Butthole tree (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mullins, Bill AMRDEC]

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Probably because it has a crack in it . . .  .

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> Joel S. Berson
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> At 4/25/2012 02:15 PM, Eric Nielsen wrote:
> >Yes, but as Jonathan Lighter noted earlier:
> >
> >"...The single exception is from the
> >journal _Veneers and Plywood_ (apparently 1952), which refers
casually to a
> >hole in a tree trunk as a "butt hole."
> >
> >A butthole in a tree would later be a concern to those who fashion
wood
> >because they would have to work around it.
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> So would any burl (4.a. "A knot in wood (U.S.)"; also 1. "A small
> knot or lump in wool or cloth").  So a butthole must be the term for
> a particular kind (shape) of burl.  From its resemblance to ...
butt-ocks.
>
> Joel
>
> >It sounds like some craftsman
> >slang to me as in, "Oh no, another butthole, here".
> >
> >Eric
> >On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 1:31 PM, Laurence Horn
<laurence.horn at yale.edu>wrote:
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> > > On Apr 25, 2012, at 12:37 PM, Joel S. Berson wrote:
> > >
> > > > At 4/25/2012 12:03 AM, Eric Nielsen wrote:
> > > >> Several images of a butthole tree:
> > > >>=20
> > > >> =
> > >
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http://www.google.com/search?hl=3Den&q=3Dbutthole%20tree&gbv=3D2&safe=3D
on=
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> > &um=3D1&ie=3DUTF-
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8&tbm=3Disch&source=3Dog&sa=3DN&tab=3Dwi<http://www.google.com/search?hl
=3Den&
> q=3Dbutthole%20tree&gbv=3D2&safe=3Don=&um=3D1&ie=3DUTF-
> 8&tbm=3Disch&source=3Dog&sa=3DN&tab=3Dwi>
> > > >=20
> > > > =46rom the first page or two of these images, disregarding those
that
> > > > seem to have no relevance I think a butthole tree is simply a
tree
> > > > that has a burl that looks like a butt ("anus").
> > > >=20
> > > > Joel
> > > >=20
> > >
> > > Indeed.  Compare, for example, this photo
> > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/uglyhat/14921479/
> > > with this one
> > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/bonwhis/1251897389/
> > >
> > > Looks like free variation to me.
> > >
> > > LH
> > >
> > > >=20
> > > >> Not sure why this person connected a butthole tree with
something
> > > >> disagreeable and made a video with this title, but...
> > > >>=20
> > > >>
http://www.babygorilla.com/warehouse/art/buttholetree/butthole.html
> > > >>=20
> > > >> Maybe (tree) buttholes are a pain in the ass to deal with at
the
> > > >> sawmill because they spoil a section of the wood.
> > > >>=20
> > > >> Eric
> > > >>=20
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