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of pottery or earthenware, consisting of domestic kitchen 

 requisites mostly turned or throwan (thrown) in sycamore or 

 maple, as " bowls," " dishes," " platters," " trenchers," 

 " ladles," " spoons," " mugs," " cups," " boxes," " noggins," 

 and items too numerous to here chronicle. A survival is the 

 " wooden-spoon " awarded for incompetence at certain 

 colleges. 



Wood-wool Machines. A machine for manufacturing wood wool, 

 in which a very thin shaving is removed from a piece of wood 

 by a fixed knife, the shaving being divided into very narrow 

 strips by means of lances. 



Woods Scale. The scale of the logs made in the woods. 



Worm Holed, Wormy or Wormed. Holes made in wood by 

 worms burrowing. This is the work of numerous insects in 

 the larva or grub state. In England the most destructive is 

 the furniture-beetle, which leaves the wood a sponge-like 

 dusty substance, rightly termed " dry-rot " (which see, and 

 "Wood-Boring Marine Animals"). 



Wot. A contraction meaning that the wood is planed or wrought. 



Wrack. Wood sorted out for defects. See " Wrack- wainscot." 

 This term and that of " brack " are allied, possibly derived 

 from " wreck," implying damaged from some cause. 



Wrack-wainscot. Logs or billets sorted out of the ordinary 

 merchantable wood. See " Wrack." Wainscot billets often 

 fall into this grade from being shallow, or below 12 in. in 

 depth from sole to crown. 



Wrest Plank. Beech planks cut on the quarter from the butt of 

 the tree to form the part of a piano in which the wrest pins 

 that hold the wires are inserted. 



Wringing-machine Rollers. See " Roller Blocks for Wringing 

 Machines." 



Wrought. Planed wood is said to be wrought. Sometimes 

 written "Wrot" or "Wot." 



Yang (Dipterocarpus tuberculatus). A valuable hardwood 

 exported from Siam, closely allied to the Eng or In tree. 

 Sometimes used as a substitute for teak. 



