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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread trammel #185137 06/03/09 03:52 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie OP Carpal Tunnel OP Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Wow, this one had several meanings I was unaware of. I ran the word through Google Images--well worth doing, as many of the pictures are better, but too big to put here. "2. A fishing net having three layers." "3. An instrument for drawing ellipses." This was the only other one I could be sure of: Also: "From Old French tramail, from Latin tremaculum, from tres (three) + macula (mesh)." I've heard of macular degeneration; do we have mesh in our eyes? And, in "[the ban on cigarette sales at Boston drugstores and on college campuses] does trammel on businesses' right to sell...", is the word on extraneous? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: trammel Jackie #185138 06/03/09 04:03 AM Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 956 Auckland, New Zealand olly old hand olly old hand Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 956 Auckland, New Zealand The first time I came across the word was when I was taught how to draw an elipse using the Trammel method, freehand. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: trammel Jackie #185151 06/03/09 02:51 PM Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh I've heard of macular degeneration; do we have mesh in our eyes? Latin macula means 'spot, stain; mark, blemish'. It has a secondary meaning of mesh, from holes in the whole. Macular degeneration refers to the anatomy term macula lutea, literally 'yellow spot' near the center of the retina. Ceci n'est pas un seing. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: trammel zmjezhd #185347 06/15/09 02:24 PM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,922 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,922 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water Originally Posted By: zmjezhd I've heard of macular degeneration; do we have mesh in our eyes? Latin macula means 'spot, stain; mark, blemish'. It has a secondary meaning of mesh, from holes in the whole. Macular degeneration refers to the anatomy term macula lutea, literally 'yellow spot' near the center of the retina. Yes, my father had that, totally correct as I understood it at the time. ----please, draw me a sheep---- Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: trammel LukeJavan8 #185361 06/16/09 08:42 AM Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Z Zed Pooh-Bah Zed Pooh-Bah Z Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Luke, not to be a worrier but it runs in families (My Mom and all her siblings have it.) Talk to your eye doc and WEAR SUNGLASSES as UV can make it worse. 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 Website 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 Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,399 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 299 guests, and 0 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 38 A C Bowden 27 LukeJavan8 6 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,577 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,922 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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