Nomenclature (was: Crescent wrenches

From: Don Maslin <donm_at_cts.com>
Date: Wed Jan 2 14:50:09 2002

On Wed, 2 Jan 2002, John Allain wrote:

> Old Boss of mine called the larger triangular headed
> snippers (sim.: Xelite wire cutter) "Dykes". Any word
> on this... word. Is this a correct term?
>
> John A.
>

I am not sure about the application to the Xcelite tool, but "Dikes"
is a contraction of `diagonal cutters'.
                                                 - don
Received on Wed Jan 02 2002 - 14:50:09 GMT