skirret

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Etymology

From Dutch suikerwortel (literally “sugar-root”).

Noun

skirret (countable and uncountable, plural skirrets)

  1. An umbelliferous plant (Sium sisarum), cultivated for its sweet edible tuberous roots.
    Hypernym: water parsnip
  2. (Freemasonry) A straight-line marking tool consisting of a line of thread wrapped around a holder.

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