Comments on: How Not to Rive Oak

By: DocK55

DocK55 — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 13:29:46 +0000

logged on for WW and stayed for English class

By: davidkalton

davidkalton — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 08:56:51 +0000

Why not use the shop vac to clean out? Will save a lot of time releasing and reclamping.

By: lastwordsmith

lastwordsmith — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 21:49:56 +0000

I think my favorite contranym is “sublimate.” And I’ll take logophilia in my woodworking any day of the week.
-Steve S.

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 17:23:03 +0000

I love this picture, Chris. Maybe you could offer some woodworking calenders or art prints…

By: K Wilson

K Wilson — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 15:39:00 +0000

Well, I’m impressed! “Epeolatry”, a word I had to look up, but am probably guilty of from time to time. But is “transparent” really a contronym? Both meanings come from “easily seen through”.

(The discussion of superior ways to make sawdust will resume presently.)

By: Megan Fitzpatrick

Megan Fitzpatrick — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 17:08:01 +0000

For both, I hope (though I think “logophilia” is probably more accurate)

By: rmcnabb

rmcnabb — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 14:03:01 +0000

More woodworking words from Megan! Down with the Bearded One and up with the Redhead!

By: andrae

andrae — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 01:21:53 +0000

Come for the woodworking, stay for the epeolatry…

By: Megan Fitzpatrick

Megan Fitzpatrick — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:44:09 +0000

Actually, “cleave” is among a select set of words known as “contronyms” – words that are also their own antonyms (bolt, quiddity, transparent…)

By: Bill

Bill — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:26:49 +0000

Had you edited this, you hopefully would have found that to cleave means to adhere, remain close.

How does one adhere in twain?????