doweling

  • 21dowel — /dow euhl/, n., v., doweled, doweling or (esp. Brit.) dowelled, dowelling. n. 1. Also called dowel pin. Carpentry. a pin, usually round, fitting into holes in two adjacent pieces to prevent their slipping or to align them. 2. a piece of wood… …

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  • 22joints and joinery — In architecture, the connection of construction materials. All joints are carefully detailed by the architect with concern for strength, movement, penetration by the elements, and incompatibilities. The term joinery refers especially to carpentry …

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  • 23dowel — [ daʊəl] noun a headless peg used for holding together components. verb (dowels, dowelling, dowelled; US dowels, doweling, doweled) fasten with a dowel. Origin ME: perh. from Mid. Low Ger. dovel …

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  • 24dowelling — (US doweling) noun cylindrical rods for cutting into dowels …

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  • 25dowel — /ˈdaʊəl / (say dowuhl) Carpentry –noun 1. Also, dowel pin. a pin, usually round, fitting into corresponding holes in two adjacent pieces to prevent slipping or to align the two pieces. 2. Also, dowelling. long, thin, round strips of wood suitable …

  • 26dowel — ► NOUN ▪ a headless peg used for holding together components. ► VERB (dowelled, dowelling; US doweled, doweling) ▪ fasten with a dowel. ORIGIN perhaps Low German …

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  • 27dowel — [dou′əl] n. [ME doule, prob. akin to MLowG dövel, Ger döbel, a plug < IE base * dheubh , a peg, wooden pin > DUB1] a short cylinder of wood, metal, etc., usually fitted into corresponding holes in two pieces to fasten them together vt.… …

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  • 28dowel — n. & v. n. a headless peg of wood, metal, or plastic for holding together components of a structure. v.tr. (dowelled, dowelling; US doweled, doweling) fasten with a dowel or dowels. Etymology: ME f. MLG dovel: cf. THOLE(1) …

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  • 29dowel jig — noun or doweling jig : a jig for holding material to be doweled …

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  • 30dowelling — n. (US doweling) round rods for cutting into dowels …

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