(v. t.) To buy in large quantities, as corn, provisions, etc., at a market or fair, with the intention of selling the same again, in or near the same place, at a higher price, -- a practice which was formerly treated as a public offense. (v. t.) To offend; to shock. (v. t.) To remove the outer surface of, as of an old hewn stone, so as to give it a fresh appearance.
Build a man a fire and he's warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.
Definitely KERF. If you had something else in mind, then there's a synonym, but it's still kerf.
PS. How about the "inverse" of kerf? What do we call that ridge of plastic or clay or plaster that marks the seam, left when a cast object emerges from a mold, and that needs to be pared away to leave a smooth surface? I thought it was scarp, but that's a geological feature, not what I've described.This message has been edited. Last edited by: haberdasher,
Hab, how about sprue? That's a foundry term for the material left in the channel into which the material was poured or injected,as well as the channel itself, so I think it fits the bill here. I think it also refers to material in the seams of dies or molds that don't match perfectly.
We're getting closer, but it's a much simpler word than that. Durn. I used to know it , but it escapes me at the moment.
In the meantime, while I was looking around I came across this nice one (assuming that KERF is indeed correct and we're looking for another reverse definition):
"...a method of producing pottery shapes like plates and bowls. A ball of clay is placed on a rotating mold and forced to conform to the shape of the mold by bearing down on the clay with a profiled lever arm. The profile or shape of the lever arm determines one surface of the pot while the mold determines the other surface..."
We know other meanings for the word, but this one was new to me.
Not throwing; that's where the mass of clay is shaped by the potter's hand on the rotating wheel. This one is more like pressing on the mass of clay with a shaped piston to make the inside contour, I gather.
And dado isn't the "excess plastic from the mold" word, unfortunately. OneLook.com has dado as a "noun: a rectangular groove cut into a board so that another piece can fit into it". I thought maybe CHAMFER might have been my answer but that seems to be a groove cut where two pieces of material butt edge-to-edge, making a v-shaped groove between them, so that's not it either.
Your post said "A kerf, perhaps? No, that's a Northern Iraqi." Since you said that kerf __wasn't__ the word, you can't claim it now. ------------------------------------------------
Oh, fie and curses, my feebled wit has me undone! I guess I'll have to play it straight around here!
I guess I'll have to play it straight around here!