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hand-flake — a flimsy platform about 4 feet off the ground used for spreading and drying cod in Newfoundland … Dictionary of ichthyology
flake — 1) an outdoor platform or rack for drying fish, often of spruce boughs on a framework of poles in North America. The boughs stopped the fish from being burned by the wooden frame or longers. Some fish were laid directly on beach rocks, a bawn.… … Dictionary of ichthyology
Flake — Flake, n. [Etym. uncertain; cf. 1st {Fake}.] A flat layer, or fake, of a coiled cable. Flake after flake ran out of the tubs, until we were compelled to hand the end of our line to the second mate. F. T. Bullen. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
hand tool — any tool or implement designed for manual operation. * * * Introduction any of the implements used by craftsmen in manual operations, such as chopping, chiseling, sawing, filing, or forging. Complementary tools, often needed as auxiliaries to… … Universalium
Hand axe — Acheulean hand axes from Kent. The types shown are (clockwise from top) cordate, ficron and ovate … Wikipedia
flake tool — a Paleolithic or later stone tool made from a flake struck from a larger core. [1945 50] * * * Stone Age devices, usually flint (see chert and flint), shaped by flaking off small particles or by breaking off a large flake to use as a tool.… … Universalium
Fish flake — This article is about the structures used for drying cod; for the flaked foods given to aquarium fish, see fish food. A fish flake is a platform built on poles and spread with boughs for drying cod fish on the foreshore of fishing villages and… … Wikipedia
Manlayo, Guinayangan, Quezon — Contents 1 Barangay Data 2 Geography 3 People and culture 3.1 … Wikipedia
Stone Age — the period in the history of humankind, preceding the Bronze Age and the Iron Age, and marked by the use of stone implements and weapons: subdivided into the Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic periods. [1860 65] * * * First known period of… … Universalium
Acheulean — (also spelled Acheulian, pron en|əˈʃuːliən) is the name given to an archaeological industry of stone tool manufacture associated with prehistoric hominins during the Lower Palaeolithic era across Africa and much of West Asia and Europe. Acheulean … Wikipedia
