Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In cabinet-making, to work (moldings or the like) across the grain of the wood with saw and chisel, thus producing, in square uprights and the like, patterns similar to those turned by the lathe.
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5 In the myth of Bishop Hatto, related in a previous paper, the Mäuse-thurm is a corruption of maut-thurm; it means "customs-tower," and has nothing to do with mice or rats.
Myths and Myth-makers: Old Tales and Superstitions Interpreted by Comparative Mythology 1872
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