thurm

[ thurm ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

to carve (a piece of wood, as a post or table leg) across the grain so as to produce an effect of turning.

Origin of thurm¹

First recorded in 1895–1900; perhaps metathetic variant of thrum ²

He had bidden her farewell before taking leave of the rest, at their old haunt by the Hunger-Thurm.

The trench has been long since filled in, but the huge round tower which guarded the gate still remains and is the Vestner Thurm.

Dahl compares it with the Russian tyurma, a prison, and the German Thurm.

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