. The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary and Greek lexicon; forming a glossary of all the words representing visible objects connected with the arts, manufactures, and every-day life of the Greeks and Romans, with representations of nearly two thousand objects from the antique. xii. 57. 6. Plin. H. N. vii. 57. xix. 7. 2.); and as the wordis a diminutive, it will represent one of the smaller kinds, used with onehand, as by the annexed figure froma sepulchral urn, and by one of thesmiths at p. 288. MARCUS. A large iron-headed. hammer, used by smiths, such as wecall a sled
. The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary and Greek lexicon; forming a glossary of all the words representing visible objects connected with the arts, manufactures, and every-day life of the Greeks and Romans, with representations of nearly two thousand objects from the antique. xii. 57. 6. Plin. H. N. vii. 57. xix. 7. 2.); and as the wordis a diminutive, it will represent one of the smaller kinds, used with onehand, as by the annexed figure froma sepulchral urn, and by one of thesmiths at p. 288. MARCUS. A large iron-headed. hammer, used by smiths, such as wecall a sledge-hammer (Isidor. 7. 2.) ; as shown by the annexedexample from the Vatican Virgil, andused by one of the smiths at p. 288. MARRA. A sort of hoe with abroad head (lata, Columell. x 70.),indented with teeth (Id. x. 88.),which was employed in gardeningand husbandry, for tearing up andclearing away weeds and fibrousencumbrances from the ground, &c.(Plin. H. N. xvii. 35. § 4. Juv. Columell. //. cc.) The exampleshows the head of an instrumentcorresponding with the above descrip-tion, which was found in the tomb of
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