Crossword-Solution: WANEY
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Waney | n. | 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. See Wany, a. |
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| WANEY | anagram | WAYNE |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with WANEY (3)
This machine trims off the rough edges of the "waney" boards by means of the four saws in the main frame of the machine.] [Illustration: Fig.
About one-third of the boards of a log have rough edges, and are called "waney." These must go thru the edger to make their edges parallel.
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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Appears in: NYT.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (1967).