Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Russian term or phrase:
с утиным клювом
English translation:
duckbill
Added to glossary by
Andrey Lipattsev
Nov 15, 2006 10:09
17 yrs ago
Russian term
утиный клюв
Russian to English
Science
Archaeology
This comes from a legend to accompany a diagram of stone tools and their components. I have uploaded the diagram to some web space so you can see to what tool this is referring:
http://www.celticguitartalk.com/misc/proz/
It's tool number 5. The exact text is as follows:
5 – резчик с “утиным клювом”;
I'm not sure what the quotation marks are there for.
My RU>EN archaeology dictionary gives 'bec' for 'клюв'; my French-English archaeology dictionary gives '1. bec' and '2. spout, nozzle (vessel)' for 'bec', and 'beak-shaped spout' for 'bec verseur' - could that be it?
http://www.celticguitartalk.com/misc/proz/
It's tool number 5. The exact text is as follows:
5 – резчик с “утиным клювом”;
I'm not sure what the quotation marks are there for.
My RU>EN archaeology dictionary gives 'bec' for 'клюв'; my French-English archaeology dictionary gives '1. bec' and '2. spout, nozzle (vessel)' for 'bec', and 'beak-shaped spout' for 'bec verseur' - could that be it?
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +3 | duckbill [cutter] |
Andrey Lipattsev
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| 4 | beak-shaped spout |
Valery Kaminski
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duckbill [cutter]
You are obviously dealing with stone-age tools, but I've found a modern one that seems to have "evolved" over the millenia:
http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/produc...
Tha main point is that "duckbill" is often used to describe something with a duck's beak (see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duck-bill)
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Note added at 13 мин (2006-11-15 10:22:57 GMT)
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a "beak" is ambiguous, since it doesn't render the "flatness" of the shape, i.e. an eagle also has a "beak", but the shape is totally different
http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/produc...
Tha main point is that "duckbill" is often used to describe something with a duck's beak (see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duck-bill)
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Note added at 13 мин (2006-11-15 10:22:57 GMT)
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a "beak" is ambiguous, since it doesn't render the "flatness" of the shape, i.e. an eagle also has a "beak", but the shape is totally different
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Comment: "Duckbill it is. Thanks!"
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beak-shaped spout
It seems valid.
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