waney
Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- noun A sharp or uneven edge on a board that is cut from a log not perfectly squared, or that is made in the process of squaring.
Examples
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Quoting from Horace Kephart's excellent book on woodcraft, an experienced man can tell a straight-grained log by merely scanning the bark; if the ridges and furrows of the bark run straight up and down the wood will have a corresponding straight grain, but if they are spiral the wood will split waney or not at all.
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About one-third of the boards of a log have rough edges, and are called waney.
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Waney is a good word, almost as good as sensiation; so when you try to quarter a log with which to chink your cabin or log house don't select a waney log.
Note
The word 'waney' comes from an Old English word meaning 'lack'.
