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  • 11butt joint — n. any joint made by fastening two pieces of wood or metal together end to end or at right angles without overlapping: it is sometimes strengthened with an added part or parts …

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  • 12butt joint — Building Trades. a joint formed by two pieces of wood or metal united end to end without overlapping. [1815 25] * * * …

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  • 13butt joint — /ˈbʌt dʒɔɪnt/ (say but joynt) noun a joint formed by two pieces of wood or metal united end to end without overlapping …

  • 14Bleaching of wood pulp — is the chemical processing carried out on various types of wood pulp to decrease the color of the pulp, so that it becomes whiter. The main use of wood pulp is to make paper where whiteness (similar to but not exactly the same as brightness ) is… …

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  • 15Charles Wood (ironmaster) — For other people named Charles Wood, see Charles Wood (disambiguation). Charles Wood (1702 – October 1774) was an ironmaster and one of the inventors of the potting and stamping method of making wrought iron from pig iron. Contents 1 Parents 2… …

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  • 16History of wood carving — From the remotest ages the decoration of wood has been a foremost art. The tendency of human nature has always been to ornament every article in use. The North American Indian carves his wooden fish hook or his pipe stem just as the Polynesian… …

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  • 17Saddle joint — Saddle Sad dle, n. [OE. sadel, AS. sadol; akin to D. zadel, G. sattel, OHG. satal, satul, Icel. s[ o][eth]ull, Dan. & Sw. sadel; cf. Russ. siedlo; all perh. ultimately from the root of E. sit.] 1. A seat for a rider, usually made of leather,… …

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  • 18furniture — furnitureless, adj. /ferr ni cheuhr/, n. 1. the movable articles, as tables, chairs, desks or cabinets, required for use or ornament in a house, office, or the like. 2. fittings, apparatus, or necessary accessories for something. 3. equipment for …

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  • 19Screw — This article is about the fastener. For other uses, see Screw (disambiguation). Screws come in a variety of shapes and sizes for different purposes. U.S. quarter coin (diameter 24 mm) shown for scale. A screw, or bolt, is a type of fastener… …

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  • 20arts, East Asian — Introduction       music and visual and performing arts of China, Korea, and Japan. The literatures of these countries are covered in the articles Chinese literature, Korean literature, and Japanese literature.       Some studies of East Asia… …

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