Pintle Pin on which another part pivots.
Scantling Small timber for construction.
Sheave Wheel with a grooved rim, used as a pulley.
Slab Outside of a log cut off to square it for lumber.
Spoke-shave Drawknife for shaping spokes and rounded edges.
Stay (a mast) Strong rope or wire used to support a mast.
Step (a mast) Place a mast in its step (block where the heel of a
mast is fixed).
Thole Device on to the gunwale (side) of a boat to hold
the oar. Acts as a fulcrum for rowing.
Trunnion Pin; two small cylindrical projections on a cannon on
which it pivots.
French "trognon" means "stump".
White lead Lead carbonate, a heavy white poisonous powder,
used in paint pigments.
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THE SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN BOY.
[Illustration: Fun in Swimming]
The SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN BOY
OR
The Camp at Willow Clump Island
By
A. RUSSELL BOND
NEW YORK
MUNN & CO., Publishers
1906
COPYRIGHT, 1905, BY
MUNN & CO., NEW YORK
PRESS OF
THE KALKHOFF COMPANY
NEW YORK
PREFACE
All boys are nature lovers.
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