Nomenclature (was: Crescent wrenches

From: blstuart_at_bellsouth.net <(blstuart_at_bellsouth.net)>
Date: Wed Jan 2 19:57:44 2002

In message <01e101c193c9$a6924d40$8a0101ac_at_ibm23xhr06>, "John Allain" writes:
>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?

I've often called them that, though I always envisioned the
spelling as dikes. I just figured it was a sort of contraction
of "diagonal cutters."

Brian L. Stuart
Received on Wed Jan 02 2002 - 19:57:44 GMT