I learned it from a grandfatherly Finnish neighbor on Puget Sound... back around the late 50's... but it certainly sounds like a word the Brits would...
One sort of woodworking I've never done... but much admire. Maybe when I'm too old to do larger projects I'll finally learn to play the guitar... and...
David G
Harbor Woodworks
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"It was a Sunday morning and Goddard gave thanks that there were still places where one could worship in temples not made by human hands." -- L. F. Herreshoff (The Compleat Cruiser)