. 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. hot boiler| (caldarium), but communicating by ai pipe with both, so that as the heatedI fluid was drawn off from the latter,I the deficiency was supplied by anequal quantity already partially heated| from the tepidarium, the vacuum thus! occasioned being at the same momentI filled up with cold water from the|
. 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. hot boiler| (caldarium), but communicating by ai pipe with both, so that as the heatedI fluid was drawn off from the latter,I the deficiency was supplied by anequal quantity already partially heated| from the tepidarium, the vacuum thus! occasioned being at the same momentI filled up with cold water from the| cistern above. Each of these parti- 648 TEREBRA. TESSERA. culars, as well as the process itself,is exemplified bythe annexed il-lustration, whichexhibits all thethree vessels, withthe water flowingfrom them, andtheir relative posi-tions in respect tothe furnace, from apicture representingthe interior of a setof baths painted onthe wall of one of theapartments in theThermae of Titus atRome. TEREBRA (reperpop). Literally,a borer; applied as a general term toseveral different instruments used forboring holes in wood or other sub-stances : — 1. A carpenters gimlet ( xix. 19. 14. Celsus, viii. 3.),which makes fine sawdust (scobis) inthe act of boring. (Columell. iv. 15. ) This was a very ancient inven-tion, whence it was distinguished bythe name of terebra antiqua (Colu-mell. /. c), and exactly resembledour own, as shown by the annexedexample of an ancient gimlet, fromGinzrot. 2. An auger, which makes fineshavings (ramenta) instead of sawdust,in the act of boring (Columell. iv. 29. 16. Plin. H. N. xvii. 25.) ; an in-vention of later date, which was dis-tinguished by the name gallica terebra(Columell. Plin. //. cc), and no doubtlike our own. 3. (rpv-Kdviovy A bow-drill; workedby the bow-string twisted round itshandle, and used for piercing smallholes in metal, stone, or gems (Plin.
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