Book 11. (1 results) Slave Girl of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 9 | 546 | In some such hoes the socket is drilled and the staff is View more quotes about held">held in place by means of a pin, usually of wood, sometimes of metal. |
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Book 11. (7 results) Slave Girl of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 9 | 543 | Its head is iron, and heavy, some six inches at the cutting edge, tapering to four inches where it joins the staff. |
| 9 | 544 | It is fastened to the staff by the staff's fitting through a hollow, ringlike socket at its termination. |
| 9 | 545 | A wedge was driven between the interior edge of the socket and the staff to tighten the wood in the socket. |
| 9 | 546 | In some such hoes the socket is drilled and the staff is held in place by means of a pin, usually of wood, sometimes of metal. |
| 9 | 547 | But even so, as the wood will wear against the socket, a wedge may be used, as well. |
| 9 | 548 | I was too small to use such a tool well. |
| 9 | 549 | I did not make a good peasant's slave. |
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Its head is iron, and heavy, some six inches at the cutting edge, tapering to four inches where it joins the staff.
It is fastened to the staff by the staff's fitting through a hollow, ringlike socket at its termination.
A wedge was driven between the interior edge of the socket and the staff to tighten the wood in the socket.
In some such hoes the socket is drilled and the staff is held in place by means of a pin, usually of wood, sometimes of metal.
But even so, as the wood will wear against the socket, a wedge may be used, as well.
I was too small to use such a tool well.
I did not make a good peasant's slave.
- (Slave Girl of Gor)