives SN Instruments similar to a sextant, having a Paperweights graduated arc of 45 degrees, used for measuring angular distance. Staplers Staples Octopi Switchboards BT Invertebrates Typewriter accessories Wastepaper baskets Odaikos
USE Daiko Office furniture BT Furniture
Odd leg calipers NT Boardroom tables BT Calipers Filing cabinets
SN Calipers which have two hinged legs, one Office chairs with either a hardened steel or Office desks replaceable point, the other with a toe RT Office equipment which runs against the edge of the workpiece. Office information systems Office buildings BT Computer hardware BT Commercial buildings Office equipment
SN Australian Pictorial Thesaurus RT Computers
SN Computers and associated equipment Office chairs designed as a system for an office.
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Office machines Oil engines
BT Machines BT Internal-combustion engines Office equipment SN Internal-combustion engines using a NT Addressing machines mixture of oil vapour and air as a fuel. Addressographs Oil jars Braillers BT Cosmetics jars Cash registers Food storage jars Dictaphones NT Askoi Dictating machines SN Jars used for storing cooking or essential Stenographs oils. Typewriters Oil lamps Office records BT Lamps USE Business records SN Lamps fuelled by any type of oil
Office signs Oil paintings BT Signs BT Paintings
Official buildings Oil paints BT Buildings USE Painting equipment
NT Post office buildings Oilstones
Offset lithographs USE Whetstones USE Offset prints Ointment jars
Offset prints BT Pharmaceutical jars BT Prints SN Jars used for storing ointments, unguents or salves. Often these jars had bung RT Photolithographs stoppers or lids. SN Commercial printing process where impressions from an inked design on a Ointments lithographic stone or metal plate are made on another surface, as a rubber blanket or BT Topical medications rubber roller, and then transferred to NT Balsams paper, instead of being made directly on the paper. RT Ointment jars
SN Soft, unctuous preparations, often Offsetlithographs medicated, for application to the skin or USE Offset prints mucous membrane.
Old woman's tooth Oil cans USE Router planes BT Cans
SN Cans for holding oil, usually with a long Oleographs spout or nozzle through which the oil is squirted to lubricate machinery, etc. BT Chromolithographs
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SN A kind of chromolithograph, printed in oil BT Dollar coins colours.
Olives One hundred kopek coins BT Kopek coins BT Plants
One and a half penny coins One kopek coins BT Kopek coins BT Penny coins
RT Three halfpences One noble coins SN Single coins of denomination one and a BT Noble coins half pence.
One and a half pfennig coins One penny coins
BT Pfennig coins BT Penny coins
One anna coins One pfennig coins
BT Anna coins BT Pfennig coins
One cent coins One real coins
BT Cent coins BT Real coins
One centime coins One shilling coins
BT Centime coins BT Shilling coins
One dollar coins One sixteenth anna coins
BT Dollar coins BT Anna coins
One eighth farthings One step film
BT Penny coins USE Instant film
One eighth real coins One-tenth penny coins
BT Real coins BT Penny coins
One falus coins One tenth real coins
BT Falus coins BT Real coins
One florin coins One third farthings
USE Florins BT Penny coins
One franc coins One twelfth anna coins
BT Franc coins BT Anna coins
One hundred dollar coins Onkia coins
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BT Ancient Greek coins SN Instruments for viewing the interior of the eye or examining the retina. SN Derived from the Roman uncia. Opium containers Opals BT Containers BT Gemstones Smoking equipment
NT Opium pouches Opaltype prints
BT Photographic prints Opium lamps BT Smoking equipment Open robes RT Lamps BT Dresses
RT Robes Opium pipes BT Smoking pipes
Opera costumes SN Pipes used for smoking opium
BT Performance costumes Opium pots RT Opera equipment BT Pots Smoking equipment Opera equipment BT Performing arts equipment Opium pouches
NT Opera glasses BT Opium containers Pouches RT Opera costumes Smoking equipment
Opera glasses Optical discs BT Binoculars BT Computer memory devices Eyewear Opera equipment NT Compact discs SN Small, low-power binoculars for use in a Digital Versatile Discs theatre, etc. Digital Video Discs
Operating manuals DVDs Videodiscs BT Manuals SN Flat circular discs, usually made of polycarbonate, used to store data for Operating systems computing, sound reproduction and video.
BT Computer software Optical equipment SN Software that coordinates the operation of USE Optical instruments all parts of a computer system, including reading and writing from files, input devices and output devices. Optical instruments
BT Instruments Operating tables
BT Medical furniture NT Binoculars Eyepieces Ophthalmoscopes Magnifying glasses Microscope slides BT Medical instruments
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NT Microscopes SN January the 1st 1875 Denmark changed from silver to gold standard. The old Daler Periscopes and Skilling were exchanged to Krone and Spectrophotometers Ore. 1 Daler was equal to 2 Kroner and 1 Skilling was equal to 2 Ore. Spectroscopes The monetary system was exchanged to a Stereoscopes decimal one. 1 Krone = 100 Ore, and the Telescopes Danish Krone had the same value as the Swedish and Norwegian Krone. Sweden Optical lenses had already in 1867 exchanged to the decimal system, Norway did it 1876. BT Lenses Information copyright 1997,1998,1999 by Steen Hartmann, NT Contact lenses http://www.residence.dk/hobbies/coins/mai Intra ocular lenses n20a.htm - 4.3.1999 Monocles SN Lenses which assist the vision, either Organettes alone or as part of an optical instrument BT Automatic musical instruments or eyewear. Reed organs SN Mechanical reed organs Optical toys
BT Scientific toys Organisation charts
NT Kaleidoscopes BT Business records Toy periscopes Charts
RT Cinematographic viewers Organs Optometers BT Keyboard instruments
BT Eye testing equipment NT Barrel organs Meters Chamber organs SN Any of various instruments for measuring Chord organs the refractive error of an eye. Electric organs Oral contraceptives Electronic organs
BT Female contraceptives Pipe organs Pills Player organs SN Contraceptives, usually in the form of Portative organs pills, taken by women Reed organs Orchids Ornaments BT Flowers BT Objects
Order books NT Corn dollies Garden ornaments BT Administrative records Harness ornaments Mobiles Ordnance Objects of vertu USE Artillery Refrigerator magnets
RT Figures Ore coins SN Non-utilitarian decorative items used for BT Coins display.
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Orreries Ostrich feathers
BT Astronomical models BT Feathers
SN Apparatus for representing the motions and phases of the planets, etc., in a star Otto cycle engines system. USE Otto engines Orthodontic appliances
BT Dental equipment Otto engines BT Internal-combustion engines NT Orthodontic braces Piston engines SN Internal-combustion engines that operate Orthodontic braces on the Otto cycle, where the phases of BT Orthodontic appliances suction, compression, combustion, and exhaust occur sequentially in a SN Round or flat metal wires placed against four-stroke or two-stroke cycle surfaces of the teeth, and used to reciprocating mechanism. The fuel is straighten irregularly arranged teeth. ignited near the point of maximum compression, usually with a spark. Oscillating engines
BT Single acting engines Ottomans Steam engines USE Footstools
NT Oscillating paddle engines SN Inefficient single acting engines with a Outboard engines rigid piston rod attached to the USE Outboard motors crankshaft. The turning crankshaft causes the cylinder to oscillate and this allows the valve to work. Outboard motors
Oscillating paddle engines BT Marine engines
BT Oscillating engines RT Motor boats
Paddle engines SN Unit assemblies of engine, propeller, and SN Oscillating engines designed to propel vertical drive shaft used to propel a boat paddle-steamers. and usually clamped to the boat transom.
Oscillators Outdoor furniture
BT Amplifiers BT Furniture
NT Audio oscillators NT Deckchairs
RT Signal generators Picnic tables
SN Devices or machines which produce Sun lounges repetitive fluctuations in amplitude of an electrical signal. Outer garments
USE Outerwear Oscilloscopes
BT Electronic equipment Outerwear SN Devices which make the shape of a voltage BT Clothing wave visible on the screen of a cathode-ray tube or other device. NT Abas
Ostrich eggs Capes Cardigans BT Bird eggs
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NT Cloaks Over boots
Coats USE Boots Djellabas Fur jackets Overalls Jackets BT Protective clothing Jumpers SN Protective or fashion wear, all in one Swimming robes pants and shirt, or pants with bib and SN Garments worn over clothing when going brace. outdoors. Overblouses Outfits BT Blouses BT Clothing SN Blouses designed to hang loosely over NT Walking outfits pants or skirt, not tucked in.
RT Clothing ensembles Overcoats SN Set of clothing worn together, not necesarily matching. BT Coats SN Coats worn over the ordinary clothing in Outside calipers cold weather.
BT Calipers Overdresses SN Calipers with bowed legs with the ends turned inwards. They are used for BT Dresses measuring outside diameters. SN Dresses worn over another, especially ones designed or draped to show an Outside shaves underdress (AAT)
USE Downright shaves Overlockers
BT Sewing machines Oven gloves SN Sewing machines which overcast. USE Oven mitts
Overshoes Oven mits BT Shoes USE Oven mitts SN Protective shoes of rubber or other waterproof subsance worn over other Oven mitts shoes BT Pot holders Overshot waterwheels RT Gloves USE Overshot wheels SN Padded cloth pot holders into which a hand or hands can be inserted, used to protect the hands while handling hot Overshot wheels containers. BT Waterwheels
Oven peels RT Undershot wheels
BT Kitchenware SN Waterwheels driven by water passing over from above, as a vertical waterwheel. SN Shovel like implement for putting bread, pies, pizza etc into an oven or taking them out. Oversize models USE Large scale models
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Overskirts NT Food packaging
BT Skirts Hardware packaging Laundry packaging SN Outer skirts worn over an underskirt or over a dress. Medical packaging Medicine packaging Overtype engines Photographic packaging BT Steam engines Postal packaging SN Steam engines in which the machinery is Record covers over the top of the boiler. Stamp packaging Stationery packaging Ovulation test kits Toiletries packaging BT Birth control equipment Toy packaging Medical kits Wrapping paper Owls Wrapping ribbons SN The wrappings or containers used to BT Birds enclose, bundle or present objects to consumers or recipients. Oxen Packaging machines BT Mammals BT Machines
Oyster forks Pad saws BT Table forks USE Keyhole saws SN Dining forks for eating raw oysters or clams from the half shell. They are smaller than other table forks and have Paddle engines three or four pointed tines. BT Marine engines Steam engines Ozone generators NT Oscillating paddle engines BT Generators Sidelever paddle engines SN An ozone generator is a device designed to RT Paddle-steamers produce ozone gas. SN Marine engines that propel paddle-wheel Pacemakers steamers by driving a paddlewheel.
BT Surgical implants Paddle-steamers SN Instrument planted under the skin to BT Ships control the rate of the heartbeat. SN Steam vessels propelled by paddlewheels; Packaging some with one wide stern wheel, others with two narrow side wheels. BT Objects
NT Audio equipment packaging Paddle-wheel steamers Beverage packaging USE Paddle-steamers Cigarette packets Clothing packaging Paddle wheels Contraceptive packaging USE Paddlewheels Cosmetics packaging Electronics packaging
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Paddleboats BT Brushes Painting equipment USE Paddle-steamers Surface finishing tools
NT Artists brushes Paddles Lacquering brushes BT Nautical equipment SN Any of a variety of brushes used to apply paint, lacquer, etc. Paddlewheels Painted fans BT Wheels BT Hand fans RT Paddle-steamers SN Wheels with floats or paddles on the Painting brushes circumference, used for propelling vessels USE Paintbrushes over the water.
Padlocks Painting equipment
BT Locks BT Occupation-based equipment
SN A portable or detachable lock designed to NT Canvas stretchers be attached to the object they are Colour charts securing. Colour comparators Pagers Paint containers BT Personal communication devices Paintbrushes
SN Small portable devices which receive, but do not transmit, signals, used as a means Paintings of contacting or conveying instructions to BT Artworks the person carrying them. NT Acrylic paintings Pages Bark paintings BT Documents Encaustic paintings
SN Pages that are objects, independent of Grisaille paintings what they came from. Miniature paintings Oil paintings Pail shaves Pub paintings USE Coopering spokeshaves Tempera paintings Textile paintings Paint brushes Watercolour paintings USE Paintbrushes Paisa
Paint colour charts USE Pice coins
BT Colour charts Pajamas Paint containers USE Pyjamas
BT Containers Painting equipment Palatines
USE Pelerines Paintbrushes
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Palette knives SN Sections of material set into a larger object, either to contrast with the object or BT Artists equipment to form a component of the object which is Knives easier to handle in size during the SN Thin, flexible blades set in handles used manufacturing stage. This is a very for mixing or applying paint. general term and wherever possible a more specific term should be used. Palettes Panniers BT Artists equipment BT Underwear SN Thin usually oval or oblong boards or tablets with a thumb hole at one end, used SN Frameworks to provide shape under skirts by painters to mix colours on. Pannikins Pallettes BT Drinking cups USE Palettes
Panoramic photographs Pamphlets BT Photographs BT Documents
NT Advertising pamphlets Panpipes
Travel pamphlets USE Pan flutes SN Publications of between 2 an 4 pages, fastened but not bound Pans
Pan flutes BT Containers BT Flutes NT Ash pans SN Primitive wind instruments consisting of a Bedpans series of pipes of graduated length, the notes being produced by blowing across Warming pans the upper ends. Pantie girdles
Panama hats BT Girdles BT Hats SN Garments shaped like underpants which SN Summer hats with wide brim and ridge support the abdominal region of the body. crown made from a fine flexible straw. Panties
Pandas USE Underpants USE Giant pandas Pantihose
Panelbeating tools BT Hosiery BT Metalworking tools SN Womens tights, made of fine nylon
Panels Pantographs
BT Objects BT Drawing instruments
NT Architectural panels SN Instruments for copying drawings on a larger or smaller scale. Decorative panels
Textile panels Pants Tile panels
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USE Trousers Paper money
BT Money Pants-suits NT Banknotes BT Clothing Fantasy money SN Outfits designed for women, consisting of Hell money trousers and matching top. From the Macquarie Dictionary: a slacks Invasion money suit Military money Replica banknotes Pantsuits USE Pants-suits Paper perforating machines
BT Printing equipment Pantyhose
USE Pantihose Paper photograph holders
USE Photograph folders Pap boats
BT Feeding cups Paper plates
SN Small receptacles for feeding pap (a soft USE Disposable plates food made of bread cooked in milk) to infants and invalids. Paper sculptures
Paper bags BT Sculptures
BT Bags SN Fine or commercial artworks consisting of forms created using paper or cardboard. Paper clips Paper tape units USE Paperclips BT Computer components
Paper cups SN Those components of a computer whose primary function is to punch and/or read USE Disposable cups paper tapes.
Paper cutters Paper testing machines BT Printing equipment BT Cutting tools SN Machines to test the strength of papers SN Device specifically designed for cutting several layers of paper simultaneously, usually with a guiding edge that allows for Paper toys straight cutting. BT Toys
Paper dispensers NT Cut-out books BT Retailing equipment Paper dolls
Paper dolls Paperclip bowls BT Bowls BT Dolls Office equipment Paper toys
Paper knives Paperclips Document accessories USE Paperknives BT
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BT Office equipment Parallel rules
BT Rulers Papercuts SN Instruments for transferring a line BT Artworks parallel to itself. They commonly consist SN Paper artworks similar to origami, but of two parallel bars or rulers connected in made by making cuts in a piece of paper. such a manner that when one is held in place, the other may be moved, remaining Paperknives parallel to its original position.
BT Document accessories Parasols Office equipment Umbrellas SN Knives used for cutting folded paper, BT especially envelopes, often decorative. RT Umbrellas Papermaking machines SN Women's small or light sun umbrellas ; sunshades. BT Machines Parkas RT Dandy rolls BT Coats Paperweights
BT Office equipment Parlour caps BT Caps Para coins
BT Coins Parquetry Floor tiles SN Originally Turkish coins with a value of BT one-fortieth of the piastre, now the SN Mosaic work of wood used for floors, monetary unit of some Balkan countries. wainscoting, etc.
Parabolic reflectors Partisan notes
BT Mirrors BT Military money
SN Known as a parabolic dish or a parabolic SN Locally issued emergency money used mirror - a reflective device, commonly within partisan held areas, usually in low formed in the shape of a paraboloid of denominations and marked "Payable on revolution. Collects or distributes light, liberation". sound, or radio waves. Partridges Parachutes BT Birds BT Safety equipment
Party hats Paraffin engines BT Festive objects USE Kerosene engines Hats
Paraffin irons Party invitations
USE Spirit irons BT Invitations
Parallel rulers Parures
USE Parallel rules BT Jewellery
NT Demi-parures
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SN Complete sets of jewelled ornaments Pastille burners decorated in like style or made of the same variety of gemstone, and intended to BT Incense burners be worn at the same time, such as a SN Type of incense burners. Ornamental necklace, bracelet, brooch and earrings. objects in which may be placed a smouldering, scented pastille. Passenger ships
BT Ships Pastry boards
BT Kitchenware RT Steamships
SN Ships designed to carry large numbers of passengers, and therefore equipped Pastry brushes primarily with berths, dining facilities, BT Brushes and areas for recreation, as opposed to Kitchenware cargo storage facilities.
Passenger trains Pastry cutters
USE Trains BT Kitchenware
Passes Pastry knives
BT Documents BT Kitchen knives
NT Backstage passes Pastry stamps Passports BT Kitchenware Theatre passes
Transport passes RT Stamps (tools)
Passport photographs Pastry tins BT Identity photographs BT Baking tins SN Small photographs showing head and shoulders of subject, used for identification purposes in passports and Pat-talas other identity documents. USE Pattalas
Passports Patch boxes BT Passes BT Boxes Travel documents Objects of vertu SN Small shallow covered boxes in which Pasta were kept the black patches which were BT Foodstuffs fashionable cosmetic accessories in the 18th century (worn on the face to hide a defect or to heighten the complexion by Pastel drawings contrast). BT Art drawings Patchboxes SN Drawings done with pastel crayons. USE Patch boxes
Pastels Patchworking equipment BT Crayons BT Sewing equipment SN Crayons made from pigments ground with chalk and compounded with gum water.
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SN Equipment used for making patchwork, BT Books such as tools, stencils etc. RT Patterns Patella hammers
BT Hammers Pattern coins Medical instruments BT Coins SN Medical instruments used for testing the Patterns patella (knee jerk) reflex. SN Official prototypes of new coins; not legal tender. Patens
BT Dishes Patternbooks Religious objects USE Pattern books SN Shallow dish used in Christian religious ceremonies, used for bearing the Communion bread in the Eucharist Patterns service. BT Objects
Patent medicines NT Pattern coins
BT Medicines Textileworking patterns SN Objects fashioned or designed to serve as NT Cough mixtures a model or guide for something to be SN Medicines distributed by a company which made. has patents on their manufacture. The term is sometimes applied to all Pauldrons non-prescription commercially available USE Shoulder armour medicines.
Patents Peacocks
BT Documents BT Birds
Pateras Pear trees
BT Plaques BT Trees
RT Medallions Pearl shells SN Circular low-relief ornaments, derived from the Greek phiale and the Roman BT Shells patera, resembling a shallow dish.
Pearls Pattalas BT Animal parts BT Xylophones Animal products SN Burmese xylophone. Several sources use RT Gemstones a one-word spelling rather than hyphenated. Pectoral crosses Pattens BT Crucifixes BT Footwear SN A type of cross that is worn suspended on SN Any of various kinds of footwear to protect the breast, usually by bishops and abbots, the feet from mud or wet, e.g. a wooden and sometimes by cannons and laymen. shoe or shoe with a wooden sole. Pedal generators Pattern books BT Electric generators
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SN RT Pedal wirelesses Dolls made from a wooden clothes peg.
SN Small electric generators driven by a foot pedal which provide the power to run Pegs, laundry pedal wirelesses. USE Clothes pegs
Pedal toys Pelerines BT Ride-on toys BT Capes SN Ride-on toys operated by pedals. Use `Tricycles' or `Bicycles' for bicycles and SN Womens narrow collar-like capes tricycles. Pelican feathers Pedal wirelesses BT Feathers BT Radio transceivers
SN Small radio transceivers used for Pelicans communication in the outback. BT Australian birds Pedestals
BT Display equipment Pen cases
SN A stand or object support, which is usually BT Cases higher than it is wide, to support a figure, Writing equipment a bust, or an urn. RT Pencil cases Peel-apart instant film Pen holders USE Instant film BT Holders Writing equipment Peelers RT Pencil holders BT Kitchenware
NT Fruit peelers Pen trays Vegetable peelers BT Trays RT Slicers Writing equipment SN Implements or tools that peel. SN Small trays, often forming part of a library set, on which to rest quill pens.
Peeling chisels Pencil cases USE Bark chisels BT Cases Writing equipment Peen hammers RT Pen cases BT Hammers
NT Ball pien hammers Pencil drawings Ball-peen hammers BT Art drawings SN Hammers of various designs which are roughly toothed to facilitate the cutting of stone or the breaking of brick. They Pencil holders sometimes have two opposite cutting BT Holders edges. Writing equipment
Peg dolls RT Pen holders
BT Dolls
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Pencil sharpeners Penni coins
BT Sharpeners BT Coins Stationery RT Markka coins Pencils SN Copper currency of Finland since 1864, and of the Republic of Finland since 1919. BT Drawing instruments Writing equipment Pennies NT Coloured pencils USE One penny coins Propelling pencils
Slate pencils Penny coins
Pendants BT Coins
BT Jewellery NT Farthings Fourpences NT Mourning pendants Half farthings Pendulum bobs Halfpennies One and a half penny coins BT Weights One eighth farthings SN Weights on the lower end of a pendulum. One penny coins One third farthings Pendulum clocks One-tenth penny coins BT Clocks Quarter farthings Sixpences Pengo coins Thirty pence coins BT Coins Three halfpences SN Silver unit of Hungarian coinage since Threepences 1925, with occasional multiples of 2 and 5; Twopences later struck in aluminium. RT New pence coins Penguin eggs
BT Bird eggs Penny-farthings
BT Bicycles Penis sheaths
BT Clothing Penny tokens
BT Tokens Penknives
BT Pocket-knives Penny whistles
USE Tin whistles RT Clasp knives
SN Small knives originally used for making and mending quill pens. The term now Pens applies to any small pocket-knife. BT Drawing instruments Writing equipment Pennants NT Ballpoint pens BT Flags Fountain pens Quill pens
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NT Ruling pens SN Usually a kind of revolver popular in the middle of the 19th c. Firearms with no separate barrel but with a long chamber. Peonies Usually constructed so that when the BT Flowers trigger was pulled, the barrels revolved and the hammer was raised.
Peplums Perambulators
BT Clothing accessories USE Prams SN Clothing components forming a short full flounce or an extension of the waist, Percussion blunderbusses covering the hips. BT Blunderbusses Pepper Percussion firearms
BT Spices Percussion caps RT Pepper containers; Pepper shakers BT Firearm components
SN Small metal caps containing a priming Pepper casters powder, used to ignite the propellant USE Pepper shakers intercussion lock. firearms.
Percussion firearms Pepper containers BT Firearms BT Food storage containers NT Cap-firing firearms NT Pepper shakers Percussion blunderbusses RT Pepper Percussion pistols Percussion revolvers Pepper dredgers Percussion rifles USE Food dredgers Percussion instrument components
Pepper grinders BT Musical instrument components BT Food processing equipment NT Drum kit components Tableware
Percussion instruments Pepper pots BT Musical instruments USE Pepper shakers NT Afoxes Pepper shakers Alembas
BT Pepper containers Carillons Tableware Castanets Clappers Pepperboxes Clapsticks BT Firearms Cymbals Glass harmonicas RT Revolvers Gong strikers Gongs Hooters Linguaphones
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NT Maracas USE Performing arts equipment Musical bells Musical drums Performance posters Tambourines BT Event posters Woodblocks Xylophones Performance venue components
RT Rattles BT Performing arts equipment SN Musical instruments which are struck to NT Stage backdrops produce a sound, as opposed to bowed or blown instruments. Other musical classifications refer to these instruments Performing arts equipment as idiophones, autophones or BT Equipment membranophones. NT Backstage passes Percussion pistols Circus equipment BT Percussion firearms Dance equipment Pistols Opera equipment NT Converted percussion pistols Performance venue components Programs Percussion revolvers Theatre equipment BT Percussion firearms SN Prop-like objects used for Revolvers performance/dance, not costumes
Percussion rifles Perfume atomisers
BT Percussion firearms BT Atomisers
Rifles SN Apparatus for reducing perfumes to a fine spray. Percussive weapons Perfume bottles BT Weapons BT Bottles NT Batons Blowpipes (weapons) Perfume caskets Clubs BT Caskets Knuckledusters Maces RT Perfume bottles
SN Small chests or boxes with compartments Performance costumes for holding a number of perfume bottles, and sometimes with shallow drawers in BT Costumes the base. NT Circus costumes Dance costumes Perfumes Film costumes BT Toiletries
Opera costumes NT Air fresheners Theatre costumes Colognes RT Performing arts equipment SN Substances, extracts or preparations for diffusing or imparting fragrant, agreeable smells. Performance equipment
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Periodic tables NT Mobile phones
BT Information tables Pagers SN Devices usually held on or near the person, for communication. Periodicals
USE Magazines Personal computers BT Microcomputers
Periscopes NT Portable computers BT Optical instruments SN Use for non-portable desktop microcomputers designed for personal use. RT Toy periscopes SN Optical instruments consisting of a tube Personal effects with an arrangement of prisms or mirrors BT Objects by which a view at the surface of water, the top of a parapet, etc., may be seen NT Artificial eyelashes from below or behind. Back scratchers Perming equipment Chatelaines
BT Hair care equipment Condom boxes Cosmetics bags
Perpetual calendars Cosmetics cases Earplugs BT Calendars Facial tissues False eyelashes Personal adornments Fan cases BT Personal effects Handbags NT Amulets Handkerchief bags Beauty patches Handkerchief boxes Clothing accessories Handkerchiefs Corsages Identity devices Eyewear Knee rugs Fashion badges Luggage Hand fans Personal adornments Hand screens Personal communication devices Jewellery Purses Medals Regalia Pubic covers Scent bags RT Personal effects Sewing kits
SN Any objects used to adorn the body. This Smelling salts broad term is included only as a Smoking equipment place-holder for hierarchy purposes and is not to be used to describe individual Spectacles cases objects; instead use the specific name of Toiletries the object or objects. Toiletry bags Umbrellas Personal communication devices Wigs BT Personal effects RT Personal adornments Telecommunications equipment
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SN Objects for personal use, often carried BT Pest control equipment around. Traps
NT Ant traps Personal letters Flytraps BT Letters Mouse traps Rabbit traps Personal lubricants Rat-traps BT Sex aids Safe stands Toiletries Pesticide containers Personal papers BT Containers BT Documents
NT Horoscopes Pestles
USE Mortars and pestles Peso coins
BT Coins Petitions
SN Short for peso de a ocho, i.e. piece of eight, BT Documents as its value was that of 8 reales. Introduced by Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain in 1497. Now also used by Mexico. Petrol bowsers
USE Petrol pumps Pessaries
BT Medical instruments Petrol cans SN Plastic or metal instruments placed in the BT Cans vagina for uterine support or contraception. For medication, use vaginal RT Petrol pumps suppositories.
Pest control equipment Petrol engines
BT Domestic equipment BT Internal-combustion engines SN Internal-combustion engines that use a NT Electronic pest killers mixture of air and petrol vapour as a fuel. Flyswats Food safes Petrol irons
Jug covers USE Spirit irons Mosquito nets Pest repellent products Petrol pumps Pest traps BT Pumps
Pest repellent products RT Petrol cans
BT Pest control equipment Petticoats NT Insect sprays BT Underwear Insecticides Mosquito coils NT Baby petticoats Ultrasonic pest repellents SN Skirts, especially underskirts or slips, worn by women and girls. Pest traps
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Pews NT Apothecary jars
BT Benches Ointment jars Specie jars SN A general term used to indicate jars used Pfennig coins for storing drugs and medicines. Where BT Coins possible use a more specific term.
NT Eight pfennig coins Pharmaceutical packaging Fifty pfennig coins USE Medicine packaging Five pfennig coins Four pfennig coins Pharmaceuticals Half pfennig coins USE Medications One and a half pfennig coins One pfennig coins Pharmacy equipment Reichspfennig coins BT Health and medical equipment Six pfennig coins SN Equipment used for making, preparing or Ten pfennig coins dispensing drugs or medicines. Three pfennig coins Twelve pfennig coins Pheasant feathers
Twenty five pfennig coins BT Feathers Twenty pfennig coins
Two and a half pfennig coins Phenakistoscopes Two pfennig coins BT Cinematographic viewers SN The smallest German denomination. 100 pfennig = 1 mark. SN A revolving disk on which figures drawn in different relative attitudes are seen pH meters successively, so as to produce the appearnace of an object in actual motion. BT Measuring instruments
SN Instruments to measure acidity, usually of Philatelic albums liquids or soil. BT Albums
Pharmaceutical bottles SN Books consisting of blank leaves for the insertion of postage stamps, impressed USE Medication bottles stamps, stamped envelopes, postmarks, postcards, covers and similar material. Pharmaceutical cases Philatelic covers BT Medical cases USE Philatelic envelopes SN Cases, often portable and of leather, in which medicines were kept. Philatelic envelopes
Pharmaceutical equipment BT Envelopes BT Health and medical equipment NT Airmail covers NT Pharmaceutical jars Airmail envelopes Commemorative envelopes Pharmaceutical jars First day envelopes BT Jars SN Envelopes with stamps applied Medication containers Pharmaceutical equipment
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Philatelic kits SN A term used in the mid-19th century for photomechanical prints, most often those BT Postal products created by various relief processes, and also sometimes for those created by intaglio processes. Phones USE Telephones Photoflash lamps
USE Flashbulbs Phonograph cylinders USE Gramophone cylinders Photogenic drawings
USE Photograms Phonograph records USE Audio records Photograms
BT Photographs Phonographs RT Radiographs BT Audio equipment SN Photographs produced without a camera, RT Gramophones usually by placing an object directly on sensitised paper and exposing it to light. SN Device for playing 78rpm disc recordings. The term is more commonly used in USA, Photograph accessories while gramophone was more common in United Kingdom. Use 'Cylinder players' BT Accessories for players of cylinders and use 'Record players' for turntables that play LPs or NT Photograph albums 45s. Photograph cases Photograph folders Photo composites Photograph holders USE Composite photographs Photographic mounts
RT Photographs Photo engraving prints SN Accessories for presenting and mounting USE Photoengravings photographs.
Photo-measuring micrometers Photograph albums
USE Photographic micrometers BT Albums Photograph accessories SN Book consisting of blank leaves for Photocopiers inserting and storing photographs BT Copying machines Photograph cases
Photocopies BT Cases Photograph accessories BT Documents SN Hinged, covered frames containing one or SN Photographic reproductions of written or more photographs. printed material. Photograph folders Photoengravings BT Folders BT Photomechanical prints Photograph accessories
RT Photograph holders
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SN The envelopes in which photographic NT Daylight enlargers prints and negatives are returned to Horizontal enlargers consumers after processing. SN Projection devices used to print photographic images in sizes larger or Photograph frames smaller than the original negative or slide. BT Frames Photographic mounts Photographic ephemera
BT Ephemera Photograph holders
BT Holders Photographic equipment Photograph accessories BT Audio and visual equipment NT Photographic plate holders NT Camera accessories Photographers blackout hoods Camera chains
USE Photographers hoods Camera components Camera dollies Photographers hoods Cameras
BT Camera accessories Changing bags Photographic lenses RT Plate cameras Photographic lighting equipment SN Hoods of light-tight material attached to Photographic processing equipment early cameras to assist in the preparation and loading of photographic plates, Polarizers especially wet collodion plates. Sensitometers SN A general term for the broad range of Photographic balances apparatus associated with photography. Where possible, use a more specific term. USE Photographic scales
Photographic equipment containers Photographic chemicals BT Camera accessories BT Photographic processing equipment Containers
SN Chemicals used in photographic NT Camera cases processing. Gadget bags
Photographic cover glasses Plate carrying boxes RT Film and plate holders BT Photographic mounts SN Bags and cases used to carry photographic RT Lantern slides equipment, especially cameras and camera accessories. SN Cover glasses that go on the front and back of lantern slides. Photographic film
Photographic developing equipment USE Camera film
USE Photographic processing equipment Photographic lamps
Photographic diffusers USE Studio lighting equipment
USE Diffusion attachments Photographic lenses
Photographic enlargers BT Lenses
BT Photographic processing equipment Photographic equipment
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NT Camera lenses RT Photographic equipment Convertible lenses Enlarging lenses Photographic papers
Fisheye lenses BT Photographic processing equipment Fixed-focus lenses SN Sensitised papers used in processing for Landscape lenses producing photographic prints. Long-focus lenses Photographic plate examiners Magic lantern lenses Projector lenses USE Photographic plate illuminators Rapid rectilinear lenses Standard lenses Photographic plate holders Wide-angle lenses BT Photograph holders Zoom lenses Photographic plate illuminators Photographic lighting equipment BT Photographic viewing equipment BT Lighting equipment SN Viewing boxes for photographic glass Photographic equipment plates. NT Camera flashes Flash powders Photographic plate micrometers Flashguns USE Photographic micrometers Magnesium flash holders Studio lighting equipment Photographic plates
RT Arc lamps BT Camera components
NT Glass plates Photographic micrometers Half plates BT Astronomical equipment Quarter plates Micrometers SN Glass, porcelain or metal sheets covered SN Devices for measuring astronomical with light sensitive emulsion that are distances on photographs, especially intended to receive images through the photographic plates. aperture when inserted in the camera.
Photographic mounts Photographic positives
BT Photograph accessories USE Positives
NT Lantern slide mounts Photograph frames Photographic postcards Photographic cover glasses BT Postcards
Slide mounts SN Postcards that have on one side an image SN Frames and backings used to support and produced with light-sensitive materials protect photographic prints or directly on the card transparencies. Photographic printing boxes Photographic negatives USE Contact printers USE Negatives
Photographic prints Photographic packaging BT Photographs BT Packaging Prints
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NT Albumen photographs SN Scales used for weighing out photographic chemicals when making up processing Albumen photoprints solutions. Albumen prints Albumen silver prints Photographic slides
Card photographs BT Photographic transparencies
Contact prints SN Positive transparencies in mounts that Cyanotype prints are suitable for projection, usually 35mm film in a mount of 2 by 2 inches. Glass prints
Negative prints Photographic transparencies Opaltype prints BT Positives Platinum prints Transparencies Positive to positive prints NT Black-and-white transparencies Silver albumen prints Colour transparencies Silver gelatin prints Lantern slides Three dimensional photographs Photographic slides SN Opaque photographs, usually positive, usually on paper, and generally, but not Screen process transparencies always, printed from a negative. Use SN Positive photographs designed for viewing `Negative prints' for prints in which the by transmitted light. tones or colours are reversed from their appearance in nature. Photographic viewing equipment
BT Viewing equipment Photographic processing equipment NT BT Photographic equipment Cinematographic viewers Film strips NT Contact printing frames Light boxes Darkroom lamps Photographic plate illuminators Density meters Projector lamps Developing tanks Projectors Developing trays Slide viewers Film aprons Stereoscopes Film winding boxes RT Photographic equipment Photographic chemicals SN Equipment for viewing photographic Photographic enlargers products such as slides, lantern slides, Photographic papers movie films and stereo photographs. Photographic scales Photographs Plate drying racks (photographic) BT Objects Print meters
Print rollers NT Aerial photographs SN Materials and equipment involved in Astrophotographs converting a latent image on film or paper into a visible and permanent one. Commemorative photographs Identity photographs Photographic scales Manipulated photographs BT Balances Miniature photographs Photographic processing equipment Negatives Panoramic photographs
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NT Photograms BT Photomechanical prints
Photographic negatives NT Collotypes Photographic prints SN Photomechanical prints produced by Photomechanical prints photolithography, a planographic photomechanical process that uses the Portrait photographs same principle as lithography, but uses a Positives photographic process to transfer the image to the plate. Radiographs Sepia photographs Photomechanical gravure prints Shadowgraphs USE Photogravures Space photographs Stereo photographs Photomechanical gravures Tinted photographs SN Still images produced from USE Photogravures radiation-sensitive materials (sensitive to light, electron beams, or nuclear Photomechanical prints radiation), with the exception of reproductive prints of documents and BT Photographs technical drawings. May be positive or negative, opaque or transparent. The term NT Photoengravings includes secondary images produced from Photogravures a radiation-sensitive image, such as types Photolithographs of photomechanical prints. Use `Photographic prints' for opaque RT Positives photographs on paper, generally but not SN Prints produced by photomechanical always printed from a negative. processes. These are processes that employ light sensitivity to transfer an Photogravure prints image, and then a separate process to produce a print that was never itself USE Photogravures light-sensitive.
Photogravures Photomechanical reproductions
BT Photomechanical prints USE Photomechanical prints
SN Photomechanical prints produced by the photogravure process, an intaglio Photomechanicals photomechanical process in which the metal printing plate is prepared using a USE Photomechanical prints bichromate process, leaving a gelatine resist of varying thickness. The plate is Photometers etched to form cells of varying depth able to hold different amounts of ink. BT Exposure aids Meters Photoheliographs SN Instruments for measuring light intensity, illumination or brightness, usually by BT Telescopes comparing these with a standard light SN Telescopes designed for photographing the source. sun. Photomontages Photolithographic prints BT Manipulated photographs USE Photolithographs Montages
RT Composite photographs Photolithographs
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SN Use for combinations of photographic Piano players images, or photographic with other images, such as architectural drawings, BT Automatic musical instruments usually arranged into a somewhat unified image. Use `Composite photographs' for RT Player pianos the printing of two or more negatives as SN Automatic instruments which play a piano one unified image. Use `Collages' for by pressing on the keys. pieces of photographs or other flat materials pasted together into less unified Piano rolls images. BT Music rolls Photonegatives RT Player pianos USE Negatives SN Rolls of paper prepared with music for use on a player piano. Piano rolls were a Photoprints popular form of music recording.
USE Photographic prints Piano stools
USE Music stools Photos
USE Photographs Pianofortes
USE Pianos Photoscopes
USE Stereoscopes Pianolas
USE Player pianos Phototransparencies
USE Photographic transparencies Pianos
BT Keyboard instruments Piano accordions NT Electric pianos BT Accordions Grand pianos SN Accordions which have a piano-style keyboard for the right hand instead of Player pianos buttons. Square pianos Upright pianos Piano components BT Keyboard instrument components Piastre coins
NT Piano feet BT Coins
RT Keyboard instruments SN The name given throughout Europe and the Middle East to the Spanish peso, and hence to its almost innumerable Piano feet derivative coins.
BT Piano components Piccolos RT Furniture accessories BT Flutes SN Solid glass supports to be placed under SN Small flutes sounding an octave higher the feet of a piano. tnan an ordinary flute
Piano organs Pice coins USE Barrel pianos BT Coins
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SN A small fraction (one sixty-fourth) of the NT Eskies Indian rupee until 1957 - with the Picnic baskets adoption of a decimal system, the rupee was divided into 100 pice. Picnic rugs Picnic sets Pickaxes Picnic tables BT Tools Picnic rugs RT Mattocks BT Picnic equipment SN Instruments for loosening the soil in Rugs digging, shaped like mattocks, but having both ends pointed. RT Ground sheets
Picking knives Picnic sets BT Basketmaking tools BT Picnic equipment Knives Tableware SN Small knives with a wide blade, used for trimming a finished basket. RT Picnic baskets
Pickle jars Picnic tables
BT Food storage jars BT Outdoor furniture Picnic equipment Picks Tables
BT Prying tools Picture books NT Coal picks BT Childrens books Hammerhead picks
Icepicks Picture frames SN Hand tools consisting of a steel head pointed at one end or both ends and BT Frames mounted on a wooden handle. They are used for loosening and breaking up compacted soil. Pictures BT Artworks Picnic baskets NT Cork pictures BT Baskets Embroidered pictures Picnic equipment Enamel pictures RT Picnic sets Pinprick pictures Shell pictures Picnic blankets USE Picnic rugs Pie coins
BT Coins Picnic equipment SN The twelfth part of the anna or one third BT Domestic equipment of the pice in the East India Company's Recreational equipment currency system as established by an act of 1835. NT Disposable cups Disposable cutlery Pie dishes Disposable plates BT Baking dishes Drink can holders Dishes
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Pie funnels SN Flannel or plastic pants or a plastic wrapper worn by an infant over a nappy. BT Kitchen funnels Pilgrim bottles RT Pie dishes USE Pilgrim flasks
Pie steamers Pilgrim flasks USE Pie funnels BT Beverage bottles Flasks Pie tins SN Flattened gourd-shaped bottles with one BT Baking tins or two pairs of lugs at each side through which might be passed a strap for slinging RT Pie dishes over the shoulder. They were originally intended for pilgrims to carry Pierced earrings drinking-water.
BT Earrings Pill bottles
RT Ear studs BT Medicine bottles
SN An ear ornament, worn suspended from a bent wire or thin hoop, passed through a Pillars hole pierced in the lobe of the ear. USE Columns Piercing tools
BT Tools Pillboxes BT Medicine containers NT Awls SN Needles Boxes, usually shallow and often round, for holding pills. Prickers Stiletto tools Pillow shams
BT Bed linen Pigeongrams SN Ornamental covers laid over a bed pillow. BT Correspondence Postal documents Pillowcases Pigeons BT Bed linen
BT Birds SN Removable covers, usually of cotton, linen or nylon, drawn over a pillow.
Piggy banks Pillows BT Moneyboxes BT Household textiles
NT Pigs Bed pillows Lacemaking pillows BT Mammals SN Animal Pills
BT Medicines Pilchers NT Oral contraceptives BT Baby clothing
RT Nappies Pilsener glasses
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BT Beer glasses BT Spectacles
RT Ale glasses RT Monocles
SN A type of beer glass characterised by its SN Pairs of spectacles kept in place by a shape, which approximates a tall, thin spring which pinches the nose. cone. Pincushions Pin cushions BT Pin holders USE Pincushions SN Small cushions in which pins are stuck ready for use. Pin holders Pinfire firearms BT Sewing equipment BT Firearms NT Pin packets Pin poppets NT Pinfire revolvers Pin trays Pinfire revolvers Pincushions BT Pinfire firearms RT Needle containers Revolvers
Pin packets Ping pong sets BT Pin holders BT Sports equipment
RT Needle packets Pinions
Pin poppets BT Gear wheels BT Pin holders NT Bevel pinions Spur pinions Pin trays SN Small toothed gear wheels, either bevel or BT Pin holders spur. Trays Pinnaces SN Small trays, often part of a sewing set, to hold pins and needles and other BT Boats needlework tools. SN Light sailing ships or ship's boats, particularly those used in attendance on a Pinafore dresses larger vessel. USE Pinafores Pinprick pictures Pinafores BT Pictures
BT Dresses SN Lace-like designs pricked into paper with pins. SN Sleeveless dresses, usually with a low neck or shoulder straps, worn over a shirt, blouse, jumper or skivvy, particularly in Pinprickt pictures winter. USE Pinprick pictures
Pinball games Pins BT Games BT Fasteners
Pince-nez NT Hatpins
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NT Lacemaking pins Pipettes
Lapel pins BT Laboratory equipment Safety pins SN Slender graduated tubes for measuring Sewing pins and transferring liquids from one vessel to Stickpins another. Tiepins Piping bags Pionnes BT Kitchenware
USE Bird organs RT Biscuit paste forcers
SN Cone-shaped cloth bags with the pointed Pipa end open, to which metal stencils are attached for producing various shapes of BT Lutes icing or whipped cream. Used in cake SN Chinese short-necked lutes decorating.
Pipkins Pipas BT Pots USE Pipa Tableware SN Small pots, usually circular and with a Pipe bowls straight horizontal handle ; often used for warming brandy. BT Smoking equipment
RT Smoking pipes Pistol grips
USE Hand grips Pipe cases
BT Cases Pistols
Smoking equipment BT Firearms
Pipe cleaners NT Automatic pistols Blunderbuss pistols BT Cleaning equipment Smoking equipment Breechloading pistols Cap-firing pistols Pipe organs Duelling pistols
BT Organs Flintlock pistols
SN Organs with pipes, rather than reeds Percussion pistols Pocket pistols Pipe stands Signal pistols
BT Smoking equipment Wheel-lock pistols RT Revolvers Pipes SN Short firearms intented to be held in one hand. BT Objects
NT Blowpipes (tools) Piston engines Bubble pipes BT Engines
Chimneypots NT Aeroplane piston engines Drainpipes Beam engines Smoking pipes Diesel engines
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NT Four-stroke engines RT Signs
Otto engines SN Signs or notices, usually of stiff cardboard, Reciprocating aero-engines posted in public, or carried by protestors Reciprocating engines Place cards Rotary piston engines BT Cards Steam engines SN Cards put by each place at a dinner table Swashplate engines etc. indicating who is to sit there. Two-stroke engines (Macquarie Dictionary, 3rd ed.) RT Engine indicators
SN Engines characterised by the Place mats reciprocating motion of pistons in a USE Tablemats cylinder. Use `Reciprocating engines' for engines that generate reciprocating motion. Use `Rotary piston engines' for Placemats engines that convert the reciprocating USE Tablemats action of the pistons into rotary motion.
Pit saws Plaids
BT Frame saws BT Capes
SN NT Frame pit saws Long, rectangular pieces of cloth, usu. with a cross-barred pattern, worn about SN Large two-man saws used to saw boards the shoulders by Scottish Highlanders. from the lengths of logs which are placed over big pits. The saws are operated by one man standing on the log and the other Plan cabinets standing in the pit. BT Cabinets
SN Cabinets with large flat storage areas for Pitchers maps and plans. USE Jugs Plane blades
Pitchforks USE Plane irons
BT Agricultural tools Forks Plane cutters
RT Gardening forks USE Plane irons SN Large forks for lifting and pitching hay. Plane irons
Pitchpipes BT Tool components BT Music accessories NT Combination plane irons SN Small pipes tuned to give pitch for singing Croze irons or tuning instruments RT Planes
Pith helmets SN The cutting irons of planes.
BT Helmets Plane wedges SN Hats made of pith cork from Indian spongewood tree, covered with cotton. BT Tool components
SN Tapered pieces of wood used to wedge the Placards plane iron into the mouth of the plane. BT Documents
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Planes Plant components
BT Woodworking tools BT Plants
NT Bench planes NT Flowers Combination planes Gum nuts Compass planes Gumnuts Coopering planes Leaves Finger planes Seeds Grooving planes Japanese planes Planters Moulding planes BT Containers Gardening equipment Router planes Thumb planes Plants Toothing planes SN Tools used for levelling and smoothing the BT Objects surface of wood by paring shavings from NT Acanthus it. Australian flora Planetaria Australian plants
BT Buildings Bamboo Bullrushes RT Orreries Ferns SN Use for buildings housing devices for Fruits projecting celestial images onto the interior of a dome for public viewing; may Grains also be used for the projecting Grasses mechanisms. For mechanical models of the solar system, use "orreries." (Getty Art Hibiscus and Architecture Thesaurus, 2006) Lotus plants Mangroves Planetariums Moss USE Planetaria Olives Plant components Planimeters Roses BT Meters Seaweed
SN An instrument used to measure the Shamrocks surface area of a two-dimensional shape Thistles (most commonly the area of a planar region). Tobacco Trees Planispheres Vegetables BT Astronomical equipment Vines
SN Maps of half or more of the celestial Waterlilies sphere with a device for indicating the Wisteria part visible at a given time. Plaques Plank saws BT Objects USE Pit saws NT Firemarks
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NT Honour boards BT Eyes
Makers plates RT Glass eyes Medallions Nameplates Plate and film holders Pateras USE Film and plate holders
Plaster casts Plate boxes BT Sculptures USE Plate carrying boxes NT Fictile ivories SN Any pieces of sculpture cast in plaster of Plate cameras Paris. BT Cameras Plaster prints NT Full plate cameras BT Intaglio prints Glass plate cameras SN A C20th development in intaglio printing Half plate cameras where a line engraved or etched plate is Quarter plate cameras linked in the normal way and is then SN Cameras using photographic plates rather surrounded by a frame into which plaster than film. of Paris is poured. By this means a plaster cast of the intaglio plate is obtained, with the black lines standing in relief. Plate carrier boxes
USE Plate carrying boxes Plasterers tools
USE Plastering tools Plate carrying boxes
BT Photographic equipment containers Plastering equipment SN Boxes and cases designed for carrying BT Occupation-based equipment photographic plates. They were often grooved to fit plates, lined with foil and with air-tight lids to preserve the Plastering tools sensitivity of wet plates. BT Tools Plate carrying cases NT Plastering trowels USE Plate carrying boxes RT Masonry tools
Plate changing bags Plastering trowels BT Changing bags BT Plastering tools RT SN Flat hand tools having a broad steel blade, Photographic plates used to apply, spread and shape plaster or SN Changing bags for photographic plates. mortar or to smooth the surface of unformed concrete. Plate drying racks (photographic) Plastic bags BT Photographic processing equipment
BT Bags RT Photographic plates
SN Bags made of plastic, usually used for SN Wooden racks used to dry photographic shopping. plates after processing.
Plastic eyes Plate holders
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BT Film and plate holders NT Side plates SN Light-tight containers holding sensitised Soup plates plates in readiness for use. A rectangular Sushi slabs frame in which the plate is kept in place SN Small shallow table utensils used for by some form of clip or slot. eating food. Plates are usually less than 30cm in diameter; larger utensils are Plate measuring machines called `Dishes'. USE Photographic micrometers Platinotypes Plate micrometers USE Platinum prints
USE Photographic micrometers Platinum prints
Plate racks BT Photographic prints
USE Plate drying racks (photographic) Platters Plate readers BT Serving dishes
BT Astronomical equipment SN Large shallow dishes, usually oval in shape, for serving food. SN Devices used for viewing astrographic plates in order to measure the relative Platypus positions of the stars and their motions over the years. BT Australian animals Mammals Plate tanks
BT Developing tanks Play clothing
BT Childrens clothing RT Photographic plates SN Hard-wearing clothing designed for SN Developing tanks for photographic plates. children's play activities.
Plateaus Player accordions
BT Centrepieces BT Accordions SN Large flat table ornaments, upon which Automatic musical instruments stood a centrepiece or epergne, as well as SN Accordions which play automatically candlesticks, cruets, salts, casters, etc. There is usually an encircling low silver or silver gilt gallery. Player organs BT Automatic musical instruments Plates Organs
BT Dinnerware RT Barrel organs SN NT Asparagus plates Organ which can play automatically Baby plates Player pianos Commemorative plates Dessert plates BT Automatic musical instruments Pianos Dinner plates NT Barrel pianos Disposable plates Entree plates Hot water plates Salad plates
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SN Pianos played by machinery which pumps Plough planes a pneumatic mechanism that turns a paper roll provided with perforations BT Grooving planes which cause air pressure to move the SN Grooving planes with an adjustable guide piano keys. that are capable of being fitted with various irons for cutting grooves. Playing balls
USE Sports balls Ploughing engines
BT Agricultural engines Playing cards Traction engines SN Traction engines used for ploughing fields. BT Cards Games Ploughs NT Childrens playing cards BT Agricultural machines RT Card tables
SN Sets of cards with figures or designs, used NT Stump-jump ploughs to play a variety of games. Plow planes Playing marbles USE Plough planes BT Games Marbles Plugging chisels SN Small balls, usually of steel or glass with coloured twists, used for playing the BT Masonry chisels games of marbles, Chinese checkers etc. SN Steel rods with a star-shaped point; used for drilling holes in masonry by striking Playing tokens with a hammer. USE Game pieces Plugging drills Pleasure cruisers USE Plugging chisels
USE Passenger ships Plumb bobs Plectrums USE Plumb-bobs
BT Stringed instrument accessories Plumb-bobs SN Small pieces of wood, metal, ivory etc., for plucking strings of a lyre, mandolin, BT Tools guitar etc. SN Pieces of lead or some other weight attached to a line, used for determining Pliers perpendicularity, for sounding etc. BT Hand tools Plumbing fixtures NT Combination pliers BT Objects SN Pincer-like hand tools with scissors action, usually with serrated jaws, used for NT Bathtubs gripping, holding, bending and cutting. Drainpipes Plinths Handbasins
BT Display equipment Showers Sinks SN Bases or blocks, often square, used to support or display structures or objects. Stopcocks Taps
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NT Toilet components Pocket computers
Toilets BT Portable computers
SN Pocket-sized microcomputers with limited Plumbing shavehooks processing power, usually restricted to BT Plumbing tools pocket calculator, electronic diary and Shavehooks address book functions. They usually don't SN Scraper tools for cleaning the surface of have standard keyboards. lead pipes. Pocket knives
Plumbing tools USE Pocket-knives BT Tools Pocket-knives NT Plumbing shavehooks Plungers BT Clasp knives
NT Penknives Plumes SN Small knives with one or more blades that USE Feathers fold into the handle, suitable for carrying in the pocket.
Plungers Pocket pistols BT Maintenance tools BT Pistols Plumbing tools SN Tools consisting of a large rubber suction RT Pocket revolvers cup on a wooden handle used for clearing plumbing traps of minor obstructions. Pocket revolvers Pochettes BT Revolvers
BT Fiddles RT Pocket pistols SN Tiny fiddles , housed in the player's pocket Pocket watches
Pochoir prints BT Watches BT Stencil prints SN Watches designed to be worn in a pocket, often in the fob of a waistcoat. RT Fashion plates
SN Prints much employed in book illustration Pockets utilizing a stencilling technique. BT Clothing accessories Pocket cameras NT Watch pockets BT Film cameras Pod augers NT 35mm cameras USE Cartridge cameras Shell augers Disc cameras SN Small cameras using normal size film. Podiums
BT Architectural elements Pocket compasses
BT Magnetic compasses
SN Small magnetic compasses.
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SN Raised platforms for speakers or USE Instant picture cameras conductors; may be indoors or outdoors, often narrower than the width of the immediate space upon which they rest. Polaroid film For raised indoor platforms set at the USE Instant film ends of large rooms as a place of honor or prominence, as for speakers, officers, or dignitaries, see "daises." (Getty AAT, Polaroid instant photographs 2006) USE Instant camera photographs
Pohas Pole firescreens USE Bungers USE Pole screens
Poison purchasing records Pole screens USE Sales of poison books BT Firescreens
Poker machines SN Firescreens with tripod bases and an upright shaft which supports the framed BT Gambling equipment panel; distinguished from those Machines firescreens which are supported on four legs. Pokers Polearms BT Fire irons BT Weapons
Polarimeters NT Lances
BT Meters Spears
SN An instrument for measuring the amount Tridents of polarised light, or the extent of SN Any form of cutting or thrusting weapon polarisation, in the light received from a mounted on a long pole. given source. Police badges
Polarisers BT Badges BT Prisms Uniform accessories
SN Prisms used in microscopes or cameras Police uniforms
Polarizers BT Uniforms
BT Audio and visual equipment Photographic equipment Polishers SN A device that converts an unpolarized or BT Objects mixed-polarization beam of light into a beam with a single linear polarization. NT Buffs Burnishers Polarographs Fork polishers BT Scientific equipment Knife polishers SN Instruments that automatically measure Polishing irons and record the concentration, solubility, Polishing stones constituents, equilibrium, etc, of an electrolytic solution. RT Surface finishing tools
Polaroid cameras Polishing irons
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BT Polishers Popguns Standing irons BT Toy guns SN Small rounded standing irons used for polishing starched linen and cotton. SN Toy guns from which a pellet is shot with a loud pop by compressed air. Polishing stones
BT Polishers Pork pie hats Stones USE Pork-pie hats
Political badges Pork-pie hats
BT Badges BT Hats
SN Felt hats with a snap brim and a crown Political cartoons moulded to a roughly circular depression, the centre of which is elevated so as to fit BT Cartoons the head. SN Cartoons with a political or topical message or theme. Porridge
BT Foodstuffs Political posters
BT Posters Porringers
BT Bowls Polygonal spinets SN Small unspouted cup-shaped bowls, with USE Virginals one or two handles, sometimes called a posset pot, used for drinking broth. Pomade jars Port glasses BT Cosmetics jars BT Drinking glasses SN Jars used for storing hair and scalp pomade. RT Sherry glasses
Pomades SN Glasses for drinking the fortified wine port. BT Hair toiletries
SN Scented ointments used for the scalp and Port saws hair. USE Compass saws
Ponchos Portable computers BT Capes BT Personal computers
Poodles NT Laptop computers Notebook computers BT Mammals Pocket computers SN Computers weighing approximately 7 - 22 Pop guns kg that run on mains electricity. They USE Popguns usually have floppy and hard drives and a standard cathode ray screen.
Pop-up books Portable engines
BT Childrens books BT Steam engines
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SN Engines set on wheels which may be Portuguese guitars drawn by horses from place to place. BT Stringed instruments Portable radios
BT Radios Positive colour transparencies
USE Colour transparencies Portable X-ray machines
BT X-ray machines Positive film BT Camera film
Portative organs SN Film used to produce photographic slides. BT Organs
SN Small portable organs with bellows and Positive to positive prints flue pipes, from 12th century to 16th BT Photographic prints century SN Photographic prints produced through a process where the print is made directly Portfolios from positive film, without creating a BT Containers negative from the film. Brand names include Cibachrome(Ciba-geigy), SN Portable containers for loose papers, Ilfochrome(Ciba-geigy) and R3(Kodak). prints etc., usually containing examples of the works of a particular person. Positive transparencies Portrait lenses USE Photographic transparencies
BT Lenses Positives Portrait medallions BT Photographs
BT Medallions NT Ambrotypes Portraits Direct positives Dry plate positives Portrait miniatures Glass plate positives BT Miniature paintings Holograms Portraits Photographic transparencies RT Miniature photographs RT Photomechanical prints
SN Photographs other than photomechanical Portrait photographs prints in which the tones or colours BT Photographs correspond to (ie. are not reversed from) Portraits their appearance in nature. SN Photographs which are primarily portraits. Posographs BT Exposure calculators Portraits SN Elaborate exposure calculators taking into BT Artworks account month, time, lens aperture, state of the sky, lighting of the subject, and type NT Portrait medallions of scene. A pointer gives the exposure for Portrait miniatures four different plate speeds. Portrait photographs Possums Self-portraits BT Australian animals RT Miniature paintings
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Post-horns NT Franking machines
BT Musical horns Letterboxes Mail bag tags SN Simple brass instruments without keys, formerly used by coachmen on Mail bags post-chaises (hired coaches drawn by Postboxes horses changed at each stage, used for Postcode sorting equipment rapid travelling in the 18th and early 19th centuries). Postmarkers Postmarking equipment Post office buildings
BT Official buildings Postal lettercards
USE Lettercards Postage stamp albums
USE Philatelic albums Postal lettersheets USE Lettersheets Postage stamp dies
BT Printing dies Postal notes BT Postal documents RT Postage stamps SN Orders for the payment of a small amount of money, bought from and generally Postage stamp packs cashed at a post office. BT Postal products Postal orders RT Postage stamps BT Postal documents SN Packs of stamps, usually designed to show a series of stamps. Postal packaging
Postage stamp sheets BT Packaging BT Postage stamps Postal products
Postage stamps BT Objects BT Adhesive stamps NT Philatelic kits Postal products Postage stamp packs NT Postage stamp sheets Postage stamps Postal documents Postal documents Stamp essays BT Documents Postal products Stamp packaging
NT Money orders RT Philately Pigeongrams Postal notes Postal stationery Postal orders BT Postal documents Stationery Postal stationery Telegrams NT Aerograms Air letters Postal equipment Airmail labels
BT Equipment Airmail paper
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NT Envelopes NT Advertising posters Imagegrams Art posters Lettercards Cinema posters Lettersheets Community posters Postcards Event posters
RT Airmail envelopes Political posters
SN The range of papers and stationery used for sending letters and information Postmarkers through the postal system. BT Postal equipment
Postal technology SN Devices (manual or electronic) for stamping postmarks onto letters and USE Postal equipment parcels.
Postboxes Postmarking equipment
BT Boxes BT Postal equipment Postal equipment
RT Letterboxes Postpaks
SN Public boxes for posting mail. For private USE Postal packaging boxes for the receipt of mail, use Letterboxes. Pot brushes Postcard albums USE Saucepan brushes
BT Albums Pot cupboards Postcards USE Night cupboards
BT Cards Postal stationery Pot holders
NT Advertising postcards BT Kitchen equipment Maximum cards NT Oven mitts Photographic postcards SN Padded cloths used to protect the hands RT Lettercards when handling hot containers.
SN Cards of standard size, often having a photograph, picture, etc., on one side, on Pot lids which a message may be written and sent BT Lids by post. RT Pomade jars
Postcode sorting equipment SN A pottery cover for a circular shallow BT Postal equipment container (often a pomade pot), generally decorated with a polychrome transfer Sorting equipment printed design. Pot lids came principally from F & R Pratt of Fenton, Staffordshire, Poster stamps and were made by them between 1846 and BT Advertising stamps 1880.
SN Advertisements in stamp form derived Pot plant holders from an advertising poster. BT Gardening equipment Posters Holders
BT Documents
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Pot plant stands BT Containers
BT Gardening equipment NT Chamber pots Stands Chocolate pots Coffeepots Pot scourers Cooking pots BT Cleaning equipment Flowerpots Fluxing pots Pot stands Gallipots BT Kitchen equipment Glue pots Tableware Ink pots RT Trivets Lidded pots SN Cloths or mats placed on a table or Mustard pots kitchen surface to protect it from hot Opium pots containers. Pipkins Pot sticks Pounce pots
USE Copper sticks Rouge pots Teapots Potato chip cutters Wine pots RT Kitchenware BT Kitchenware SN Vessels of many shapes and sizes, generally of of circular section, and Potato mashers employed for a variety of purposes. BT Food mashers Pottery equipment
Potato peelers BT Occupation-based equipment
BT Vegetable peelers NT Clay test samples Glaze test samples Potentiometers Kiln furniture
BT Meters Kilns Pottery tools SN Instruments for measuring electromotive force or difference in potential between Pottery wheels two points in a circuit; the measurement is made without drawing electric current. Pottery tools
Potpourri jars BT Pottery equipment Tools BT Cosmetics jars
SN Jars used for storing either wet or dry Pottery wheels potpourri. BT Pottery equipment Wheels Potpourri vases SN Devices with a rotating horizontal disc BT Vases upon which clay is moulded by a potter.
SN A vase which is characterised by pierced decoration on the shoulder or cover, or Potties both. It is used for holding pot pourri. USE Chamber pots
Pots
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Potts irons Power generators
USE Mrs Potts irons USE Electric generators
Pouches Power shovels
BT Bags BT Construction equipment
NT Belt pouches SN Self-propelled, power-operated machines used to excavate or load soil or debris. Money pouches Opium pouches Practice instruments RT Purses BT Musical instruments
Poultry Prams BT Birds BT Baby accessories Carriages Pounce pots SN Small four-wheeled vehicles pushed from behind, used for carrying babies. BT Pots Writing equipment Prawns SN Small containers with a perforated cover for sprinkling pounce, a fine powder of BT Crustaceans gum sandarac formerly used on parchment to prepare it for writing. Praxinoscope film Pound coins BT Cinematographic film
BT Coins RT Praxinoscopes
NT Five pound coins SN Paper strips of animated sequences for use in praxinoscopes. Three pound coins
Two pound coins Praxinoscopes SN The major currency unit of Great Britain. BT Cinematographic viewers
Powder compacts RT Praxinoscope film
BT Face powder containers SN Improved zoetropes for viewing animation. Movement sequence drawings mounted on the inner wall of a revolving Powder flasks circular drum face the centre. The drum BT Firearms accessories has as many mirrored facets as there are Flasks drawings and the spectator looks through a mask that restricts the view to the area SN Containers for gunpowder of a single mirror.
Powder horns Praxioscope film
USE Powder flasks USE Praxinoscope film
Powder puffs Praxioscopes
BT Cosmetics brushes USE Praxinoscopes
RT Face powders Prayer beads SN Soft feathery balls or pads, for applying powder to the skin. BT Ceremonial jewellery
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BT Religious objects Pregnancy test kits Strings of beads BT Medical kits NT Rosary beads
Prayer boards Prehistoric stone tools USE Stone tools BT Religious objects
SN Used as an alternative to prayer carpets in homes in the Swat Valley, northern Preparatory drawings Pakistan, mainly by women. At prayer BT Art drawings time, they were placed on the floor with the pointed end towards Mecca. After prayer, they were leant against the wall. Prescription books
BT Books Prayer books Medical records BT Religious books SN Books for a direction usually written by a doctor to the pharmacist for the preparation and use of a medicine or Prayer boxes remedy. BT Boxes Religious objects Presentation bowls
BT Bowls Prayer canopies Presentation pieces BT Ceremonial textiles Presentation boxes Prayer cards BT Boxes Presentation containers BT Cards SN Boxes, usually wooden and lined with Religious objects fabric, for presenting a valuable item.
Prayer mats Presentation cases USE Prayer rugs BT Cases Presentation containers Prayer rugs
BT Ceremonial textiles Presentation containers Floor rugs BT Ceremonial objects Containers
Prayer sticks NT Presentation boxes BT Religious objects Presentation cases Presentation folders Prayer wheels RT Presentation pieces
BT Religious objects SN Ceremonial containers in which to present objects to people, e.g. boxes, cases, folders SN Wheels or cylinders inscribed with or containing prayers, used chiefly by Tibetan Buddhists. Presentation cups BT Cups Precious stones Presentation pieces
BT Stones RT Commemorative cups
SN Cups presented to mark an event or achievement, usually engraved
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Presentation folders SN Official statements giving information for publication in the press. BT Folders Presentation containers Presses
BT Equipment Presentation mallets NT Bookbinding presses BT Presentation pieces Brick presses
Presentation pieces Cigar-making presses Clicking presses BT Ceremonial objects Coin presses Commemorative objects Grape presses NT Presentation bowls Screw presses Presentation cups Toggle presses Presentation mallets
Presentation trays Pressure cookers Presentation trowels BT Cooking pots Presentation vases SN Strong closed vessels in which food is RT Presentation containers cooked above the normal boiling point under pressure. Presentation silver Pressure gauges USE Presentation pieces BT Gauges
Presentation trays NT Air pressure gauges
BT Presentation pieces Price lists Presentation trowels BT Lists
BT Presentation pieces Pricker pads Presentation vases USE Tool pads
BT Presentation pieces Prickers
Preserving bottles BT Lacemaking equipment Piercing tools USE Food preserving bottles
Prickings Preserving jars BT Lacemaking patterns USE Food preserving jars SN Working patterns used by lacemakers
Press clippings Prime movers BT Documents BT Trucks
NT Magazine clippings SN Powerful motor vehicles designed to draw Newspaper clippings a trailer or transporter.
Press releases Primitive money
BT Documents BT Money
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NT Hoe money NT Printing machines Ring money Silk-screens Shell money Printing machines
Print meters BT Machines BT Meters Printing equipment Photographic processing equipment NT Braille printers SN Devices used in processing for estimating Composing machines the exposure of prints by processes which Computer printers give no visible image during the exposure, specifically bromide papers, platinotype Contact printers and carbon tissues. Embossing machines Printing presses Print rollers Teleprinters BT Photographic processing equipment Ticket printers RT Photographic prints SN A broad category of machines which produce printed output. Where possible, SN Hand-held rollers used for finishing use a specific type of printer rather than photographic prints, especially for giving a this general term. textured effect on products such as lacquers and gelatine substances applied to the print after processing. Printing plates BT Printing accessories Printing accessories
BT Printing equipment Printing press
NT Printing dies USE Printing presses Printing plates Printing stones Printing presses
Type pieces BT Printing machines
Printing blocks NT Albion presses
BT Printing equipment Printing stones
BT Printing accessories Printing dies
BT Dies Prints Printing accessories BT Artworks NT Duty stamp dies Postage stamp dies NT Diazo prints Dyeline prints Printing equipment Fashion plates BT Equipment Intaglio prints
NT Flongs Lithographs Ink Monotypes Paper perforating machines Offset prints Paper testing machines Photographic prints Printing accessories Relief prints Printing blocks Stencil prints
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SN Images produced by transfer from a block, Profile tools plate, stone, screen or other medium onto paper or cloth. BT Tools
NT Jigs Prisms Stencils BT Lenses Templates NT Analysers Tool guides Polarisers SN Guides used to set out or block work accurately. Where possible, specify the Prize certificates type of tool rather than this broad general term. BT Certificates Prizes Programmable calculators
BT Electronic calculators Prize ribbons SN Electronic calculators that have some BT Prizes provision for changing their internal Ribbons program, usually by inserting a new magnetic card on which the desired Prizes calculating program has been stored.
BT Awards Programmes
NT Prize certificates USE Programs Prize ribbons Sports medals Programs
BT Documents Probates Performing arts equipment BT Legal documents NT Cinema programs
RT Wills Circus programs
SN Documents issued by courts certifying Dance programs that a will has been proved as valid, and Music programs authorising an executor for the will. Theatre programs Proceedings Projectile weapons BT Reports BT Weapons SN Records of the events at meetings, conferences etc NT Boomerangs Catapults Process prints Harpoons USE Photomechanical prints Slingshots
Processing trays Projectiles
USE Developing trays USE Projectile weapons
Proclamation coins Projector components
BT Coins BT Machinery components
NT Johanna coins RT Projectors SN Use for currencies designated by Governor KIng in 1800 as legal tender in NSW.
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Projector lamps SN Toys, often associated with television or cartoon series, intended to promote a BT Lamps product. Photographic viewing equipment Proof sets
Projector lenses USE Coin proof sets BT Photographic lenses
RT Projectors Proof sheets USE Contact prints Projectors
BT Photographic viewing equipment Propellers BT Vehicle components NT Epidiascopes Magic lanterns Propelling pencils Movie projectors BT Pencils Slide projectors SN Pencils whose lead is projected by a screw Promissory notes or other device.
BT Financial records Proportional compasses SN Written promises to pay a specified sum of BT Drafting compasses money to a person designated at a fixed time. SN Compasses with two legs, pointed at both ends, and an adjustable pivot. Distances Promotional dolls measured by the points at one end can be marked off in proportion by the points at BT Dolls the other end. Promotional material
RT Toy figures Proportional dividers
SN Dolls used for promoting goods or USE Proportional compasses products, or created in conjunction with a product being marketed. Props
Promotional material BT Display equipment
BT Objects NT Circus props
NT Media kits SN Objects or items used in performance or display to support the main activity or Promotional dolls objects displayed. Promotional packs
RT Advertisements Prostheses BT Health and medical equipment Promotional packs NT Artificial arms BT Promotional material Dentures Electrolarynx Promotional toys Intra ocular lenses BT Toys Surgical implants
RT Toy figures Protective clothing
BT Clothing
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BT Safety equipment Pub mirrors NT Codpieces BT Advertisements Cricket boxes Mirrors Hard hats Helmets Pub paintings
Lab coats BT Advertisements Overalls Paintings Raincoats RT Pub mirrors
Rash vests SN painted mirrors and glass panels used in Shin guards pubs to promote beer brands Sun hats Pubic covers Surgical gloves BT Personal adornments Surgical gowns SN Covers used by aboriginal people made Surgical masks from various things including grass, Work aprons string, human hair string and shells.
Protective masks Publicity kits
BT Masks USE Promotional packs SN Masks worn on the face to protect against allergens, irritants, poisonous gases, etc. Pudding basins
Prototypes BT Basins Kitchenware BT Design models Pudding boilers Provisional notes BT Cooking boilers BT Banknotes SN Cooking boilers with lift out trays used for SN Notes issued by a government which rules boiling puddings in bags. provisionally until confirmed or removed by democratic elections. Pudding cloths
BT Cloths Prying rods Kitchenware USE Flagging irons RT Pudding boilers
SN Cloth bags used for boiling puddings. Prying tools
BT Tools Pudding dishes
NT Chincing irons USE Pudding basins Flagging irons Picks Pudding mixes
BT Foodstuffs Psaltery
USE Dulcimers Pudding moulds
BT Food moulds Pu money
USE Spade money Pudding pans
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USE Pudding basins Pump augers
USE Taper augers Pudding tins
USE Food storage cans Pump controllers
BT Regulators Pull along toys RT Pumps USE Pull-along toys
Pump drills Pull-along toys BT Drills BT Toys Masonry tools NT Toy carts SN Primitive drills driven by a cord wound round its spindle which imparts a reciprocating motion. They are used for Pull toys drilling hard substances such as stone or USE Pull-along toys metal.
Pumping engines Pulley blocks BT Stationary engines BT Lifting equipment NT Cornish engines RT Pulleys SN Stationary engines which drive a pump or SN Frames that contain one or more pulleys, are combined with a pump. for guiding the tail cords. Pumps Pulley boxes BT Hydraulic equipment USE Pulley blocks NT Bicycle pumps
Pulley sheaves Medical pumps Petrol pumps USE Pulleys Rotary pumps Vacuum pumps Pulley wheels RT Pumping engines USE Pulleys
Punch bowls Pulleys USE Punchbowls BT Lifting equipment
SN Wheels with a flat, round or grooved rim Punch time clocks that rotate on a shaft and carry a flat belt, V-belt, rope or chain to transmit motion USE Bundy clocks and energy.
Punchbowls Pumice soap BT Bowls BT Soap
RT Cleaning products Punches SN Soap made from a porous or spongy form BT Marking tools of volcanic glass, used, especially when powdered, as an abrasive, etc. NT Coopering punches Starting punches
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SN Tools, usually in the form of a steel rod NT Stocking purses whose end may take a variety of shapes, Wallets used to make indentations or perforations in various materials. SN Small bags, pouches or cases for carrying money on the person. Punches, starting Push along toys USE Starting punches USE Push-along toys
Punishment equipment Push-along toys BT Equipment BT Toys NT Balls and chains RT Pull-along toys Cat-o'-nine-tails Handcuffs Push drills Hanging ropes BT Drills Leg irons
School canes RT Archimedean drills
Stocks SN Hand drills of Archimedean type enclosed Thumbscrews in a tube and driven by pressure on the handle. Punt guns Pushbikes USE Shotguns USE Bicycles
Puppet theatres Pushers BT Puppetry equipment USE Strollers
Puppetry equipment Puzzles BT Recreational equipment BT Games NT Puppet theatres NT Chinese puzzles Puppets Jigsaw puzzles Puppets Tray puzzles RT Toys BT Puppetry equipment Toys
NT Glove puppets Pyjamas Muppets BT Nightwear SN Nightclothes consisting of loose trousers Purchase orders and jackets
BT Administrative records Pyrometers RT Financial records BT Measuring instruments
SN Apparatus for determining high Purses temperatures which depends commonly on BT Clothing accessories observation of colour or measurement of electric current produced by heating of Holders dissimilar metals. Money accessories Personal effects
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Pyrometric cones Quarter florins
BT Kiln furniture BT Florins
Pyx Quarter franc coins
BT Religious objects BT Franc coins
SN Christianity: boxes or vessels in which the reserved Eucharist or Host is kept. Quarter kopek coins
BT Kopek coins Qirsh coins
BT Coins Quarter noble coins SN Turkish/Egyptian coins. BT Noble coins
Quadrants Quarter nobles BT Measuring instruments USE Quarter noble coins SN Instruments for measuring altitude of celestial bodies, consisting of a 90° graduated arc with a movable radius for Quarter plate cameras measuring angles. BT Plate cameras
Quails RT Quarter plates
BT Birds SN Cameras that used daguerreotype metal plates that were a quarter of the size of standard full plates, ie 3.25 x 4.25 inches. Quarry tiles BT Floor tiles Quarter plates
SN Baked clay paving tiles, usually square BT Photographic plates and unglazed. RT Quarter plate cameras
Quarter anna coins SN Photographic plates used in quarter plate cameras, measuring 3.25 x 4.25 inches. BT Anna coins
Quarter real coins Quarter cent coins BT Real coins BT Cent coins
Quill pens Quarter dollar coins BT Pens BT Dollar coins
Quilt covers Quarter falus coins BT Bed linen BT Falus coins
Quilts Quarter farthings BT Bedcovers BT Penny coins RT Waggas
Quarter florin coins Quivers USE Quarter florins
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BT Archery equipment Radiation meters SN Cases or containers for holding arrows. BT Meters Safety equipment
Rabbet planes RT Geiger counters BT Grooving planes
RT Fillisters Radiators
SN Wood or metal planes which are flat BT Heating equipment across the sole, in which the cutting iron NT Electric radiators extends to the extreme edge on one or both sides, used to cut a rabbet (rebate) along the grain at the edge of the wood. Radio cabinets
BT Audio equipment Rabbit traps Cabinets BT Animal traps Pest traps Radio coils
BT Radio equipment Rabbits
BT Mammals Radio components
BT Components Rabetting planes RT USE Rabbet planes Radio equipment
Racloirs Radio equipment BT Audio equipment USE Stone scrapers
NT Crystal detectors Racquets Radio coils
BT Sports equipment Radio receivers Radio transceivers NT Battledores Radio transmitters Tennis racquets SN Light bats consisting of a network of cord Radio valves or nylon stretched in an elliptical frame, Radios used chiefly in playing ball games like RT Radio components tennis, badminton, etc.
Radar equipment Radio-frequency signal generators
BT Communications equipment USE Radio signal generators
Radial engines Radio receivers
BT Reciprocating aero-engines BT Radio equipment
SN Engines having cylinders grouped so that they resemble equally spaced radii of a Radio receiving licences circle. The cylinders are stationary and BT Legal documents the crankshaft rotates with the propeller.
Radiation detectors Radio signal generators
USE Radiation meters BT Signal generators
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RT Radios Rag dolls
SN Test instruments that generate the USE Cloth dolls various radio frequencies required for alignment and servicing of radio, television, and electronic equipment. Rag rugs BT Floor rugs Radio transceivers
BT Radio equipment Rail vehicles
NT Pedal wirelesses BT Vehicles SN Radios capable of transmitting and receiving signals NT Locomotives Railway carriages Radio transmitters Railway cars BT Radio equipment Trains Transmitters Trams
RT Toy rail vehicles Radio valves
BT Radio equipment Railway carriages Valves BT Carriages Rail vehicles Radiograms SN Passenger-carrying vehicle units on a BT Audio equipment railway.
SN Combined radio and gramophone. Railway cars Radiographs BT Rail vehicles
BT Photographs RT Toy railway cars SN RT Photograms Non-passenger vehicle units which run on a railway. SN Images produced on photographic film by a radiation other than light, especially Railway ephemera X-rays or gamma rays. BT Ephemera Radios BT Radio equipment Railway equipment
NT Car radios BT Transport equipment
Clock radios NT Railway signs Crystal receiving sets Railway sleepers Portable radios Railway tracks Transistor radios Signal boxes
Radiotherapy equipment Railway fare tables
USE X-ray equipment BT Information tables
Rafts Railway signs
BT Watercraft BT Railway equipment Signs
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SN The range of signs used in and around BT Firearms accessories railway stations, including station name SN Rods for ramming down the charge of a signs, railway signal box signs, timetable muzzle-loading firearm. signs, etc.
Railway sleepers Ranat eks BT Xylophones BT Railway equipment SN Thai wooden xylophones Railway tickets Rank badges BT Transport tickets BT Clothing accessories Identity devices Railway timetables SN Chinese, embroidered panels of fabric, BT Timetables sewn to officals' clothing and denoting rank of bearer through the type of symbols and animals represented. Railway tracks
BT Railway equipment Rapid rectilinear lenses BT Photographic lenses
Rain gauges SN Symmetrical photographic lenses for reducing distortion. Each half consists of BT Gauges a cemented doublet with all three surfaces RT Measuring cylinders concave towards the central stop.
SN Instruments for measuring rainfall. Rapiers
BT Swords Raincoats
BT Coats Protective clothing Rappen coins BT Coins RT Umbrellas
SN Waterproof coats worn as protection from SN The smallest unit of Swiss coinage, in rain. common use since the middle ages.
Raising irons Rash vests
USE Coopering vices BT Protective clothing SN T-shirts or long-sleeved tops originally Rakes designed to protect surfers from chafing against their boards, subsequently BT Tools designed to protect swimmers from ultra-violet radiation. NT Gardening rakes Hay rakes Rasps
BT Cutting tools Ramekins RT BT Baking dishes paper files SN File-like tools of hardened steel with teeth rather than grooves. They are used for the Ramheads preliminary shaping of curved surfaces. USE Froes Rat-traps Ramrods BT Animal traps
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BT Pest traps Razor blades RT Mouse traps BT Shaving equipment
SN Flat pieces of metal, usually with two Ratchet braces sharp edges, used in safety razors. BT Woodworking braces Razors SN Braces with a ratchet-driven chuck, permitting use in confined spaces where BT Shaving equipment complete circular sweeps of an ordinary brace would be impossible. NT Cut-throat razors Electric shavers Ratchet exposure shutters Folding razors USE Camera shutters Safety razors SN Sharp-edged instruments used for shaving hair from the skin. Ratchet screwdrivers BT Screwdrivers Real coins
BT Coins Ration cards NT Eight real coins BT Cards Five tenths real coins RT Grocery coupons Four real coins SN Cards entitling the holder to receive Half real coins rations (fixed allowances of provisions or One eighth real coins food). One real coins Rats One tenth real coins
BT Rodents Quarter real coins Ten real coins
Rattles Two real coins SN Silver coins introduced almost at the same BT Objects time (mid-14th century) in Spain and Portugal. NT Baby rattles Cog rattles Reales
RT Percussion instruments USE Real coins SN Instruments contrived to make rattling sounds. Reamers (taper augers) Razor blade injectors USE Taper augers
BT Shaving equipment Reapers RT Razor blades BT Agricultural machines SN Instruments to inject razor blades into certain types of safety razors Rebate planes
Razor blade sharpeners USE Rabbet planes BT Sharpeners Shaving equipment Rebate routers NT Strops USE Boxing routers RT Razor blades
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Reboilers Record covers
USE Boilers BT Audio equipment Covers Receipts Packaging
BT Sales records Record players
BT Audio equipment Recipe books SN Turntable player for vinyl long play disc BT Instruction books records (LPs) or 45s. SN Books containing instructions for cooking. Recorders Reciprocating aero-engines BT Flutes
BT Aero-engines SN Soft toned flutes with plug in mouth piece, Piston engines played in vertical position
NT Radial engines Recording thermometers Rotary radial engines BT Thermometers SN Fuel-burning internal-combustion engines specifically designed and built for light SN Thermometers that indicate and record weight in proportion to developed shaft temperature. horsepower. The reciprocating engine drives a propeller that imparts forward Records (documents) momentum to the aeroplane or helicopter. USE Documents Reciprocating aircraft engines
USE Reciprocating aero-engines Recreational equipment
BT Objects Reciprocating drills NT Camping equipment USE Push drills Dice Diving equipment Reciprocating engines Exercise equipment BT Piston engines Fishing equipment SN Piston engines transmitting power via a Frisbees reciprocating motion. Gambling equipment Nautical equipment Reciprocating steam engines Picnic equipment USE Steam engines Puppetry equipment Skateboards Reclining chairs Skates BT Chairs Sports equipment Swimming equipment Record albums Trampolines
USE Audio records RT Horse riding equipment
Record cleaners
BT Audio equipment accessories Cleaning equipment
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SN A general term which describes many Reel stands varieties of equipment used for sporting, leisure or recreational purposes. This BT Reel holders broad term is included only as a place-holder for hierarchy purposes and is not to be used to describe individual Reel-to-reel audio tapes objects; instead use the specific type of BT Audio tapes equipment from the list below, or where possible name a specific object. Reel-to-reel tape recorders
Recruiting cards BT Audio equipment BT Cards Reference books
Rectifiers BT Books BT Electric converters NT Dictionaries NT Mercury arc rectifiers SN Publications consulted to identify certain SN Apparatus which permit an alternating facts or for background information, such electrical current to flow in one direction, as encyclopaedias, dictionaries, atlases, without an intermediate transformation of etc. energy. Reflecting dynamometers
Rectilinear lenses BT Dynamometers USE Rapid rectilinear lenses Reflector Lights
Reed organs BT Studio lighting equipment Organs BT SN Lights for television and photographic filming NT Harmoniums
Melophones Reflex bows Organettes BT Archery bows SN Organs which exclusively employ free reeds; in particular the American organ SN Curved Chinese archery bows used from which draws air through the reeds from the Ming period. above by suction. Reflex cameras Reeds BT Film cameras BT Wind instrument components NT Single lens reflex cameras Twin lens reflex cameras Reel boxes RT Box cameras BT Reel holders SN Cameras with a viewfinder system that uses a mirror to give an upright image of Reel holders the scene as it appears in the lens.
BT Textileworking equipment Refractometers NT Reel boxes BT Meters Reel stands Spool knaves
RT Sewing equipment
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SN Instruments for determining the Refrigerators refractive index (a specific property of a material equal to the ratio of the velocity BT Coolers of light - or other electromagnetic Kitchen equipment vibration - in a vacuum to its velocity in NT Ice chests that material) of a material.
Refractory equipment Regalia
BT Equipment BT Personal effects
NT Crucible covers NT Academic regalia Crucible stands Registers Crucible tongs BT Books Crucibles Business records Firebricks SN Books in which entries of acts, Fluxing pots occurrences, names or the like are made Forges for record. Furnace tongs Regulator clocks Furnaces BT Astronomical equipment Industrial ovens Clocks Kiln furniture Kilns Regulators Muffles BT Machinery components Retorts NT Pump controllers RT Metallurgical equipment
SN Equipment able to withstand high temperatures, used in industrial processes Reichspfennig coins (metallurgy, glass making, brick making, BT Pfennig coins etc)
Refrigerator evaporators Reindeer
BT Machines BT Deer
SN Cooling units used in the vapor-compression cycle of refrigeration. Reindeers Plain pipe coils or finned coils, with or BT Mammals without forced circulation of the fluid being cooled, are commonly used. Shell-and-tube coolers, or tanks with Reins wetted or submerged cooling coils, are frequently used where water or brine is USE Horse tack circulated as a secondary cooling medium. Reis coins Refrigerator magnets BT Coins BT Magnets Ornaments NT Five reis coins SN A refrigerator magnet is an ornament Ten reis coins attached to a magnet that is used to post Twenty reis coins items such as shopping lists or report cards on a refrigerator, or simply as decoration (Wikipedia.org). Relays BT Electronic equipment
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SN Devices by means of which a change of Religious objects current or voltage in one circuit can be made to produce a change in the electrical BT Ceremonial objects condition of another circuit. NT Altarcloths Relief etchings Altarpieces
BT Relief prints Altars Bible boxes SN Prints produced by a method of etching plates for relief printing (ordinary etching Chalices being in intaglio). The design is drawn on Christening cups the plate in an acid-resisting varnish. The Christening mugs plate is then immersed in acid which eats away the unprotected parts so that the Collection plates design stands out in relief and prints can Communion sets be taken in the same way as a wood-block Crosiers print. Crucifixes Relief prints Dorjes
BT Prints Incense Incense burners NT Linocuts Patens Metal cuts Prayer beads Relief etchings Prayer boards Wood engravings Prayer boxes Wood-block prints Prayer cards Woodcuts SN Prints produced by processes where the Prayer sticks non-printing areas of the block or plate Prayer wheels are carved, engraved or etched away. Pyx
Religious books Religious books Religious figures BT Books Reliquaries Religious objects Shrines NT Bibles
Prayer books Reliquaries
Religious buildings BT Containers Religious objects BT Buildings RT Shrines NT Churches SN Containers for safeguarding or exhibiting Synagogues the relics of a saint. Temples Remote control transmitters
Religious figures BT Control equipment BT Figures Transmitters Religious objects Rending axes RT Apostle spoons USE Froes SN Representations of people, animals or religious beings, used for religious purposes. Repair kits
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BT Tools Reproductions
NT Bicycle repair kits USE Replicas Lawn-mower repair kits Reptiles Repair manuals BT Animals USE Maintenance manuals NT Crocodiles
Repeating back cameras Lizards Snakes BT Cameras Tortoises SN Cameras with a repeating back, a movable Turtles back or film holder that accepts film at least twice the size of the picture format and can be shifted between exposures to Rescue boats permit recording more than one image. BT Boats They are used for some kinds of portrait work, and to obtain multiple original NT Lifeboats negatives for high-volume production of Surf rescue boats duplicate images. Surfboats Repeating circles SN A general term applied to craft used in water emergencies. Where possible, BT Measuring instruments specify the type of boat used. SN Instruments used to measure angles, in order to ascertain bearings of distant Reseau plates objects, e.g. stars. USE Reseaux
Replica banknotes Reseaux BT Paper money BT Astronomical equipment SN ... SN Glass plates with a network of fine lines, used in a photographic telescope in order Replicas to produce a corresponding network (for BT Full scale models measuring purposes) on photographs of the stars. NT Electrotype reproductions
RT Models Residential buildings
SN Full size, exact copies of original objects, BT Buildings sometimes made by the maker of the NT Houses original, but not intended as frauds. Use this term in conjunction with objects to indicate a replica of that object, eg for Resistors replicas of coins, use `Coins' and BT Electronic equipment `Replicas'.
Reports Resonator guitars
BT Documents BT Guitars
NT Annual reports Financial reports Resophonic guitars Proceedings USE Arched top guitars
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Respirators Reversal film
BT Health and medical equipment BT Camera film
SN Camera film giving negatives and prints. Resuscitation equipment
BT Health and medical equipment Reversing engines
SN Equipment used to assist or re-start BT Engines breathing. NT Link reversing engines Retail equipment Marine engines RT Locomotive engines USE Retailing equipment SN Engines in which the direction of rotation can be reversed, allowing the vessel or Retailing equipment locomotive to move backwards and BT Occupation-based equipment forwards with ease.
NT Butchers blocks Revolvers Cash registers BT Firearms Confectionery jars NT Centre-fire revolvers Dispensers Percussion revolvers Grocery coupons Pinfire revolvers Milkshake mixers Pocket revolvers Paper dispensers Rimfire revolvers Shop display equipment SN Firearms having a revolving chambered Shop fittings cylinder for holding a number of cartridges which may be discharged in Retorts succession without reloading.
BT Laboratory equipment Rheostats Refractory equipment BT Electrical equipment
Revenue stamps SN Variable electrical resistors. BT Cinderella stamps
SN Adhesive non-postage stamps affixed to Ribbon bars documents to denote payment of state or BT Military decorations federal taxes, e.g. patent fees, income tax, Ribbons betting tax, cattle duty ...
Ribbons Reverb plates BT Textiles USE Reverberation units NT Medal ribbons Reverb units Prize ribbons
USE Reverberation units Ribbon bars Wrapping ribbons Reverberation units RT Textile tapes
BT Audio equipment SN Woven strips of fine material, finished off at the edges, used for ornament, tying etc. SN electronic devices for adding reverberation to amplified music Rice
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BT Foodstuffs Riding skirts
RT Rice containers BT Riding habits Skirts Rice boilers Riding toys BT Cooking boilers USE Ride-on toys SN Covered utensils for boiling rice; sometimes as double boilers, sometimes to form rice moulds. Riding whips
BT Horse riding equipment Rice containers Whips BT Food storage containers SN Short whips used for horse riding
RT Rice Rifle grips
Rice cookers USE Hand grips
USE Rice boilers Rifles
Rickshaws BT Firearms
BT Vehicles NT Bolt action rifles Breechloading rifles Ride-on toys Flintlock rifles
BT Toys Lever action rifles Matchlock rifles NT Carousel horses Percussion rifles Childrens carts Sporting rifles Pedal toys Wheel-lock rifles Rocking horses RT Shotguns Scooters Tricycles Right-angle gauges Riding boots USE Try squares
BT Boots Horse riding equipment Rigid fans
Sports footwear BT Fans RT Spurs NT Screen fans
Riding crops Riksdaler coins USE Riding whips BT Coins
SN Related to the Thaler coins of Riding habits Austria/Hungary. BT Horse riding equipment Sports clothing Rimers
NT Riding skirts USE Taper augers SN Women's riding outfits. Rimfire firearms
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BT Firearms BT Clothing
NT Rimfire revolvers NT Coronation robes Mandarin robes Rimfire revolvers
BT Revolvers Robot Rimfire firearms USE Robots
Ring money Robots BT Primitive money BT Machines SN Metal rings used as one of the earliest forms of a circulating medium based on RT Toy robots weight, eg. England, Ireland, Scandinavia, SN Mechanical, self-controlling apparatus Japan. designed to carry out a specific task, normally performed by a person. Rings
BT Objects Rock carvings BT Carvings NT Finger rings Key rings Rockers Tie rings USE Rocking chairs Rivet punches
USE Starting punches Rocket engines BT Aero-engines Rivets Internal-combustion engines Space hardware BT Fasteners SN Engines that develop thrust for rocket Hardware power by reaction to the ejection of matter SN Small cylindrical pieces of soft metal, used created by the combustion of a fuel to fasten two metal plates or a metal plate (propellant) within the engine. and a piece of wood together. Rocket transporters Rivetting punches BT Trailers USE Starting punches RT Prime movers Road maps SN Large trailers designed to pull or move rockets, generally by being attached to a BT Maps prime mover.
NT Street directories Rockets Road signs BT Spacecraft
BT Signs NT Booster rockets Traffic control equipment RT Guided missiles
Roasting dishes Rocking chairs USE Baking dishes BT Chairs
Robes Rocking horses
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BT Ride-on toys SN A pair of rollerskates designed to imitate Rocking toys ice-skates with a single row of rollers instead of a skate. RT Horses Roller blind shutters Rocking toys BT Camera shutters BT Toys SN A type of camera shutter usually, but not always fixed in front of the lens. NT Rocking horses
RT Centre of gravity toys Roller skates
USE Roller-skates Rocks
BT Objects Roller-skates
NT Meteorites BT Skates Stalactites Stalactites and stalagmites Rollerskates
RT Geological specimens USE Roller-skates
Rodents Rollfilm
BT Mammals USE Roll film
NT Rats Rolling clocks
Roll film BT Clocks
BT Camera film SN A form of gravity clock that is drum-shaped and rolls slowly down an RT Roll film cameras inclined board. The hand remains still and SN Light sensitive, unsprocketed film, usually hour numerals turn with the case. In 120 and 220 size, that is rolled in wider, modern versions the dial remains light-proof backing paper. The film is stationary and the hands turn normally. stretched to a take-up spool on the far side When the clock reaches the bottom of the of the camera, which can be removed for inclined plane it is replaced at the top by processing after the last exposure. hand. The inclined track is often marked with days of the week. Roll film aprons Rolling Mills USE Film aprons USE Metals processing machines Roll film cameras Rolling pins BT Film cameras BT Kitchenware SN Cameras which use roll film and usually produce a picture three to five times SN Cylinders of wood or other material for larger than 35mm cameras. rolling out pastry, etc
Rolled section angles Rolling stock
USE Angle bars USE Rail vehicles
Roller-blades Roof bosses
BT Skates USE Ceiling bosses
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Roof finials BT Ryal coins
BT Finials Roses SN The ornamental termination of roof BT Plants pinnacles, gables, etc., usually foliated.
Roof tiles Rosewater bowls
BT Tiles BT Bowls Tableware Roofs RT Fingerbowls
BT Architectural elements SN Large ablution bowls, without handles, usually with an accompanying stand. NT Bargeboards They are filled with perfumed water for diners to rinse their fingers at the table. Room dividers Rosters BT Furniture BT Documents
Room fresheners Rotary engines USE Air fresheners BT Internal-combustion engines
Roosters NT Wankel engines SN Internal-combustion engines that USE Chickens generate rotary motion directly, rather than converting reciprocating motion Ropes through a crankshaft. They consist of a rotor, usually three-lobed, which rotates BT Equipment within an oval casing containing inlet and exhaust ports for fuel. NT Hanging ropes Lassos Rotary hoes Nautical ropes BT Hoes Skipping-ropes
RT Cables Rotary piston engines
BT Piston engines Rosary beads
BT Prayer beads NT Sidelever paddle engines RT Rotary engines Rose bowls SN Engines that generate rotary motion by converting reciprocating motion through a BT Flower bowls crankshaft.
RT Flower holders Rotary pumps SN Bowls used to hold cut flowers. Usually having a pierced cover, or a removable BT Pumps flower holder, or a removable wire mesh through which to insert the flower stems. Such pieces are sometimes today called Rotary radial engines Flower Bowls. BT Reciprocating aero-engines
Rose noble coins
BT Noble coins
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SN Engines with the same shape as `Radial Rouge pots engines' but where the whole engine rotates around a stationary crankshaft, BT Pots and the propeller rotates with the engine rather than the crankshaft. Roulette wheels Rotary steam engines BT Gambling equipment
USE Steam turbines SN Revolving wheels used in game of chance, where players bet on which compartment a ball will roll into. Rotary wing aircraft
BT Aircraft Roulettes
NT Autogyros BT Engraving tools Helicopters SN Engraving tools having at one end a SN An aircraft wholly or partly supported in toothed wheel, used fot making dotted flight by rotors lines ot tonal areas on copper plates.
Rotating amplifiers Round planes
USE DC generators BT Moulding planes
RT Hollow planes
Rotating generators SN Planes with a convex blade for cutting BT Electric generators hollow moulding patterns. They are usually paired with hollow planes in a set. NT AC generators DC generators Round shaves
RT Commutators BT Coopering drawing knives
SN Electric generators having one or more SN Round blades curved in the form of a components capable of rotary movement. complete or part circle attached to a double or single handle. They are used for Rotorcraft levelling the joints between staves inside a cask and for cleaning the inside of a cask USE Rotary wing aircraft that has become foul.
Rotundas Rounding shaves
BT Buildings USE Round shaves
SN Small circular buildings such as bandstands, often with a domed roof. Roundsils
USE Compass planes Rouble coins
BT Coins Router planes SN The principal silver denomination of BT Planes Russia, introduced by Peter the Great in 1704. RT Routers
Roubles SN Planes used for cleaning out the bottom of wide grooves below the surface of wood, USE Rouble coins and for `depthing' a flat recess in a carving design. Rouge Routers BT Cosmetics BT Woodworking tools
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NT Coachbuilding routers Rugs SN Any of various tools and machines used BT Household textiles for routing, hollowing out, or furrowing. They typically resemble spokeshaves in NT Floor rugs outward appearance, but differ in most Knee rugs other respects, including their narrow, frequently profiled cutters. Use `Router Picnic rugs planes' for planes used for routing out a Travelling rugs depression in the surface of work. Rulers Rowboats BT Drafting instruments USE Rowing boats Measuring instruments
NT Folding rules Rowing boats Parallel rules BT Boats SN Strips of wood, metal, or other materials, with a graduated straight edge, used in NT Surfboats drawing lines, measuring, etc. RT Oars Ruling pens SN Small water craft propelled by oars. BT Drafting instruments Rowlocks Pens RT BT Nautical equipment Rulers SN Basic drafting implements used to inscribe lines of uniform thickness, Rubber ducks usually guided by a straight edge, curve or BT Bath toys template. Toy birds Rummers Rubber stamps BT Drinking glasses
BT Stamps (tools) RT Goblets
SN English drinking glasses, usually in the Rubbing boards form of a low goblet with a stemmed foot.
USE Washboards Runcorn jiggers
USE Jigger knives Rubbish bins
USE Garbage bins Runners
BT Household textiles Rubies
BT Gemstones NT Floor runners Table runners Rugby balls Rupee coins USE Footballs BT Coins
Rugmaking tools RT Anna coins
BT Textileworking equipment SN Principal silver coins of India. Tools Rupiah coins
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BT Coins USE Saddlecloths
Rush irons Saddlebags
USE Flagging irons BT Bags Horse tack Rush knives Saddlecloths USE Chincing irons BT Cloths Horse tack Rushing levers USE Flagging irons Saddles
BT Horse tack Rushmaking tools USE Basketmaking tools Saddletrees
BT Horse tack Ryal coins BT Coins Safari jackets
NT Rose noble coins USE Jackets SN English coins first struck under Edward IV in 1465, to the value of 10 shillings. Safari suits
Sabers USE Suits
USE Sabres Safe stands
Sabots BT Kitchen equipment Pest traps BT Clogs Stands SN Worn in rural France, type of clog carved SN Low circular vessels, usually ceramic in from one piece of wood sets of four to support food safe feet. Trough is filled with water to keep out Sabres ants and other insects
BT Swords Safes
NT Tulwars BT Security equipment SN Heavy one-edged swords, usually with a SN Steel or iron non-portable boxes or slightly curved blade, used especially by repositories for money, jewels, papers, etc. cavalry.
Saccharometers Safety equipment BT Equipment BT Hydrometers
SN Type of hydrometer, used for determining NT Child safety seats the concentration of a sugar solution by Ear plugs measuring its specific gravity. Earplugs Sad irons Gas detectors Gasmasks USE Flatirons Life jackets Lifeboats Saddle blankets Lifebuoys
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NT Lightning conductors Saifs
Mouthguards USE Swords Parachutes Protective clothing Sailboards Radiation meters BT Water sports equipment Safety glasses Watercraft Safety goggles SN Lightweight surfboard, equipped with a Safety signs mast and sail, on which the rider stands to manouvre the sail. Sun protection equipment Sailboats Safety glasses USE Sailing boats USE Safety goggles
Sailing boats Safety goggles BT Boats BT Safety equipment NT Yachts SN Small water craft which use sails and Safety matches wind power as their major means of BT Matches movement. For larger craft, use `Sailing ships'. RT Matchboxes
SN Matches designed to ignite only when Sailing equipment rubbed on specially prepared surfaces. BT Sailing ships Sports equipment Safety pins BT Pins Sailing ships
BT Ships Safety razors NT Sailing equipment BT Razors SN Large ships, usually multi-masted and NT Disposable shavers propelled by sails. For small boats using sails, use `Sailing boats'. SN Hair shavers in which the razor blade is enclosed by a guard to prevent the blade from cutting the skin. Sailmaking equipment BT Nautical equipment Safety signs RT Textileworking equipment BT Safety equipment Signs Sails Sagger pins BT Nautical equipment
BT Kiln furniture Sake Saggers BT Beverages
BT Kiln furniture SN A Japanese fermented drink made from rice. SN Protective cases of fireclay used to surround ceramic objects during firing in a kiln. Sake bottles BT Wine bottles
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Sake bowls Sales records
BT Wine cups BT Financial records
NT Dockets Sake dishes Hire purchase agreements USE Sake bowls Invoices Receipts Saki Vouchers USE Sake Salinity meters Salad bowls BT Meters
BT Bowls Tableware Salt casters
RT Salad servers USE Salt shakers
Salad forks Salt castors
BT Table forks USE Salt shakers
SN Dining forks for eating salad which are of medium length and have three or four flat Salt cellars tines. USE Saltcellars Salad plates
BT Plates Salt shakers BT Tableware SN A type of plate for salad, for use by an individual diner at a dinner table. SN Containers that store and dispense granulated salt for culinary use. Salad servers
BT Food servers Salt spoons BT Spoons SN A pair of implements to be used together for serving a salad, consisting of a spoon RT Saltcellars with a somewhat flattened bowl, and a fork having the same shape as the spoon SN Small spoons for serving salt from a except that the bowl has three flat prongs. saltcellar.
Salad spoons Saltcellars
BT Spoons BT Tableware
SN Low open containers for storing and Sales catalogues dispensing salt.
BT Catalogues Salvers
RT Advertisements BT Trays
SN Type of trays: (1) Glass: circular glass Sales of poison books dishes, or shallow bowls, usually with a pedestal foot. (2) Metalwork: flat serving BT Books utensils, without a handle. Medical records SN Books in which pharmacists and other Samisen lutes sellers of toxic substances recorded details of poisons sold to clients. USE Shamisens
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Sample bags Sandpaper
BT Bags BT Abrasives
SN Bags ditributed at shows by manufacturers containing product Sandshoes samples. BT Sports footwear
Samplers RT Sneakers
USE Textile samplers SN Rubber-soled canvas shoes, laced to fit the foot, worn especially for sports, Samples gymnastics, etc.
BT Objects Sangens
NT Chemical samples USE Shamisens Dye samples Mineral samples Sanitary belts
Swatches BT Belts Test samples Menstrual products Wallpaper samples
RT Specimens Sanitary equipment
SN Use this form heading to refer to objects BT Domestic equipment collected to exhibit the characteristics of NT Bedpans materials which have been made or processed (often to show some stage of the Bourdalous manufacturing sequence, rather than for Chamber pots the value of the object itself). Use in Commode chairs conjunction with the name of the object, ie for a plastics sample use `Plastics' and Commode pans `Samples'. For objects collected to exhibit Ewer and basin sets the characteristics of naturally occurring animal, plant or mineral forms, use Hand driers `Specimens'. Spittoons Toilet components San-hsiens Toilet paper BT Lutes Toilets SN Equipment pertaining to personal RT Shamisens hygiene. SN Chinese three-stringed plucked instruments with long necks and oval Sanitary pads shaped bodies. BT Menstrual products Sandals
BT Footwear Sanitary products
USE Menstrual products NT Evening sandals Thongs SN Kinds of shoes, consisting of a sole of Sapphires leather or other material fastened to the BT Gemstones foot by thongs or straps.
Sandglasses Saris
USE Hourglasses BT Clothing
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SN RT Sarongs Brushes, often made of fine wire, for scouring saucepans. SN Long pieces of cotton or silk, the principal outer garment of Hindu women, worn Saucepan lids round the body with one end over the head or shoulder. BT Lids
Sarongs RT Saucepans
BT Clothing Saucepans SN Lengths of cloth wrapped around the lower body and tucked in at waist. The BT Cooking pots principal garment for both sexes in the Malay archipelago and other areas. Saucer champagne glasses Sashes BT Champagne glasses
BT Clothing accessories SN Drinking glasses for champagne characterised by a shallow saucer-like SN Long bands or scarves of silk, etc., worn bowl resting on a stemmed foot. over one shoulder or round the waist, as by military officers as a part of the Saucer dishes costume, or by women and children for ornament. BT Dishes
SN Small dishes of concave form, usually Sashimi knives circular, commonly used in China to BT Kitchen knives contain food (instead of dishes with a well and a ledge which are purely a European shape). Satchels
BT Bags Saucers BT Tableware
Satellites RT Cups BT Spacecraft
NT Communication satellites Sauces SN Man-made devices, usually containing BT Foodstuffs recording and transmitting instruments, for launching into orbit round the earth, another planet, or the sun, for purposes of Saw benches communication, research, etc. USE Workbenches
Sauce boats Saw blades BT Tableware BT Tool components RT Argylls RT Saws SN Boat-shaped vessels for serving sauce or gravy, usually with a handle at one end and a pouring lip at the other. Saw horses
BT Supporting equipment Sauceboats
USE Sauce boats RT Saws SN Four-legged supports, usually used in pairs, made primarily to hold wood while Saucepan brushes being sawed. BT Cleaning brushes
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Saw sets RT Saxophones
USE Saw-setting tools Saxophones Saw-setting tools BT Woodwind instruments
BT Tools RT Saxophone components SN Tools designed to set saw teeth, i.e. to bend them sideways to left and right Scabbards alternately, so that they cut a groove a little wider than the blade and so reduce BT Edged weapons accessories friction. RT Sheaths Saw-tooth croze irons SN Cases or coverings for the blade of a sword, dagger, knife, or the like. USE Croze irons Scale models Sawbucks BT Models USE Saw horses NT Full scale models Large scale models Sawhorses Small scale models USE Saw horses SN A scale model is a representation or copy of an object. It may be larger, smaller or Sawing horses the same size as the object. Use a more specific narrower term if possible. USE Saw horses Scales
Sawmills USE Balances
BT Industrial buildings
SN Used for timber mills. Scalpels BT Surgical instruments Saws
BT Cutting tools Scaphe sundials
USE Sundials NT Bandsaws Chainsaws Jewellers saws Scarab beetles Metalworking saws USE Scarabs Trephines Woodworking saws Scarabs BT Beetles Sawsetting tools
USE Saw-setting tools Scarves
BT Clothing accessories Saxophone cases NT Fichus BT Musical instrument cases SN Long, broad strips of silk, wool, lace, etc., worn about the neck, shoulders, or head Saxophone components for ornament or protection.
BT Wind instrument components
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Scaupers School magazines
USE Scorpers BT Magazines School equipment Scent bags RT Childrens magazines
BT Personal effects School report cards SN Bags used to carry fragrant wood or a similar substance. Also known as "hebao". BT Cards School equipment Sceptres
BT Ceremonial objects School uniforms
SN Rods or wands borne in the hand as BT Childrens clothing emblems of power. School equipment Uniforms Schematic drawings SN Distinctive dress of uniform styles, materials, and colours worn by and BT Drawings identifying all the members of a school.
Schilling coins Schoolbooks
BT Coins USE Textbooks
School badges Schoolhouse clocks
BT Badges USE Drop dial clocks School equipment Schools School canes BT Buildings BT Punishment equipment School equipment Scientific equipment School cases BT Equipment
BT Cases NT Assaying equipment Astronomical equipment School desks Chemical equipment
BT Desks Gas detectors School equipment Gyroscopes Hydrological equipment School equipment Laboratory equipment BT Equipment Mathematical instruments
NT Blackboards Measuring instruments School badges Meteorological equipment School canes Microscopes School desks Polarographs School magazines Scientific models School report cards Spectrographs School uniforms Testing equipment
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SN This broad term is included only as a Scoops place-holder for hierarchy purposes and is not to be used to describe individual BT Kitchenware objects; instead use the specific type of equipment from the list below, or where NT Cheese scoops possible name a specific object. RT Food ladles
SN Small deep utensils with a short handle, Scientific models for taking up flour, sugar, etc. BT Models Scientific equipment Scooters
NT Anatomical models BT Ride-on toys Astronomical models Vehicles Chemical models RT Motor scooters
Demonstration models SN Vehicle (child's toy or simple low cost Experimental models transport for adults) with two wheels, one in front of the other, and a tread between them, and sometimes with an additional Scientific toys back wheel ensuring stability, steered by a BT Toys handlebar and propelled by pushing against the ground with one foot. NT Optical toys (Macquarie Dictionary, 3rd Ed.) Toy engines Toy gyroscopes Scorecards
RT Educational toys BT Game accessories
RT Scoresheets
Scillops SN Cards on which scores are kept. USE Taper augers Scores
Scimitars BT Music documents
USE Sabres SN Original and entire drafts or transcripts of musical compositions or arrangements. Scissors Scoresheets BT Cutting tools BT Game accessories NT Buttonhole scissors NT Cricket scoresheets Dressmaking scissors RT Scorecards Embroidery scissors SN Hairdressing scissors Sheets of paper on which scores are kept. Nail scissors Scorifiers RT Shears BT Crucibles Sclerometers SN Refractory crucibles used in assaying processes BT Measuring instruments
SN An instrument that is used to measure the Scorpers pressure required to penetrate a material BT Engraving tools with a diamond stylus. The pressure required indicates the relative hardness of SN Tools used in wood-engraving for clearing the material. away large areas of the block or for engraving broad lines.
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Scotch boilers USE Stone scrapers
BT Fire-tube boilers Scraping tools SN Fire-tube boilers with one of more cylindrical internal furnaces enveloped by USE Surface finishing tools a boiler shell equipped with five tubes in its upper part. They were frequently used Screen fans for marine steam propulsion. BT Hand screens Scotch marine boilers Rigid fans SN Rigid fans comprised of a light frame USE Scotch boilers covered with textile or other flexible substances. Often these fans had long Scots hose drivers handles and were designed for ceremonial purposes. USE Hoop drivers Screen plate process transparencies
Scots saws USE Screen process transparencies USE Compass saws Screen process transparencies
Scouring brushes BT Photographic transparencies USE Saucepan brushes RT Tinted photographs
SN Photographic transparencies created by Scrap books processes that produce an additive colour USE Scrapbooks image using a screen of minute red, green and blue filters to record the relative intensity of each hue on a panchromatic, Scrapbook black-and-white emulsion. USE Scrapbooks Screenprinting equipment Scrapbooks BT Artists equipment Textileworking equipment BT Books
RT Albums Screenprints
SN Blank books in which photographs, BT Stencil prints newspaper cuttings, etc., are pasted. RT Screenprinting
Scrapers SN A modern development of stencil printing. The process is used as an artists' medium BT Shipwrighting tools for making prints in braoad masses of Surface finishing tools brilliant and opaque colour, and the NT Shavehooks process is also widely used for commercial SN Tools consisting of a sharpened steel plate textile printing. (Use Screenprinted which is held about 30 degrees from the textiles for screenprinting on fabric). vertical and is pushed along the work. They are used for the final smoothing of Screens hardwoods and for scraping off paint etc. BT Furniture Variants are also used as engraving tools. The plate may be held in a wooden or NT Candle screens metal handle. Use `Stone scrapers' for the prehistoric tool. Firescreens Hand screens Scrapers, stone SN Fixed or moveable partitions.
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Screw augers USE Coping saws
USE Twist augers Scrimshaw
Screw clamps BT Carvings Engraved bones USE Handscrew clamps SN Sailors' carvings, made primarily of whalebone but also of other fish bone, Screw eyes ivory, steel, wood and in modern times plastic. BT Hardware
SN A screw having a ring-shaped head. Scroll saws
USE Fret saws Screw marine engines USE Marine screw engines Scrolls
BT Documents Screw-on earrings NT Illuminated scrolls BT Earrings
SN Types of ear ornaments that are worn by Scrub boards being secured to the lobe of the ear by USE Washboards pressure. The pressure is applied by a flat-headed screw that is attached to the ornament by a loop of wire passing below Scrubbing boards the lobe. USE Washboards Screw presses
BT Presses Scrubbing-brushes
SN Presses which operate via a screw BT Cleaning brushes mechanism. RT Washboards Screw-propeller engines SN Brushes used for scrubbing, especially floors, clothes, or very dirty hands. USE Marine screw engines Scrunchies
Screwdrivers BT Head ornaments
BT Hand tools SN An elastic ring for the hair covered by a loose cloth ring, giving the cloth a NT Ratchet screwdrivers crumpled effect.
Screws Sculptural forms
BT Fasteners USE Sculptures Hardware
NT Thumbscrews (hardware) Sculptures RT Screwdrivers BT Artworks SN Cylindrical fasteners having a head with a slot or recess and helical or spiral NT Busts threading, to be inserted by rotating, as Ceramic forms with a screwdriver. Glass forms
Scribing saws Maquettes Metal forms
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NT Paper sculptures Seating furniture
Plaster casts BT Furniture Torsos NT Benches RT Figures Chairs Chaise longues Scythes Couches BT Agricultural tools Hammocks Cutting tools Lounge suites SN Cutting tools with a long, slightly curving blade with the cutting edge on the inside, Lounges attached to a long curving shaft with two Seats "nibs" or handles fitted at an angle to suit the user. The grass nail, a rod which is Sofa-beds stretched across from the shaft to the Sofas blade, prevents grass loding between the Stools heel of the blade and the shaft. Sun lounges Seal rings Seats BT Finger rings BT Seating furniture Seals
SN Rings which function as seals NT Bicycle seats Bus seats Sealers Child safety seats BT Equipment Ferry seats
NT Heat sealers RT Benches Lead sealers SN Devices used for applying seals. Seaweed
BT Plants Seals
BT Objects of vertu Secateurs
NT Seal rings BT Cutting tools Gardening tools RT Intaglios SN A scissor like cutting instrument used in SN Devices engraved to produce impressions gardening for cutting plants. on wax or the like as evidence of authenticity or attestation Secretaires Seals (animals) BT Writing desks
BT Mammals SN Writing desks with drawers, etc. for papers, books or the like.
Seaplanes Secretaries
BT Aeroplanes USE Secretaires SN Aeroplanes that can land on water, provided with floats instead of landing Sectional models wheels. BT Models Seat covers USE Chair covers Security equipment
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BT Equipment SN In early Roman republic coinage, one half of the as. The obverse of this cast bronze NT Document boxes coin shows the head of jupiter, the reverse Safes the prow of a galley and the letter S. In the later Roman imperial coinage, the Strongboxes semis was, first, half of the aureus and later of the solidus (though for the latter Sedan chairs the late Latin word semissis is more commonly used. ("The Seaby Coin BT Chairs Encyclopaedia", Ewald Junge, BA Seaby Vehicles Ltd, London, 1992) SN Portable wheelless vehicles for one person, borne on poles by two men, one before and Semitrailers one behind, much used during the 17th and 18th centuries. BT Trucks
Seed drills Sen coins BT Drills BT Coins Farm equipment SN Principal copper coin of Japan, introduced Seeds in 708 AD in imitation of the Chinese cash, i.e. a round coin, cast not struck, and BT Plant components with a square centre hole.
Sensitised papers Self developing cameras USE Photographic papers USE Instant picture cameras
Sensitometers Self-portraits BT Photographic equipment BT Portraits SN Scientific instruments used to measure SN A portrait of an artist, photographer, or the photosensitivity of photographic the like, by himself. materials. Self-sharpening knife sheaths Sentimental jewellery BT Knife sharpeners BT Jewellery
Semi-automatic washing machines NT Mourning jewellery Sweetheart jewellery USE Electric washing machines SN Jewellery worn for sentimental reasons, such as items given by a loved one, or Semi-trailers items worn in mourning
USE Semitrailers Separators
BT Objects Semis coins NT Sieves BT Ancient Roman coins Skimmers Strainers SN Apparatus for separating one thing from another, as cream from milk, steam from water, wheat from chaff, valuable minerals from one another, etc.
Sepia photographs
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BT Photographs NT Covered dishes Entree dishes Sequins Meat dishes BT Clothing components Muffin dishes Platters Serinettes Vegetable dishes
USE Bird organs RT Tureens
Serpents Serving forks
BT Woodwind instruments BT Food servers Forks SN Wooden wind instruments of serpentine shape and deep tone. NT Fish-serving forks SN Long forks with three or four wide flat Servants bells tines that are used for serving food from a platter or bowl. BT Bells
RT Bellpulls Serving knives
SN Bells used to summon domestic or BT Food servers professional servants. Knives NT Fish-serving knives Service manuals SN Implements for serving food from a platter USE Maintenance manuals or large plate, having flat blades like spatulas and no cutting edge.
Service oscillators Serving spoons
USE Radio signal generators BT Food servers Spoons Serviette rings SN Medium-large spoons, larger than a tablespoon, used for serving food from a BT Tableware bowl or dish.
RT Serviettes Serving tongs SN Rings of metal, wood, etc. used to contain a folded serviette. BT Food servers Tongs
Serviettes NT Asparagus tongs BT Table linen Sugar tongs SN Serving implements in the form of U-shaped tongs having on the end of one Serving counters arm the tines of a fork, and on the end of BT Shop furniture the other arm the bowl of a spoon.
SN Table-like furniture used to serve Set squares customers. BT Drafting instruments Serving dishes Squares SN Drafting instruments having straight BT Dishes edges that may be set at any desired angle NT Bread platters with the edge of a drawing board. Breakfast dishes Settees Chargers
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USE Couches NT Thread counters Thread holders Settles Thread waxers USE Benches Thread winders
Sewing bags Sewing kits
BT Bags BT Personal effects Sewing equipment Sewing equipment
Sewing baskets Sewing machine
BT Baskets USE Sewing machines Sewing equipment Sewing machine accessories
Sewing boxes BT Sewing equipment BT Boxes NT Sewing machine covers Sewing equipment RT Sewing machines Sewing clamps
BT Sewing equipment Sewing machine cabinets BT Cabinets Sewing equipment RT Cabinet sewing machines BT Textileworking equipment
NT Bobbin cases Sewing machine components Bobbins BT Components Bodkins NT Bobbin shuttles Darners Sewing machine needles Dressmaking equipment RT Sewing machines Embroidery equipment
Emery cushions Sewing machine covers Needle containers BT Covers Patchworking equipment Sewing machine accessories Pin holders Sewing bags Sewing machine needles
Sewing baskets BT Needles Sewing boxes Sewing machine components Sewing clamps Sewing kits Sewing machines Sewing machine accessories BT Machines Sewing equipment Sewing machines Sewing needles NT Cabinet sewing machines Sewing pins Embroidery machines Tape measures Leather patchers Thimble cases Overlockers Thimbles
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Sewing needles SN Japanese three-stringed plucked lutes, originally developed from the Chinese BT Needles san-hsien. Sewing equipment Shampoos
Sewing pins BT Hair toiletries BT Pins Sewing equipment Shamrocks
Sex aids BT Plants
BT Objects Shamshirs NT Dental dams USE Sabres Dildos Personal lubricants Shards Vibrators BT Objects RT Contraceptives NT Glass shards Sextants SN Fragments, especially of broken earthenware BT Measuring instruments Navigational equipment Share certificates SN Instruments measuring angular distance, BT Financial records especially to determine latitude and longitude at sea SN Certificates of a corporation or joint stock company that a named person is owner of Shadow photographs the designated number of shares of stock (AAT 'Stock certificates') USE Photograms Share scrip
Shadow pictures BT Financial records USE Photograms Sharks Shadowgraphs BT Fish USE Photograms
Sharpeners Shadowgraphs (radiographs) BT Equipment USE Radiographs NT Knife sharpeners Pencil sharpeners Shakuhachi Razor blade sharpeners BT Flutes Sharpening stones SN Japanese curved end-blown bamboo flutes with five fingerholes. Sharpening steels
Shamisens BT Knife sharpeners
BT Lutes Sharpening stones RT San-hsiens BT Sharpeners Stones
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NT Whetstones NT Razor blade injectors
RT Carborundum Razor blade sharpeners Razor blades Shave hooks Razors
USE Shavehooks Shaving brushes Shaving cases Shavehooks Shaving kits Shaving mugs BT Scrapers Shaving toiletries NT Plumbing shavehooks RT Barbers equipment SN Small tools with interchangeable heads SN used to scratch metal and wood surfaces. The devices and accessories required for Use `Plumber's shavehooks' for the shaving facial and body hair. plumber's tool used for cleaning the surface of lead pipes. Shaving kits
BT Shaving equipment Shaves
BT Woodworking tools Shaving knives
NT Coopering shaves USE Drawing knives Spokeshaves SN Tools with a cutting iron mounted on a Shaving mugs wooden stock which is usually shaped at the ends to form handles. BT Mugs Shaving equipment Shaving accessories SN Mugs holding shaving soap.
USE Shaving equipment Shaving soap Shaving bowls BT Soap
USE Barbers bowls RT Bath soaps; Shaving toiletries
Shaving brushes Shaving toiletries
BT Brushes BT Shaving equipment Shaving equipment Toiletries
NT Aftershave lotion Shaving cases Colognes BT Cases Depilatories Shaving equipment Shaving creams
Shaving creams Shawls BT Shaving toiletries BT Clothing accessories
Shaving equipment RT Headwear SN Pieces of material, worn as coverings for BT Toiletries the shoulders, head, etc., chiefly by NT Barbers bowls women, in place of coat or hat, sometimes as a decoration. Blade injectors Lathering dishes Shearing equipment
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BT Agricultural equipment SN Originally a Jewish weight (1/3000th of the talent), the shekel was struck as a NT Wool bales silver coin from the time of Simon Wool presses Maccabeus (143-135 B.C.).
Shears Shelf clocks
BT Cutting tools BT Clocks SN American pendulum clocks with tall cases, RT Scissors up to about 4 feet, which stand on a shelf. SN Any of various other cutting implements Some look like cut-down `Longcase clocks'. or machines resembling or suggesting scissors. Shell augers
BT Augers Sheath knives SN Augers with the blade in the form of a BT Knives half-cylinder with an in-bent horizontal NT Bowie knives cutter on the nose; used particularly by carpenters and shipwrights for boring long RT Sheaths holes. SN Knives carried in a sheath. shell carvings Sheaths BT Carvings
BT Edged weapons accessories RT Shells
SN Cases or coverings for the blade of a SN Shells carved to make decorative sword, dagger, knife, or the like. artworks.
Sheds Shell money
BT Buildings BT Primitive money Shells Sheep SN Individual shells and strings of shells used as currency and trading in many parts of BT Mammals the world, eg. Pacific islands, India, China, Africa, America. NT Merino sheep Shell pictures Sheet film BT Pictures BT Camera film RT Shells SN Sheets of film used in cut sheet cameras.
Shells Sheet film cameras BT Animal parts USE Cut film cameras Animal products
NT Pearl shells Sheet music Shell money BT Music documents Shells (ammunition)
Shekel coins BT Ammunition BT Coins RT Shells
Shelves
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BT Furniture components BT Architectural elements
RT Roof tiles Sherds SN Thin pieces of wood, slate, etc, with one USE Shards end thicker than the other, used in overlapping rows to cover roofs or sides of houses. Sherry glasses BT Drinking glasses Ship equipment
USE Nautical equipment RT Port glasses
SN Glasses for drinking the fortified wine sherry. Ship logbooks
USE Ships logs Shi-shi USE Dogs of Fo ship models
USE Models Shields
BT Armour Ships
RT Escutcheons BT Watercraft
NT Cargo ships Shilling coins Ferries BT Coins Galleys
NT Crowns Merchant ships Double sovereigns Naval ships Five shilling coins Paddle-steamers Guineas Passenger ships Half crowns Sailing ships Half guineas Steamships Half sovereigns Ship's chronometers One shilling coins Sovereigns USE Marine chronometers Two shilling coins SN Coin currency in shilling denominations Ships' chronometers
USE Marine chronometers Shillings USE One shilling coins Ship's compasses
USE Mariners compasses Shimedaikos USE Daiko Ships logs
BT Logbooks Shin guards Maritime documents
BT Protective clothing SN Official records of a ship's voyage, including details of weather, crew, cargo, Sports equipment etc. Also used for those records kept by the officers of the engine room and bridge Shingles of the particulars of each watch.
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Shipwrighting tools BT Cleaning brushes
BT Woodworking tools Shoe buckles NT Caulking irons BT Buckles Caulking mallets Scrapers Shoe components Shipwright's tools USE Footwear components
USE Shipwrighting tools Shoe drivers Shirt fronts USE Hoop drivers
BT Clothing accessories Shoe hammers Shirt money BT Bootmaking tools Hammers USE Spade money SN Mushroom-faced hammers with downturned panes used for making and Shirt studs repairing shoes.
BT Studs Shoe horns
USE Shoehorns Shirts
BT Clothing Shoe laces
NT Blouses USE Shoelaces Convict shirts Dress shirts Shoe lasts Evening shirts BT Bootmaking tools Smocks Sports shirts Shoe maker's hammers T-shirts USE Shoe hammers Work shirts
RT Tops Shoe maker's tools
USE Bootmaking tools Shoe accessories
USE Footwear accessories Shoe stretchers
BT Bootmaking tools Shoe bags Footwear accessories BT Bags Footwear accessories Shoe trees
USE Shoetrees Shoe boxes
BT Boxes Shoehorns Clothing packaging Footwear accessories BT Footwear accessories
Shoe brushes Shoelaces
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BT Footwear accessories Shop counters Laces USE Serving counters SN Strings or laces for fastening shoes.
Shoemaking tools Shop display equipment
USE Bootmaking tools BT Display equipment Retailing equipment
Shoes NT Counter signs Display cards BT Footwear Shop dummies NT Baby shoes Shop signs Brogues Burial shoes Shop dummies
Court shoes BT Shop display equipment Dancing shoes RT Mannequins Deck shoes SN Models of the human torso used to display Espadrilles clothing in shops. Evening shoes Loafers Shop equipment Mules USE Retailing equipment Overshoes Shoes for bound feet Shop fittings
Sneakers BT Architectural elements Snowshoes Retailing equipment
Stiletto heeled shoes NT Shop furniture Wedding shoes Shop windows RT Shoelaces Shop furniture Shoes for bound feet BT Furniture Shop fittings BT Shoes NT Serving counters
Shoetrees Shop signs BT Footwear accessories BT Shop display equipment RT Boot trees Signs
SN Devices, usually of metal or wood, placed RT Counter signs in shoes when they are not being worn, to maintain the shape. Shop window displays Shooting boards USE Shop display equipment
BT Tool guides Shop windows RT Bench stops BT Shop fittings SN Boards on which material to be planed is Windows laid; guides or stops hold the material so that the end of a piece of wood can be planed at the desired angle. Shopping bags
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BT Bags Showcases
BT Display equipment Shopping lists SN Cases, usually glass, used to display BT Domestic equipment objects in shops or museums etc.
Shops Shower caps BT Headwear BT Commercial buildings Toiletries NT Corner shops Showers
Shorts BT Plumbing fixtures BT Trousers
NT Board shorts Shrapnel SN Short trousers worn for sports or casual BT Ammunition wear. SN Subprojectiles, usually small lead or steel bars or balls, contained in certain artillery Shot shells designed to explode in midair, BT Ammunition scattering the contents in every direction. Also, the fragments of the cases of SN Solid or nearly solid projectiles of stone or exploding shells, antipersonnel grenades, metal, containing no explosive charge mines, or bombs. themselves, fired from artillery or firearms. Also, the small solid lead or steel pellets of various sizes, usually housed in Shrines a cartridge, fired from shotguns in BT Religious objects multiples with each firing. SN Structures used for worship. Shotguns Shuttles BT Guns BT Textileworking equipment
Shoulder armour NT Knotting shuttles
BT Armour Netting shuttles Tatting shuttles Shovels Weaving shuttles
BT Tools Siamese engines
NT Spades USE Twin cylinder engines RT Gardening tools SN Tools consisting of a broad blade or scoop Sickles attached to a long handle; used for taking BT Agricultural tools up, removing, or throwing loose matter such as earth, snow or coal. Cutting tools SN Short-handled tools with a long, curved Show bags blade with the cutting edge on the inside, used for cutting crops, long grass or USE Sample bags weeds.
Showbags Side knives USE USE Sample bags Froes
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Side plates SN This term needs to refer to both railway signal boxes and tramway signal boxes. BT Plates PICMAN make the distinction the following way : RT Cake plates Signal boxes (railways) SN A type of small plate, for bread and butter, Signal boxes (tramways) or for cake, for use by an individual diner at a dinner table. Signal generators
BT Generators Side tables Testing equipment BT Tables NT Radio signal generators SN Tables designed to stand against a wall. Tone generators
RT Oscillators Sideboards SN Instruments for testing radio, television BT Storage and display furniture and other electronic equipment. They deliver a sine wave output at an NT Credenzas accurately calibrated frequency anywhere SN Pieces of furniture, often in a dining room, from the audio to the microwave range. with shelves and drawers for holding The frequency and amplitude are items of table service. adjustable over a wide range and the output may be amplitude- or Sidelever paddle engines frequency-modulated.
BT Beam engines Signal pistols Paddle engines BT Pistols Rotary piston engines
SN Beam paddle engines with modifications NT Flare pistols to obtain rotary motion. Two connecting rods hang down from the cross-head of the piston rod, one on each side of the Signs cylinder, and connected to a beam on each BT Objects side of the engine. The other end of each beam is connected to the crankshaft. NT Advertising signs Counter signs Sidescrapers House signs USE Stone scrapers Illuminated signs Noticeboards Sieves Office signs BT Separators Railway signs
NT Flour sifters Road signs SN Instruments with a meshed or perforated Safety signs bottom, used for separating coarse from Shop signs fine parts of loose matter, for straining Workplace signs liquids, etc. SN Inscribed boards or spaces used for information, advertisements, notices etc Signal boxes for public viewing. BT Railway equipment Tram equipment Signwriters tools
USE Signwriting tools
Signwriting equipment
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BT Occupation-based equipment Silver gelatin negatives
NT Signwriting patterns BT Film negatives
SN Negatives having gelatine as the binder, Signwriting patterns holding silver as the final image material on film. Use `Gelatine dry plate negatives' BT Signwriting equipment for negatives using this process on glass SN Patterns used by signwriters to trace text. plates.
Signwriting tools Silver gelatin prints
BT Tools BT Photographic prints
RT Silver gelatin negatives
Silhouettes SN Photographic prints having gelatin as the BT Artworks binder, holding silver as the final image material. They are always SN Outline drawings, uniformly filled in with black-and-white, although they may be black, like a shadow. toned to a monochrome hue.
Silicon carbide Silver gelatine dry plate negatives
USE Carborundum USE Gelatin dry plate negatives
Silicon chips Silver gelatine negatives
USE Computer chips USE Silver gelatin negatives
Silk-screen prints Silver gelatine photoprints
USE Screenprints USE Silver gelatin prints
Silk screen prints Silver gelatine prints
USE Screenprints USE Silver gelatin prints
Silk-screens Silver points
BT Printing equipment BT Metal points SN A screen used for silk-screen printing. Silverware
Silk worms USE Cutlery USE Silkworms Silverware boxes
Silkworms BT Boxes BT Insects NT Cutlery boxes SN Lined boxes used to store silver tableware Silky oak objects; most often cutlery but also table bowls, drinking vessels, etc. BT Australian plants
Single acting engines Silver albumen prints BT Engines USE Albumen prints NT Oscillating engines
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SN Engines which admit the working fluid, Situlae steam or gas on one side of the piston only. BT Containers
SN Ancient Roman pail-like vessels, often Single cylinder engines used for holy water during liturgy (AAT). BT Engines Situlas
Single lens reflex cameras USE Situlae
BT Reflex cameras Six pfennig coins RT Twin lens reflex cameras BT Pfennig coins SN Camera systems in which the image entering the lens is reflected into the viewfinder by a mirror located in front of Sixpences the film plane. BT Penny coins
Singlet tops Sixteenth dollar coins BT Tops BT Dollar coins SN Outerwear derived from singlet form.
Singlets Skate boards USE Skateboards BT Underwear
NT Baby singlets Skateboards SN Waist or hip-length garment, sleeveless or with short sleeves, usually worn next to BT Recreational equipment the skin, as underwear. For a garment Vehicles designed as outerwear, use Singlet tops. Skates Sink plugs BT Footwear BT Sinks Recreational equipment SN Laundry or kitchen sink plugs Vehicles NT Ice-skates Sinks Roller-blades
BT Plumbing fixtures Roller-skates RT Toys NT Sink plugs SN Basins or troughs with a water supply and outlet. Skating costumes
BT Sports clothing Sirens
BT Audio equipment Skein holders SN Acoustic instruments for producing BT Thread holders sounds, consisting essentially of a disc pierced with holes arranged equidistantly in a circle, rotated over a jet or stream of Skeleton clocks compressed air, steam, or the like, so that the stream is alternately interrupted and BT Clocks allowed to pass. Devices of this kind used SN Clocks arranged to reveal as much as the as a whistle, fog signal, warning sound on mechanism as possible. Often a glass an ambulance, fire engine or the like. dome keeps the clock free from dust.
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Skeletons (animal) Skiagrams
BT Animal parts USE Radiographs
RT Skeletons (human) Skiagraphs SN The bones of an animal assembled or fitted together USE Radiographs
Skeletons (human) Skilling coins BT Body parts (human) BT Coins
RT Anatomical models; Bones SN Scandinavian shillings, struck as a silver coin from about 1445 in Denmark. Sketch books Skimmers USE Sketchbooks BT Dairy equipment Kitchenware Sketchbooks Separators
BT Artists equipment RT Strainers Books SN Shallow perforated utensils, for removing cream from the surface of milk. Sketches
BT Drawings Skin cosmetics
SN Rough drawings, usually executed quickly. USE Cosmetics
Skewers Skipping ropes
BT Kitchenware USE Skipping-ropes
SN Long pins of wood or metal for puting meat through to hold it together or in Skipping-ropes place while being cooked. BT Ropes Ski boots
BT Boots Skirting boards Ski clothing BT Architectural elements Sports footwear SN Lengths of wooden board used to bridge the gap between walls and floors. Ski clothing
BT Sports clothing Skirts BT Clothing NT Ski boots Ski goggles NT Grass skirts Kilts Ski goggles Miniskirts BT Goggles Overskirts Ski clothing Riding skirts Tennis skirts Ski pants Underskirts BT Trousers RT Sarongs
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Skis SN Pale pink filters used to reduce blue biases in photographs caused by blue BT Sports equipment skylight, ultraviolet light, and haze.
Skittles Skyphoi USE Drinking cups BT Games
Slab huts Skivvies BT Buildings BT Tops SN Refers to a particular construction SN Close fitting lightweight tops with long method. sleeves and a turtle neck
Slacks Skull cups USE Trousers BT Ceremonial objects
SN A defeated enemy's skull as a drinking cup is recorded by numerous authors Slate pencils throughout history, among various BT Pencils cultures. RT Styluses (audio) Skullcaps
BT Caps Slave clocks
SN Brimless caps of silk, velvet or the like, BT Clocks fitting closely to the head. RT Master clocks Skulls (animal)
BT Animal bones Sledge hammers
SN The skull of any animal. Use Skulls USE Sledgehammers (human) for human skulls. Sledgehammers Skulls (human) BT Hammers BT Human bones RT Masonry tools RT Skeletons (human) SN Large, heavy hammers that are usually wielded by both hands and used especially Sky filters for driving stakes and breaking stone.
BT Graduated filters Sledges
RT Skylight filters BT Vehicles SN Graduated filters designed for use with black-and-white films to darken the tones RT Sleighs in the sky in a landscape photograph SN Vehicles mounted on runners for without affecting the tones in the travelling or conveying loads over snow, foreground. ice, rough ground, etc. For snow vehicles pulled by animals, use Sleighs. Skylight filters
BT Camera filters Sleds USE Sledges RT Sky filters
Sleeping-bags
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BT Bedding NT Vegetable slicers Camping equipment Slide film Sleeping dolls USE Positive film BT Dolls
SN Dolls with some movement or change in Slide holders the eyes to simulate sleep. BT Film and plate holders Sleeve boards
BT Ironing boards Slide micrometers USE Photographic micrometers RT Sleeve irons
SN Small padded boards inserted into sleeves so they can be ironed in a single layer to Slide mounts prevent creasing. BT Photographic mounts
Sleeve flounces RT Photographic slides
BT Clothing accessories SN The frames used to mount and protect slides, usually of plastic or cardboard. RT Sleeves Slide projectors Sleeve ironing boards BT Projectors
USE Sleeve boards Slide rules
Sleeve irons BT Logarithmic calculating instruments
BT Standing irons NT Calculigraphs SN Laundry irons with long curved bodies, RT Rulers used for reaching high up into pleats or sleeves. SN Mechanical devices, composed of a ruler with a sliding insert marked with various Sleeves number scales, which facilitate such calculation as division, multiplication, BT Clothing accessories finding roots, and finding logarithms.
RT Sleeve flounces Slide trumpets
BT Trumpets Sleighs SN A type of musical trumpet which uses a BT Vehicles sliding tube which can be pushed in and out to alter the length of the air column RT Sledges and thus the pitch of the notes. SN Vehicles on runners, drawn by animals, used for transport on snow or ice. Slide valve engines
BT Engines Slicers SN Engines, particularly steam engines, BT Kitchenware which use a sliding mechanism to cover NT Cake slicers and uncover ports for the admission of fluid. Cheese slicers Fruit slicers Slide viewers Meat slicers BT Photographic viewing equipment
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RT Photographic slides Small scale models
SN Illumination devices for viewing one slide BT Scale models at a time. SN Models of objects which are reduced from the original size. Use this term in Slides conjunction with specific objects to USE Photographic slides indicate a model of that object, eg for model paddle-steamers, use `Paddle-steamers' and `Small scale Sliding bevels models'. USE Bevels Smelling bottles
Sliding box cameras BT Medication bottles
BT Box cameras SN Bottles to hold smelling salts or some similar preparation. Wet plate cameras
RT Folding cameras Smelling salts SN Portable wet-plate cameras consisting of BT Inhalants two compartments, one sliding within the Personal effects other.
Sliding box folding cameras Smiths braces
USE Sliding box cameras BT Woodworking braces SN Various iron braces used in conjunction Slingshots with a drill when exceptional drilling pressure is needed. BT Projectile weapons Smith's frame saws Slippers USE Hacksaws
BT Footwear Smocks Slitting gauges BT Shirts USE Cutting gauges RT Pinafores
SN Loose overgarments, usually designed to Slop bowls protect other clothing, often in the form of a long-sleeved dress or long shirt. BT Bowls Tea accessories Smoking caps SN Small bowls (often referred to as a basin), usually part of a tea set, for receiving the BT Caps dregs or rinsings of tea cups at the table.
Smoking equipment SLR cameras BT Personal effects USE Single lens reflex cameras NT Ashtrays Sluice boxes Cigar boxes
BT Goldmining equipment Cigar cases Cigar holders SN Equipment used for the recovery of gold during alluvial goldmining or prospecting. Cigar trays Cigarette boxes
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NT Cigarette cases BT Invertebrates Cigarette holders Cigarette lighters Snake bite kits Cigarette packets USE Snakebite kits Cigarette papers Cigarette rollers Snakebite kits
Cigarettes BT Medical kits Cigars Opium containers Snakes Opium lamps BT Reptiles Opium pots Opium pouches Snaphaan pistols Pipe bowls USE Snaphance pistols Pipe cases Pipe cleaners Snaphance pistols Pipe stands BT Flintlock pistols Smoking pipes SN Items related to smoking of tobacco or other substances. Snaphaunce pistols
USE Snaphance pistols Smoking pipes
BT Pipes Snare drums Smoking equipment BT Musical drums NT Hookahs Opium pipes Sneakers RT Pipe bowls
SN Pipes used for inhaling smoke, usually of BT Shoes tobacco. RT Sandshoes
Smooth planes SN Soft-soled shoes, laced to fit the foot, casual wear or worn for sports, USE Smoothing planes gymnastics, etc.
Smoothing planes Snoods
BT Bench planes BT Hairnets
SN Short planes which are often SN Coarse hairnets, often very decorative and coffin-shaped. They are the last plane to used to confine the hair at the back of the be used on a wood surface to give it the neck or in a bun; sometimes attached to utmost degree of smoothness. the back edge of a hat. (Getty Institute, Art & Architecture Thesaurus, 2005) Smoothing tools Snorkels USE Surface finishing tools BT Swimming equipment
Snail augers Snowshoes USE Shell augers BT Shoes
Snails
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Snuff BT Cleaning products
BT Tobacco NT Laundry soap Pumice soap RT Snuff boxes Shaving soap SN A preparation of powdered tobacco, usually taken into the nostrils by Soap powder inhalation. SN Substances usually made from fats and used for washing and cleansing purposes, Snuff bottles produced as bars, flakes, jellies or solutions. BT Bottles Objects of vertu Soap boxes
RT Snuff boxes BT Boxes SN Small cylindrical or flat vials for holding Soap holders snuff. They are predominantly of Chinese RT Toiletries packaging production and can be made of porcelain, glass, metal, carved stone or lacquer. SN Small boxes or receptacles intended primarily for soap; often made as Snuff boxes spherical, perforated containers used to hold a ball of scented soap. May be part of BT Boxes a toilet set. Also, any box used for holding Objects of vertu or shipping soap. For open containers SN Small shallow covered boxes for holding used to hold a bar of soap, use "soap snuff, especially those small enough to be dishes." (Getty Institute, Art and carried in the pocket. Architecture Thesaurus, 2005). For cardboard boxes used as retail packaging for soap, use "Toiletries packaging". Snuff horns BT Animal horns Soap dishes Objects of vertu BT Soap holders
Snuffboxes Soap flakes USE Snuff boxes BT Laundry equipment
Snuffer trays Soap holders BT Candle equipment Trays BT Bathroom accessories Holders RT Snuffers NT Soap boxes SN Small shallow trays upon which to rest snuffers. A large type was made to hold Soap dishes both a snuffer and a pair of candle Soap racks extinguishers. RT Soap Snuffers Soap powder BT Candle equipment BT Soap SN Scissor-like implements used to cut off a candle's charred wick to prevent the SN Cleaning powders combining soap and candle from smoking, or to trim the end of other ingredients, usually used for a burning candle to prevent the wick from washing clothes. curling or dipping into the melted wax. Soap racks Soap BT Soap holders
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Soap samples Soft drink bottles
USE Soap BT Beverage bottles Drinking vessels Soap-savers NT Ginger beer bottles
BT Kitchen equipment Soft drink cans SN Wire devices with a long handle and a chamber designed to hold scraps of soap BT Beverage packaging and allow water to flow through. Drinking vessels Food storage cans Soccer balls
USE Footballs Soft drinks BT Beverages
Sock suspenders RT Ginger beer bottles
USE Garters SN Non-alcoholic drinks, usually carbonated.
Socket bayonets Soft furnishings
BT Bayonets BT Household textiles
NT Antimacassars Socket chisels Bed hangings BT Woodworking chisels Bed pockets SN Chisels that have a tapering hollow tang Bedcovers to receive a handle. Bellpulls Socks Bolsters Carpets BT Hosiery Chair covers NT Bed socks Curtains Cushion covers Soda siphons Cushions BT Bottles Doilies SN Bottles filled with carbonated water, fitted Furnishing textile lengths with a bent tube through the neck. The soda water is forced out, when a valve is Lampshades opened, by the pressure on its surface Mattresses from the gas accumulating within the Seat covers bottle. Valances Sofa beds Wall hangings
USE Sofa-beds RT Bedding
Sofa-beds Soft-ground etchings
BT Beds BT Etchings Seating furniture SN Prints produced by intaglio method where a design is bitten into the metal plate by Sofas means of acid.
BT Seating furniture Soft toys
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BT Toys Solar powered automobiles
NT Cloth dolls USE Solar powered motor cars Golliwogs Teddy bears Solar powered motor cars SN Use for collections of soft toys. For BT Motor cars individual soft toys use in conjunction with heading for specific type of toy, e.g. SN Motor cars powered by solar energy. `Soft toys' and `Toy dogs' for soft toy dogs. Soldering coppers Soil specimens USE Soldering irons BT Geological specimens
SN A sample amount of soil . Soldering irons
BT Hand tools Sol coins Metalworking tools BT Coins SN Tools for joining metals with solder, having a wedge-shaped metal bit, usually of copper, which is heated. Solar automobiles
USE Solar powered motor cars Soldi
USE Soldo coins Solar calculators USE Solar cell calculators Soldo coins
BT Coins Solar cars
USE Solar powered motor cars Solidus coins
BT Ancient Roman coins Solar cell calculators SN The standard Roman gold coin as BT Electronic calculators introduced by Constantine the Great and tariffed at 72 to the Roman pound (libra). SN Electronic calculators powered by solar cell rather than batteries or mains electricity. Sonar detectors BT Audio equipment Solar cells
BT Solar power equipment Song lyrics
USE Lyric sheets Solar heaters
BT Heating equipment Sorting equipment
BT Equipment Solar panels NT Coin sorting machines BT Solar power equipment Fruit sorters Postcode sorting equipment Solar power equipment BT Equipment Sou coins
NT Solar cells BT Coins Solar panels
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Sound recordings BT Cases Money accessories BT Audio equipment
NT Audio records Sovereigns Audio tapes BT Shilling coins Gramophone cylinders Wire recordings Space capsules
BT Spacecraft Sound systems
USE Audio systems Space clothing
BT Clothing Soup
BT Foodstuffs NT Space helmets Spacesuits
Soup bowls RT Protective clothing SN Clothing worn on space journeys BT Bowls
NT Ecuelles Space debris SN A type of circular bowl for soup, with a BT Space hardware concave well and usually without a ledge, for use by an individual diner at a dinner SN Pieces of space hardware that break up or table. detach in space and are recovered on earth. Soup cans
BT Food storage cans Space equipment BT Equipment
Soup plates NT Space food BT Plates Space hardware
SN A type of circular plate for soup, with a shallow well, usually surrounded by a Space food ledge, for use by an individual diner at a BT Foodstuffs dinner table. Space equipment SN Food especially designed to be eaten in Soup spoons space. BT Spoons Space hardware RT Soup BT Space equipment SN Large spoons, usually with a rounded bowl, used for eating soup. NT Rocket engines Space debris Souvenir covers Spacecraft USE Commemorative envelopes Space helmets
Sovereign balances BT Helmets BT Balances Space clothing
Space junk Sovereign cases USE Space debris
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Space photographs Spades
BT Photographs BT Shovels
SN Photographs taken from beyond the NT Gardening spades earth's atmosphere. Use `Aerial SN Shovel-like implements with flat oblong photographs' for photography of the earth blades, used for turning soil by pushing from aircraft. Use `Astrophotographs' for against the blade with the foot. photographs of astronomical phenomena.
Spanish guitars Space probes USE Classical guitars BT Spacecraft
Spanners Space shuttles USE Wrenches BT Spacecraft
Spark ignition engines Space stations USE Otto engines BT Spacecraft
Spark plugs Space toys BT Motor car components BT Toys
NT Toy spacecraft Spats
RT Toy figures BT Gaiters
SN Short gaiters worn over the instep, Space vehicles usually fastened under the foot with a strap. USE Spacecraft
Spatulas Spacecraft BT Kitchen equipment BT Space hardware Mixing tools Vehicles NT Kitchen spatulas NT Rockets SN Implements with a broad, flat, flexible Satellites blade, used for blending or scraping foods, mixing drugs, spreading plasters and Space capsules paints. Space probes Space shuttles Speakers
Space stations BT Audio equipment RT Toy spacecraft SN Devices by which music, voices, etc. are made audible. Spacesuits Speaking clocks BT Space clothing USE Talking clocks
Spade money Spear heads BT Coins USE Spearheads SN Coins of the T'chan Dynasty, China, approximately 419BC. Also called pu money and shirt money. Spearheads
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BT Edged weapon components RT Samples
NT Kimberley points SN Use this term to index objects collected to exhibit the characteristics of some RT Spears naturally occurring animal, plant or SN The sharp pointed head which forms the mineral form. Use in conjunction with the piercing end of a spear etc. name of the object, ie for a specimen of marble use `Marble' and `Specimens'. For Spears objects which are made or processed, and have been collected to show a stage or BT Edged weapons characteristic in the processing sequence, Hunting and gathering tools use `Samples'. Polearms
NT Assegais Spectacles Boar spears BT Eyewear
NT Lorgnettes Spearthrowers Monocles BT Hunting and gathering tools Pince-nez SN Devices to aid defective vision, consisting Specie jars of lenses held in place by a frame which rests on the nose. BT Pharmaceutical jars
SN Large cylindrical (sometimes globular) Spectacles cases glass jars used in a pharmacy, originally BT Cases to hold drugs but in the second half of the 18th century purely for window display. Personal effects Later the jars were used for storage. Sometimes a light was placed behind Spectrographs them so they would serve as a condensing BT Scientific equipment lens. SN Apparatus for making a spectrogram Specifications (representation or photograph of a spectrum). BT Documents
NT Architectural specifications Spectrophotometers Design specifications BT Measuring instruments SN Detailed statements of particulars, Optical instruments especially prescribing materials, RT Spectroscopes dimension and workmanship for something to be made or built. SN Instruments for making photometric comparisons between parts of a spectra. Specimen notes Spectroscopes BT Banknotes BT Measuring instruments SN Sample notes usually with special serial Optical instruments numbers, marked "Specimen", and distributed on a restricted basis. RT Spectrophotometers
SN Optical instruments for producing and Specimens examining the spectrum of light or BT Objects radiation from any source.
NT Anthropological specimens Speculums
Botanical specimens BT Mirrors Geological specimens zoological specimens
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SN Mirrors or reflectors, especially of polished Spindle cutters metal, used on reflecting telescopes. BT Cutting tools Speedometers Woodworking machines
BT Meters Spindles SN A device that measures the rate of travel Spinning equipment of a vehicle. BT
RT Distaffs Spermicidal films SN Slender tapered rods used in hand BT Spermicides spinning to twist the material into yarn, and as a component of spinning frames to perform the same function. Spermicides BT Female contraceptives Spinets
NT Contraceptive creams BT Harpsichords
Contraceptive suppositories RT Square pianos Spermicidal films SN Keyboard instruments with similar SN Chemical or other substance used to kill plucking actions to harpsichords, but with sperm to avoid conception a different and more compact shape. Spinet strings run parallel to the Spice boxes instrument's long side, but the keyboard forms an acute angle with the spine. The BT Boxes name has sometimes been inaccurately Food storage containers applied to a square piano.
Spices Spinning equipment
BT Foodstuffs BT Textileworking equipment
NT Pepper NT Carding tools SN Pungent or aromatic substances of Distaffs vegetable origin used as seasoning in cooking or as preservatives, such as Spindles pepper, cinnamon, cloves. Spinning wheels
Spiders Spinning staffs
BT Invertebrates USE Distaffs
Spigots Spinning tops
BT Taps BT Centre of gravity toys
RT Stopcocks Spinning wheels Spin dryers BT Spinning equipment
BT Electric clothes dryers Spiral bits RT Clothes wringers USE Twist augers SN Machines which spin excess water from clothing. Spiral wood bits
Spindle cutter blades USE Twist augers USE Machinery blades
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Spirit barrels BT Auger bits Wheelwrighting tools BT Barrels RT Hollow bits
SN Bits with a funnel-shaped body and a Spirit burners cutting iron set into the side like a pencil BT Food warmers sharpener; used for tapering the tongue of a wheel spoke.
Spirit irons Spokeshaves
BT Laundry irons BT Shaves SN Laundry irons using petrol, methylated NT Coopering spokeshaves spirits or similar chemicals as fuel. RT Routers
Spirit lamps SN Shaves for planing convex or concave BT Lamps surfaces. They have the blade mounted horizontally between two handles.
Spirit levels Sponge dishes
BT Tools BT Bathroom accessories SN Devices for testing horizontality, consisting of a glass tube containing an oil Sponges or spirit, as alcohol, with a movable bubble which is only in the centre of the USE Sponges (toiletries) tube if the device is horizontal.
Sponges (animals) Spittoons BT Invertebrates BT Sanitary equipment
SN A bowl used as a receptacle for spit. Sponges (toiletries)
Splashproof cameras BT Toiletries
USE Weatherproof cameras Spool arms Splayds BT Cinematographic equipment
BT Cutlery Spool knaves SN Spoon-shaped forks with a cutting edge. Trademark. BT Reel holders
Split axes Spoons USE Froes BT Cutlery
Splitting wedges NT Apostle spoons Basting spoons BT Wedges Caddy spoons SN Solid steel wedges, often fluted Coffee spoons three-quarters of the way down on both faces. They are used extensively for Dessertspoons splitting timber, particularly hardwoods Eggspoons such as oak. Fruit spoons Spoke trimmer bits Gravy spoons
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NT Iced-tea spoons Sports balls
Jam spoons BT Balls Kitchen spoons Sports equipment
Marrow spoons NT Basketballs Measuring spoons Cricket balls Mustard spoons Footballs Salad spoons Golf balls Salt spoons Lawn bowls Serving spoons Medicine balls Soup spoons Netballs Sugar spoons Tennis balls Tablespoons Volleyballs
Teaspoons RT Games balls SN Use as a general term for collections of SN Balls used in a variety of sports. For balls spoons. Where possible, name a specific used in games, use `Games balls'. Where variety of spoon. possible, specify the type of ball rather than this broad general term. Sporrans BT Clothing accessories Sports clothing
Clothing RT Handbags BT
SN Large pouches worn hanging from the belt NT Athletic supports over the front of a kilt. Cricket boxes Cricket uniforms Sport safety helmets Cricketers belts USE Sports safety helmets Football uniforms Golf clothes Sport tickets Jodhpurs BT Sport tickets Martial arts outfits NT Sport tickets Riding habits SN Tickets used to gain entry or attendance Skating costumes at sporting events. Ski clothing Sporting equipment Sports footwear Sports safety helmets USE Sports equipment Sports shirts
Sporting firearms Swimwear Tennis clothing BT Firearms Tracksuits Sports equipment Wetsuits NT Sporting rifles SN Clothes or uniforms worn when RT Shotguns participating in sports.
Sporting rifles Sports ephemera BT Ephemera BT Rifles Sporting firearms Sports equipment
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BT Recreational equipment Sportswear
NT Archery equipment USE Sports clothing Athletics equipment Bowling balls Spot binding masks
Bowling pins USE Lantern slide mounts Bows and arrows Boxing gloves Spot binding strips Crampons USE Lantern slide mounts Cricket equipment
Golfing equipment Spring balances Ping pong sets BT Balances Racquets SN Balances in which weight is determined Sailing equipment by the extent to which a coiled spring is Shin guards extended. Skis Sporting firearms Spring bow compasses Sports balls USE Bow compasses Vigoro bats Water sports equipment Spring compasses USE Bow compasses Sports footwear BT Footwear Spring scales Sports clothing USE Spring balances NT Cricket boots Football boots Sprinkler attachments Gym boots USE Sprinklers Riding boots Sandshoes Sprinklers Ski boots BT Gardening equipment Sports medals
BT Medals Sprocket wheels Prizes BT Machinery components
SN Wheels having a set of projections on the Sports safety helmets rim which engage the links of a chain. BT Helmets Sports clothing Spur pinions BT Pinions Sports shirts SN Pinions whose teeth are on the outer BT Shirts diameter, and at right angles with the Sports clothing wheel face. SN Informal shirts with open collar Spur wheels Sports shoes USE Spur pinions
USE Sports footwear
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Spurs USE Theatre costumes
BT Footwear accessories Horse riding equipment Stags
RT Riding boots BT Deer SN Adult male deer. Spy cameras
USE Detective cameras Stained glass panels BT Architectural panels Square pianos
BT Pianos Stained glass windows BT Windows RT Spinets
SN Rectangular-shaped pianos on four legs, with the keyboard to the left. These were Staircases the first popular form of piano, gradually BT Architectural elements superseded by upright pianos in England, but remaining popular in the USA until the late 1800s. Stalactites
USE Stalactites and stalagmites Squares
BT Measuring instruments Stalactites and stalagmites Tools BT Rocks NT Bevels SN Long cone-shaped deposits, usually of Carpenters squares calcium carbonate, formed in caves by the Mitre squares dripping of percolating cacareous water. Set squares Stalactites hang from the roof of a cave and stalagmites stick up from the floor. Try squares T-squares Stamp albums SN Tools consisting of two perpendicular arms fixed together to form a right angle, USE Philatelic albums used for marking right angles or testing the squareness of sides, edges or surfaces. Stamp duty dies Squeezers USE Duty stamp dies
USE Juicers Stamp essays Squirrels BT Postal products
BT Animals SN Original designs for postage stamps.
Stacking chairs Stamp packaging
BT Chairs BT Packaging Postal products
Stage backdrops Stamps BT Performance venue components USE Postage stamps
Stage costumes Stamps (tools)
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BT Tools NT Musical instrument stands
NT Chops (stamps) Pot plant stands Rubber stamps Safe stands Watermarks Tazzas SN Instruments for stamping, such as dies or Telescope mounts tools for impressing or marking a design Tripods or pattern on metal, paper, or other soft or absorbent material. Trivets Umbrella stands Standard lenses Vessel stands BT Photographic lenses Watch stands SN Objects used as a base to display, use SN Lenses whose focal lengths are and/or support another object(s). approximately equal to the film format with which they are used (AAT). Staplers
Standing irons BT Office equipment
BT Laundry irons SN Devices used to apply staples to papers
NT Egg irons Staples Goffering irons Polishing irons BT Fasteners Office equipment Sleeve irons Tally irons Star charts SN Laundry irons mounted on stands or long handles; used in an upright position for USE Astronomical charts specialist finishings.
Star drills Standing lamps USE Plugging chisels USE Floor lamps
Star maps Standing presses USE Astronomical charts USE Bookbinding presses
Star Pagoda Stands USE Star pagoda coins BT Objects
NT Ashtray stands Star pagoda coins Bonbon stands BT Coins Cake stands SN The type of pagoda as struck in Madras Camera stands under the East India Company. Display stands Drill stands Starfish
Eggcup stands BT Invertebrates Exhibition stands Hat block stands Starting punches
Microphone stands BT Punches Museum stands Music stands
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SN Plain steel rods, about 8 to 10 inches long, Stationery packaging usually tapered toward one end, used for driving bolts out of holes. BT Packaging
Staters Statues BT Ancient Greek coins USE Figures SN Stater is a Greek word with many USE Human figures meanings. A stater is probably the USE Animal figures principal currency unit of any particular city, and thus would vary in value and metal. Statuettes USE Figures Static generators USE Electrostatic generators Statutory declarations
BT Documents Stationary engines SN A written statement declared before and BT Engines witnessed by an authorised official, but not sworn on oath, therefore not NT Factory engines recognised as evidence in a court of law. Mill engines Mining engines Stave gauges Pumping engines BT Coopering tools Woodworking gauges Table engines SN Permanently placed engines, as used in SN Home-made wooden bars, slightly power plants, factories or mines. hollowed and graduated along one side, and with a stop or foot at the end. Used by coopers for testing the length and width of Stationary steam turbines cask staves. USE Steam turbines Stave wrenches Stationery USE Flagging irons
BT Objects Steak knives NT Appointment books BT Table knives Business stationery Erasers SN Dinner knives with very sharp, slightly curved and pointed steel blades. Expanding files Folders Steam boilers Invitations USE Boilers Labels Loose-leaf binders Steam car engines Mourning stationery USE Motor car engines Pencil sharpeners Postal stationery Steam engine indicators Writing paper USE Engine indicators Stationery boxes
BT Boxes Steam engines BT External-combustion engines NT Card boxes
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BT Piston engines Steam trams NT Beam engines BT Trams Compound engines Condensing engines Steam turbines Horizontal engines BT Turbines Non-condensing engines Oscillating engines NT Marine steam turbines SN Machines that use the thermal energy of Overtype engines steam produced in a boiler to drive a Paddle engines turbine at high speed. Portable engines Table engines Steam vessels Traction engines USE Steamships Undertype engines Vertical engines Steam wash boilers SN External-combustion engines where the USE Laundry coppers expansive action of steam generated in a boiler moves a sliding piston in a cylinder. Use `Steam turbines' for prime movers Steamers that convert the internal energy of steam into rotary motion using a vaned wheel or USE Steamships runner. Steamrollers Steam generators BT Construction equipment USE Boilers RT Toy steamrollers Steam hammers SN Heavy vehicles, originally steam-powered, having a roller or rollers used for crushing BT Hammers or levelling material, as in road-making. Metalworking equipment
RT Forges Steamships
SN Heavy steam-operated mechanical BT Ships hammers, used in forges. SN Ships propelled by steam-driven engines, and designed for carrying heavy loads of Steam motors passengers, cargo, etc. USE Steam engines Steel squares
Steam ploughing engines USE Carpenters squares
USE Ploughing engines Steel string guitars
Steam rollers BT Acoustic guitars
USE Steamrollers NT Arched top guitars SN Guitars with metal strings and longer narrower fingerboards and necks than Steam traction engines found on classical guitars, which are USE Traction engines normally played with plectrums or finger picks; also known as folk or Country and Western guitars. Steam tram motors USE Tram engines Steelyards
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BT Balances Stereo cameras SN Balances with a short arm to to take the BT Cameras thing weighed and long graduated arm along which a weight is moved till it SN Cameras which use two or more lenses to balances this. take three-dimensional photographs, or side-by-side two-dimensional photographs Steins which appear three-dimensional when viewed through a stereoscope. BT Beer mugs Stereo card viewers RT Tankards USE Stereoscopes SN Large German stoneware beer or ale mugs, usually cylindrical, with one handle and a hinged lid. Stereo cards
Stencil prints USE Stereo photographs
BT Prints Stereo pairs NT Pochoir prints USE Stereo photographs Screenprints
RT Stencils Stereo photographs SN Prints produced by processes involving a BT Photographs stencil. SN Pairs of photographs taken with two Stencils lenses, such that, when viewed with special devices, the two images appear to BT Profile tools form a single, three-dimensional image. Use `Three-dimensional photographs' for NT Embroidery stencils three-dimensional images on a single SN Thin sheets of paper, cardboard or metal print. cut through so as to reproduce a design, letters, etc., when colour is rubbed Stereo printing frames through it. BT Contact printing frames Stenographs RT Stereo photographs BT Office machines SN Contact printing frames used to produce Writing equipment stereo photographs. SN Machines used for typing in shorthand. Appearance is similar to a typewriter, but Stereo viewers the keyboard displays a set of phonetic (or other) symbols to faciliate faster USE Stereoscopes transcription.
Stereo views Stephenson's link motion engines USE Stereo photographs BT Engines
Stereograms Stephenson's link reversing engines USE Stereo photographs USE Link reversing engines
Stereographic viewers Steps USE Stereoscopes BT Architectural elements
RT Staircases Stereographoscopes
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USE Stereoscopes Stickers
BT Documents Stereographs NT Advertising stickers USE Stereo photographs SN Adhesive labels usually for advertising purposes. Stereos
USE Audio systems Stickpins BT Jewellery Stereos (photographs) Pins
USE Stereo photographs Sticky tape
USE Adhesive tape Stereoscopes
BT Optical instruments Stiletto daggers Photographic viewing equipment SN Optical instruments through which two BT Daggers pictures of the same object, taken from SN Small daggers with slender, tapering slightly different points of view, are seen blades. one by each eye, producing the effect of one three dimensional picture. Modern Stiletto heeled shoes stereoscopes are principally used for air photo interpretation. Early stereoscopes BT Shoes were used for viewing stereo cards or stereo photographs on a range of subjects. Stiletto tools
Stereoscopic cameras BT Embroidery equipment
USE Stereo cameras Piercing tools SN Small, sharp-pointed instruments for making eyelet holes in needlework. Stereoscopic cards
USE Stereo photographs Still video cameras BT Cameras Stereoscopic photographs Video equipment
USE Stereo photographs RT Video cameras SN Cameras where light-sensitive electronic image sensors take the place of film, Stereoscopic viewers reading a colour exposure as a stream of USE Stereoscopes signals that are magnetically recorded on to a spinning disc or stationary `smart card'. The pictures may be viewed on a Stereoscopic views television screen or printed on paper. USE Stereo photographs Stipple engravings Stethoscopes BT Engravings
BT Medical instruments SN Prints produced by a method of engraving in tone, much used in the late 18th and early 19th centuries for the reproduction Stick pins of drawings.
USE Stickpins Stipple gravers
BT Gravers
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Stirling cycle engines Stomachers
USE Stirling engines BT Clothing
SN Decorative panels worn over the bodice at Stirling engines the front.
BT Hot air engines Stone axes SN Hot air engines operating on the Stirling USE Hand axes cycle.
Stirring rods Stone implements
BT Mixing tools USE Stone tools
RT Swizzle sticks Stone scrapers SN A thin rod of glass for stirring. BT Stone tools
Stirrups RT Scrapers
BT Horse tack SN Stone tools with a thick working edge, probably used to scrape skins or for woodworking. Stiver coins USE Stuiver coins Stone tools
BT Hunting and gathering tools Stock whips NT Burins USE Stockwhips Grinding stones Hand axes Stocking purses Spear heads BT Purses Stone scrapers
RT Awls
Stockings SN Prehistoric tools made of stone, especially BT Hosiery by removing flakes from blocks of raw material. They include stone scrapers, hand axes, cleavers, burins and awls. Stocks
BT Punishment equipment Stonecutter's chisels Structures USE Tooth chisels
Stockwhips Stonemason's chisels BT Agricultural equipment USE Masonry chisels Whips SN Long whips used in handling stock. Stonemason's tools Stoles USE Masonry tools
BT Clothing accessories Stones SN Scarves or similar narrow garments of fur or cloth, usually worn over dresses or BT Objects coats, with the ends hanging down in front. NT Abrading stones Building stones
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NT Gemstones Storage bags
Grinding stones BT Bags Polishing stones NT Food storage bags Precious stones RT Clothing storage containers Sharpening stones
Stools Storage boxes
BT Seating furniture BT Containers
NT Footstools Storage furniture Music stools USE Storage and display furniture Stop cocks
USE Stopcocks Storage tanks
BT Containers Stopcocks
BT Plumbing fixtures Storks
Valves BT Birds SN A valve with a tapered plug operated by a handle, used to control the flow of a liquid or gas from a receptacle or through a pipe. Story books
USE Storybooks Stoppers
BT Container components Storybooks SN Devices put into neck of containers to stop BT Childrens books contents escaping.
Stopwatches Stove blacking brushes
BT Timepieces BT Blacking brushes
SN Brushes used to apply stove blacking. RT Timers
SN Watches with a hand or hands that can be stopped or started at any instant, and Stoves which are adapted for indicating fractions BT Heating equipment of a second (used for timing races etc.) RT Cooking stoves
Storage and display furniture SN Use this term for heating stoves. For BT Furniture kitchen appliances with a cooktop, use Cooking stoves. For kitchen appliances NT Bookcases without a cooktop, use Domestic ovens. Cabinets Straight calipers Chests Chests of drawers USE Inside calipers Commodes Cupboards Strainer spoons Sideboards BT Gravy spoons Wardrobes RT Strainers Washstands
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SN A type of spoon for use in straining Street pianos liquids, having (A) pierced decoration in the bowl, or (B) a vertical divider with USE Barrel pianos vertical slits. Stretchers (beds) Strainers BT Medical furniture BT Separators
NT Fish drainers Striking clocks Gravy strainers BT Clocks Mazarines RT Tea strainers Chiming clocks SN Implements made in many shapes, styles SN Clocks that sound the hours on a bell or and sizes, all having pierced work and gong. The sound is produced through used to strain various liquids. separate gears (striking trains) which are released at the hours by a system of pins Strapped head hammers and levers incorporating a locking plate or rack. BT Hammers
SN Hammers attached to the handle by side Striking hammers straps. USE Sledgehammers
Straps Striking tools BT Fasteners BT Tools SN A narrow ftrip of flexible material, especially leather, for fastening or holding NT Gavels things together. (Macquarie dictionary, Hammers 3rd ed.). Mallets Straw dispensers Mauls
BT Dispensers String
Strawberry bowls BT Fasteners
BT Fruit bowls RT String containers
Street directories String containers
BT Directories BT Containers Road maps RT String
Street lighting equipment Stringed instrument accessories BT Lighting equipment BT Musical instrument accessories RT Lampposts NT Bows Cello accessories Street lights Musical instrument bows USE Street lighting equipment Plectrums Viola cases Street organs Violin accessories USE Barrel pianos RT Stringed instrument components
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Stringed instrument components Stripper harvesters
BT Musical instrument components BT Harvesters
NT Cello components Musical instrument strings Strollers Viola components BT Baby accessories Violin components SN Light collapsible chairs on wheels, used for carrying small children. Stringed instruments Strongboxes BT Musical instruments BT Boxes NT Balalaikas Security equipment Banduras SN Strongly made chests for keeping money, Banjo mandolins jewels etc secure Banjo-mandolins Strops Banjos BT Razor blade sharpeners Banjuleles Bow harps RT Razors Cellos SN Strips of leather or other flexible material, used for sharpening razors. Citterns
Domras Structures Double basses BT Objects Fiddles Guitars NT Bridges Harps Buildings Hurdy-gurdies Dry docks Kudyapis Fences Lutes Fish ponds Lyres Fountains Mandolins Stocks Portuguese guitars Swimming pools Ukuleles Stuber coins Violas BT Coins Violins Viols Zithers Stud earrings
RT Stringed instrument components USE Ear studs
SN Musical instruments which produce sounds by the plucking or drawing of Studio cameras strings, and including bowed instruments. BT Cameras Strings of beads SN This is a general term for any camera used in a studio, including `Television BT Jewellery cameras', `Film cameras' and `Plate cameras'. NT Prayer beads
Worry beads Studio flash units
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USE Studio lighting equipment Stump-jump ploughs
BT Ploughs Studio lighting equipment
BT Photographic lighting equipment Sturts Desert Pea
NT Reflector Lights BT Australian plants SN Photographic lighting equipment that SN Floral emblem of South Australia. cannot be easily carried around but offers greater control than `Camera flashes'. Includes studio flash units and Tungsten Sturt's Desert Peas studio lighting. USE Sturts Desert Pea
Studio scales Styluses (audio) USE Photographic scales BT Audio equipment
Studio stands RT Slate pencils
USE Camera stands SN Needles tipped with diamond, sapphire, etc, for reproducing the sound of a gramophone record, phonograph record, Studs 78, or LP record . BT Buttons Styluses (computer accessory) NT Coat studs BT Computer accessories Shirt studs SN Small buttons or fasteners, commonly of SN Use for a stylus that is for a computer, metal, bone etc used for holding together such as PDA, or a computer game unit. detachable parts of clothing, or for ornament. Styluses (tools)
BT Drafting instruments Stuffed animals SN Any small pencil-shaped instruments with BT Objects a hard point, usually metal, used for incising lines on a soft surface or for NT Stuffed birds transferring drawings. RT Animals
SN Taxidermied specimens. Submarine cables
BT Telecommunications cables Stuffed birds BT Stuffed animals Submarines
SN Taxidermied specimens BT Military vehicles Naval ships Stuffed toys Subminiature cameras USE Soft toys USE Midget cameras
Stuffing knives Sucrieres USE Chincing irons USE Sugar bowls Stuiver coins Suction toys BT Coins BT Toys
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Sugar BT Spoons
BT Foodstuffs RT Sugar bowls
SN Spoons used for serving sugar from sugar Sugar barrels basins.
BT Barrels Sugar tongs Sugar containers BT Serving tongs
Sugar basin spoons RT Sugar bowls
USE Sugar spoons SN Small tongs used for serving cubes of sugar at the table. Sugar basins Sugarbags USE Sugar bowls BT Sugar containers
SN Bags, usually made of woven hessian, Sugar baskets used to contain and transport refined BT Baskets sugar. Sugar containers Tableware Suit bags SN Metalwork sugar containers, usually with BT Clothing storage containers handle and glass lining dish Luggage
Sugar bowls Suitcases BT Bowls BT Clothing storage containers Sugar containers Luggage Tableware RT Baggage labels Sugar casters
BT Sugar containers Suits Tableware BT Clothing
RT Sugar NT Business suits SN Small containers with a domed cover Evening suits pierced for the sprinkling of sugar. Lounge suits Sugar containers Morning suits
BT Food storage containers Sun compasses
NT Sugar barrels BT Directional compasses Sugar baskets SN Navigational devices that utilise the Sugar bowls shadow of a pin and accompanying dial to Sugar casters facilitate use of the sun in measuring direction. Sugarbags RT Sugar Sun hats
BT Hats Sugar dredgers Protective clothing USE Food dredgers Sun protection equipment NT Sun visors Sugar spoons SN Soft hat, usually light-coloured hat with a shady brim
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Sun lounges Sunday dresses
BT Outdoor furniture BT Dresses Seating furniture NT Banana chairs Sundials SN Light chairs, used outdoors for sunbathing BT Timepieces etc, having back, seat and leg supports. RT Clocks Sun planes SN Instruments for indicating the time of day BT Coopering planes by the position of a shadow cast by the sun on a graduated plate or surface. SN Planes with a semicircular shape when viewed from above; used to smooth and level the ends of the staves of barrels after Sunflowers the barrels have been assembled. BT Flowers
Sun protection equipment Sunglasses BT Safety equipment BT Eyewear NT Beach umbrellas Sun protection equipment Sun hats Sunglasses Sunscreen Sunscreen BT Sun protection equipment
RT Beach accessories Topical medications SN Lotions or creams which, when applied to SN Equipment used to protect the skin and/or the skin, protect it against damage from eyes from the rays of the sun. the rays of the sun.
Sun umbrellas Sunshades USE Parasols USE Parasols
Sun visors Supplejacks BT Sun hats BT Walking aids SN Peaked hats with a band to hold onto SN Strong, pliant canes or walking-sticks. head, no crown
Sunblock Supporting equipment
USE Sunscreen BT Equipment
NT Saw horses Sunburn cream Trestles USE Sunscreen Work benches Workbenches Suncream Suppositories USE Sunscreen BT Medications
Sundae glasses NT Vaginal suppositories BT Dinnerware SN Solid or encapsulated medications Glasses inserted into the rectum or vagina to be dissoved therein.
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Suppository moulds USE Surgical gloves
BT Medical moulds Surgical clamps
Surcoats BT Surgical instruments
BT Coats Surgical equipment SN Garments worn over medieval armour, often embroidered with heraldic arms, or, BT Health and medical equipment an outer coat or garment. NT Surgical gauze Sure cards Surgical gloves Surgical gowns USE Cartes-de-visite Surgical instruments
Surf rescue boats Surgical masks Surgical thread BT Emergency vehicles Motor boats Surgical gauze Rescue boats SN Motor boats with high bows designed for BT Surgical equipment passing through surf and used in beach rescue and patrol work. For rowing boats Surgical gloves used in beach rescue, use `Surfboats'. BT Disposable gloves Surface condensing engines Protective clothing Surgical equipment USE Condensing engines
Surgical gowns Surface finishing tools BT Protective clothing BT Tools Surgical equipment NT Buffs Burnishers Surgical implants Paintbrushes BT Prostheses
paper files NT Chin implants Scrapers Cochlear implants Pacemakers Surfboards RT Corneal lenses BT Water sports equipment SN Tissues and synthetic materials implanted Watercraft into the body surgically. RT Sailboards Surgical instruments
Surfboats BT Medical instruments BT Emergency vehicles Surgical equipment Rescue boats NT Curettes Rowing boats Fleams SN Four-oared rowing boats employed in Forceps beach rescue and patrol work. For motor boats designed for rescue operations, use Scalpels `Surf rescue boats'. Surgical clamps Surgical needles Surgeon's gloves
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NT Surgical speculums Sushi slabs
Trephines BT Plates
Surgical masks Suspender belts BT Masks BT Underwear Protective clothing Surgical equipment Suspenders
Surgical needles BT Hosiery
BT Needles SN Straps for holding up stockings or Surgical instruments pantihose.
Surgical speculums Suspension bridges
BT Surgical instruments BT Bridges
RT Speculums Suture thread SN An instrument for rendering a part accessible to observation, as by enlarging BT Surgical thread an orifice. SN Surgical thread used for sewing wounds closed. Surgical supports BT Health and medical equipment Swabs
NT Neck braces BT Health and medical equipment
RT Dressings Surgical thread
BT Surgical equipment Swag dolls
NT Ligature thread BT Character dolls Suture thread Swage blocks Surveying compasses BT Swages BT Compasses SN Tools for making wire or mouldings. Metal Surveying equipment is drawn through grooves in two SN Instruments used to measure horizontal adjustable steel dies held by a screw. angles in surveying with reference to the direction of a magnetic needle. Their purpose is to establish values of magnetic Swages variation, to align the telescope of a BT Metalworking tools theodolite or to obtain magnetic bearings. The usual forms are prismatic or tubular. NT Swage blocks Usually capable of fastening to tripods or SN Tools used for various purposes but other firm supports and equipped with especially in sheet metal work, in shaping sighting apparatus. metal with a form or die and in setting the teeth of saws. Surveying equipment
BT Occupation-based equipment Swagger sticks BT Canes NT Geophysical survey instruments Miners dials Swans Surveying compasses
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BT Birds Sweetmeat dishes
NT Cygnets BT Dishes
RT Sweetmeat sets Swap cards SN Dishes with several divided USE Collecting cards compartments, for serving an assortment of sweetmeats. Swashplate engines Sweetmeat plates BT Piston engines USE Sweetmeat dishes RT Steam engines
SN Reciprocating engines which use a Sweetmeat sets swashplate rather than a crankshaft. BT Tableware Swatch books RT Sweetmeat dishes BT Books SN A set of dishes forming a composite unit, Textiles sometimes around a central dish and RT Swatches sometimes resting on a tray. The dishes are of various shapes (fan-shaped, hexagonal, etc) and were used to hold Swatchbooks assorted sweetmeats.
USE Swatch books Swimcaps
Swatches USE Bathing caps
BT Samples Textiles Swimming caps
NT Furnishing swatches USE Bathing caps SN A sample of cloth or other material. Swimming costumes
Sweaters USE Swimsuits USE Jumpers Swimming equipment
Sweep saws BT Recreational equipment USE Bow saws NT Flippers Flotation aids Sweet dishes Snorkels USE Dessert dishes Swimming goggles Underwater masks
Sweetheart brooches RT Diving equipment BT Brooches Swimming goggles
Sweetheart jewellery BT Goggles BT Sentimental jewellery Swimming equipment
SN Jewellery given by service personnel to their loved ones, often made by the giver Swimming pools and often incorporating military motifs. BT Structures
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SN Subject term used by PICMAN. RT Stirring rods
SN Small rods for stirring drinks. Swimming robes BT Outerwear Sword bayonets Swimwear BT Bayonets SN Robes for wearing over swimsuits
Swimming trunks Sword belts BT Armour BT Swimsuits Belts NT Board shorts SN Swimsuits, usually mens, covering the Sword canes lower part of the body only. USE Swordsticks Swimsuits
BT Swimwear Sword sticks USE Swordsticks NT Bathing suits Bikinis Swords Swimming trunks SN Items of clothing worn specifically to go BT Edged weapons swimmimg NT Barongs Swimwear Broadswords Cutlasses BT Sports clothing Katana NT Swimming robes Rapiers Swimsuits Sabers Sabres Swing tags Swordsticks BT Labels Wakizashi
Swiss gimlet bits Swordsticks
USE Gimlet bits BT Canes Combination weapons Switchboards Swords SN Canes, having a hollow shaft which serves BT Office equipment as a sheath for a sword. Telecommunications equipment Sympalmographs Switches BT Drawing instruments BT Control equipment SN Apparatus for exhibiting the combinations NT Electric switches of vibrations, consisting of a double pendulum the two parts of which can be Electric switching devices caused to vibrate in different directions RT Circuit breakers and at varying rates, with a style attached so as to trace the resulting curves on a prepared surface. (Oxford English Swizzle sticks Dictionary). BT Bar equipment
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Sympathy cards Synthetic gemstones
BT Cards BT Gemstones
SN RT Condolence books; Condolence letters; Mourning cards Synthetic gemstones are created in a laboratory and have the same properties SN Cards with message of condolence. as natural gems.
Synagogues Syringes
BT Religious buildings BT Medical instruments
SN Subject term used by State Library to NT Enema syringes index the Great Synagogue Hypodermic syringes
Sync generators Uterine syringes
USE Synchronising generators Syrup dispensers
BT Dispensers Sync-signal generators
USE Synchronising generators T-shirts
BT Shirts Synchronising generators
BT Generators T-squares Television equipment SN Electronic generators that supply BT Drafting instruments synchronising pulses to television studio Squares and transmitter equipment. SN Squares in the shape of a T, used in technical and architectural drawing. The Synchronizing generators short arm slides along the edge of a drawing board keeping the long arm in a USE Synchronising generators parallel state.
Synchronous engines Tabards
USE Synchronous motors BT Tops
SN Short sleeveless or short-sleeved tops Synchronous generators consisting of front and back panels and open at the sides. BT AC generators Tabi NT Inductor alternators Turboalternators USE Socks SN Machines which generate an alternating current voltage when their armature or Table candlesticks field is rotated by a motor, engine or other means. Their output frequency is exactly BT Candlesticks proportional to the speed at which they SN Candlesticks designed for resting on a are driven. table as opposed to candlesticks designed for carrying. Synchronous motors
BT AC motors Table clocks
SN Motors that transform alternating current BT Clocks electric power into mechanical power, using field magnets excited with direct power. Their average speed is proportional Table cloths to the frequency of the applied voltage.
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USE Tablecloths NT Serviettes Table runners Table engines Tablecloths BT Stationary engines Tablemats Steam engines Tea cloths SN Stationary steam engines in which the SN Household textiles such as tablecloths and cylinder stands on a frame formed with serviettes used on the table. four legs like a table. They were frequently used in factories. Table mats Table forks USE Tablemats
BT Cutlery Forks Table napkins
NT Dessert forks USE Serviettes Dinner forks Entree forks Table runners Fish forks BT Runners Fruit forks Table linen SN Long, narrow strips of linen, embroidery, Oyster forks lace or the like, for placing across a table, Salad forks sideboard etc. SN Use as a general term for collections of table forks. Where possible, name a Table tops specific type of table fork. USE Tabletops Table knives
BT Cutlery Tableaux vivants
Knives BT Artworks NT Butterknives SN Representations of a picture, statue, Cake knives scene, etc., by one or more persons Cheese knives suitably costumed and posed. Dessert knives Tablecloths Dinner knives BT Cloths Entree knives Table linen Fish knives Fruit knives Tablemats Steak knives BT Table linen SN Use as a general term for collections of knives used when eating a meal. Where possible, name a specific type of table Tables knife. BT Furniture
Table lamps NT Boardroom tables BT Lamps Card tables
SN Lamps designed to stand on a table. Coffee tables Console tables Table linen Dining tables
BT Household textiles Dressing-tables Gaming tables
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NT Gate-leg tables NT Eggcups Kitchen tables Fingerbowls Picnic tables Fish drainers Side tables Food covers Writing tables Ice buckets Knife rests Tables de nuit Mazarines USE Night cupboards Pepper grinders Pepper shakers Tablespoons Picnic sets BT Spoons Pipkins
SN Large spoons with oval bowls, normally Pot stands with a capacity three times that of a Rosewater bowls dessertspoon. Salad bowls Tabletops Salt cellars Salt shakers BT Furniture components Saltcellars RT Tables Sauce boats SN The top of a table, or a flat surface Saucers resembling this. Serviette rings Tablets Sugar baskets Sugar bowls USE Pills Sugar casters
Tableware Sweetmeat sets Tazzas BT Objects Tea and coffee sets NT Argylls Tea infusers Bread baskets Tea sets Cake baskets Toast racks Cake stands Trivets Centrepieces Tureens Coasters Wine coasters Coffee services Wine-coolers Condiment sets Wineglass coolers Cruet sets SN Dishes, utensils, etc., used at the table or Cruets meals. Cup, saucer and plate sets Tablewares Cups and saucers USE Tableware Cutlery Dinnerware Tachometers Dish-rings BT Meters Drinking cups Drinking glasses Eggcup stands
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SN Instruments for measuring the number of BT Standing irons revolutions per minute made by a SN Hollow cylinders heated by pokers, used to revolving shaft, e.g. that in a motor finish lace edges, bows and ribbons; and to vehicle which indicates the revolutions per iron velvets and other pile fabrics. minute of the engine
Talwars Taiko USE Tulwars USE Daiko
Tail coats Tam-o'-shanters BT Caps BT Coats
RT Berets
Tail-lights SN Caps of Scottish origin, with a flat crown larger in diameter than the headband. BT Motor car components
SN Lights, usually red, used at the rear of a Tambour frames motor vehicle, train, etc. BT Tambour work equipment
Tailors irons RT Embroidery frames BT Flatirons Tambour hooks
Talcum powder BT Tambour work equipment BT Toiletries
NT Baby powder Tambour work equipment BT Embroidery equipment Talking clocks NT Tambour frames BT Clocks Tambour hooks
RT Night clocks Tambourines SN Clocks which `speak' the time, the most common being those that give the exact BT Percussion instruments time via the telephone system, but also including domestic clocks such as `Night clocks'. Early talking clocks used Tampons gramophones. BT Menstrual products
Tall clocks Tandem compound engines USE Longcase clocks BT Compound engines
Tall ships SN Engines which work on the Woolf principle with steam passing directly from USE Sailing ships the high pressure cylinder to the low pressure cylinder during the whole stroke. Tallboys Tank transporters BT Chests of drawers BT Trailers SN Tall chests of drawers supported on a low stand. RT Prime movers
SN Large trailers designed to pull or move Tally irons tanks, generally by being attached to a prime mover.
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Tankards SN Slender candles or long wicks coated with wax, tallow or the like, as for use in BT Drinking vessels lighting candles or gas.
RT Steins Tapersticks SN Large one-handled drinking vessels, often USE Taper candlesticks with a hinged lid. The prescribed standard for an old tankard was about a quart ; anything smaller is better called a mug. Tapestries
Tanks BT Artworks Textiles USE Storage tanks Taps
Tap and die sets BT Plumbing fixtures BT Tools NT Spigots
RT Stopcocks Tap augers SN Any device for controlling the flow of USE Taper augers liquid from a pipe or the like by opening or closing an orifice. Tapa cloth equipment Tarot cards BT Textileworking equipment BT Cards SN Equipment used in the making of Tapa (or bark) cloths. Tarpaulins
Tapa cloths BT Camping equipment BT Cloths Covers
Tape measures Tart tins
BT Measuring instruments BT Baking tins Sewing equipment Tarwars
Taper augers USE Tulwars BT Augers
SN Augers made in the form of a tapered, Tasmanian devils conical half-funnel, with one or both of the BT Australian animals exposed edges side-sharpened to cut laterally. SN Australian native animal.
Taper candlesticks Tassels BT Candlesticks BT Textiles
RT Candles SN Utensils similar to and usually in the Tassets style of various types of candlesticks, but USE Leg armour smaller, being about 10cm high, for holding a taper (a thin candle). Tatting knives Tapers BT Knives BT Candles Lacemaking equipment
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Tatting shuttles Tea bags
BT Lacemaking equipment BT Tea Shuttles Tea blocks Taxi meters BT Tea BT Motor car accessories
Tea bowls Tazzas BT Drinking cups BT Stands Tea accessories Tableware RT Teacups SN Shallow ornamental bowls supported on a stem base or a low foot. SN A small cup without a handle made and used in the Far East for drinking tea, and Tea commonly made by many European factories during the 18th century. BT Beverages
NT Tea bags Tea caddies Tea blocks BT Food storage containers Tea accessories Tea-leaves SN A beverage made from leaves of various SN Small tins for holding tea. tea plants. Tea caskets Tea accessories BT Caskets BT Domestic equipment RT Tea-chests NT Slop bowls SN Ornate boxes used to store tea leaves. Tea bowls Usually made of wood or precious metal Tea caddies such as silver. Tea chests Tea-chests Tea jars BT Chests Tea sets Tea accessories Tea strainers SN Large wooden boxes or crates in which tea Tea trolleys is packed. (Macquarie Dictionary, 3rd ed.) Tea urns Tea-chests Tea chests Tea-cosies USE Tea-chests Teacups Teapot stands Tea cloths Teapots BT Table linen
Teaspoons SN Small tablecloth. RT Tea Tea cosies
Tea and coffee sets USE Tea-cosies BT Tableware Tea-cosies RT Tea sets BT Household textiles Tea accessories
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Tea cups Tea-towels
USE Teacups BT Cloths Household textiles Tea gowns SN Cloths for drying crockery, etc, after it has been washed. BT Dresses
SN At home gowns of late nineteenth and Tea trolleys early twentieth centuries. BT Tea accessories Trolleys Tea infusers BT Kitchen equipment Tea urns Tableware BT Food warmers SN Used for infusing a small amount of tea Tea accessories (usually for one cup). Urns Tea jars RT Hot water urns
BT Food storage jars SN Types of vessels for dispensing, originally, hot water for making tea or, later, hot tea Tea accessories ; it has a tap and a spigot that enables the contents to be dispensed without lifting or Tea-leaves tilting the heavy piece. BT Tea Teaching aids RT Tea caddies USE Educational aids
Tea services Teacups USE Tea sets BT Drinking cups Tea accessories Tea sets RT Tea bowls BT Tableware SN A cup in which tea is served, usually of Tea accessories small or moderate size. SN A number of cups, saucers, plates, etc., with a teapot, usually of the same pattern, Teapot stands used in serving tea. BT Tea accessories Tea spoons Vessel stands
USE Teaspoons RT Veilleuses
Tea strainers Teapots
BT Strainers BT Pots Tea accessories Tea accessories NT Commemorative teapots
Tea tins RT Tea sets USE Tea caddies Tear bottles
Tea towels USE Unguentaria USE Tea-towels Teasets
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USE Tea sets Teething rings
BT Baby accessories Teaspoons RT Teething spoons BT Spoons Tea accessories SN Circular disks, usually of plastic, ivory, bone, etc, on which a teething baby may NT Commemorative teaspoons bite. RT Iced-tea spoons
SN Small spoons used for stirring tea. Teething spoons BT Baby accessories
Teatowels RT Teething rings USE Tea-towels Telecommunications cables
Technical cameras BT Cables BT Cameras Telecommunications equipment
SN Folding flat-bed cameras intended for use NT Submarine cables outside the studio for applications such as industrial, scientific, landscape and Telecommunications equipment architectural photography. They have interchangeable backs for accepting sheet BT Communications equipment and roll film, triple bellows extension and can be hand-held or used on a tripod. NT Communication satellites Fax machines Technical drawings Headsets BT Drawings Intercom systems Personal communication devices Technical manuals Switchboards
BT Manuals Telecommunications cables Telegraph equipment Technical notes Telephone accessories Telephone answering machines BT Documents Telephones
Teddy bears Telegrams BT Soft toys BT Correspondence Toy bears Postal documents
Tee bevels Telegraph equipment USE Bevels BT Telecommunications equipment
NT Telegraph keys Tee squares Telegraph receivers USE T-squares Telegraph transmitters Teleprinters Teeth BT Body parts (human) Telegraph keys
NT Dentures BT Telegraph equipment
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NT Morse code keys Telephone fittings
USE Telephone accessories Telegraph receivers
BT Telegraph equipment Telephone mouthpieces
BT Telephone accessories Telegraph transmitters
BT Telegraph equipment Telephones Transmitters BT Telecommunications equipment
Telegraphic equipment NT Car phones USE Telegraph equipment Field telephones Mobile phones Telephone accessories Wall telephones
BT Telecommunications equipment RT Telephone accessories
NT Telephone cards Telephoto lenses Telephone double adaptors BT Long-focus lenses Telephone earpieces Telephone mouthpieces SN Long-focal-length lenses which enlarge distant subjects within their narrow angle RT Telephones of view (AAT).
Telephone answering machines Teleprinters
BT Telecommunications equipment BT Printing machines Telegraph equipment SN Instruments having a typewriter keyboard Telephone bells which transmit and receive messages by BT Bells telegraphic transmission, or to and from a Telephone components computer. SN Early telephones used electric bells to indicate that there was an incoming call. Telescope accessories BT Accessories Telephone cards NT Telescope lenses BT Telephone accessories Telescope mounts
RT Telescopes Telephone components
BT Components Telescope lenses
NT Telephone bells BT Lenses Telescope accessories Telephone double adaptors
BT Double adaptors Telescope mirrors Telephone accessories USE Speculums SN Double adaptors used to run two telephone extensions from one line. Telescope mounts Telephone earpieces BT Stands Telescope accessories BT Telephone accessories
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Telescope reflectors Television guides
USE Speculums BT Documents
SN Directories (usually on paper) of what Telescopes programs are on particular channels at particular times. BT Optical instruments
NT Astrographs Television programs (documents) Astronomical telescopes USE Television guides Photoheliographs Terrestrial telescopes Television receiving licences SN Optical instruments for making distant BT Legal documents objects appear nearer and larger.
Teletypewriters Television sets
USE Teleprinters BT Television equipment
Television camera accessories Televisions
BT Camera accessories USE Television sets
Television camera chains Tempera paintings
USE Camera chains BT Paintings
SN Paintings utilising paint made from Television camera lenses pigment ground in water and mixed with an emulsion of egg yolk or some similar BT Camera lenses substance.
RT Television cameras Templates SN Lenses used in television cameras. BT Profile tools
Television camera tubes SN Guiding tools used for duplicating shapes.
BT Camera components Temple cloths SN Electron tubes with a light-sensitive BT Cloths receptor that converts an optical image into an electrical television video signal. Temples Television cameras BT Religious buildings BT Cameras
SN Cameras used to convert a scene into Ten cent coins corresponding electric signals for transmission. BT Cent coins
Television equipment NT Dime coins
BT Audio and visual equipment Ten centime coins
NT Synchronising generators BT Centime coins Television sets NT Decime coins RT Cinematographic equipment
Ten cents
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USE Ten cent coins Tennis racquets
BT Racquets Ten dollar coins
BT Dollar coins Tennis shoes
USE Sandshoes Ten franc coins
BT Franc coins Tennis skirts
BT Skirts Ten kopek coins Tennis clothing BT Kopek coins Tenon saws Ten pfennig coins BT Woodworking saws
BT Pfennig coins SN Saws consisting of a thin, parallel-sided (rectangular) blade, whose upper edge is reinforced. Ten real coins
BT Real coins Tent bags BT Bags Ten reis coins
BT Reis coins Tent bands BT Textiles Tenaculums
BT Medical instruments Tentbands
SN Small sharp-pointed hooks, set in a USE Tent bands handle, used for seizing and picking up parts etc., in operations or dissections. Tents Teneriffe wheels BT Camping equipment
BT Lacemaking equipment Terrace houses Tennis balls BT Houses
BT Sports balls Terrestrial globes Tennis clothes BT Globes
USE Tennis clothing SN Spheres with a map of the earth depicted on them.
Tennis clothing Terrestrial telescopes
BT Sports clothing BT Telescopes
NT Tennis dresses SN Telescopes designed for viewing Tennis skirts landscapes or objects on land.
Tennis dresses Tessera USE Tesserae BT Dresses Tennis clothing
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Tesserae Tetrobol coins
BT Mosaics BT Ancient Greek coins
SN Each of the small pieces used in mosaic work. Textbooks
BT Books Test kits
BT Testing equipment RT Book carryalls SN Books used by students as the standard NT Biochemical test kits works for any particularly branch of study. Also use this term for any books Test oscillators used at school.
USE Signal generators Textile borders
Test samples BT Textiles
BT Samples NT Crochet borders Lace borders NT Clay test samples
Glaze test samples Textile length USE Test tubes Textile lengths
BT Laboratory equipment Textile lengths
BT Textiles Testamurs
BT Certificates NT Furnishing textile lengths Lace lengths SN Certificates showing that the person SN named has been admitted to a particular Textiles that are whole or part of a degree or diploma by the academic continuous roll. institution which issues the certificate. Textile paintings
Testing equipment BT Paintings BT Scientific equipment Textiles SN Atworks painted on textile (e.g. on silk). NT Battery testers
Current indicators Textile panels Eye testing equipment BT Panels Litmus papers Textiles Signal generators NT Embroidered panels Test kits Lace panels SN Equipment used for testing/validation. RT Textile lengths
Testoon coins SN Single flat textiles of specific length.
BT Coins Textile pieces SN Coins showing a ruler's portrait bust, BT Textiles struck in England, France (teston) and Italy (testone). NT Lace pieces SN Textile pieces with no specific form. Tetradrachms
BT Drachm coins
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Textile printing equipment SN Materials that are produced by weaving, felting, knotting, twining or otherwise BT Textileworking equipment processing natural or synthetic fibres so that they cohere into a form or unit. Textile samplers Textileworking equipment BT Textiles BT Equipment NT Lace samplers NT Bark cloth equipment SN Items created to demonstrate textile working techniques. Batik equipment Crochet equipment Textile tapes Dyeing equipment BT Textiles Knitting equipment
SN Lengths of tape made of textile material Lacemaking equipment such as bias binding or elastic, usually Netting equipment used in constructing clothing Reel holders Textiles Rugmaking tools Screenprinting equipment BT Objects Sewing equipment NT Banners Shuttles Braids Spinning equipment Ceremonial textiles Tapa cloth equipment Cloths Textile printing equipment Crochet borders Textileworking patterns Flags Weaving equipment Household textiles Workboxes Medical textiles RT Sailmaking equipment Nets
Ribbons Textileworking patterns Swatch books BT Patterns Swatches Textileworking equipment Tapestries NT Crochet patterns Tassels Dressmaking patterns Tent bands Embroidery patterns Textile borders Knitting patterns Textile lengths Lacemaking patterns Textile paintings Needlework patterns Textile panels Textile pieces Texture rollers
Textile samplers USE Print rollers Textile tapes Threads Thaler coins Yarns BT Coins RT Clothing components SN Heavy silver pieces, struck as the result of rich silver deposits being found during the Renaissance both in Austria and Germany.
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Thaumatropes BT Measuring instruments
USE Zoetropes Therapeutic amulets
Theatre costumes BT Amulets
BT Performance costumes Therapeutic bracelets RT Theatre equipment BT Bracelets Therapeutic devices Theatre equipment
BT Performing arts equipment Therapeutic devices
NT Theatre lighting equipment BT Health and medical equipment
Theatre passes NT Diathermy machines Theatre programs Electromassage machines Theatre props Electrotherapeutic apparatus Theatre tickets Therapeutic bracelets Worry beads Theatre lighting equipment
BT Lighting equipment Therapeutic necklaces
Theatre equipment BT Necklaces
Theatre passes Thermal sealers BT Passes USE Heat sealers Theatre equipment
RT Theatre tickets Thermo-multipliers
Theatre Programme USE Thermopiles
USE Theatre programs Thermographs
Theatre Programmes USE Recording thermometers
USE Theatre programs Thermometers
Theatre programs BT Measuring instruments Meters BT Programs NT Bath thermometers Theatre equipment Dairy thermometers Theatre props Recording thermometers
BT Theatre equipment Thermographs
Thermopiles Theatre tickets BT Batteries BT Theatre equipment Measuring instruments Tickets SN Thermoelectric batteries, used in RT Theatre passes connection with a galvanometer, for measuring minute quantities of radiant heat. Theodolites
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Thermos flasks BT Sewing equipment
USE Thermoses Thread winders
Thermoses BT Sewing equipment
BT Flasks Food storage containers Threads SN Vessels with a double wall enclosing a BT Textiles vacuum so that liquid in the inner receptacle retains its temperature. NT Crochet threads Embroidery threads Theses
BT Documents Three cent coins
BT Cent coins Thigh guards
USE Leg armour Three centime coins
BT Centime coins Thimble cases
BT Sewing equipment Three dimensional glasses
BT Eyewear Thimbles Viewing equipment SN Glasses for viewing in three dimensions, BT Sewing equipment usually used for viewing three dimensional cinema, television or Thirty pence coins computer graphics.
BT Penny coins Three dimensional photographs
RT Half crowns BT Photographic prints
SN Three dimensional images produced by Thistles stereo cameras as a single photographic print. Use `Stereo photographs' for pairs BT Plants of photographs which appear three-dimensional when viewed with Thongs special devices.
BT Sandals Three falus coins SN Sandals held loosely on the foot by two BT Falus coins pieces of rubber or leather.
Thread counters Three halfpences
BT Sewing equipment BT Penny coins
RT One and a half penny coins Thread holders BT Sewing equipment Three handled cups
NT Cotton reels BT Cups Skein holders SN A variation of the two handled cup, used as a loving cup on ceremonial occasions, as Thread waxers a prize for competitions, as awards on special occasions, or merely as ornaments.
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Three kopek coins BT Printing machines
BT Kopek coins RT Ticket machines
Three pfennig coins Tickets
BT Pfennig coins BT Documents
NT Theatre tickets Three pound coins Transport tickets BT Pound coins Tie pins Threepences USE Tiepins
BT Penny coins Tie rings Threepenny tokens BT Jewellery Rings BT Tokens
Tiepins Threshing machines BT Jewellery BT Agricultural machines Pins
RT Stickpins
Thumb planes SN Ornamental pins or clips for holding the BT Planes halves of a tie together.
Tierings Thumbscrews USE Tie rings BT Punishment equipment
SN Instruments of torture by which one or Ties both thumbs were compressed. USE Neckties Thumbscrews (hardware)
BT Screws Tigers
SN Screws each having a head that is either BT Mammals curled or flattened so it can be turned with a thumb and fingers. Tights Tiaras BT Hosiery
BT Headwear SN Tight fitting thick pantyhose Jewellery
RT Diadems Tikis
SN Jewelled ornamental coronets BT Ceremonial objects
RT Amulets Ticket machines SN In Maori and Polynesian culture a Tiki is BT Machines the first man or an ancestor. Carved representations take many forms and can RT Ticket printers be worn as amulets in some Polynesian cultures. Ticket printers
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Tile panels RT Timepieces
BT Panels Tiles Timepiece components
BT Components Tiles NT Clock components BT Architectural elements Watch components
NT Edging tiles RT Timepieces Floor tiles Hearth tiles Timepieces Roof tiles BT Objects Tile panels NT Chronographs Wall tiles Chronometers Timber specimens Clocks
BT Botanical specimens Hourglasses Stopwatches Time balls Sundials Time balls BT Balls Timepieces Time signal generators Timers Time clocks Watches SN Apparatus for measuring and recording USE Time recording clocks the time.
Time recorders Timers
USE Time recording clocks BT Timepieces
NT Cooking timers Time recording clocks RT Stopwatches BT Clocks
NT Bundy clocks Timetables
Watchmans clocks BT Information tables SN Clocks which give a permanent record of certain events. There are a number of NT Airline timetables types of time recording clocks used for Railway timetables different purposes; where possible specify the type of clock by name. Tramway timetables SN Use as a general term for collections of Time signal generators timetables. Where possible, name a specific type of timetable. BT Timepieces
SN Devices used to emit time signals for the Tin-openers purpose of calibrating equipment. BT Kitchenware
Timepiece accessories RT Cans
BT Accessories SN Devices, manual or mechanical, used for cutting off the tops of food tins. NT Clock accessories Watch accessories Tin toys
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BT Toys Tintmeters SN Use for collections of tin toys. For BT Exposure aids individual tin toys use in conjunction with heading for specific type of toy, e.g. `Tin SN Devices which determine the correct toys' and `Toy motor cars' for tin toy motor exposure by measuring the time taken for cars. sensitive paper to darken to a standard tint when exposed to light falling on the Tin whistles subject.
BT Woodwind instruments Tintype photographs
RT Toy whistles USE Tintypes
SN Small high-pitched metal flutes with six holes Tintypes
Tinderboxes BT Direct positives SN Photographs produced by the wet BT Fireplace accessories collodion process directly on lacquered RT Match containers metal, usually a piece of thin sheet iron coated black or brown. SN Boxes for holding tinder, usually fitted with a flint and steel. Tip-trucks Tinplate toys BT Trucks
USE Tin toys RT Toy tip-trucks
SN Trucks whose bodies can be tilted to Tins discharge the contents.
BT Containers Tippets
RT Cans BT Neckwear
SN Scarves of fur, wool, silk or lace for Tinsmithing tools covering the neck or the neck and shoulders, and usually having ends BT Metalworking tools hanging down in front. NT Tinsnips Tipstaffs
Tinsnips BT Uniform accessories
BT Cutting tools SN Staves (staffs) with a tin or cap of metal, Tinsmithing tools carried as a badge by certain officials. SN Scissor like tools designed to cut tin plate. Tipstaves Tint tools USE Tipstaffs
BT Gravers
SN A type of graver used in wood engraving Titlepages for cutting lines of even thickness. BT Book components
Tinted photographs RT Frontispieces
BT Photographs SN The page at the beginning of a volume which indicates the title, author's or SN Black and white photographs that have editor's name, and publication been hand coloured by skilful use of oils, information. watercolours, dyes or acrylics.
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Tivaevaes Tobacco cutters
USE Quilts BT Cutting tools
Toads Tobacco jars
BT Amphibians BT Jars Tobacco containers Toas Tobacco tins BT Artworks BT Tobacco containers SN Aboriginal direction markers stuck in the ground to indicate the destination of a SN Tins manufactured for the purpose of departing group to anyone following. holding tobacco.
Toast racks Toby jugs
BT Tableware BT Character jugs
Toasters Toddy ladles
BT Cooking equipment BT Ladles
SN Appliances for toasting bread, crumpets etc.. Toggle presses
BT Presses Toasting forks SN Double acting presses used specifically to BT Forks form patterns in baking utensils. SN Implements used for holding a slice of bread to be toasted before an open fire. Toggles They usually have a wooden haft, into BT Clothing accessories which is fixed a fork having two or three long tines. RT Netsuke
Tobacco Toiles BT Plants BT Dressmaking equipment NT Snuff SN Dressmakers sample designs made up in a temporary fabric Tobacco boxes
BT Boxes Toilet bags
Tobacco containers USE Toiletry bags
Tobacco candlesticks Toilet bowls USE Taper candlesticks BT Toilet components
Tobacco containers Toilet brushes BT Containers BT Cleaning brushes NT Tobacco boxes Tobacco jars Toilet cisterns Tobacco tins BT Toilet components
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Toilet components NT Toothbrushes
BT Plumbing fixtures Tweezers Sanitary equipment RT Cosmetics jars
NT Toilet bowls SN Articles or substances used for personal hygiene. Toilet cisterns
Toiletries packaging Toilet paper BT Packaging BT Sanitary equipment
Toiletry bags Toilet powder BT Bags USE Talcum powder Personal effects
RT Cosmetics cases Toilet seat covers
BT Bathroom accessories Toilets Covers SN Textile covers which fit over the lid of a BT Plumbing fixtures toilet seat. Sanitary equipment
NT Urinals Toilet soap USE Bath soaps Tokens
BT Objects Toiletries NT Advertising tokens BT Personal effects Birth tokens NT Baby toiletries Convict love tokens Bath salts Farthing tokens Bath soaps Halfpenny tokens Body soap Penny tokens Cosmetics Threepenny tokens Cotton wool balls Transport tokens
Dentifrices RT Passes
Deodorants SN Substitutes for money that move within a Dressing table sets limited universe, usually not in general circulation, may be exchanged for Hair toiletries particular goods or services, and are made Hand soap from hard substances whose intrinsic Manicure equipment value is always less than the stated value (Getty Institute, Art and Architecture Menstrual products Thesaurus, 2005). Perfumes Personal lubricants Tomahawks
Shaving equipment BT Axes Shaving toiletries RT Hatchets Shower caps SN Small short handled axe designed to be Sponges (toiletries) used with one hand. Used by North Talcum powder American Indians as a weapon or tool. Toilet soap
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Tone generators SN Boxes used for carrying or storing tools.
BT Signal generators Tool chests RT Audio oscillators BT Tool boxes SN Signal generators used to generate an SN Elaborately fitted chests, often with audio-frequency signal suitable for drawers and tool racks, made by joiners signalling purposes or for testing and cabinet-makers to store and transport audio-frequency equipment. their tools.
Tongs Tool components BT Lifting equipment BT Components NT Crucible tongs NT Axe heads Fire tongs Bits Furnace tongs Cranks Ingot tongs Knife blades Serving tongs Plane irons Plane wedges Tongue depressors Saw blades BT Medical instruments Tool handles
RT Tools Tonic bottles
BT Bottles Tool containers
BT Containers Tool bags NT Bit rolls BT Bags Tool containers Tool bags SN Large bags of canvas, woven rush, or bass, Tool boxes with rope handles, sometimes lined with RT Tools sailcloth or leather; used by tradesmen for carrying tools from job to job. Tool guides
Tool baskets BT Profile tools USE Tool bags NT Bench hooks Shooting boards Tool basses USE Tool bags Tool handles
BT Handles Tool box lids Tool components
USE Lids NT Axe handles Knife handles Tool boxes Tool holders BT Boxes USE Tool pads Tool containers
NT Tool chests Tool kits Work trays
RT Hand tools BT Tools
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Tool pads NT Pickaxes
BT Combination tools Piercing tools Plastering tools SN Combination tools consisting of a handle with a screw clamp for holding one of Plumb-bobs several small tools, such as saws, awls, Plumbing tools and screwdrivers of various sorts. Pottery tools Toolboxes Profile tools Prying tools USE Tool boxes Rakes
Tools Repair kits Rugmaking tools BT Equipment Saw-setting tools NT Agricultural tools Shovels Aviation tools Signwriting tools Basketmaking tools Spirit levels Bookbinding tools Squares Bootmaking tools Stamps (tools) Brewing tools Striking tools Carving tools Surface finishing tools Clamps Tap and die sets Clog making tools Tool kits Coachbuilding tools Tyre levers Combination tools Vices Crowbars Violin making tools Cutting tools Watchmaking tools Dogs (tools) Wickerworking tools Drills Woodworking tools Engineering tools Engraving tools Tooth chisels
Gardening tools BT Masonry chisels
Grappling irons SN Chisels especially designed for cutting Grinding tools stone. Hand tools Tooth creams Hunting and gathering tools USE Toothpaste Joinery tools Ladders Tooth impressions Leatherworking tools Maintenance tools BT Dental equipment Marking tools Masonry tools Tooth powder Mattocks BT Dentifrices
Metalworking tools SN A powder used for cleaning teeth. Millinery tools Mixing tools Toothbrush holders
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BT Bathroom accessories SN Medications applied directly to the part Holders being treated.
RT Toothbrushes Topis
USE Pith helmets Toothbrushes
BT Brushes Topographic models Toiletries USE Landscape models NT Electric toothbrushes SN Small brushes with long handles, used for cleaning teeth. Topographical maps
BT Maps Toothing planes
BT Planes Topping planes SN Planes with a serrated blade mounted USE Sun planes nearly vertical. They are used to roughen a surface prior to application of a veneer. Tops Toothpaste BT Clothing BT Dentifrices NT Bikini tops SN A paste or cream used for cleaning teeth. Bra tops Bustiers Toothpicks Singlet tops BT Health and medical equipment Skivvies RT Toothbrushes Tabards SN Small pointed pieces of wood, etc, for removing food, etc, lodged between the Torches teeth. BT Lighting equipment Toothpowder jars
BT Cosmetics jars Tornese coins BT Coins Top hats
BT Hats Torpedo boat engines USE Marine engines SN Tall hats, often of black silk
Topcoats Torpedo boats
USE Overcoats BT Boats Warships
Topees RT Submarines SN Small warships of high speed, used USE Pith helmets primarily for torpedo attacks.
Topical medications Torpedoes
BT Medications BT Missiles
NT Ointments Sunscreen Torso armour
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BT Armour NT Handtowels
NT Backplates RT Face washers Breastplates Tower clocks
Torsos USE Turret clocks BT Sculptures
SN Statues without head or limbs ; or the Toy aeroplanes trunk considered independently of the BT Toy aircraft head and limbs. NT Toy seaplanes Tortoises RT Aeroplanes BT Reptiles
Toy agricultural vehicles Totalisator equipment BT Toy vehicles BT Calculating devices Gambling equipment NT Toy harvesters Toy tractors NT Totalisators SN Apparatus that records and calculates RT Agricultural vehicles bets and winnings. Toy aircraft Totalisators BT Toy vehicles BT Totalisator equipment NT Toy aeroplanes SN Apparatus that registers and indicates the total of operations, measurements, etc. Toy helicopters RT Aircraft Totalizators USE Totalisators Toy ambulances
BT Toy emergency vehicles Tournois coins RT Ambulances BT Coins
Toy animals Towel racks BT Toys BT Bathroom accessories Furniture NT Toy bears
RT Towel rails Toy birds Toy cats Towel rails Toy dogs Toy elephants BT Bathroom accessories Toy horses RT Towel racks Toy koalas Toy pandas Towels Toy pigs BT Bath linen Toy sheep
NT Bath towels Toy appliances Beach towels
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BT Household toys SN Small cubes, especially of plastic or painted wood, used as baby toys. Use SN Toy versions of household appliances such `Building bricks' for brick-shaped toys as fridges, heaters, stereos, washing such as Lego which can be joined together machines. to construct objects such as buildings, vehicles etc. Toy armour
BT Military toys Toy boat trailers
BT Toy vehicle transporters Toy armoured personnel carriers RT Toy trailers BT Toy military vehicles
RT Toy tanks Toy boats BT Nautical toys Toy automata Toy watercraft
BT Automata NT Bathtub boats Toys RT Boats SN Toys consisting of mechanical figures which move through concealed motor power, as if spontaneously. Toy bombs BT Toy weapons Toy automobiles RT Bombs USE Toy motor cars
Toy bowls Toy baskets BT Toy tableware BT Household toys
Toy bows and arrows Toy battleships BT Toy weapons BT Toy military vehicles Toy ships Toy boxes RT Battleships BT Boxes Toy storage containers Toy bears RT Toy packaging BT Toy animals SN Large boxes for storing toys. Use `Toy NT Teddy bears packaging' for the packaging associated with toys. Toy birds Toy bricks BT Toy animals BT Construction toys NT Rubber ducks NT Lego sets
Toy blocks RT Toy blocks
BT Toys SN Brick-shaped toys such as Lego, usually of plastic, which can be joined together to NT Alphabet blocks construct objects such as buildings, vehicles etc. Use `Toy blocks' for small RT Toy bricks plastic or wooden cubes used as baby toys.
Toy buildings
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BT Toy structures Toy cattle trucks
NT Toy farm buildings BT Toy trucks Toy houses Toy service stations Toy cement mixers
Toy shops BT Toy construction vehicles RT Toy farms Toy trucks
RT Cement mixers Toy bulldozers BT Toy construction vehicles Toy chairs
USE Dolls furniture Toy buses
BT Toy vehicles Toy clocks
BT Toys NT Toy horsedrawn buses
RT Buses Toy clothes pegs Toy cable cars BT Laundry toys
BT Toy rail vehicles Toy clowns Toy cameras BT Toys
BT Audiovisual toys RT Clown dolls
Toy cannons Toy coffee services
BT Toy weapons BT Toy tableware
RT Cannons RT Coffee services
SN Miniature coffee services for children. Use Toy caravans `Doll's coffee services' for coffee services used in doll's houses or when playing with BT Toy trailers dolls.
Toy cars Toy coins
USE Toy motor cars BT Toy money
RT Coins Toy carts
BT Carts Toy construction vehicles
Pull-along toys BT Toy vehicles SN Small carts designed to be pulled along by a handle or cord. Use `Children's carts' for NT Toy bulldozers carts which children ride in. Toy cement mixers Toy front-end loaders Toy cash registers Toy steamrollers BT Toy retail equipment SN Toy vehicles such as excavators used in construction and excavation. Toy cats Toy cooking utensils BT Toy animals
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USE Kitchen toys Toy engines
BT Scientific toys Toy cowboys RT Engines BT Toy figures
Toy excavation vehicles Toy crane trucks USE Toy construction vehicles BT Toy trucks
Toy farm buildings Toy cups BT Toy buildings BT Toy tableware
SN Miniature cups for children. Use `Doll's Toy farms cups' for cups used in doll's houses or when playing with dolls. BT Toys
Toy cutlery Toy figures BT Toy tableware BT Figures SN Miniature cutlery for children. Use `Doll's Toys cutlery' for cutlery used in doll's houses or when playing with dolls. NT Toy cowboys Toy Indians Toy dinnerware Toy soldiers BT Toy tableware SN Small toys, often used in groups, modelled and coloured realistically. SN Miniature dinnerware for children. Use `Doll's dinnerware' for dinnerware used in Toy fire engines doll's houses or when playing with dolls. BT Toy emergency vehicles Toy dogs RT Fire engines BT Toy animals Toy flags Toy dump trucks BT Toys BT Toy trucks
Toy food preparation utensils Toy egg cups USE Kitchen toys USE Kitchen toys Toy forklift trucks Toy elephants BT Toy trucks BT Toy animals Toy front-end loaders Toy emergency vehicles BT Toy construction vehicles BT Toy vehicles SN Toy vehicles which consist of a tractor, with wheels or a caterpillar track, having NT Toy ambulances a hydraulically operated scoop at the Toy fire engines front. Toy police vehicles
RT Emergency vehicles Toy frying pans
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BT Kitchen toys Toy horsedrawn buses
BT Toy buses Toy furniture Toy horsedrawn vehicles
USE Dolls furniture RT Horsedrawn buses
Toy garages Toy horsedrawn coaches
USE Toy service stations BT Toy horsedrawn vehicles
RT Horsedrawn coaches Toy garbage trucks
BT Toy trucks Toy horsedrawn vehicles
BT Toy vehicles Toy guns NT Toy horse carts BT Toy weapons Toy horsedrawn buses NT Cap guns Toy horsedrawn coaches Popguns Toy milk floats RT Firearms Toy horses
Toy gyroscopes BT Toy animals BT Scientific toys Toy household equipment
Toy hand carts USE Household toys USE Toy carts Toy household furniture
Toy handcarts USE Dolls furniture USE Toy carts Toy houses
Toy harvesters BT Toy buildings BT Toy agricultural vehicles NT Dolls houses
RT Houses Toy helicopters
BT Toy aircraft Toy hovercraft
RT Helicopters BT Toy watercraft
Toy horse boxes Toy Indians
BT Toy trailers BT Toy figures
Toy horse carts Toy irons
BT Toy horsedrawn vehicles BT Laundry toys
RT Laundry irons Toy horse drawn vehicles
USE Toy horsedrawn vehicles Toy jeeps
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BT Toy military vehicles Toy mangles Toy motor cars BT Laundry toys
Toy jewellery RT Mangles BT Toys Toy masks RT Jewellery BT Toys
Toy jugs RT Masks BT Toy tableware Toy military vehicles
Toy kettles BT Military toys
BT Kitchen toys Toy vehicles NT Toy armoured personnel carriers SN Imitation kettles for children to play with. Use `Doll's kettles' for kettles used in Toy battleships doll's houses. Toy jeeps Toy submarines Toy kitchen sets Toy tanks USE Kitchen toys RT Military vehicles
Toy koala bears Toy milk floats USE Toy koalas BT Toy horsedrawn vehicles
Toy koalas RT Milk floats
BT Toy animals Toy mobile homes
Toy laundry mangles USE Toy caravans
USE Toy mangles Toy mobiles
Toy laundry washboards BT Mobiles
USE Toy washboards SN Mobiles designed for entertainment and/or sensory stimulation, usually for babies.
Toy leopards Toy modelling equipment
USE Toy animals BT Domestic equipment Toys
Toy locomotives RT Toy models
BT Toy rail vehicles SN Equipment used, especially by children, to construct model aeroplanes, boats, tanks RT Locomotives etc. SN Toy versions of a self-propelled vehicle that runs on railway tracks, designed to Toy models pull railway carriages. BT Toys
Toy machines SN Modelling kits, especially for children, used to construct model aeroplanes, boats, BT Toys tanks etc.
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Toy money Toy petrol tankers
BT Money USE Toy tanker trucks Toys NT Toy coins Toy pick-up trucks
RT Fantasy money USE Toy utility trucks
Toy motor cars Toy pickup trucks
BT Toy vehicles USE Toy utility trucks
NT Toy jeeps Toy police cars Toy pigs Toy racing cars BT Toy animals Toy taxis Toy pistols Toy motorcycles USE Toy guns BT Toy vehicles
RT Motorcycles Toy plates BT Toy tableware Toy musical instruments
BT Toys Toy police cars
BT Toy motor cars NT Toy whistles Toy police vehicles RT Musical instruments Toy police vehicles Toy packaging BT Toy emergency vehicles BT Packaging NT Toy police cars
Toy panda bears Toy prams USE Toy pandas USE Dolls prams
Toy pandas Toy prime movers BT Toy animals BT Toy trucks
RT Toy bears SN Toy trucks consisting of a cab and a back section to which trailers, tankers etc can be attached. Toy perambulators USE Dolls prams Toy projectors
BT Audiovisual toys Toy periscopes RT Projectors BT Optical toys
Toy quarry trucks Toy petrol pumps USE Toy dump trucks BT Toys
RT Toy service stations Toy racing cars
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BT Toy motor cars RT Robots
Toy rail vehicles Toy saucepans
BT Toy vehicles BT Kitchen toys
NT Toy cable cars SN Miniature saucepans for children to play with. Use `Doll's saucepans' for saucepans Toy locomotives used in doll's houses. Toy railway carriages Toy railway cars Toy saucers
Toy train sets BT Toy tableware Toy trains SN Miniature saucers used in toy tea sets. Toy trams
RT Rail vehicles Toy seals
USE Toy animals Toy railway carriages
BT Toy rail vehicles Toy seaplanes
RT Railway carriages BT Nautical toys
SN Toy versions of passenger-carrying vehicle Toy aeroplanes units which run on a railway. RT Seaplanes
Toy railway cars Toy semi-trailers BT Toy rail vehicles BT Toy trucks RT Railway cars SN Toy versions of non-passenger vehicle Toy service stations units which run on a railway. BT Toy buildings
Toy railway tracks RT Toy petrol pumps BT Toy structures Toy sewing machines RT Toy train sets BT Household toys Toy retail equipment
BT Toys Toy sheep BT Toy animals NT Toy cash registers
Toy road rollers Toy shipping containers
USE Toy steamrollers BT Toys
Toy roads Toy ships
BT Toy structures BT Nautical toys Toy watercraft RT Toy vehicles NT Toy battleships
RT Ships Toy robots
BT Toys Toy shops
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BT Toy buildings Toy structures
BT Toys Toy sidecars NT Toy buildings BT Toy vehicles Toy railway tracks Toy roads Toy signs SN Toy versions of human structures, for BT Toys example, buildings, bridges, fountains, electricity towers, docks, roads, railway tracks. Toy snowploughs
BT Toy vehicles Toy submarines BT Toy military vehicles Toy soldiers Toy watercraft
BT Military toys RT Submarines Toy figures Toy sugar bowls
Toy spacecraft BT Toy tableware BT Space toys RT Toy tea sets Toy vehicles
RT Spacecraft Toy tableware
BT Household toys Toy steam rollers
USE Toy steamrollers NT Toy bowls Toy coffee services Toy steamrollers Toy cups
BT Toy construction vehicles Toy cutlery Toy dinnerware RT Steamrollers Toy jugs SN Toy versions of a heavy vehicle, originally Toy plates powered by steam, having a roller or rollers for crushing or levelling material, Toy saucers as in road-making. Toy sugar bowls Toy tea sets Toy storage containers Toy teacups BT Containers Toy teapots NT Toy boxes Toy trays SN Miniature tableware for children. Use RT Toys `Doll's tableware' for tableware used in doll's houses or when playing with dolls. Toy stoves Toy tanker trucks BT Kitchen toys BT Toy trucks RT Cooking stoves
Toy tanks Toy strollers BT Toy military vehicles USE Dolls strollers
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Toy targets BT Toy theatres SN BT Toys Scenery used in toy theatres.
Toy theatres Toy taxis BT Toys BT Toy motor cars NT Toy theatre accessories Toy tea cups Toy theatre figures
USE Toy teacups Toy theatre scenery
Toy tip-trucks Toy tea services BT Toy trucks USE Toy tea sets
Toy tools Toy tea sets BT Toys BT Toy tableware
SN Miniature tea sets for children. Use `Dolls tea sets' for tea sets used in doll's houses Toy tow trucks or when playing with dolls. BT Toy trucks
Toy teacups Toy tractor shovels BT Toy tableware USE Toy front-end loaders
Toy teapots Toy tractors BT Toy tableware BT Toy agricultural vehicles RT Toy tea sets RT Tractors
Toy teasets Toy trailers USE Toy tea sets BT Toy vehicles
Toy telephones NT Toy caravans Toy horse boxes BT Toys Toy truck trailers Toy vehicle transporters Toy theatre accessories SN Toy vehicles which are not self powered BT Toy theatres and are designed to be attached to a car, tractor or prime mover. SN Use for objects associated with toy theatres that are not either scenery or figures, e.g. booklets, curtains, oil lamps, Toy train sets lights etc. BT Toy rail vehicles
Toy theatre figures SN Sets which include toy trains, their tracks, landscaping and accessories. BT Figures Toy theatres Toy trains SN Figures used in toy theatres BT Toy rail vehicles
SN Complete units of toy locomotive(s) and Toy theatre scenery toy train cars/carriages.
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Toy trams Toy utility vans
BT Toy rail vehicles BT Toy vans
RT Trams RT Toy utility trucks
SN Toy trucks with an enclosed cabin and an Toy trays enclosed section at the rear. For those with a tray at the rear, use Toy utility BT Toy tableware trucks.
Toy trivets Toy vans
BT Laundry toys BT Toy vehicles
NT Toy utility vans Toy truck trailers
BT Toy trailers Toy vehicle transporters BT Toy trailers RT Trailers
SN Toy trailers which are designed to attach NT Toy boat trailers to a prime mover, but are not vehicle RT Trailers transporters. SN Toy trailers which are designed to transport vehicles, often attached to a Toy trucks prime mover. BT Toy vehicles Toy vehicles NT Toy cattle trucks BT Toys Toy cement mixers Toy crane trucks NT Toy agricultural vehicles Toy dump trucks Toy aircraft Toy forklift trucks Toy buses Toy garbage trucks Toy construction vehicles Toy prime movers Toy emergency vehicles Toy semi-trailers Toy horsedrawn vehicles Toy tanker trucks Toy military vehicles Toy tip-trucks Toy motor cars Toy tow trucks Toy motorcycles Toy utility trucks Toy rail vehicles Toy wrecker trucks Toy sidecars Toy snowploughs Toy typewriters Toy spacecraft BT Toys Toy trailers Toy trucks Toy utility trucks Toy vans BT Toy trucks Toy watercraft
SN Toy trucks with a bonnet, an enclosed Toy wheelbarrows cabin and a rectangular tray which has sides and is sometimes covered by a Toy washboards tarpaulin. For those with an enclosed BT Laundry toys section instead of a tray at the rear, use Toy utility vans. RT Washboards
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Toy watches NT Dolls accessories
BT Toys Educational toys Electric toys RT Watches Electronic toys Executive toys Toy watercraft Homemade toys BT Toy vehicles Household toys NT Toy boats Jack-in-the-boxes Toy hovercraft Kites Toy ships Mechanical toys Toy submarines Military toys
RT Watercraft Nautical toys Novelty toys Toy weapons Paper toys
BT Military toys Promotional toys Pull-along toys NT Toy bombs Puppets Toy bows and arrows Push-along toys Toy cannons Ride-on toys Toy guns Rocking toys Toy wheelbarrows Scientific toys Soft toys BT Toy vehicles Space toys
Toy whistles Suction toys Tin toys BT Toy musical instruments Toy animals Toy automata Toy wrecker trucks Toy blocks BT Toy trucks Toy clocks Toy clowns Toys Toy farms BT Objects Toy figures
NT Alphabet toys Toy flags Arcade toys Toy jewellery Audiovisual toys Toy machines Baby toys Toy masks Bath toys Toy modelling equipment Beach toys Toy models Beanbag toys Toy money Bubble pipes Toy musical instruments Bush toys Toy petrol pumps Centre of gravity toys Toy retail equipment Construction toys Toy robots Dolls Toy shipping containers
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NT Toy signs SN Used to control the flow of vehicular and pedestrian traffic. Toy structures Toy targets Traffic signs Toy telephones USE Road signs Toy theatres
Toy tools Trailers Toy typewriters BT Vehicles Toy vehicles Toy watches NT Aircraft transporters Yoyos Boat trailers Boat transporters Tracksuits Building transporters
BT Sports clothing Car transporters
SN Loose two-piece overgarment worn by Motorcycle transporters athletes in training or between events, Rocket transporters etc. Tank transporters
Traction engines Tractor transporters
BT Steam engines Train components
NT Ploughing engines BT Vehicle components SN Steam engines that propel vehicles used in driving farm machinery or drawing NT Train wheels heavy loads along roads or over fields. Train engines
Tractor shovels USE Locomotive engines USE Front-end loaders Train tickets
Tractor transporters USE Railway tickets BT Trailers
RT Prime movers Train tracks
SN Large trailers designed to pull or move USE Railway tracks tractors, generally by being attached to a prime mover. Train wheels Tractors BT Train components Wheels BT Agricultural vehicles Vehicles Training aeroplanes RT Toy tractors BT Aeroplanes
Trade certificates RT Flight simulators
BT Certificates SN Aeroplanes fitted out to assist in training cadet pilots.
Traffic control equipment Training manuals
BT Transport equipment BT Manuals
NT Road signs
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Trains Trams
BT Rail vehicles BT Rail vehicles
RT Toy trains NT Electric trams
SN Complete units of locomotive(s) and cars. Horse trams Steam trams Tram bells SN Passenger vehicles running on a tramway, having flanged wheels and usually BT Bells powered by electricity taken from an Tram equipment overhead conductor wire.
Tram components Tramway equipment
BT Vehicle components USE Tram equipment
Tram engines Tramway fare books
BT Motor vehicle engines BT Books Tram equipment Information tables Tram equipment Tram equipment SN Books indicating the amounts of fares from one tram station to the next. BT Transport equipment
NT Signal boxes Tramway tickets Tram bells BT Tram equipment Transport tickets Tram engines Tram rails Tramway timetables Tramway fare books BT Timetables Tramway tickets Tram equipment Tramway timetables Transceivers Tram rails USE Radio transceivers BT Tram equipment
Transfers Tram tickets BT Documents USE Tramway tickets NT Collodion transfers
Tram tracks RT Stickers
USE Tram rails Transformers Trammels BT Electrical equipment
BT Kitchen equipment NT Current transformers SN Contrivances hung in fireplaces to support Voltage transformers pots, kettles etc, over the fire Transistor radios Trampolines BT Radios BT Recreational equipment SN Radios that use transistors
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Transistors Transport toys
BT Electronic equipment USE Toy vehicles
Transmitters Trap guns
BT Communications equipment USE Sporting firearms
NT Radio transmitters Traps Remote control transmitters BT Objects Telegraph transmitters
NT Animal traps Transparencies Pest traps BT Viewing equipment SN Devices for ensnaring insects and animals.
NT Photographic transparencies SN Transparent images that are designed for Travel books projection viewing or as intermediates for BT Books reproduction. Travel documents
Transport equipment Travel documents BT Equipment BT Documents NT Aviation equipment NT Itineraries Nautical equipment Passports Railway equipment Travel books Traffic control equipment Travel pamphlets Tram equipment Visas RT Vehicles Travel pamphlets
Transport passes BT Pamphlets BT Passes Travel documents
RT Transport tickets Travel rugs
USE Knee rugs Transport tickets
BT Tickets Travelling cases
NT Airline tickets BT Cases Bus tickets Luggage Ferry tickets Railway tickets Travelling desks Tramway tickets BT Desks
RT Transport passes RT Writing tables
SN Desks with detachable legs to allow them Transport tokens to be transported and used while travelling. BT Tokens
SN Transferable for actual tickets (bus and Travelling rugs tram). BT Rugs
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Tray cloths BT Saws Surgical instruments BT Cloths SN A small circular saw, used in surgery to SN Cloths, usually embroidered, used beneath remove circular disks of bone from the plate and cutlery, on a tray. skull.
Tray puzzles Trestles
BT Puzzles BT Supporting equipment
Trays Triangular files
BT Objects USE paper files
NT Baking trays Trias coins Bonbon trays BT Ancient Greek coins Cake trays Card trays Cigar trays Tricycles Developing trays BT Ride-on toys Vehicles Ice cube trays Pen trays Tridents Pin trays BT Polearms Salvers SN Snuffer trays A three pronged instrument or weapon
Treasure boxes Tridrachms
BT Boxes BT Drachm coins Ceremonial objects RT Jewellery boxes Trinket boxes
SN Boxes for keeping precious or sacred BT Jewellery boxes objects, including Maori Wakahuia.
Tree-felling equipment Triobol coins
BT Occupation-based equipment BT Obol coins
RT Hemidrachm coins
Tree-felling wedges SN The half drachm piece of ancient Greek BT Wedges coinage, sharing with the diobol a particular function; it was the daily SN Large iron wedges used by tree fellers to payment of any citizen acting as a judge. drive into the saw cut behind the saw in (The Seaby Coin Encyclopaedia, Ewald order to lift the trunk clear of the saw. Junge, BA Seaby Ltd, London, 1992).
Trees Triple expansion engines
BT Plants BT Compound engines
NT Christmas trees SN Engines in which the expansion of steam from the high boiler pressure to the low Pear trees condenser pressure is accomplished in three stages, thereby greatly improving Trephines efficiency.
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Triple extension bellows RT Trams
USE Extension bellows SN Trackless passenger vehicles that get their power from an overhead cable by means of a pole and trolley. Also called Triple extension cameras Trolley cars in USA. BT Extension cameras Trolley cars SN Cameras where the base board is designed so that the lens panel can be racked USE Trolley buses forward to give about three times the normal focal length, giving an enlarged Trolleys image of objects. BT Vehicles Tripod pole screens NT Tea trolleys USE Pole screens SN Any wheeled low carts or vehicles designed to be pulled or pushed. Tripods Trolli-buses BT Stands USE Trolley buses NT Camera tripods
Trombones Triptychs BT Brass musical instruments BT Artworks
RT Panels Trophies
SN Sets of three panels or parts set side by BT Awards side, bearing pictures, carvings etc.. NT Trophy belts Trivets
BT Kitchen equipment Trophy belts Stands BT Belts Tableware Trophies RT Pot stands
SN Small metal plates with short legs put Trouser presses under a hot platter or dish at the table or BT Clothing accessories over a fire to hold cooking vessels or the Laundry equipment like. RT Ironing machines Trivets for irons
USE Laundry iron trivets Trousers BT Clothing
Trochars NT Breeches USE Surgical needles Hipster pants Jeans Trolley-beds Jodhpurs BT Medical furniture Knickerbockers Shorts Trolley buses Ski pants
BT Vehicles
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Trousseaus BT Bench planes
BT Ceremonial textiles RT Jack planes
Wedding accessories SN Bench planes over 20 inches long used for SN A bride's collection of clothing, linen etc smoothing and levelling long boards that which she brings to married life. are to be joined together.
Trousseaux Tsuba
USE Trousseaus BT Edged weapons accessories
RT Hilts Trucks SN Protective and often decorative devices BT Vehicles which fit on a Japanese sword between the blade and the hilt. NT Forklift trucks Garbage trucks Tub shaves Prime movers USE Inside shaves Semitrailers
Tip-trucks Tubas SN Motor vehicles with a cab and tray or compartment for carrying goods. BT Brass musical instruments
NT Euphoniums Trumpets
BT Brass musical instruments Tug boats
NT Cornets USE Tugboats Slide trumpets Tugboats Truncheons BT Boats USE Batons RT Ships
Trunks SN Strongly built vessels with powerful engines, designed for towing other vessels. BT Luggage Tulips RT Chests BT Flowers SN Boxes or chests used for holding clothes or other articles, for use on journeys. Tulwars Try squares BT Sabres BT Squares SN Indian sabres. Woodworking tools
RT Bevels Tumblers SN Squares usually consisting of a thin blade made of wood or metal which is attached BT Drinking glasses at a right angle to the end of a thicker RT Food packs stock which may be placed against the edge of a drawing board. They are SN Drinking glasses with flat bottoms, predominantly used to draw or mark without stems or handles. something at right angles. Tungsten studio lighting Trying planes USE Studio lighting equipment
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Tunic dresses Turboalternators
USE Tunics BT Synchronous generators Turbogenerators Tunics SN Synchronous generators, which are driven by steam turbines. BT Clothing Turbogenerators RT Pinafores BT Electric generators SN Coats worn as part of a military uniform, or, loose, sleeveless dresses, especially as NT Turboalternators in a school uniform or national dress. RT Turbines
Tuning forks SN Electric generators driven by steam, hydraulic or gas turbines. BT Music accessories
Tureens Turbans BT Tableware BT Headwear SN Large serving bowls, circular or oval, SN Form of headdress of Muslim origin worn usually with a cover and stand, for soup or by men, chiefly in parts of northern Africa, vegetables. and south-western and southern Asia, consisting of a scarf of silk, linen, cotton, Turner coins or the like, wound directly round the head or around a cap. (Macquarie Dictionary, BT Coins 3rd ed.) RT Twopences Turbine alternators Turning saws USE Turboalternators USE Bow saws Turbine generators Turnscrews USE Turbogenerators USE Screwdrivers Turbines Turret clocks BT Motors BT Clocks NT Gas turbine engines SN Large, normally public clocks, housed in Steam turbines church towers, town halls, stable Water turbines buildings and similar structures. RT Turbogenerators Turtles
Turbo alternators BT Reptiles
USE Turboalternators Tusks Turbo engines BT Animal teeth
USE Turbogenerators NT Boar tusks Elephant tusks Turbo generators
USE Turbogenerators Tuxedos USE Dinner jackets
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TV guides Twenty reis coins
USE Television guides BT Reis coins
Tweezers Twin cylinder engines
BT Medical instruments BT Engines Toiletries
Twin engines Twelve pfennig coins USE Twin cylinder engines BT Pfennig coins
Twin-lens cameras Twenty cent coins USE Twin lens reflex cameras BT Cent coins
Twin lens reflex cameras Twenty centime coins BT Reflex cameras BT Centime coins RT Single lens reflex cameras
Twenty dollar coins SN Camera systems with two lenses: one allowing light onto the film, and another BT Dollar coins through which the image is viewed by means of a reflex system (ie via a mirror and ground glass). Twenty five cent coins USE Twenty-five cent coins Twin screw engines
BT Marine screw engines Twenty-five cent coins SN Marine screw engines constructed to drive BT Cent coins twin screw propellers.
Twin sets Twenty-five centime coins BT Clothing BT Centime coins SN Sets consisting of a cardigan and another top worn underneath, usually a jumper. Twenty-five dollar coins
BT Dollar coins Twin trunk screw engines USE Twin screw engines Twenty five pfennig coins
BT Pfennig coins Twist auger bits USE Twist augers Twenty franc coins
BT Franc coins Twist augers BT Augers
Twenty kopek coins RT Woodworking bits
BT Kopek coins SN Augers and auger bits which have a body twisted into a spiral shape. Twenty pfennig coins Two and a half cent coins BT Pfennig coins
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BT Cent coins BT Shilling coins
Two and a half pfennig coins Two-stroke engines
BT Pfennig coins BT Internal-combustion engines Piston engines SN Two anna coins Engines operating on a cycle in which one piston stroke out of every two is a power BT Anna coins stroke.
Twopences Two cent coins BT Penny coins BT Cent coins RT Turner coins Two centime coins
BT Centime coins Tygs BT Drinking vessels
Two cylinder engines SN Large drinking vessels, usually with two or four handles, sometimes more. Also USE Twin cylinder engines with several spouts for drinking. Tygs were made in England during the 17th Two dollar coins and 18th centuries.
BT Dollar coins Type pieces
BT Printing accessories Two falus coins
BT Falus coins Typewriter accessories
BT Accessories Two franc coins Office equipment
BT Franc coins NT Typewriter cases Typewriter covers Two hundred dollar coins Typewriter ribbons BT Dollar coins Typewriter cases
Two kopek coins BT Cases Typewriter accessories BT Kopek coins
Typewriter components Two pfennig coins BT Machinery components BT Pfennig coins
Typewriter covers Two pound coins BT Covers BT Pound coins Typewriter accessories
Two real coins Typewriter ribbons
BT Real coins BT Typewriter accessories
Two shilling coins Typewriters
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BT Office machines Umbrella handles
NT Braille typewriters BT Handles Music typewriters RT Umbrellas
Typing keyboards Umbrella stands BT Computer accessories BT Furniture Stands Typophones SN Racks or vertical containers for USE Dulcitones walking-sticks and closed umbrellas.
Umbrellas Tyre clamps BT Personal effects BT Motor car accessories NT Beach umbrellas Tyre levers Parasols
BT Tools Underbodices SN Tools used for fitting and removing tyres BT Underwear on wheeled vehicles.
NT Corset covers Tyres RT Bodices BT Vehicle components SN Undergarments covering the upper part of NT Bicycle tyres the body, usually of a warm material, and often worn by very young girls. Motor car tyres
Underclothing Ugg boots USE Underwear BT Boots
SN Fleecy lined boots with untanned uppers. Undergarments
USE Underwear Ugh boots
USE Ugg boots Underpants
BT Underwear Ukuleles
BT Stringed instruments NT Bloomers Boxer shorts SN Small guitar style instruments, commonly used in Hawaii Briefs Drawers (underpants) Ultraminiature cameras G-strings USE Midget cameras Jockstraps Knickers Ultrasonic pest repellents SN Garments worn next to the body under main garments having leg openings with BT Pest repellent products short or long legs.
Ultrasound equipment Undershot waterwheels
BT Medical imaging equipment USE Undershot wheels
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Undershot wheels NT Suspender belts
BT Waterwheels Underbodices Underpants RT Overshot wheels Union suits SN Waterwheels turned by the force of water RT Underwear components acting on the lower part of the wheel.
Underskirts Underwear components
BT Skirts BT Clothing components
SN Skirts worn under an overskirt NT Corset laces
RT Underwear Undersleeves
BT Clothing accessories Unguent jars
USE Ointment jars Undertype engines
BT Steam engines Unguentaria
NT Inverted vertical engines BT Bottles SN Engines where the engine machinery is Cosmetics containers placed below the boiler. RT Alabastra; Ointment jars; Perfume bottles
Underwater masks SN Small glass bottles for toilet preparations made in Ancient Greece and Rome. BT Masks Swimming equipment Unguents
USE Ointments Underwear
BT Clothing Unicorn coins
NT Athletic supports BT Coins Bodysuits SN Scottish coins struck during the reigns of Brassieres James III, IV and V during the period Breast flatteners 1486-1517 only. Bust improvers Uniform accessories Bustiers BT Clothing accessories Bustles Camiknickers NT Batons Camisoles Epaulettes Chemises Police badges Combinations Tipstaffs Corselets Uniform cuffs Corsets Uniform hats Crinolines Uniform cuffs Girdles BT Cuffs Long johns Uniform accessories Panniers
Petticoats Uniform hats Singlets
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BT Hats BT Occupation-based equipment Uniform accessories NT Bicorn hats Upholstery components
Naval hats BT Furniture components Nurses caps
Upright mangles Uniforms BT Mangles BT Clothing NT Hand mangles NT Civil court uniforms SN Domestic mangles with pressure Cossack uniforms regulated rollers and an upright carriage. Court uniforms Flight attendant uniforms Upright pianos Military uniforms BT Pianos Nurses uniforms Police uniforms Urethral dilators
School uniforms BT Dilators RT Firefighters clothing Urinals Union badges BT Toilets BT Badges
Urns Union suits BT Containers BT Underwear NT Covered urns RT Combinations Funerary urns SN Mens undergarments combining shirt and Hot water urns drawers Kitcheners
Unique image photographs Tea urns RT Vases USE Direct positives SN Containers shaped with foot or pedestal and often handles Unite coins
BT Coins Ushabti figures
SN Gold coins of both England and Scotland, BT Ceremonial objects struck first by James I of England (James Figures VI of Scotland) in 1604 to celebrate the RT Funeral equipment union of the two kingdoms. SN Ancient Egyptian mummy-form tomb Universal tools figures, generally of faience but also occurring in wood, stone and bronze, USE Combination tools deposited in the tomb with the mummy of the deceased. Up-and-down drills Ushabtis USE Pump drills USE Ushabti figures
Upholstering equipment Utensils
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USE Kitchenware NT Contraceptive suppositories
Uterine syringes Valances
BT Syringes BT Soft furnishings
SN Short curtains or pieces of dependent Utes drapery, as at the edge of a canopy, from the frame of a bed to the floor, etc. BT Motor cars
SN Utilities. Motor car with an enclosed Valve boxes cabin and a rectangular tray which has BT Electronics packaging sides. The tray is sometimes covered with a tarpaulin. Valve computers Vaccination equipment BT Digital computers BT Health and medical equipment SN Early computers using electronic valves rather than chips or transistors, resistors, Vaccines capacitors, etc.
BT Medications Valves
RT Injectables BT Equipment SN Modified viruses of various diseases used NT Electronic valves for preventive inoculation. Radio valves Vacuum cleaners Stopcocks
BT Cleaning equipment Vambraces RT Carpet sweepers USE Armoured sleeves SN Apparatus for cleaning carpets, floors, etc, by suction. Vamps Vacuum flasks BT Footwear components
USE Thermoses SN Front section of shoe upper covering the toes and part of the instep Vacuum pumps Vanilla essence BT Pumps BT Food essences SN A device that removes gas molecules from SN Food additives composed of concentrated a sealed volume, leaving behind a partial vanilla liquid, or sometimes an artificial vacuum. Invented in 1650 by Thomas mixture which has the characteristic taste Savery. of vanilla. Vaginal rings Vans BT Female contraceptives BT Vehicles
SN Covered vehicles, usually large in size, for Vaginal speculums moving furniture, goods, etc. USE Speculums Vase handles Vaginal suppositories BT Handles
BT Suppositories RT Vases
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Vases Vehicle accessories
BT Containers BT Accessories
NT Covered vases NT Bicycle accessories Fern pots Carriage lamps Flower bowls Motor car accessories Garnitures de cheminee Motorcycle accessories Grave vases Number plates Jardinieres Vehicle licence plates Potpourri vases Vehicle license plates Wall vases Vehicle badges
Vats BT Vehicle components BT Containers NT Aircraft badges NT Brewing vats Motor car badges SN Large containers for liquids. SN Devices fixed to the body of a vehicle depicting logos, brand names etc.
VCR Vehicle components USE Video cassette recorders BT Components
VDUs NT Aircraft components Bicycle components USE Visual display units Horsedrawn vehicle components Motor car components Vegetable dishes Motorcycle components BT Serving dishes Propellers NT Asparagus dishes Train components SN A type of dish for serving vegetables, Tram components usual form is circular and shallow, sometimes with interior dividers, and with Tyres a high-domed cover. Vehicle badges Watercraft components Vegetable knives RT Wheels BT Kitchen knives Vehicle licence plates Vegetable peelers BT Vehicle accessories BT Peelers NT Motor car licence plates NT Potato peelers Motor car license plates Motorcycle licence plates Vegetable slicers Motorcycle license plates BT Slicers Vehicle license plates NT Bean slicers USE Vehicle licence plates Vegetables
BT Plants Vehicle transporters
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USE Trailers NT Wheelchairs
Vehicles Veilleuses
BT Objects BT Food warmers Vessel stands NT Agricultural vehicles RT Teapot stands Aircraft SN Ceramic utensils in several parts, for Armoured cars keeping warm the contents of a bowl, Automobiles teapot or cup which rests on a hollow Bicycles pedestal containing a spirit burner (godet lamp). Buses Cable cars Veils Cable trams BT Headwear Caravans NT Bonnet veils Carriages Confirmation veils Carts Hat veils Cleaning vehicles Mourning veils Coaches Wedding veils Construction vehicles RT Mantillas Emergency vehicles Hearses Vending machine Horsedrawn vehicles USE Vending machines Military vehicles Motor cars Motor scooters Vending machines Motorcycles BT Machines Rail vehicles Rickshaws Venetian blinds
Scooters BT Blinds Sedan chairs Skateboards Ventilating bricks
Skates USE Airbricks Sledges
Sleighs Ventilator covers Spacecraft USE Grilles Tractors
Trailers Ventilators Tricycles BT Health and medical equipment Trolley buses SN Devices which replace stale or Trolleys contaminated air with fresh air. Trucks Vans Vernier calipers
Wagons BT Calipers Watercraft SN Calipers with a vernier scale which is Wheelbarrows graduated to make finer readings.
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Vertical boilers Vestas
BT Fire-tube boilers USE Vesta matches
SN Fire-tube boilers having vertical tubes between top head and tube sheet, Vestments connected to the top of an internal furnace. USE Ecclesiastical clothing
Vertical engines Vests
BT Steam engines BT Clothing
NT Inverted vertical engines SN Sleeveless pullovers or jackets. SN Engines with the cylinder(s) arranged vertically. Veterinary equipment
Vessel covers BT Health and medical equipment
BT Container components NT Fleams Covers
RT Lids Vibrators
SN Unattached tops for closing the mouth of a BT Massage equipment jar, vase, bowl, teapot or other open Sex aids vessel. SN Appliances which oscillate rapidly for use in massage. Vessel liners Vices BT Container components BT Tools SN Inserts to line the interiors of vessels, often in coloured glass. NT Mechanics vices Woodworking vices Vessel stands SN Instruments having jaws between which a BT Container components workpiece can be gripped by tightening a Stands screw, so leaving the hands free to work upon it. NT Bottle stands Cup stands Victoriatus Teapot stands BT Ancient Greek coins Veilleuses
Vessels Video cameras BT Cameras USE Containers Video equipment
NT Camcorders Vesta cases SN Cameras for recording electronically BT Cases encoded visual images. The lens focuses Match containers images on to a camera tube or Objects of vertu charge-coupled device (sensor). The image is then recorded on to magnetic tape RT Smoking equipment (videotape) or laserbeam disk (compact SN Cases for holding vesta matches, a type of disk). wax match. Video cassette covers Vesta matches BT Covers BT Matches Video equipment
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Video cassette erasers BT Video equipment
BT Video equipment Video tape recorders RT Video cassette recorders BT Video equipment SN Devices which erase and rewind video cassettes. NT Video cassette recorders
Video cassette recorders Video tapes
BT Video tape recorders USE Videotapes
NT Camcorders SN Video tape recorders in which the tape is Videocassette winder/erasers held in a cassette, and allowing for USE Video cassette erasers play-back through or recording from a television set. Videocassettes
Video cassettes USE Video cassettes BT Videotapes
SN Cassettes enclosing a length of videotape Videodiscs for video recording or playback. BT Optical discs Video recordings Video equipment SN Videodiscs are laser or stylus readable BT Audio and visual equipment random-access circular discs that contains both audio and video signals recorded in NT Still video cameras an analog form. Typically, it is a reference Video cameras to any such media that predates the mainstream popularity of the DVD form. Video cassette covers
Video cassette erasers Videotapes Video recordings BT Video recordings Video splicing tape Video spools NT Video cassettes SN Magnetic tape suitable for recording Video tape recorders images on a video camera or video RT Cinematographic equipment cassette recorder. Use `Video cassettes' for videotape enclosed in cassettes. Video recordings View cameras BT Video equipment BT Cameras NT DVDs SN Cameras that allow special control of Videodiscs perspective and focus. They are composed Videotapes of a front that accepts a lens mounting board, a bellows that connects the front to the back, a back that accepts plate holders Video reels or film holders and roll film adaptors, and USE Video spools a bed that supports the front and back.
Viewing equipment Video splicing tape BT Audio and visual equipment BT Video equipment NT 3-D glasses Video spools Camera obscura
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NT Photographic viewing equipment NT Chin rests Three dimensional glasses Violin bow cases Transparencies Violin bow frogs
RT Optical instruments Violin bows Violin cases Vigoro bats Violin mutes
BT Sports equipment Violin backs SN Bat used to play vigoro, a sport related to cricket played by Australian women. BT Violin components
Vinaigrettes Violin bellies
BT Medication bottles BT Violin components SN Small ornamental bottles or cruets for holding aromatic vinegar, smelling salts, Violin bodies or the like. USE Violin bellies Vines BT Plants Violin bow boxes
USE Violin bow cases Viola bellies
BT Viola components Violin bow cases
BT Violin accessories Viola bows
BT Musical instrument bows Violin bow frogs
BT Violin accessories Viola cases
BT Musical instrument cases Violin bows
Stringed instrument accessories BT Musical instrument bows RT Violas Violin accessories
Viola components Violin bridge patterns
BT Stringed instrument components BT Violin making tools
NT Viola bellies RT Violin bridges
Viola da gambas Violin bridge stamps
BT Viols USE Stamps (tools)
SN Stringed instruments superseded by the modern cello Violin bridges
BT Violin components Violas
BT Stringed instruments RT Violin bridge patterns
Violin accessories Violin cases
BT Stringed instrument accessories BT Musical instrument cases Violin accessories
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Violin clamps BT Violin components
BT Violin components Violin scrolls
Violin components BT Violin components
BT Stringed instrument components Violin tailpieces NT Violin backs BT Violin components Violin bellies Violin bridges Violins Violin clamps BT Stringed instruments Violin end pins Violin frets NT Automatic violins Violin pegs Chapucos Violin screws Viols Violin scrolls Violin tailpieces BT Stringed instruments
NT Bass viols Violin end pins Viola da gambas BT Violin components Virginals
Violin frets BT Harpsichords
BT Violin components SN Small members of the harpsichord family in rectangular cases with the keyboard placed on one of the two long sides and the Violin frogs bass strings nearest to it. USE Violin bow frogs Visas Violin making tools BT Travel documents
BT Tools Viscometers NT Finger planes BT Measuring instruments Gougers SN Violin bridge patterns Instruments for measuring the viscosity of liquids. Violin patterns Viscosimeters Violin mutes USE Viscometers BT Violin accessories
Visiting card cases Violin patterns USE Cardcases BT Violin making tools
Visiting cards Violin pegs BT Cards BT Violin components NT Cartes-de-visite SN Small card bearing one's name, used on Violin screws various social or business occasions.
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Visitors books SN Calculation tables and devices used to assist paymasters in determining weekly BT Books wages according to the number of hours worked. Visual display units Wages books BT Computer hardware BT Books
Vitamisers Wages tables USE Blenders USE Wage calculators
Viticulture equipment Wagga quilts USE Winemaking equipment USE Waggas
Volleyballs Waggas BT Sports balls BT Bedcovers
SN Blankets or quilts made from hessian bags Voltage transformers or similar. Name derived from the town of BT Transformers Wagga Wagga
Waggonettes Voltaic battery cells USE Wagonettes BT Batteries
Waggons Voltmeters USE Wagons BT Meters
Wagon boilers Vouchers BT Boilers BT Sales records
Wagonettes Waffle irons BT Horsedrawn vehicles BT Cooking equipment SN Horse drawn vehicles, with or without a RT Jaffle irons top, having a crosswise seat in front and two lengthwise seats facing each other at SN Metal appliances with two hinged parts, the back. and a grid which leaves deep impressions on the batter baked inside it. Wagons Wag o' wall clocks BT Vehicles
USE Wag-on-the-wall clocks RT Drays
Wag-on-the-wall clocks Waist corsets
BT Clocks USE Guepieres
Wage calculators Waistbands
BT Calculation tables BT Clothing accessories
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SN A band encircling the waist, especially as BT Outfits a part of a skirt, trousers, etc. SN Type of outdoor dress with tight fitting bodice and symmetrical skirt. Waistcloths BT Clothing Walking-stick handles
SN Garments of Indonesian origin, also BT Handles known as 'kain panjangs' and 'skirtcloths'; worn by both men and women, although RT Walking-sticks wrapped and folded in different ways; generally worn on more formal occasions. Walking-sticks Waistcoat buttons BT Walking aids
USE Buttons SN Sticks used to aid in walking, as opposed to canes, which are decorative.
Waistcoats Walking sticks BT Clothing USE Walking-sticks SN Close-fitting, sleeveless garments which reach to the waist and button down the Wall brackets front and are designed to be worn under a jacket or doublet. BT Brackets
Wakahuia Wall calandars USE Treasure boxes BT Calendars
SN The way of arranging the days in a week Wakizashi and month in a year. BT Swords
SN The shorter of the two swords carried by Wall clocks the Japanese samurai, the blade about 18 BT Clocks inches long. Used as a supplementary weapon and in ritual suicide. Wall coverings
Walking aids BT Interior coverings BT Health and medical equipment NT Wall hangings NT Crutches Supplejacks Wall hangings Walking-sticks BT Soft furnishings
RT Umbrella stands Wall coverings SN Fabrics designed to hang from and cover walls, used to keep out cold or for purely Walking dolls decorative purposes. BT Dolls Wall hooks SN Dolls that simulate walking, usually battery powered or wind-up. BT Hooks
Walking dresses Wall mirrors BT Dresses BT Mirrors
Walking outfits Wall panels
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USE Wall hangings BT Australian plants
Wall pockets Wardrobes
USE Wall vases BT Storage and display furniture
RT Cupboards Wall telephones
BT Telephones Warming pans SN Telephones designed to be fixed to a wall. BT Bed warmers Pans Wall tiles SN Devices for warming beds, especially long handled metal containers for hot coals BT Tiles which could be inserted into the bed.
Wall vases Warships
BT Vases BT Naval ships
SN Vases designed to hang on a wall NT Battleships Torpedo boats Wallets
BT Purses Wartime badges BT Badges NT Billfolds Money clips Wash boilers
Wallpaper sample books USE Laundry coppers BT Books Washboards
Wallpaper samples BT Laundry equipment
BT Samples SN Ribbed boards in wooden frames with a metallic or other surface used for SN Paper, commonly with printed decorative scrubbing items in a washing tub or tray. patterns in colour, for pasting on and covering the walls or ceilings of a room, etc. Washcloths USE Face washers Walls
BT Architectural elements Washers
BT Hardware Wankel engines SN Flat rings of leather, rubber, metal etc BT Rotary engines used to give tightness to a joint.
SN Rotary engines with one of more combustion chambers, each shaped like an Washing basins ellipse. As a three lobed rotor rotates USE Handbasins eccentrically within each of the combustion chambers, the spaces between the rotor and casing execute a cycle Washing baskets similar to the four-stroke Otto cycle. USE Clothes baskets
Waratahs Washing boards
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USE Washboards BT Office equipment
RT Garbage bins Washing dollies SN Baskets for wastepaper, or papers, scraps USE Laundry dollies of paper, etc, to be disposed of as refuse.
Watch accessories Washing lines BT Timepiece accessories USE Clothes lines
NT Fob chains Washing machines Fobs
BT Laundry equipment Watch cases Machines Watch chains NT Electric washing machines Watch keys SN Machines which assist in washing clothes. Watch pockets Watch stands Washing punches Watchbands USE Laundry possers Watch bands Washing tubs USE Watchbands
BT Laundry equipment Watch cases NT Laundry coppers BT Watch accessories RT Washboards SN Containers in which to keep watches, SN Tubs used in the laundry for washing usually hinged. clothes. For tubs used for personal ablutions, use `Bathtubs' or `Washing Watch chains basins'. For tubs used for washing dishes, use `Dishwashing basins'. BT Chains Jewellery Washing up brushes Watch accessories BT Cleaning brushes Watch components Washstands BT Timepiece components
BT Storage and display furniture NT Watch movements Watch papers RT Commodes SN Parts of watches SN Pieces of furniture for holding a basin, ewer etc., for use in washing one's hands and face. Watch keys BT Keys Washtubs Watch accessories
USE Washing tubs RT Winder keys
Wastebaskets Watch movements
USE Wastepaper baskets BT Watch components
SN Plates with the wheels and pinions Wastepaper baskets composing the train of the watch
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Watch papers BT Time recording clocks SN BT Watch components Early types of time recorders that indicate the time at which a nightwatchman made RT Watches his rounds. They contain a series of small pegs mounted around the perimeter of the SN Discs of paper, silk or other material revolving twelve hour dial which, when inserted as a lining or pad in the outer released, record the time of removal. The case of a covered watch. Often these were clocks are mounted in locked cases to inscribed or painted with ornamental prevent tampering. designs, pictures, rhymes or other devices. Water bags Watch pockets BT Bags BT Pockets Drinking vessels Watch accessories
RT Fobs Water boilers
USE Boilers Watch stands
BT Stands Water clocks Watch accessories BT Clocks
Watch straps Water containers USE Watchbands BT Containers Watchbands
BT Watch accessories Water-cooled engines USE Liquid-cooled engines Watches Water craft BT Timepieces USE Watercraft NT Digital watches Pocket watches Water drippers Watchmakers lathes BT Artists equipment
BT Lathes RT Writing equipment
Watchmakers wheel cutting engines Water filters
USE Wheel cutting engines BT Filters
Watchmaking equipment Water heaters
BT Occupation-based equipment BT Heating equipment
NT Watchmaking tools Water-monkeys
Watchmaking tools BT Beverage bottles BT Tools RT Carafes Watchmaking equipment SN Bottles or carafes for drinking water, often made in terracotta to allow cooling by Watchmans clocks evaporation.
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Water sports equipment SN Paintings executed in pigments bound with a medium (generally gum arabic) BT Sports equipment which is soluble in water.
NT Sailboards Watercolours Surfboards USE Watercolour paintings Water transport vehicles Watercraft USE Watercraft BT Vehicles
Water treatment equipment NT Barges BT Health and medical equipment Boats Rafts Water tube boilers Sailboards
USE Water-tube boilers Ships Surfboards Water-tube boilers Watercraft accessories BT Boilers USE Nautical equipment RT Fire-tube boilers SN Steam boilers in which water circulates Watercraft components within tubes and heat is applied from outside the tubes to generate steam. BT Vehicle components
RT Watercraft Water tube steam boilers
USE Water-tube boilers Watercraft equipment
USE Nautical equipment Water turbines
BT Turbines Waterhouse stops
RT Waterwheels BT Camera components
SN Portrait and early landscape lenses were Water vehicles often made without adjustable iris. Instead, there is a slot intended for the USE Watercraft insertion of interchangeable metal or cardboard plates, each with its own fixed Water-wheels aperture. A Waterhouse stop is a strip of metal with a hole cut in it, used to control USE Waterwheels the aperture. They come in sets with different sized holes for different apertures. It was invented in 1858 by a Water wheels Mr Waterhouse. USE Waterwheels Watering-cans
Watercolour paintings BT Gardening equipment
BT Paintings Waterlilies NT Aquarelle paintings BT Plants Gouache paintings
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Watermarks NT Edged weapon components
BT Stamps (tools) Firearm components
Weapons Waterproof cameras BT Objects BT Cameras NT Archery equipment
Watertube boilers Artillery Bows and arrows USE Water-tube boilers Combination weapons Edged weapons Waterwheels Explosive weapons BT Wheels Firearms NT Overshot wheels Missiles Undershot wheels Percussive weapons RT Water turbines Polearms SN Wheels turned by water and used to Projectile weapons perform mechanical work; machines which RT Toy weapons later used this process are known as water turbines. Weathercocks Wattle USE Weathervanes BT Australian plants Weatherproof cameras
Wattmeters BT Cameras BT Electric meters SN Cameras with moisture-proof bodies and SN Instruments for measuring electric power sealed controls that can be taken safely in watts. into the rain, but not underwater, where there is added pressure. Wavemeters Weathervanes BT Electric meters BT Architectural elements SN Instrument for measuring radio wavelengths or frequencies. Weaving equipment
Waxers BT Textileworking equipment USE Thread waxers NT Jacquard cards Looms Weapon accessories Weaving shuttles BT Accessories Wool winders NT Crossbow winders Edged weapons accessories Weaving shuttles Firearms accessories BT Shuttles Weaving equipment Woomeras
Weapon components Wedding accessories
BT Components BT Ceremonial objects
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NT Engagement rings Wedding rings
Trousseaus BT Ceremonial jewellery Wedding fans Finger rings Wedding invitations Wedding accessories Wedding rings Wedding shoes Wedding wreaths BT Shoes Wedding certificates Wedding clothing
USE Marriage certificates Wedding veils
Wedding clothing BT Veils Wedding clothing BT Ceremonial clothing
NT Bridesmaids dresses Wedding wreaths Wedding dresses BT Wedding accessories Wedding ensembles Wreaths Wedding shoes Wedges Wedding veils BT Woodworking tools RT Wedding accessories NT Splitting wedges Wedding dresses Tree-felling wedges SN Pieces of wood or metal tapering to a thin BT Dresses edge, used in woodworking for such Wedding clothing purposes as adjusting elevation or RT Wedding ensembles tightening formwork.
Wedding ensembles weighing equipment USE Weighing instruments BT Clothing ensembles Wedding clothing
RT Bridesmaids dresses Weighing instruments BT Measuring instruments
Wedding fans NT Balances BT Hand fans Bathroom scales Wedding accessories Kitchen scales SN Fans decorated with suitable scenes to Scales commemorate a wedding. Often an elaborate fan was presented to the bride by the groom, and similar small fans were Weights given to wedding guests as a memento of BT Measuring instruments the occasion NT Pendulum bobs Wedding invitations SN Bodies of determinate mass, as of metal, BT Invitations for using on a balance or scale in measuring the weight or mass of objects, Wedding accessories substances, etc.
Wedding outfits Welders USE Wedding ensembles BT Welding equipment
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NT Electric welders Wet plate negatives
USE Wet collodion negatives Welding equipment
BT Equipment Wetsuits Occupation-based equipment BT Sports clothing NT Blowtorches Welders Whale teeth Wellington boots BT Animal teeth
BT Boots RT Scrimshaw
RT Gumboots
SN Leather boots with the front stretching up Whaleboats to above the knee (named after the Duke BT Boats of Wellington). SN Boats designed for quick turning and use in rough seas; formerly used in whaling, Western boots but now mainly for sea rescue. USE Cowboy boots Whalebones Wet cell batteries BT Animal bones
BT Batteries Whaler boats Wet collodion glass negatives USE Whaleboats
USE Wet collodion negatives Whales Wet collodion negatives BT Mammals
BT Glass plate negatives
SN Negatives produced by the wet collodion Whales' teeth process. This process uses a collodion USE Whale teeth binder which must be coated on the support, exposed and developed before the collodion has become dry. Whaling equipment
BT Occupation-based equipment Wet packs NT Flensing knives USE Toiletry bags
Wheat Wet-plate cameras BT Foodstuffs USE Wet plate cameras SN Subject term used by PICMAN
Wet plate cameras Wheel barrows BT Glass plate cameras USE Wheelbarrows NT Sliding box cameras SN Early cameras using glass plates coated Wheel chairs with wet collodion, rather than dry emulsions. The plate had to be exposed USE Wheelchairs and completely processed before the collodion dried.
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Wheel cutting engines NT Train wheels
BT Engines Waterwheels RT Vehicle components RT Gear generating machines
SN Engines for cutting the teeth of wheels Wheelwrighting tools and bevelling the winding pinions used in making clocks and watches. BT Woodworking tools
Wheel-lock firearms NT Hollow bits Spoke trimmer bits BT Firearms RT Coachbuilding tools NT Wheel-lock pistols Wheel-lock rifles Whetstones
Wheel-lock pistols BT Sharpening stones SN Stones for sharpening cutlery or tools by BT Pistols friction. Wheel-lock firearms Whip handles Wheel-lock rifles BT Handles BT Rifles Wheel-lock firearms RT Whips
Wheel of life Whips
USE Zoetropes BT Objects
NT Cat-o'-nine-tails Wheelbarrows Circus whips BT Gardening equipment Riding whips Vehicles Stockwhips RT Barrows RT Whip handles
SN Instruments to strike with, having a Wheelchairs flexible part and a rigid handle BT Chairs Health and medical equipment Whisks
Vehicles BT Kitchenware RT Medical furniture RT Egg-beaters
SN Implements in the form of a bunch of loops Wheels of wire, for beating eggs, cream, etc.. BT Objects Whisky glasses NT Aircraft wheels BT Liquor glasses Barrow wheels Bicycle wheels Castors Whistles Gear wheels BT Audio equipment
Motor car wheels RT Toy whistles Paddlewheels Pottery wheels White ants
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BT Insects BT Electrostatic generators
SN Electrostatic generators consisting of two Whole plate cameras glass disks rotating in opposite directions, having sectors of tinfoil and collecting USE Full plate cameras coils so arranged that static electricity is produced for charging capacitors or discharging across a gap. Wick extinguishers USE Wick trimmers Winches
BT Machinery components Wick trimmers
BT Candle equipment Wind instrument accessories
RT Snuffers BT Musical instrument accessories
SN Scissor-like implements used to cut off the NT Woodwind instrument accessories ends of unused candle wicks. Once candles had been lit, snuffers were used to trim and dispose of charred wicks. Wind instrument components BT Musical instrument components Wickered jars NT Flute components USE Demijohns Reeds Saxophone components Wickerworking tools RT Wind instruments BT Tools
RT Basketmaking tools Wind instruments
SN Tools used to manufacture wicker / cane BT Musical instruments work. NT Accordions Wide-angle lenses Bagpipes
BT Photographic lenses Brass musical instruments
SN Lenses with a focal length considerably Bullroarers shorter than the diagonal of the format it Didjeridus fills. The lenses give a wide angle of view, Mouth organs and considerable depth of field. (AAT). Musical bottles Wigs Ocarinas
BT Personal effects Woodwind instruments RT Wind instrument components Wills SN Musical instruments which produce sound by the player's breath or any current of BT Legal documents air. Other musical classifications refer to these instruments as aerophones. RT Probates SN Legal declarations of a person's wishes as Wind-up toys to the disposition of property after death. BT Mechanical toys Wimshurst electrostatic machines
USE Wimshurst machines Winder keys BT Keys Wimshurst machines
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Winding engines Windscreens
USE Mining engines BT Motor car components
Winding toys Wine
USE Wind-up toys BT Foodstuffs
Windmills Wine Bottle Boxes
BT Machines USE Beverage packaging
RT Mills Wine bottles SN A mill or machine for grinding or pumping, operated by the wind, usually by BT Beverage bottles the wind acting on a set of arms, vanes, sails or slats, attached to a horizontal NT Champagne bottles access so as to form a vertical revolving Sake bottles wheel. Wine cask coolers Window accessories BT Coolers BT Architectural elements
NT Curtain accessories Wine casks Window coverings BT Beverage packaging Casks Window coverings BT Interior coverings Wine coasters Window accessories BT Bottle holders NT Awnings Tableware Blinds SN Coasters for holding a bottle of wine on a Curtains table. Window shutters wine coolers Window frames USE Wine-coolers
BT Architectural elements Wine-coolers RT Windows BT Coolers Tableware Window shutters RT Wineglass coolers BT Window coverings SN Buckets for cooling wine in bottles at the table. Windows Wine cups BT Architectural elements BT Drinking cups NT Fanlights NT Sake bowls Leadlight panels Leadlight windows RT Goblets Shop windows Stained glass windows Wine glass coolers USE Wineglass coolers
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Wine glasses BT Collars
BT Drinking glasses Wing compasses NT Champagne glasses BT Drafting compasses Flute glasses
RT Wineglass coolers RT Coopering compasses
SN Drinking glasses, usually stemmed, made SN Compasses with the legs held in position in various shapes sizes, and styles. Those by means of a thumbscrew acting on a made in modern times are each said to be narrow steel strip shaped to form a most suitable for a particular type of wine. quarter circle and fixed to one of the legs.
Wine making equipment Wing dividers
USE Winemaking equipment USE Wing compasses
Wine-making equipment Wire cutters
USE Winemaking equipment BT Cutting tools SN Tool used to cut wire Wine pots
BT Pots Wire recorders BT Audio equipment
Wine taster's cups SN Devices used to record sound on a steel wire by magnetising the wire as it passes USE Wine tasting cups an electromagnet, the sound being reproduced by the motion of the wire past Wine tasting cups a receiver.
BT Drinking cups Wire recordings
BT Sound recordings Wineglass coolers SN Recordings produced by magnetising a BT Coolers steel wire as it passes a steel magnet. Tableware Wires
Wineglasses BT Equipment USE Wine glasses NT Barbed wire Cat whiskers Winemaking equipment BT Occupation-based equipment Wisteria
NT Grape presses BT Plants
RT Agricultural equipment Witchetty grubs Wineskins BT Insects
BT Containers Wolves SN Bags, usually of goatskin, for carrying wine and having a spigot from which one BT Mammals drinks.
Wing collars Wombats
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BT Australian animals BT Percussion instruments
Women's clothing Woodcuts
USE Womens clothing USE Wood-block prints
Womens clothing Woodcutters saws
BT Clothing BT Woodworking saws
SN Use only for collections of a variety of clothes worn exclusively by women. Where Wooden clappers possible, prefer more specific terms from general lists of (male and female) clothing, USE Clappers or use this term in conjunction with a specific type of clothing. Wooden spoons Wood-block prints USE Mixing spoons
BT Relief prints Woodwind instrument accessories RT Wood engravings BT Wind instrument accessories SN Prints produced from carved wood blocks producing strong wide lines against a light background. Woodwind instrument components
USE Wind instrument components Wood carving tools
BT Carving tools Woodwind instruments Woodworking tools BT Wind instruments SN Tools used for carving wood.
NT Bassoons Wood carvings Clarinets BT Carvings Erkes Flutes NT Nut carvings Heang rein Wood engravings Oboes
BT Engravings Saxophones Relief prints Serpents
RT Wood-block prints Tin whistles SN Musical wind instruments which are SN Prints produced from end grain played with fingerholes or keys, and often woodblocks carved with engraving tools, containing reeds to assist in vibrating the producing white lines on a dark sound produced by the player's breath. background. Woodworking bits Wood-splitting wedges BT Bits USE Splitting wedges NT Gimlet bits Wood tiles Swiss gimlet bits
USE Parquetry RT Twist augers SN The movable boring or drilling part (in many forms) used in a carpenter's brace, a Woodblocks drilling machine, or the like.
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Woodworking braces Woodworking saws
BT Woodworking tools BT Saws Woodworking tools NT Joiners braces NT Circular saws Ratchet braces Frame saws Smiths braces SN Hand tools with a handle, crank and Hand saws chuck, used for turning a bit to drill a hole Log saws by hand. Tenon saws
Woodworking chisels Woodcutters saws
BT Chisels Woodworking squares Woodworking tools USE Carpenters squares NT Bark chisels Carving chisels Woodworking tools Mortice chisels BT Tools Socket chisels Woodworking equipment SN Chisels used for cutting or shaping wood. NT Adzes Woodworking drills Augers Bench stops BT Drills Woodworking tools Bevels
NT Breast drills Cabinetmaking tools Carpentry tools Woodworking equipment Coopering tools
BT Occupation-based equipment Drawing knives Froes NT Woodworking machines Hand beaders Woodworking tools Joinery tools Woodworking gauges Mitre boxes Mitre squares BT Gauges Woodworking tools Planes Routers NT Cutting gauges Shaves Marking gauges Shipwrighting tools Stave gauges SN Tools and appliances used for marking Try squares lines, acting as a standard or measure to Wedges which workpieces must conform, or Wheelwrighting tools cutting thin materials. Wood carving tools Woodworking machines Woodworking braces
BT Machines Woodworking chisels Woodworking equipment Woodworking drills NT Spindle cutters Woodworking gauges Woodworking saws Woodworking planes Woodworking vices USE Planes
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SN Tools used for working with wood. Where SN Aprons used to protect clothing while possible, use a more specific name of a working. tool, or group tools by particular trades. Work benches Woodworking vices USE Workbenches BT Vices Woodworking tools Work clothing
Wool bales BT Clothing
BT Shearing equipment Work shirts SN Subject term used by PICMAN BT Shirts Wool presses
BT Shearing equipment Work trays BT Tool boxes SN Presses set in a strong frame, designed to compress wool and package it into wool SN Trays used to hold nails, tooks, eyelets etc bales. when working.
Wool samples Workbenches
USE Wool specimens BT Supporting equipment
SN Strong heavy waist-high tables on which Wool specimens the work of mechanics, machinists and carpenters is performed. BT Animal products SN Samples of natural wool (not yarns, Workboxes threads or fabrics). BT Boxes Wool winders Occupation-based equipment Textileworking equipment BT Weaving equipment RT Sewing equipment
SN Boxes to hold instruments and materials Woolf compound engines for work, especially needlework. USE Tandem compound engines Working models Woolwinders BT Models
USE Wool winders SN Models of objects with parts that move, used to illustrate the operation of an object, usually for demonstration purposes Woomeras (although the method used to drive their working operation may not be exactly the BT Weapon accessories same as the forces which operate the SN Type of throwing stick with a notch at one original). Working models may be made to end for holding a dart or spear, thus any scale. giving increased leverage in throwing, used by Indigenous Australian people; Workplace signs spear thrower (Dharug language). BT Signs
Work aprons SN This is a manupulated street sign displayed BT Aprons Protective clothing Workshop brushes NT Kitchen aprons
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BT Brushes BT Writing equipment
NT Bench brushes Wristbands RT Woodworking tools BT Clothing accessories
World globes Writing boxes USE Terrestrial globes USE Writing cases Worry beads Writing cases BT Strings of beads Therapeutic devices BT Cases SN A set of beads fingered to allay Writing equipment nervousness or tension (Macquarie Dictionary 3rd ed.) Writing desks
Wrapping paper BT Desks
BT Packaging NT Escritoires Secretaires SN Wrapping ribbons Pieces of domestic furniture, as opposed to office desks, at which letters, etc are BT Packaging written. These are often styled to blend Ribbons with other home furniture.
Wraps Writing equipment
USE Shawls BT Occupation-based equipment
NT Blotter rollers Wreaths Blotters BT Objects Blotting paper Braille writers NT Festive wreaths Desk sets Head wreaths Ink Memorial wreaths Ink bottles Wedding wreaths Ink pots RT Garlands Ink stones SN Circular bands of flowers, foliage or any ornamental work, for adorning the head or Inkstands for any ceremonial or decorative purpose. Inkwells Letter holders Wrenches Nib boxes BT Hand tools Nibs
NT Adjuster door lapping Pen cases Bicycle wrenches Pen holders Lap sets Pen trays SN Hand tools consisting of a handle and jaw Pencil cases at one end; used to turn or hold bolts, Pencil holders nuts, pipes or fittings. Pencils Wrist rests Pens Pounce pots
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NT Stenographs BT X-ray equipment Wrist rests Writing cases X-ray machines Writing slates BT X-ray equipment
NT Dental X-ray machines Writing paper Fluoroscopes BT Stationery Portable X-ray machines
Writing slates X-ray photographs
BT Writing equipment USE Radiographs
RT Blackboards; Educational aids
SN Framed pieces of slate rock or X-ray Protective screens roughly-painted board, used for erasable BT X-ray equipment writing.
Writing tables X-ray screens
BT Tables USE X-ray Protective screens
RT Travelling desks X-ray stereoscopes
BT X-ray equipment X-ray Bucky tables
BT X-ray tables X-ray tables SN X-ray tables with a fluoroscope behind, to BT Medical furniture make the x-ray image.
NT X-ray Bucky tables X-ray control units BT X-ray equipment X-ray tubes
BT Electronic valves X-ray equipment BT Medical imaging equipment X-ray units
NT X-ray control units USE X-ray machines X-ray film X-ray heads X-rays (radiographs) X-ray machines USE Radiographs X-ray Protective screens X-ray stereoscopes Xylophones
BT Percussion instruments X-ray film NT Pattalas BT X-ray equipment Ranat eks
X-ray Fluoroscopes Yabbie traps USE Fluoroscopes BT Animal traps
X-ray heads Yachts
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BT Sailing boats SN Contrivances for joining a pair of draught animals, especially oxen, usually NT Ketches consisting of a crosspiece with two SN Sailing vessels used for private cruising, bow-shaped pieces (oxbow) beneath, one at racing, or other like non-commercial each end, each bow enclosing the head of purposes (Macquarie Dictionary, 3rd ed.) an animal, or, frames fitting the neck and shoulders of a person, for carrying a pair Yacht's engines of buckets or the like, one at each end.
USE Marine engines Yoyos
BT Toys Yard measures
USE Tape measures Zinc cream
USE Sunscreen Yari
USE Lances Zippers
BT Fasteners Yarns
BT Textiles Zithers SN Continuous strands, either single or BT Stringed instruments compound, made from filaments of fibre by reeling, spinning or twisting. NT Dulcimers Kotos Yatagans SN Musical folk instruments consisting of a USE Swords flat soundbox with numerous strings stretched over it, which is placed on a horizontal surface and played with a Yataghans plectrum and the fingertips. USE Swords Zitterns Yen coins USE Citterns
BT Coins Zloty coins SN The gold unit of Japan since the institution of Western type coinage in BT Coins 1870. SN Polish coins.
Yerrampe Zoetrope film USE Honey ants BT Cinematographic film
Yeuh-Ch'ins RT Zoetropes
USE Guitars SN Paper strips of animated sequences for use in zoetropes.
Yokes Zoetropes BT Agricultural equipment BT Cinematographic viewers Animal accessories RT Zoetrope film
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SN Animation viewing devices in which a sequence of drawings on a paper strip is mounted inwards around the circumference of a metal drum. As the drum revolves the viewer looks through a series of slits towards the drawings. zoological specimens
BT Specimens
RT Animal parts
SN Use for animal (but not human) parts that have been collected as scientic specimens.
Zoom lenses
BT Photographic lenses
SN Lenses which are constructed to allow continuously variable focal lengths within a specific range. The effective aperture and focus settings remain unchanged throughout such adjustments. (AAT).
Zootrope film
USE Zoetrope film
Zootropes
USE Zoetropes
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