Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Scotland, a timber-merchant.
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Examples
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Christopher laughed aloud, and the wood-measurer looked at him with amazement; for such particularity generally provoked a quarrel.
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The wood-measurer measured the wood carefully, turning each log and placing it exactly, that there might not be a crevice anywhere.
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The wood-measurer measured the wood carefully, turning each log and placing it exactly, that there might not be a crevice anywhere.
Christian Gellert's Last Christmas From "German Tales" Published by the American Publishers' Corporation Berthold Auerbach 1847
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Christopher laughed aloud, and the wood-measurer looked at him with amazement; for such particularity generally provoked a quarrel.
Christian Gellert's Last Christmas From "German Tales" Published by the American Publishers' Corporation Berthold Auerbach 1847
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