| palimscope | a hand-held device producing UV light for reading palimpsests. | |
| novia | buckets on a wheel, for raising water. | |
| quant | (Brit.) a pole used for punting. | |
| probang | (med.) a flexible rod tipped with a ball. | |
| lazy tongs | tongs in the form of a pinned double zigzag, extending as they are closed. | |
| jedding ax | a stonemason's ax having a flat and a wedge face. | |
| burin | a sharpened rod with handle, as an engraving tool. | |
| snath | a scythe's shaft. |