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Mouth lyre gag
This text can only be consulted in Dutch
<https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/mouth-lyre-gag?lang=nl>
Mucus knife
This text can only be consulted in Dutch
<https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/1162?lang=nl>
Mud scuppit
Usually wooden (approx. 40-60 cm x 15-20 cm), sometimes iron (approx. 25x35
cm) shovel (1) with raised edges and T-handle (approx. 65 cm) and usually a
leather patch on top of the (wooden) blade. Sometimes a second handle is
provided at the bottom of the handle (2). The wooden shovel is usually
monoxile (except for the T-handle). The bosom shovel is used to scoop water
or dredge from a ditch or liquid manure from a barge (3), also, by the
brick and tile baker, to pour water over the clay during the preparation of
that raw material. See also drag net, bleacher's shovel and sand shovel
(brickmaker). [MOT] (1) SIRAG: 50. (2) Larousse Agricole: 1.523. (3)
V.A.W.P.: 1.433.
Mud-marking iron
This description of the mud marking iron can only be consulted in dutch.
[MOT]
Mudguard punch
This text can only be consulted in Dutch
<https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/1100?lang=nl>
Mushroom collecting knife
Anyone who harvests edible mushrooms in the forest or in a meadow, cuts
them to the ground with a knife (except when it concerns agarics, which
have to be dug out). One cleans them on the spot. There is a special pocket
knife for this purpose, which is a compound tool, with a blade to cut off
the mushroom stem and a boar bristle brush to remove soil and dirt; that
brush may or may not be collapsible. On the back of the blade there are
sometimes teeth to remove coarser dirt or, according to some, the outer
layer of the skin (the 'cuticule') (1). [MOT] (1) http://www.opinel.com/
(January 2021).
Mussel knife
This text can only be consulted in Dutch
<https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/mussel-knife?lang=nl>
Mustache brush
This text can only be consulted in Dutch
<https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/mustache-brush?lang=nl>
Mustard spoon
A small (approx. 10-15 cm long), spherical (approx. 1.5 cm diameter) wooden
spoon with which mustard powder can be served (1). For serving mustard in
pasta form, there are wooden, bone, ceramic, metal mustard spatulas or
spoons. [MOT] (1) According to CAMPBELL: 126, this spoon is used as a salt
spoon.
Myoma drawer
The myoma drawer is a manual tool consisting of a sturdy metal spiral and
an annular or straight handle, with which the surgeon removes a myoma, i.e.
a benign tumor consisting of smooth muscle tissue. To be distinguished from
the corkscrew. [MOT]
Nail driver
With the nail driver you can drive small nails without a hammer. It
consists of a metal hollow shaft with spring mechanism that sticks into a
wooden or plastic handle. The nail is inserted into the hollow shaft. By
giving a firm blow to the head - which is wider and rounded - by hand, the
nail goes into the material in one movement. [MOT]
Nail extractor
Nail puller is a general term for different levers and pliers for pulling
out nails. The heavy versions are used by the shipwright, the lighter ones
mainly to open boxes. The lever can be compared to the crowbar. For the
same purpose the pincers or claw hammer are used by the carpenter. [MOT]
Nail header
This text can only be consulted in Dutch
<https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/nail-header?lang=nl>
Nail tongs
Toenails can easily be cut with nail tongs. As with the pocket
nail-clippers, the jaws are sharp. The legs are crossed and sometimes a
spring on one of the legs ensures that the tongs open automatically. [MOT]
Nail-clippers
This text can only be consulted in Dutch
<https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/nail-clippers?lang=nl>
Narrow drain spade
This text can only be consulted in Dutch
<https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/narrow-drain-spade?lang=nl>
Narrow indented chisel
This text can only be consulted in Dutch
<https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/narrow-indented-chisel?lang=nl>
Nave borer
The description of the nave borer can only be consulted in dutch.
Neck brush
This text can only be consulted in Dutch
<https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/neck-brush?lang=nl>
Needle threader
This text can only be consulted in Dutch
<https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/needle-threader?lang=nl>
Needle-nose pliers
This text can only be consulted in Dutch
<https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/needle-nose-pliers?lang=nl>
Nose twitch
The nose twitch consists of a wooden stick - sometimes made of plastic - of
about 50 cm with a hole at one end through which a loop of rope
(exceptionally a chain) protrudes. The tool is used as a means of coercion
to divert the attention of a horse during disturbing (eg eye care) or
painful procedures and to induce a calming and sedative effect (cf. humane
twitch). With the left hand, the loop is brought over the upper lip of the
animal, with the right, the loop is tightened. The same implement is used
on cattle, but on an ear (1). [MOT] (1) BERTHELON: 13.
Notching knife
Notching knife of a wood engraver.
Notching plane
This text can only be consulted in Dutch
<https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/notching-plane?lang=nl>
Notching saw
This text can only be consulted in Dutch
<https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/notching-saw?lang=nl>
Nut bore
This text can only be consulted in Dutch
<https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/nut-bore?lang=nl>
Nut bore (metal)
This text can only be consulted in Dutch
<https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/96?lang=nl>
Nut pliers
Nuts can be tightened or loosened with nut pliers. The jaws are adapted to
the shape of the nut. They grab the nut on four of the six faces. Unlike
wrenches, the jaws don't move parallel. Sometimes they are ribbed on the
inside for a better grip and the opening can be fixed with a set screw. The
pliers cannot then be closed further than the screw allows, so that
excessive pressure cannot be exerted on the side surfaces of the nut and
thereby damage them. See also combination pliers. [MOT]
Nutcracker
This text can only be consulted in Dutch
<https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/nutcracker?lang=nl>
Nutmeg grater
Usually semicircular, but also sometimes completely round elongated metal
grater of sheet iron with which nutmegs can be finely grated. These graters
have a separate place where the nuts can be stored, usually at the top and
closed with a lid. The grater can also be placed in a container in which
both the nuts can be stored and in which the finely grated nutmeg can be
collected. See also nutmeg mill. [MOT]
Nutmeg mill
This text can only be consulted in Dutch
<https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/127?lang=nl>
Nylon face hammer
This text can only be consulted in Dutch
<https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/nylon-face-hammer?lang=nl>
Oar
This text can only be consulted in Dutch
<https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/oar?lang=nl>
Obstetric forceps
These forceps were sometimes used during childbirth to retrieve a child.
Characteristic are the stainless steel, the wide jaws and the short arms.
After all, it was not allowed to exert great force on the head. The arms of
many forceps were connected without a pivot so that they could easily be
taken apart. The physician could then safely push one part of the forceps
to the left and the other to the right of the child's head. [MOT]
Oilstone/Waterstone
This text can only be consulted in Dutch
<https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/oilstonewaterstone?lang=nl>
One arm man knife
The text on the one arm man knife (1) can only be consulted in Dutch. [MOT]
(1) BARLOW: 159.
One-man cross-cut saw
This text can only be consulted in Dutch
<https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/one-man-cross-cut-saw?lang=nl>
Onion fork
This text can only be consulted in Dutch
<https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/onion-fork?lang=nl>
Onion handle
This text can only be consulted in Dutch
<https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/onion-handle?lang=nl>
Onion tongs
This text can only be consulted in Dutch
<https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/onion-tongs?lang=nl>
Open-ended spanner
This text can only be consulted in Dutch
<https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/open-ended-spanner?lang=nl>
Orange peeler
This text can only be consulted in Dutch
<https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/orange-peeler?lang=nl>
Ore pick
The ore pick (1) is a hand tool used by dockworkers when unloading a ship's
hold or moving bulk cargo such as ores. Compared to various picks, the
metal is remarkably long (approx. 60-95 cm) in relation to the wooden
handle (approx. 60-75 cm), which is almost at right angles connected in an
eye. The pick narrows to a point, which is hammered into the ore to break
it free for further scooping. [MOT] (1) The proper name in English is yet
unknown. The tool was certainly used by dockers in the port of Antwerp
(EECKELAERT: 417).
Osier chopping-knife
This text can only be consulted in Dutch
<https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/osier-chopping-knife?lang=nl>
Osier foot shears
This text can only be consulted in Dutch
<https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/1121?lang=nl>
Oven-rake
This text can only be consulted in Dutch
<https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/oven-rake?lang=nl>
Oyster fork
Small (approx. 12-13 cm long) fork with three sharp, short (approx. 2-3 cm)
teeth with which one can remove oysters from their shells. The teeth are
straight or slightly bent inward; usually one tooth has a cut on the
outside to cut the oyster loose. The oyster fork can also be provided with
a knife at the other end. [MOT]
Oyster knife
You can find more technical information about the oyster knife on this page
in dutch. [MOT]
Oyster opening tongs
Oysters have strong sphincter muscles. To open live oysters, use an oyster
knife, an oyster opener or oyster tongs. The latter can take different
forms. One model consists of two-lever tongs of the first type. The mouth
is equipped with 2 hollow "blades" with which an opening is "broken" in the
edge of the shell. Then, the tip of the longer part is inserted into the
opening made. By wringing, the sphincter is cut. In another model, the
mouth opens when the arms are compressed. The blade of this oyster tong is
inserted into the oyster. The thumb is protected by a plate. The oyster is
opened with the jaws of the tongs. [MOT]
Oyster shucker
This text can only be consulted in Dutch
<https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/oyster-shucker?lang=nl>