[Sca-cooks] Onagers

[Laura C. Minnick]

At 03:54 PM 12/17/2004, you wrote:

>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,

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'Lainie
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