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 . hammocks during the day. Hamper. 1. A large wicker-work covered bas-ket, used for packing up liquors, etc., for carnage. 2. A fetter. 3. (Xautical.) Equipment and gear about thedecks of a vessel. Hamu-lus. (Surgical.) An instrument for ex-tracting the fetus. Hauce. (Architecture.) The two lower portionsof a four-centered arch ; the part between the luiuch(haunch
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 . hammocks during the day. Hamper. 1. A large wicker-work covered bas-ket, used for packing up liquors, etc., for carnage. 2. A fetter. 3. (Xautical.) Equipment and gear about thedecks of a vessel. Hamu-lus. (Surgical.) An instrument for ex-tracting the fetus. Hauce. (Architecture.) The two lower portionsof a four-centered arch ; the part between the luiuch(haunch) and the springing. Uanch. Haind. 1. (Horology.) The pointer or index-finger of a watch, clock; or counter: hour, minute,seconds, as the case may be ; or known by the dial Fig. 2370. giass, and other fiber, often ornamented and ofdelicate material. The undisputed invention ofAlcibiades (Admiral Smvth). It is a piece ofcanvas, 6 by 4 feet, the end gathered by knittlcsand a grommet, forming the h^ad and foot cletcs, towhich is attached the lanyard by which it is sus-pended from rings in the deck beams. The illustration is rather a swinging cot. The orders on board ship are, Down all ham-mocks ! Up all hammocks ! Lash hammocks !. Artificial Haivis. HAND-ANVIL. 1054 HAND-GRENADE. to wliioli it belongs, as in tlie respective dials of thegas-tneter or other dial-register. 2. (Mctwjt:.) Four inches ; hoise measure. 3. Tlie small of a gun-stock. 4. ^ handle or helve. Hand-anvil. (Locksmithing.) A small movableanvil used by lucksmitlis. It may be sujiiiorted bythe work-beni-h or held in one hand. A stake. Hand, Arti-ficial. A prosthetic member to beattached to the stump of the forearm, and havingfingers anil a tluunb with some capacity for grasp-ing. The terminal portion of the artificial Akm, Autifici.\l, where the subject is con-sidered at some length. Of mere hands and wristsa few examples may be given. .<4 is a luind in which the steel ligatures of thefingers are applied
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