mamphur

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

mamphur, appellatur loro circumvolutum mediocris longitudinis lignum rotundum, quod circumagunt fabri in operibus tornandis, Paul. ex Fest. p. 132 Müll.,

a bow-drill [acc. to Scalig. mutilated from μαννοφόρον, wearing a collar].