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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread tree surgeon word #86828 11/13/2002 1:56 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 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 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: tree surgeon word #86829 11/13/2002 2:11 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 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. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter tea time? #86830 11/13/2002 2:12 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 11,089 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 11,089 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA Any relation to "sassafrass" (sp?) ? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: tea time? #86831 11/13/2002 2:28 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 sassafras n. 5Sp sasafras < ? earlier sassifragia, saxifrage6 1 a small E North American tree (Sassafras albidum) of the laurel family, having an aromatic bark, Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter 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 Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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