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An instrument consisting of two rules or arms, jointed together at one end, and opening to any angle, for adjusting the surfaces of work to the same or a given inclination; a bevel square.
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(carpentry) A door, window, shutter, or divider consisting of two equal panels hinged together so that it opens by folding the panels against each other.
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(Britain, New Zealand, Australia) To fix with Blu-Tack.
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To join two metal pieces, without melting them, using heat and diffusion of a jointing alloy of capillary thickness.
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(construction, woodworking) A joint formed by adjacent, separate section of material, such as where two neighboring pieces of insulation abut.
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Alternative form of buttweld [To weld by gradually heating the two ends with a weld plate and then joining them under a specific pressure, used to connect parts which are nearly parallel and do not overlap.]
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The junction formed by this kind of welding.
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A welding technique producing good electrical conducting welds by using a highly exothermic thermite reaction between copper oxide and a metal such as aluminium, which results in pure copper being deposited in the weld.
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To unite (timbers etc.) by means of tenons or dowels in the edges or face.
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(carpentry) A projection or tenon at the end of a beam designed to fit into a matching opening of another piece of wood to form a joint.
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A tool used in conjunction with a very long lever to bend angles in a conduit that electric wires are placed into.
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A piece of timber having a groove in which something glides.
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(carpentry) A joint used for intermediate framework where half the thickness is removed from both pieces of timber where they cross.
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Alternative form of dovetail [(chiefly woodworking) To unite (components) with a dovetail (noun sense 2.1) or similar joint.]
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In full dovetail joint: a type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove's tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes.
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Having been fastened together with dowels.
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A swaging, stamping, or forging machine having either regular or intermittent motion.
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A device for preparing the ends of floorboards so that they will fit together precisely.
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A weld of two pieces of metal at an angle.
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(construction, woodworking) A joint, usually glued, in which multiple integral protrusions are fit into mating slots, used especially for manufacturing long moldings.
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(construction) a method of interlocking metal panels in which one panel edge is folded back on top of itself and the other panel is folded under, after which the two panels are hooked together.
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A flat instrument used to measure the force exerted by a person or animal.
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(carpentry) A scarfing or endwise attachment of one timber to another.
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In sheet metal design, a rim or edge folded back on itself to create a smooth edge and to increase strength or rigidity.
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(literally) One that joints.
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(transitive) To fit or furnish with joists.
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To prepare for plastering by adding the key (that part of the plastering which is forced through between the laths and holds the rest in place).
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(construction, woodworking) A joint made by securing together two overlapping pieces
n
A thin flexible hinge made from the same material as the two rigid pieces it connects.
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Wire made from an alloy of magnesium and other metals.
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To fit together, or make suitable for fitting together; specifically, to furnish with a tongue and groove at the edges.
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(American spelling) A joint between two members at an angle to each other; each member is cut at an angle equal to half the angle of the junction and usually joint at right angles to each other.
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The surface forming the bevelled end or edge of a piece where a miter joint is made; also, a joint formed or a junction effected by two beveled ends or edges; a miter joint.
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(woodworking) Alternative spelling of mortise [(transitive, woodworking) To cut a mortise in.]
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(woodworking) A hole that is made to receive a tenon so as to form a joint.
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(woodworking) A joint made by inserting a projecting tenon into a mortised slot.
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(engineering) Alternative form of ovalling [(engineering) distortion into an oval shape]
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(obsolete, transitive) To form using planks.
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(of the cutting of wood) Across the grain, not parallel to it.
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A longitudinal channel, groove, or recess cut out of the edge or face of a plank of wood or other material; especially, one intended to fit another member to form a joint.
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(rare, woodworking) See definition at rabbet.
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A rectangular groove made to hold two pieces (of wood etc) together; a rabbet.
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(manufacturing) The final welding on a manufactured item.
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The hobby of collecting woodworking planes.
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(Casting (metalworking)) a reservoir built into a metal casting mold to prevent the formation of cavities in the casting as the metal shrinks on cooling.
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(engineering) A knuckle joint having shoulders that abut when the connected pieces come into line with each other, and thus permit folding in one direction only.
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To form a scarf on the end or edge of, as for a joint in timber, forming a "V" groove for welding adjacent metal plates, metal rods, etc.
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To fit one or more shims to a piece of machinery.
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The line or place where two pieces of metal are welded together.
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(electrical) A channel opening in the stator or rotor of a rotating machine for ventilation and insertion of windings.
adj
Drawn out from a heated solid bar, as by a process of spiral rolling which first hollows the bar and then expands the cavity by forcing the bar over a pointed mandrel fixed in front of the rolls; said of a weldless tube.
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(transitive) To impale on a device for holding paper documents.
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To unite, as spars, timbers, rails, etc., by lapping the two ends together, or by applying a piece which laps upon the two ends, and then binding, or in any way making fast.
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(woodworking) A strip of wood or other material inserted into grooves in each of two pieces of wood to provide additional surface for gluing.
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To join pieces of metal using spot welding
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A wooden strip placed between courses of lumber to allow air circulation (also kiln sticker).
adj
(architecture, US, of flooring or planking) Put together without the tongue and groove, the pieces being laid edge to edge.
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(carpentry) To lap the chamfered edges of planks to make a smooth surface, as for a bulkhead.
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Initialism of tongue and groove. [A joint, in flooring or panelling, made by fitting a ridge (tongue) along the edge of one board into a corresponding slot (groove) on another.]
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(carpentry, obsolete) To join (pieces of timber) together using coaks.
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To add something as an extra item.
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(carpentry) Having one or more tenons.
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(transitive) To fit with timbers.
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To join by means of a tongue and groove.
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A joint, in flooring or panelling, made by fitting a ridge (tongue) along the edge of one board into a corresponding slot (groove) on another.
adj
Employing tongue and groove joints.
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Alternative form of watap [(US, Canada) The root of the spruce, and sometimes also of the pine, split lengthwise into strips and used in the construction of baskets and canoes.]
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(construction) A method of joining timbers.
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The joint made by welding.
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A semi-automatic welding machine.
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