[Sca-cooks] Onagers

[Phlip]

Ene bichizh ogsen baina shuu...

> Oh! Interesting. I believe there is a siege engine called an "onager".
> I wonder if part of the reason might be that is a particularly onerous
> machine to work with.
>
> Stefan

Actually, I suspect that it was called an onager because it kicks like a
jackass ;-) Onager-the-seige weapon is, I believe, a variation of what we
call catapults, powered by a spring make of wound and tensioned rope.

http://www.m-w.com/mw/art/onager.htm

Saint Phlip,
CoD

"When in doubt, heat it up and hit it with a hammer."
 Blacksmith's credo.

 If it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it is probably not a
cat.

Never a horse that cain't be rode,
And never a rider who cain't be throwed....



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