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It'veral forts of tools and contrivances which are formed and 

 made ufe of for cleaning and removing the mould, dirt, and 

 other matters, that may adhere to different kinds of imple- 

 ments while they are in work, as thofe of the drill, roller, 

 plough, and feme other kinds ; and to the furfaces in fome 

 other cafes, as thofe of wheels, roads, &c. 



In the drill and the roller, the fcrapers moffly confift of 

 thin bars of iron or wood, fo conftrufted and fixed behind, 

 as to take off^ the dirty or mouldy cloggy fubftances as they 

 colieft upon them. In ploughs it is ulually done by a fmall 

 fort of paddle, with a fliort handle ufed by the ploughman. 

 The furfaces of wheels, in heavy carriages, are cleaned by 

 tools of the fcraping kind, properly contrived for the pur- 

 pofe. For tools of this fort, where the tires of the wheels, 

 in fuch cafes, are made concave, it has been advifed that a 

 fmall ftem fhould be fixed to the body of the carriage, which 

 may prefent a convex fcraper ; wliich, on account of the 

 fiiifting of tlie wheel on its axis, fometimes a full inch or 

 more at its perimeter, fliould be made to Hide on the ftem, 

 having a kind of bracket to embrace the thicknefs of the 

 felly : thus the thicknefs of the wheel having prefented to it 

 a convex fcraper Aiding on a fquare ftem ; which, allowing 

 one or two inches of play, has at its outer end a bolt-head, 

 the two arms of which forming a bracket, will always 

 keep the fcraper oppofite to the groove, or hollow in the 

 wheel. 



It is fuggefted that the blade of the fcraper fliould be very 

 %niallow, as it would otherwife operate as a lever upon the 

 bar ; and eitlier wrench it, or ultimately round off the cor- 

 ners, fo -as to allow the tool to be turned out of its proper 

 direftion, which fliould be at an angle of five degrees under 

 the horizon. But it is fuppofed that the tool for fcraping 

 the fore -wheel of a waggon will be more difficult to fix, with 

 proper firmnefs, on account of its traverfing. It might, 

 however, it is thought, be effefted by fetting it on a feg- 

 ment attached to the body of the carriage ; but the neceffary 

 length of ftem would prove a formidable objcftion in fuch a 

 cafe. The beft mode would, it is thought, be 'to faften it 

 to the wooden axle, fo as to move always with it, and con- 

 fequenlly preferring its relative pofition to the edge of the 

 wlieel. 



In other cafes, other forts of light iron plain fcrapers 

 may be fixed fo as to allow them to aft in removing the dirt 

 from wheels where necefl'ary. 



In the fcraping and cleaning of roads, tools of the cow- 

 rake headed kind ai-e ufed by the hand, and lai"ge machines 

 in other fliapes by horfes. See KoAn-Scraping Machine. 



Tool, Skimming, in Agriculture, that fort which is em- 

 ployed in taking off the furface of the land in ploughing, 

 in order to its being depofited in the bottom of the pre- 

 ceding furrow, and thus making neat clean tillage-work. 

 Tools of this kind, with fliarp pairing and cutting edges, are 

 differently formed, according to the purpofes to which they 

 are to be applied ; but tlie mode of fixing them to a fort of 

 fore-coulter in ploughs is confidered by many as a great im- 

 provement, as they are found in that way to do the work 

 much better than if attached to the common coulter, in 

 which manner they fometimes do not work well. See 



,TlLLAGE. 



TOOLUC, in Geography, a town of Hindooftan, in 

 Mohurbunge ; 36 miles N.W. of Harriopour. 



TOOLUMBO.a town of Africa, in Bambarra. N. lat. 

 12° 55'. W. long, 5°. 



TOOM, a river of Hindooftan, which runs into the 

 Tungebadra, 15 miles S.E. of Sanore. 



TOOMANUA. See OrouN. 



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TOOMBEWADY, a town of HmdooftaH, in the Car- 

 natic ; 8 miles S.W. of Caroor. 



^ TOOMBUCK, a town of fome note on the Perfian 

 gulf, between Congou or Kungoon, a large and populous 

 town, and Tahire or Tahirie. 



TOOMCOUR, a town of Hindooftan, inMyfore; 20 

 miles S.S.E. of Sera. 



TOOME-BRIDGE, a poft-town of the county of 

 Antrim, Ireland, fituated at the northern extremity of 

 Lough Neagh, where there is a bridge over the narrow 

 channel which feparates that lake from Lough Beg. It is 

 97 miles N. by W. from Dublin, and 13 miles W. from 

 Antrim. 



TOOMISH, a town of Ireland, iir the county of Kerry ; 



14 miles S. of Tralee. 



TOOMRY, a town of Hindooftan, in the circar of 

 Hindia ; 24 miles N. of Hurdah. 



TOOMSIR, a town of Hindooftan, in Goondwana ; 

 38 miles N.E. of Nagpour. 



TOON, a town of Perfia, in the province of Coheftan ; 

 90 miles N. of Tabadcili. N. lat. 34=' 32'. E. long. 

 57° 35'- 



TOONDY, a town of Bengal ; 38 miles S.S.E. of 

 Curruckdcah. N. lat. 23'^ 58'. E. long. 86° 34'. 



TOONE, a river of Ireland, which runs into the Lee, 



15 miles W. of Cork. 



TOONG, a town of Hindooftan, in Dowlatabad ; 26 

 miles W. of Poonah. 



TOORAMBADDY, a town of Hindooftan, in My- 

 fore ; 1 3 miles W.N.W. of Aravacourchy. 



TOORATTEO, a town on the fouth coaft of Celebes. 

 N. lat. 5° 33'. E. long. 1 20° 4'. 



TOORDA, a town of Africa, in Kaarta ; 24 miles N. 

 of Kemmoo. 



TOORGOODY, a town of Hindooftan, in the Car- 

 natic ; 10 miles S.E. of Tritchinopoli. 



TOORSHA, a river of Bengal, which, after its con- 

 fluence with the Maunfi, affumes the name of Neelcoomar, 

 and Ihaping its courfe through Baharbund, falls into the 

 Berhampooter, properly (it is faid) Brahma pootra, off- 

 fpring of Brahma. 



TOOS, a town of Perfia, in KhorafTan ; 25 miles S. of 

 Mefchid. 



TOOSANG, a town on the weft coaft of Celebes. 

 S. lat. o' 30'. E. long. 119° 38'. 



TOOSCHONDOLCH, an Indian village, on the weft 

 coaft of North America ; of importance in the fur trade. 

 N. lat. 53° 2'. 



TOOSHOOR, a town of Hindooftan, in Myfore ; 5 

 miles E. of Namcul. 



TOOSI, a town of Japan, on the fouth coaft of the 

 ifland of Niphon ; 84 miles S.S.E. of Meaco. N. lat. 

 34° 35'. E. long. 137° 35'. 



TOOSIMA, one of the fmall Japanefe iflands, near the 

 N.W. coaft of Niphon. N. lat. 40° 40'. E. long. 

 140" 40'. 



TOOTH, Dens, in Anatomy. See Teeth. 



Tooxn-Ache. See Teeth, Difeajes of. 



TooTn-Dratuing. See Teeth 



Tooth, Wolf. See V^oi.\ &s-Tceth. 



Tooth, in the Manege. It is by a horfe's teeth, chiefly, 

 that his age is known. See Tebth, in Rural Economy. 



Touin-AcheTrec, in Botany. See ZanthOXYLUM. 



Toorn-Pici. See Daucus. 



TooTii-lVorl, a name applied to feveral plants, on ac- 

 count of a refemblance in their roots to the human teeth. 



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