Subject: Re: The Swab

From: "Page Thomas" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 1996 08:14:48 CDT

According to  the Oxford Dictionary, V. 18, p. 333 "Swab" can mean a soft 
brush for wetting the mould in founding.  A quote in 1854: "The archbishop 
with a mop or swab twirling water on all his dignitaries"

"Swab" then could mean, a mop used in twirling water over the coals.  

Page A. Thomas

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