Is "Fireplace Crane" a modern term for the swing-out metal arms that hang over a fireplace..?
You would mean one in the hearth, yes. An older term may be to call it a Pot Crane or Chimney Crane. That is most common to what you describe that it is affixed to the chimney and swings about. That does not swing, a "lug pole" might be from a green wood or iron hung above the fire with chain ... or if a "Hearth Crane" then a standing legged trestle (stands upon the hearth) and hooks affixed ... some with a pot crane attached. But either. You might also refer to it with it's counterpart, the trammel ... as in "crane & trammel". The trammel is the device hung from the pole or crane to allow the pot to be adjusted up or down depending on the heat required. In some cases the trammel can be just a series of S-hooks linked together, it can also be a chain with hooks, and is often a specific toothed device wrought by smithy. As a child we used hooks and hooks & chain, thoe as a man I owned a sawtoothed trammel but hardly used it as I'd obtained a stew stove. My business partner Ebenezer insisted that a toothed saw trammel was frivolous and kept a chain and hook type in his home.
What word is used to describe Someone's skill in performing tasks with their feet.?
Dexterity describes someone's skill in performing tasks with their HANDS. I once saw a woman who had no arms weaving material with her feet, and another putting make-up on with her feet. Is there a word to describe someone's skill in performing tasks with their feet?
What are some adjectives used to describe babies?
new, little, other, healthy, good, newborn, young, old, dead, big, beautiful, tiny, poor, small, black, unborn, blue, sweet, premature, white, happy, real, ready, sick, fine, older, human, cute, due, soft, fresh, asleep, perfect, fat, sleeping, innocent
Where did the term 'crazy cat lady' come from?
I don’t remember hearing the term “crazy cat lady” before the 1980s, Andrea Kirwan.However, the idea of marginalized older women with only their pets (including cats) for company was well established by the witch hunts of 17th-century Europe.The woodcut below is the frontispiece of a 1647 pamphlet, The Discovery of Witches, used by the murderous charlatan Matthew Hopkins to publicize his witch-finding services in Essex. The two old women are surrounded by their familiars in the form of animals. The old woman to the left is calling Holt, her cat, described by Hopkins in the pamphlet as a “white kitling” (kitten).But by 1789 the old women and their cats had become the target of mockery, as in the engraving by John Pettit below, entitled Old Maids at a Cat’s Funeral. The bereaved owner is the woman third from right without a cat in her arms; the two women leading the procession are also carrying the dead cat’s coffin.But all this barely scratches the surface. Much, much more information on cat ladies, including Eleanor Abernathy, the character on The Simpsons, and the mother and daughter both named Edith Beale who lived in Grey Gardens, can be found in two articles, one in the Boston Globe and the second in Wikipedia.
What are some slang terms used among police officers?
The most derogatory terms for the bad guys and citizens who are just pains in the rectum:A.H. = Adam Henry (A-dam H-enry) If you don’t get it…..sometimes you will hear it as “Jack Hole”…..now what starts with an “A” that ends with HOLE ?RICHARD CRANIUM= What starts with a “D” and is a nickname for Richard ? What is the non-medical layman’s term for the Cranium ? Do these clues HEAD you in the right direction ?
What's the source of the phrase "and, boy, are my arms tired"?
It's the punchline of an old joke: "I just flew in from [wherever] and, boy, are my arms tired." When someone says "I just flew in" it is assumed they mean by airplane, of course. So the joke takes "I just flew in" literally; if one were able to fly by flapping like a bird, ones arms would get tired. I don't know the origin of the joke or who first said it.
Description of a scary woman?
That wench, silent and thoughtful with her orbs locked in mine for seconds worth lifetimes each. Her skin white as the freshly dead, creased and crevassed by a lifetime of worry. Her black garb gave sickly contrast to her complexion in cruel and knowing parody. The woman was dead and alive and I stood there with knees atremble in attempt to reconcile my vision as terror and numbness creeped in my veins. That what you need? If you're going to quote me for your homework promise me you'll make some sentences of your own with the key words so that you, ahem, learn something other than plagiarism. ;)