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thurm

[ thurm ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to carve (a piece of wood, as a post or table leg) across the grain so as to produce an effect of turning.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of thurm1

First recorded in 1895–1900; perhaps metathetic variant of thrum 2
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Example Sentences

He had bidden her farewell before taking leave of the rest, at their old haunt by the Hunger-Thurm.

The trench has been long since filled in, but the huge round tower which guarded the gate still remains and is the Vestner Thurm.

Dahl compares it with the Russian tyurma, a prison, and the German Thurm.

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