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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Today's word - woof #15978 01/18/2001 10:21 AM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 866 Perth, Western Australia stales old hand stales old hand Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 866 Perth, Western Australia Now I know why (perhaps) when a piece of timber or a surveyed line has a kink or bend in it, one refers to said kink as a "woof". I thought a "weft" was the other thingie in weaving - ie the thingie that's not the "warp". stales Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Today's word - woof stales 01/18/2001 10:21 AM Re: Today's word - woof Rapunzel 01/18/2001 2:15 PM woof and other w-words wofahulicodoc 01/18/2002 4:15 PM Re: woof and other w-words stales 01/18/2002 4:50 PM Re: woof and other w-words of troy 01/18/2002 5:12 PM oolite isn't wofahulicodoc 01/18/2002 8:32 PM Re: oolite isn't Capital Kiwi 01/18/2002 8:59 PM Re: oolite isn't of troy 01/18/2002 9:25 PM Re: danger zone! Keiva 01/18/2002 10:07 PM Re: danger zone! Angel 01/18/2002 11:55 PM Re: woof and other w-words AnnaStrophic 01/18/2002 5:15 PM oolites Anonymous 04/10/2002 6:26 PM Re: oolites tsuwm 04/10/2002 6:30 PM Re: oolites wwh 04/10/2002 7:22 PM Re: Today's word - woof TEd Remington 01/18/2001 5:03 PM Re: Today's word - woof Rapunzel 01/18/2002 2:56 PM Re: Today's word - woof stales 01/18/2002 3:57 PM Re: Today's word - woof Sparteye 01/18/2002 7:01 PM Moderated by  Jackie  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... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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