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  • ...'', Volume XII, No. 8, December 28, 1908, 7). The more I mined, the more I dug, the more the findings have less historical clarity, more ambiguity and con ...ess; while others derive it from the Natolian word ''myrsen''...When first dug from the earth, it is soft and greasy. It lathers with water like soap; hen
    46 KB (7,410 words) - 10:27, 17 December 2022
  • It must be mentioned that well-aged burls being dug today are coming from less accessible regions than those of yesteryear whic ...time being given the larger blocks); Tuscan briar (north central Italy) is dug from a soil containing large amounts of clay and so requires drying for 3-5
    12 KB (2,106 words) - 15:02, 13 December 2020
  • It must be mentioned that well-aged burls being dug today are coming from less accessible regions than those of yesteryear whic ...time being given the larger blocks); Tuscan briar (north central Italy) is dug from a soil containing large amounts of clay and so requires drying for 3-5
    6 KB (1,049 words) - 22:59, 16 January 2024
  • Burls are dug with an implement that looks like a combo between a hoe and an axe. The hoe
    16 KB (3,002 words) - 18:50, 11 May 2023
  • ...olonists, according to Dr. Cotter, a museum curator emeritus. He says they dug up a pipe smoker’s tobacco tamper with two figures carved on it under Car
    29 KB (4,288 words) - 22:03, 18 December 2023
  • Depending upon what area it was dug briar is either revered, abhorred, or receives mixed notices. Briar from Fr
    11 KB (2,105 words) - 20:24, 16 January 2024
  • ...grows real real slow- sort of just inching along year by year. If it’s not dug up too quick- say give it 40 or 50 year at least- it can make pipes. Some t
    12 KB (2,359 words) - 16:07, 23 December 2020
  • Meerschaum is dug up by hand from tunnels in the earth. It is then split into blocks for diff
    3 KB (456 words) - 16:55, 2 January 2020
  • ...nto the 'throw out' bag but when I got upstairs I put caution to the wind, dug it out of the bag and when I found that the outer tin top had rusted to the
    2 KB (429 words) - 15:29, 19 August 2019
  • ...hat that practice continues today. A briar burl does not have to have been dug up already dead to produce straight-grained pipes. Why did Alfred state “
    16 KB (2,687 words) - 19:56, 31 March 2021
  • ...hat that practice continues today. A briar burl does not have to have been dug up already dead to produce straight-grained pipes. Why did Alfred state “
    16 KB (2,655 words) - 19:58, 31 March 2021
  • ...id to have died and remained untouched for hundreds of years before it was dug out of the ground, enabling it to dry and age naturally. The alleged benefi
    2 KB (379 words) - 20:11, 23 October 2021
  • ...ch brier originally came. The roots and stumps of this mountain laurel are dug up there and sold by the ton to local merchants who when they accumulate en
    18 KB (2,871 words) - 18:09, 30 November 2022
  • ...he digging begins and it is a hard and laborous process. The earth must be dug out to reveal the black logs and make it possible to remove them, and they
    13 KB (2,317 words) - 13:10, 18 December 2022