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twarter

adjectivequality

wood with twisted, hard grain

Of wood: having an irregular or twisted grain that makes it hard to split, plane, or work.

Example in use

That twarter beam's gey crookit.

Pronunciation

Say it like this

/TWAHR-ter/

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Origin & context

scotsolderneutral

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