1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Derrick
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| ←Déroulède, Paul | 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 8 Derrick |
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DERRICK, a sort of crane (q.v.); the name is derived from that of a famous early 17th-century Tyburn hangman, and was originally applied as a synonym.
