Teffi: a jeweller's tweezers

[Paul B. Gallagher]

Peter Scotto wrote:

> Dear Robert,
>
> Dal' gives корец as a regional term  for "scoop" or "ladle" especially
> one made of metal.
>
> It also seems to be a specialized bee-keeping term to describe a flat
> wooden scoop or spoon used to move bees around.
>
> See page 91 of the following:
>
> <http://www.scribd.com/doc/164712750/Буткевич-Самоучитель-пчеловодство>
> <http://www.scribd.com/doc/164712750/%D0%91%D1%83%D1%82%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87-%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%83%D1%87%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C-%D0%BF%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%BE>
>
> These may have application in the passage you cite.

Mm-hm.

See also:
<http://translate.academic.ru/%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%86/ru/en/>
or
<http://translate.academic.ru/корец/ru/en/>

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Paul B. Gallagher
pbg translations, inc.
"Russian Translations That Read Like Originals"
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