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Bargecourse :: Bargecourse (n.) A part of the tiling which projects beyond the principal rafters, in buildings where there is a gable..

Spur :: Spur (n.) A brace strengthening a post and some connected part, as a rafter or crossbeam; a strut..

Lath :: Lath (n.) A thin, narrow strip of wood, nailed to the rafters, studs, or floor beams of a building, for the purpose of supporting the tiles, plastering, etc. A corrugated metallic strip or plate is sometimes used..

Firms :: Firms (a.) The principal rafters of a roof, especially a pair of rafters taken together..

Ancone :: Ancone (n.) The corner or quoin of a wall, cross-beam, or rafter..

Rafter :: Rafter (n.) A raftsman.

Rafter :: Rafter (v. t.) To furnish with rafters, as a house..

Grafter :: Grafter (n.) The original tree from which a scion has been taken for grafting upon another tree.

Bird''s-mouth :: Bird's-mouth (n.) An interior angle or notch cut across a piece of timber, for the reception of the edge of another, as that in a rafter to be laid on a plate; -- commonly called crow's-foot in the United States..

King-post :: King-post (n.) A member of a common form of truss, as a roof truss. It is strictly a tie, intended to prevent the sagging of the tiebeam in the middle. If there are struts, supporting the main rafters, they often bear upon the foot of the king-post. Called also crown-post..

Plate :: Plate (n.) A horizontal timber laid upon a wall, or upon corbels projecting from a wall, and supporting the ends of other timbers; also used specifically of the roof plate which supports the ends of the roof trusses or, in simple work, the feet of the rafters..

Whipstitch :: Whipstitch (v. t.) To rafter; to plow in ridges, as land..

Shoe :: Shoe (n.) An iron socket or plate to take the thrust of a strut or rafter.

Rifter :: Rifter (n.) A rafter.

Spar :: Spar (v. t.) Formerly, a piece of timber, in a general sense; -- still applied locally to rafters..

Blade :: Blade (n.) The principal rafters of a roof.

Yard :: Yard (v. i.) A long piece of timber, as a rafter, etc..

Thrust :: Thrust (n.) The force or pressure of one part of a construction against other parts; especially (Arch.), a horizontal or diagonal outward pressure, as of an arch against its abutments, or of rafters against the wall which support them..

Smoky :: Smoky (superl.) Tarnished with smoke; noisome with smoke; as, smoky rafters; smoky cells..

Grafter :: Grafter (n.) One who inserts scions on other stocks, or propagates fruit by ingrafting..

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