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Alternative form of two by four [(chiefly Canada, US) A length of sawn wood of cross section approximately 2 inches by 4 inches, most often employed as structural framing lumber (dimension or dimensional lumber).]
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A small or narrow opening, gap, slit, or hole.
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(engineering) A ridged surface texture, like that of bamboo, caused by manufacturing problems.
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(countable, uncountable, metallurgy) A solid metal object with uniform (round, square, hexagonal, octagonal or rectangular) cross-section; in the US its smallest dimension is ¹⁄₄ inch or greater, a piece of thinner material being called a strip.
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A tool for pressing woodcuts, consisting of a disk with a coil of string glued to one side, covered with a smooth sheet.
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A part of a brick with one whole end.
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A workman engaged in beaming or slicking hides.
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The sloping edge or face on a cutting tool.
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(archaeology) A small stone blade with one sharp and one blunt edge
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Alternative form of boss head [(sciences) A clamp with two thumbscrews for holding two rods at a right angle to each other, for attaching laboratory equipment to a retort stand.]
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A structure formed by boudinage: one or a series of elongated, sausage-shaped section(s) in rock.
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The material used for forming brattices.
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The beam that supports the spindle socket of the runner in a grinding mill.
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A wedge-shaped spike used to secure the end of a timber where it abuts another. Much used in earlier times in the construction of tunnelled box-timber headings.
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(construction) rounded ceramic trim, especially in masonry and ceramic tile
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A machine that manufactures buttons
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(woodworking) A strip or block of wood used to distribute or direct clamping force.
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The edge or rim of a cask, etc., formed by the projecting ends of the staves; the chamfered end of a stave.
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(construction) One who applies cladding, or insulation.
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To cover with clapboards.
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Any of a series of laths nailed to the timbers to raise the sheet lathing above their surface to afford a key for plastering.
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A thin strip of material covering a join or edge of larger flat items, for example on ceiling panels, plasterboard or carpet.
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(carpentry) The rectangular channel in a board cut across the grain.
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(construction) A standing seam that uses a double overlapping interlock between two metal panels.
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(engineering) A device for changing the tools on milling machines.
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(woodworking) Alternative spelling of edgebanding [(woodworking) Veneer or laminate of the same type of material as used for the surface of furniture and with width matching standard thicknesses of such material, used to conceal the exposed edges.]
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An object that consists of a rim and small hole or perforation to receive a cord or fastener, as in garments, sails, etc. An eyelet may reinforce a hole.
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A thin strip of any material, in various technical uses.
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The sloped mortar fillet around the base of a chimney pot, which serves to hold the pot in position and allow rainwater to run off.
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(uncountable) Thin aluminium/aluminum (or, formerly, tin) used for wrapping food.
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Alternative form of four by two [(Australia, UK, New Zealand) A length of sawn wood of cross section 4 inches by 2 inches, most often employed as structural framing lumber / timber.]
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(carpentry, of timber) Working smoothly or without splitting.
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Alternative form of gimlet [To pierce or bore holes (as if using a gimlet).]
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A barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air.
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The mesh of metal wire or bars which makes up a decorative metal grating
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A device used to secure a pipe to a wall by means of an enclosing ring.
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(architecture) A notch or tooth in the joining surface of any piece of building material to prevent slipping.
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A corrugated metal bar used to reinforce concrete.
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The initial grinding of the teeth of a cutting tool, prior to sharpening.
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Any small opening resembling the hole for a key in shape or function.
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Alternative spelling of mantelpiece [A shelf that is affixed to the wall above a fireplace.]
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Alternative form of moulinet [(fencing, chiefly sabre) A circular cut, often composed of a parry, usually prime or seconde, moving thence into a circular cut.]
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A machine formerly used for bending a crossbow by winding it up.
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A chain made from interlinked loops of coloured paper, used as a hanging decoration.
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Wire fluted longitudinally, for making the pinions of clocks and watches. It is formed by being drawn through holes of the shape required for the leaves or teeth of the pinions.
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(transitive) To cover something with planking.
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(archaic) plaited strips of bark, cane, straw, etc., used for making hats or the like.
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A piece of roughly dressed timber with one face finished flat.
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(sculpture) One of the points sometimes drilled as guides for cutting away superfluous stone.
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(woodworking) Cut radially (towards the heart of the log), at right angles to the growth rings, for stability or the production of decorative patterns.
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(uncountable) A grid-shaped system of such bars.
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A hollow cut or channel for guiding anything.
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In a wooden frame, the projection or shoulder at the side of, or around, a tenon, on a tenoned piece.
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(often in combination) having a rim
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A woodworking machine for cutting cylindrical sticks such as broom handles.
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The small spiked wheel on the end of a spur.
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(historical) The cushion of an electric machine.
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(dated, military) a fascine about three feet long, used in sapping, to close the crevices between the gabions before the parapet is made.
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(architecture) Design made by cutting with a jigsaw, often elaborately.
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A tool such as a long strip of wood or other material which is drawn over a wet layer of concrete, plaster, etc., to make it smooth and flat; also, a machine that achieves this effect; a screeder.
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The part of a plough to which the share is attached.
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(figuratively) Precipitation of such quantity and force as to resemble a thin, virtually solid wall.
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A beam or plank of split wood.
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A shutter, as for a channel for molten metal.
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A narrow strip of rolled or forged metal, ready to be bent and welded to form a pipe.
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An outside piece taken from a log or timber when sawing it into boards, planks, etc.
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A thin, narrow strip or bar of wood (lath), metal, or plastic.
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Alternative form of slip sheet [(roofing) Sheet material, such as reinforced kraft paper, rosin-sized paper, polyester scrim or polyethylene sheeting, placed between two components of a roof assembly to ensure that no adhesion occurs between them and to prevent possible damage from chemical incompatibility, wearing or abrasion of the membrane.]
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A narrow piece of timber that holds together large pieces; a slat.
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A metal bolt or wooden bar, especially as a crosspiece.
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A solid block or piece of roughly shaped metal.
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The flat metal plate forming the underside of an iron (for ironing laundry).
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A strengthening cross timber.
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(archaic) The dimensions of the twist or curvature of a plank, measured from the edge of a batten or rule-staff.
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A slope or bevel, especially of the sides of a door or window, by which the opening is made larger at one face of the wall than at the other, or larger at each of the faces than it is between them.
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Long thin piece of metal or wood.
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(carpentry, building, , and architecture) A triangular timber frame.
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A small anvil usually furnished with a tang to enter a hole in a bench top, as used by tinsmiths, blacksmiths, etc., for light work, punching hole in or cutting a work piece, or for specific forming techniques etc.
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A hole prepared for rapid insertion of a stake.
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One of a number of narrow strips of wood, or narrow iron plates, placed edge to edge to form the sides, covering, or lining of a vessel or structure; especially, one of the strips which form the sides of a cask, a pail, etc.
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Equipped with a stile.
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The headstock of a lathe, drill, etc.
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(obsolete) An iron fitting of a medieval cart wheel.
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(carpentry, masonry) A templet; a pattern.
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A mortise passing only partly through the timber in which it is formed.
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A batten of wood for this framework.
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A small flap or strip of material attached to something, for holding, manipulation, identification, opening etc.
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(engineering) A kind of governor, or regulating device.
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A piece of thin soft paper for wrapping up a skein of thread.
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A flat bar used as a tie in construction work.
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To coat with solder, in order to consolidate braided wire, so as to make contact with all strands and reduce fragility of the fraying wire
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The process of working a treadle.
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A piece of wood, etc., laid between the cords and boards of a book to flatten before cutting.
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(software engineering) In software projects under source control: the most current source tree, from which the latest unstable builds (so-called "trunk builds") are compiled.
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(chiefly Canada, US) A length of sawn wood of cross section approximately 2 inches by 4 inches, most often employed as structural framing lumber (dimension or dimensional lumber).
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(by extension) The fundamental structure of any process or system.
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A construction of branches and twigs woven together to form a wall, barrier, fence, or roof.
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A structure of interwoven branches and twigs plastered with mud, clay or dung, used in the construction of dwellings, especially as infill in a half-timbered wall
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Alternative spelling of wattle and daub [A structure of interwoven branches and twigs plastered with mud, clay or dung, used in the construction of dwellings, especially as infill in a half-timbered wall]
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The act of sealing an opening with weatherstrip.
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A system of ditches and embankments planted with willows intended to restrict movement into Manchuria, built by the Qing dynasty during the later 17th century
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(architecture) A partition between flues in a chimney.
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