Isaiah lists other instruments used by carpenters in his day: “As for the wood carver, he has stretched out the measuring line; he traces it out with red chalk; he works it up with a wood scraper; and with a compass he keeps tracing it out. ”
एका दृष्टांतात, बाप्तिस्मा देणाऱ्‍या योहानाने कुऱ्‍हाडीचा उल्लेख केला होता.