[BITList] Fwd: A.Word.A.Day--trammel

[John Feltham]

G'day Hugh,

On 02/06/2009, at 6:08 PM, HUGH wrote:

<< Apart from the meanings having to do with hindrance, in this airt a  
trammel (or a perr o' trammels) was an instrument for drawing big  
circles in drawing offices and lofts -we didn't draw anything as  
complex as an ellipse.  A length of hardwood with a point clamped to  
one end at right angles, and a moveable similar holding a pencil or a  
metal point at the other. >>


I expected that it would draw a response from you.

Always something interesting to read - your response



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Bad typists of the word, untie.