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Forgotten Domestic Tools of Yesteryear
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Across
  • 1. Early laundry aid featuring ridged surface for scrubbing clothes
  • 2. Simplified container used to make butter by shaking or stirring
  • 3. Describes the process performed on a wheel turning fiber into thread
  • 5. Vessel formerly used to store or mold freshly made butter
  • 8. Hand-powered stone tool for grinding grain into flour
  • 11. Platform tool used inside homes for repairs before extension ladders
  • 13. Traditional frame used for weaving fabric threads into cloth
  • 14. Metal stand used to support pots over an open fire
Down
  • 4. Handheld pincers used for gripping hot or small objects
  • 6. Common carrying container for water or other liquids
  • 7. Device once used to turn cream into butter by manual agitation
  • 9. Manual digging tool, essential before modern garden machinery
  • 10. Device used to press or wring water out of wet laundry
  • 12. Old ignition tool used in household firearms and hearth starters
  • 15. Device for blowing air to stoke household fires or forges
  • 16. Primary source of indoor lighting before electric bulbs

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