Knight's American mechanical dictionary : a description of tools, instruments, machines, processes and engineering, history of inventions, general technological vocabulary ; and digest of mechanical appliances in science and the arts . Picker-Staff. jerk imparts motion to the shuttle. The staffs inthe example are shown at C, and are moved auto-matically by the motion of the lay. Picket 1. (Fjrtijication.) a. A stake with a. Picket- damp. PICKET-CLAMP. 1698 PIE. sharpeiieil end, used in laying off ground for fortifi-cations. b. A stake sharpened at both ends ; one driveninto the f^rimnd and tli
Knight's American mechanical dictionary : a description of tools, instruments, machines, processes and engineering, history of inventions, general technological vocabulary ; and digest of mechanical appliances in science and the arts . Picker-Staff. jerk imparts motion to the shuttle. The staffs inthe example are shown at C, and are moved auto-matically by the motion of the lay. Picket 1. (Fjrtijication.) a. A stake with a. Picket- damp. PICKET-CLAMP. 1698 PIE. sharpeiieil end, used in laying off ground for fortifi-cations. b. A stake sharpened at both ends ; one driveninto the f^rimnd and tlic other acting as an obstacleto the advance of an enemy. 2. (Husbandry.) A pale of a fence. 3. (Surivyiug.) a. A staff used with a surveyinf,cliiiin liy the leader and follower, being passedthrough the end rings. b. A marking stake to indicate positions or 4. {Menage.) A stake to which a horse is teth-ered. Picket-clamp. A device to liold pales wliilelirill;.; dressed to sliape. Picket-pin. (Jtcnm/c.) An iron pin about 14iii-hes lojig, having a rounded liead and a ring nearthi Ill-ad, to whiih the lariat rope is fastened. It isdriven into the earth, the rope permitting tlie horseto graze for a liiiiiled distance around it. Picket-pointer. A machine for ilressing theheads of fence pickets or pales. In the example, an Fig. 3399.
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