Potter's wheel

Japanese: 轆轤 - ろくろ

〘Noun〙 (general term for machines that perform rotary motion) 1. A rotating disk used to make circular pottery. Clay is placed on the platform, and the disk is spun by hand to create various shapes. There are hand wheels, kick wheels, and mechanical wheels. A potter's wheel stand. *Nippo Jisho (1603-04) "Rocuroni (ロクロニ) kakete hiku" 2. A pulley used to pull or suspend objects. It is set on the ground, the end of a rope is tied to a heavy object, and the handle attached to the axis is pushed to rotate the axis, and the rope is wound and pulled. Manriki. Shachi. Kagura crosspiece. ※Shosoin documents - (date missing) Ishiyama-in Temple supplies ledger "15 sho of oil were added <abbreviated> Rokuro-ki-kou wave drying materials" ※Ukiyo-zoshi, Nihon Eitaigura (1688) 2 "A large rope was attached, wound around a potter's wheel , and pulled to the shore" [Moushi - Bi-ana] ③ (also written as "shibari-guruma") A ship's tackle installed on the left and right inside the stern tower of a large Japanese ship, used to raise and lower sails, power boats, anchors, heavy luggage, etc. It consists of a hoist, potter's wheel bar, potter's wheel seat, main rope, saddle bar, cicada pole, etc., and is equivalent to today's winch. Kagura crosspiece. ※ Santen-dai Godai-san-ki (1072-73) 8 " _The boat has already passed _three points and thirty ri _to _{the two} oxen _barrages . Sixteen water buffaloes have been used on both sides of the potter's wheel to pull the boat over the barrier." ④ Abbreviation of "rokurogana (potter's wheel plane)." ※ Shosoin documents - Tenpyo 10th year (738) Chikugo Province tax register "Tributary potter making potter's wheel miscellaneous workers" ⑤ A pulley to raise and lower a bucket at a wheel well with a rope attached. ※Choanshu (1420) Akatsukii potter's wheel: "The head of the Goki Inoue potter's wheel, who can pull _{the two} 100-foot rope _? " ※Haiku poem Takatsukuba (1638) 1: "My heart is twisted and twisted, A poor pickaxe with a poorly-raised wheel is (Nichinyo)." [Seisho Shingo - Paicho] ⑥ A mechanism that is attached to the top of an umbrella handle to bring together the ribs of the umbrella and allow it to be opened and closed. ※Kennai-ki - Kakitsu 3 (1443) July paper back (letter from someone) "At _{the riverside} , _{a strong} wind blew _the umbrella _away , and the ribs and wheel were repaired." ⑦ A handwheel for a sewing machine. ※Tokyo Shin Hanjō-ki (1874-76)〈Hattori Seiichi〉2 "The person who turns the lathe is the tailor of Western clothes" ⑧ It means a woodworking lathe. ⑨ It is an abbreviation of "Rokuroshi (turnsman)". ※Sandai Kaku-4, August 28, 809 "Two woodworkers, one turnsman"

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Japanese:

〘名〙 (回転運動をする機械の総称)① 円形の陶器を作る回転円盤。台上に陶土を置き、円盤ごと旋回させながら手で種々の形を作る。手轆轤、蹴轆轤、機械轆轤がある。轆轤台。※日葡辞書（1603‐04）「Rocuroni(ロクロニ) カケテヒク」② 物を引き寄せたり、または吊したりするのに用いる滑車。地に据えつけて、縄の端を重い物に結び、軸に取りつけた柄を押して軸を回転させ、縄を巻いて引くもの。まんりき。しゃち。神楽桟。※正倉院文書‐（年月日欠）造石山院所用度帳「油壱伍升参合〈略〉六呂柒工波気拭料」※浮世草子・日本永代蔵（1688）二「大綱つけて轆轤(ロクロ)にまきて、磯に引あげけるに」〔墨子‐備穴〕③ (「絞車」とも書く) 大型和船の艫(とも)やぐら内部左右に設けて、帆・伝馬船・碇・重量荷物などの上げ下ろしに用いる船具。巻胴・轆轤棒・轆轤座、身縄、しゃじき棒、飛蝉などからなり、今日のウインチに相当する。神楽桟。※参天台五台山記（1072‐73）八「即曳_レ船未三点過_二三十里_一至_二奔牛堰_一。左右轆轤合十六頭水牛曳越已了」④ 「ろくろがな（轆轤鉋）」の略。※正倉院文書‐天平一〇年（738）筑後国正税帳「貢上造轆轤雑工参人」⑤ 車井戸で、縄を掛けて釣瓶(つるべ)を上下させる滑車。※豩菴集（1420）暁井轆轤「梧桐井上轆轤頭、誰引_二蒲縄百尺修_一」※俳諧・鷹筑波（1638）一「すぢりもぢれる心むつかしあげをろしろくろのわるきつるべなは〈日如〉」〔世説新語‐排調〕⑥ 傘の柄の上端に取りつけ、傘の骨を集め、開閉できるようにする仕掛け。※建内記‐嘉吉三年（1443）七月紙背（某書状）「於_二河原_一大風に被_二吹損_一之間、遣唐笠骨・ろくろ等なをさせ候」⑦ ミシンのはずみ車のこと。※東京新繁昌記（1874‐76）〈服部誠一〉二「輾々（〈注〉がらがら）轆轤を転ずる者は洋服の裁縫（〈注〉したて）也」⑧ 木工旋盤のこと。⑨ 「ろくろし（轆轤師）」の略。※三代格‐四・大同四年（809）八月二八日「木工二人轆轤一人」

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