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means A skilled tradesperson who builds, shapes, and repairs structures and objects out of wood.

from From the Latin 'carpentarius,' meaning a maker of carriages or wagons — itself from 'carpentum,' a two-wheeled Gallic chariot, a word the Romans likely borrowed from the Celtic Gauls. So before carpenters framed houses, they framed wheels; the trade rolled in from coachwork to woodwork over the centuries, reaching English through Old French 'carpentier.'

Ancient trade
Older than the pyramids by thousands of years
Famous one
Jesus was raised in a carpenter's workshop
Sacred geometry
Japanese temples joined without nails for centuries
Body language
Often missing fingertips, never missing pride
Math secret
The 3-4-5 rule makes perfect right angles
for instance

jesus of nazareth — jewish carpenter in 1st century galilee before becoming a religious figure

john harrison — english carpenter and clockmaker who solved the longitude problem in 1761

norm abram — master carpenter on pbs's the new yankee workshop, aired 1989-2009

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