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Topic Options #86828 - 11/13/02 08:56 AM tree surgeon word wwh Carpal Tunnel Registered: 01/18/01 Posts: 13858 From DISCOVER dec. 2002 p 67: "There were plenty of ailing trees, marked by dark cankers, rivulets of sap, and trails of frass, telltale sawdust left by burrowing beetles." Not in my dictionary, but sounds reminiscent of German "fressen" verb for animal eating. (handy word when kids eat like pigs), Frass - Frass. Click Here. Shop the National Geographic Store. ... Frass. plant fragments made by plant­feeding insects, usually mixed with excrement. Invertebrate Explorer. ... http://www.iversonsoftware.com/business/invertebrate/f/frass.htm Top #86829 - 11/13/02 09:11 AM Re: tree surgeon word wwh Carpal Tunnel Registered: 01/18/01 Posts: 13858 The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. frass PRONUNCIATION: frs NOUN: Debris or excrement produced by insects. ETYMOLOGY: German, feed, result of eating, insect damage, from Middle High German vrâz, from Old High German frz, from frezzan, to eat. See ed- in Appendix I. Top #86830 - 11/13/02 09:12 AM tea time? wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/06/01 Posts: 3787 Loc: Worcester, MA Any relation to "sassafrass" (sp?) ? Top #86831 - 11/13/02 09:28 AM Re: tea time? wwh Carpal Tunnel Registered: 01/18/01 Posts: 13858 sassafras n. 5Sp sasafras < ? earlier sassifragia, saxifrage6 1 a small E North American tree (Sassafras albidum) of the laurel family, having an aromatic bark, Top Previous Topic Index Next Topic Preview Hop to: General Topics ------   Information and announcements   Q&A about words   Wordplay and fun   Words and languages in schools   Miscellany   Weekly Themes   Looking for (writers, speakers, ...) (Old) Weekly themes. (have been consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Moderator:  Jackie  Print Topic Switch to Threaded Mode View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts Forum Stats 8424 Members 16 Forums 13686 Topics 209780 Posts Max Online: 3341 @ 12/09/11 02:15 PM Newest Members teepee, smoothcriminal86, janbra, junebug, Stephen A 8423 Registered Users Who's Online 0 registered (), 39 Guests and 2 Spiders online. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters (30 Days) LukeJavan8 86 jenny jenny 58 wofahulicodoc 55 endymion6 48 Rhubarb Commando 36 BranShea 34 Buffalo Shrdlu 15 zmjezhd 13 Jackie 12 Faldage 12 May Su M Tu W Th F Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

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