Dikes are tools with handles like a pair of pliers but instead of gripping jaws they have cutting jaws, primarily for cutting wire (but obviously useful otherwise as well). They're sometimes called side cutters. I've heard "dikes" is short for "diagonal cutters."
Phil At 06:13 PM 8/9/2010 -0500, you wrote: >Ben, > >forgive me for asking... but what is a dike ? besides the more >obvious definitions > >Cheers, >Roy _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://liveaboardonline.com/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardonline.com/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
