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Knight's 1881 Mechanical Dictionary - Subject Index
Carpentry

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Abat-jour
Abat-voix
Abutment
Accouplement
Ajambe
Ambe
Angle-bar
Apron
Apron-piece
Arched-beam roof
Architrave
Arris
Arris-fillet
Arris-gutter
Ashlering
Astragal
Attic
Awning
Badigeon
Balk
Baluster
Barge-board
Barge-couple
Base
Batten
Bay
Bead
Bead and quirk
Bead, butt, and square work
Beaking-joint
Beam
Bearer
Bench-vise
Bent
Bevel
Binder
Binding-joist
Binding-rafter
Bird's-mouth
Blind
Blocking
Bolection
Bolster
Box-frame
Box-girder
Boxing
Brace
Bracket
Breast-summer
Bridge-board
Bridging-joist
Bridging-piece
Brob
Brog
Brow-post
Built-beam
Built-rib
Button
Cage
Caisson
Camber-beam
Camp-ceiling
Cantilever
Carcass
Carcass-roofing
Carpenter's clamp
Carpenter's square
Carpenter's tools
Carriage
Carriage-piece
Cartouch
Case-bay
Casemate
Casement
Cavetto
Ceiling
Ceiling-joist
Chain-timber
Chalk-line
Clamp
Clamp-screw
Clapboard
Cleading
Clear-stuff
Coak
Cocket-centering
Cocking
Cockle-stairs
Coffer
Collar-beam
Compass-window
Corbel
Cornice
Couples
Coved-ceiling
Cradle
Crenelated molding
Cribbing
Cross-beam
Crown-post
Curb-beam
Curb-plate
Curb-roof
Curtail-step
Current
Cushion-rafter
Dado
Dais
Deadening
Deal
Diagonal
Dimension-lumber
Dished-out
Dome
Door
Door-case
Door-strip
Dorman-tree
Dovetail
Dragon-beam
Draw-bore
Dwarf-rafter
Eave
Eave-board
Eave-trough
Estrade
False rail
False roof
Feather-edged
Femerell
Fender-beam
Filling-in pieces
Fishing
Flap
Flight
Flitch
Floor
Fox-tail wedging
Frame
Franking
French-roof
French-window
Fret-work
Fuor
Furring
Gable
Gage
Gain
Gambrel-roof
Garret
Girder
Grafting
Ground-plate
Grounds
Ground-sill
Gutter
Halving
Hammer beam-roof
Hand-rail
Hatchet
Heading-course
Heading-joint
Heel-post
Herring-bone
Hip
Hip-knob
Hip-rafter
Hip-roof
Hollow newel
Housing
Impages
Jack-timber
Jalousie
Jamb
Jib-door
Joggle-post
Joist
Jut-window
Key
King-post
King-truss
Knee
Ladder
Lagging
Laminated-rib
Landing
Lath
Lathing-clamp
Lattice
Leaf
Lean-to
Ledge
Ledger
Level
Line-winder
Lining
Lintel
Listing
Lumber
Main-couple
Mallet
Mansard-roof
Match-boarding
Mitered border
Molding
Mopboard
Mortise
M-roof
Mud-sill
Muntin
Needle-beam
Newel
Nogging
Norma
Nosing
Notch-board
Notching
Pale
Panel
Partition
Pitch
Pitching-piece
Plane
Plugging
Plumb
Plummet
Pole-plate
Post
Prick-post
Principal
Pugging
Punch
Puncheon
Purlin
Quarters
Queen-post
Quirk
Rabbet
Rafter
Raising-plate
Ramp
Reason-piece
Reglet
Relish
Reveal
Riser
Roll and fillet
Roof
Rule
Run
Sarking
Sash
Sash-frame
Scaffold
Scaffold-bracket
Scantling
Scarf
Scraper
Severy
Shutter
Shutting-post
Side-plane
Shingle
Shook
Shooting-board
Side-plane
Sill
Sinking
Skirting
Skylight
Slab
Sleeper
Soffit
Sound boarding
Span-roof
Splice
Spring-beam
Staging
Staircase
Stair
Standard
Sticking
Stile
Stirrup
Stock
Story-post
Story-rod
Straining-beam
Straining-sill
Strap
Striking-plate
String-board
Stringer
Strut
Stub-tenon
Summer
Sunk coak
Sunk-panel ceiling
Surbase
Swing-beam
Syphering
Tabling
Templet
Tenon
Tension-rod
Tie
Tie-beam
Tilting-fillet
Tongue
Torsal
Trap-door
Trellis
Trenail
Trestle
Trimmer
Truncated roof
Truss
Trussed roof
Turnpike-staircase
Tusk
Upright
Venetians
Veranda
Wainscot
Wall-plate
Wash-board
Weather-boarding clamp
Weather-boarding gage
Weather-strip
Well-staircase
Wind-beam
Window


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