. 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. figure employed in the process de-scribed. 4. A short-handled hoe, used bygardeners, agricultural labourers, & breaking up /•> the ground, ex- Q^^-^^ cavating earth, Mp^^^^^S^and similar pur- 1/ \poses. (Pallad. V_ \i. 43.) The il-lustration is from the Column ofTrajan, and resembles both in useand fo
. 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. figure employed in the process de-scribed. 4. A short-handled hoe, used bygardeners, agricultural labourers, & breaking up /•> the ground, ex- Q^^-^^ cavating earth, Mp^^^^^S^and similar pur- 1/ \poses. (Pallad. V_ \i. 43.) The il-lustration is from the Column ofTrajan, and resembles both in useand form the zappa, or short hoe ofthe modern Italian peasant. ASCIO (aKCKapvifr). When ap-plied to wood-workers, to chop,. form, or fashion with a carpentersadze (ascia), an operation which theancients performed with one hand,and upon surfaces placed in anupright position, as shown by thecut, which represents one of theworkmen of Daedalus employed inthis manner, from a bas-relief of theVilla Albani. 2. When applied to builders, tostir up and mix mortar with a plas-terers hoe, as in the illustration toAscia, No. 3. ASCOPERA (aaKoir-fjpa). Alarge bag, or knapsack, made of un-
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