I always thought that treen was the word touse for small turned wooden
objects. I have seen and heard it lately referring to any wooden
object whether turned or not. One dictionary defines treen as
"anything made entirely from wood". A treen book case? Don't think
so. Or am I being a fussy old purist about it?
FoggyTown
foggytown wrote:
> I always thought that treen was the word touse for small turned wooden
> objects. I have seen and heard it lately referring to any wooden
> object whether turned or not. One dictionary defines treen as
> "anything made entirely from wood". A treen book case? Don't think
> so. Or am I being a fussy old purist about it?
>
> FoggyTown
I keep seeing the word "treen" used in conjunction with kitchen ware.
Of course, it is used as "treen ware".
http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/treen
But you know how the dictionary is these days... just about anything
goes.
Robert
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>> foggytown wrote:
>> One dictionary defines treen as
>>> "anything made entirely from wood".
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> That describes Al Gore.
Green tween?
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> foggytown wrote:
> One dictionary defines treen as
>> "anything made entirely from wood".
That describes Al Gore.
foggytown wrote:
> I always thought that treen was the word touse for small turned wooden
> objects. I have seen and heard it lately referring to any wooden
> object whether turned or not. One dictionary defines treen as
> "anything made entirely from wood". A treen book case? Don't think
> so. Or am I being a fussy old purist about it?
>
> FoggyTown
Its anything worked in wood,look up *treen antiques* you'll find a host of
antique wooden objects.
But mostly associated with wooden boxes.
--
Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite
Our dictionary has a "zero" equating to a "O", a numeric equal to a
alpha!
On 20 Sep 2006 13:10:19 -0700, [email protected] wrote:
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>foggytown wrote:
>> I always thought that treen was the word touse for small turned wooden
>> objects. I have seen and heard it lately referring to any wooden
>> object whether turned or not. One dictionary defines treen as
>> "anything made entirely from wood". A treen book case? Don't think
>> so. Or am I being a fussy old purist about it?
>>
>> FoggyTown
>
>I keep seeing the word "treen" used in conjunction with kitchen ware.
>Of course, it is used as "treen ware".
>
> http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/treen
>
>But you know how the dictionary is these days... just about anything
>goes.
>
>Robert
On 20 Sep 2006 12:07:34 -0700, "foggytown" <[email protected]> wrote:
>I always thought that treen was the word touse for small turned wooden
>objects. I have seen and heard it lately referring to any wooden
>object whether turned or not. One dictionary defines treen as
>"anything made entirely from wood". A treen book case? Don't think
>so. Or am I being a fussy old purist about it?
>
>FoggyTown
What ever tool they're trying to sell?
I've seen treen tables and several places sell special treen mandrels for
lathes... Spin any good tables lately? *g*
Mac
https://home.comcast.net/~mac.davis
https://home.comcast.net/~mac.davis/wood_stuff.htm