ritrose a pelo ritto

09:06 Dec 14, 2011
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Forestry / Wood / Timber
Italian term or phrase: ritrose a pelo ritto
This phrase occurs several times in the document. It is part of a list of characteristics, or rather flaws, of a wood panel. I think it refers to an area of particularly rough wood grain but I am guessing that there may be a precise term in English that I just don't know. Any help is much appreciated!
Neptunia
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4(reluctant) straight hairs (of wood grain)
Jonathan Hargus


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(reluctant) straight hairs (of wood grain)


Explanation:
You know when you see a piece of lumber that sometimes it is nice and smooth and other times its has an almost peach fuzz feeling to it? The "pelo ritto" in this case are those "upright hairs" of wood grain that happen when milling lumber. The word "ritrose" in this case is simply giving a personality to these small wood hairs as being "reluctance", in other words it's difficult to get rid of them, they're always there.

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Note added at 25 days (2012-01-09 02:01:54 GMT)
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Correction on my spelling- "reluctant" not "reluctance"

Jonathan Hargus
United States
Local time: 05:35
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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