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Rafter :: Rafter (n.) Originally, any rough and somewhat heavy piece of timber. Now, commonly, one of the timbers of a roof which are put on sloping, according to the inclination of the roof. See Illust. of Queen-post..

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

Sarking :: Sarking (n.) Thin boards for sheathing, as above the rafters, and under the shingles or slates, and for similar purposes..

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

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

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

Ridgepole :: Ridgepole (n.) The timber forming the ridge of a roof, into which the rafters are secured..

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

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..

Ingrafter :: Ingrafter (n.) A person who ingrafts.

Couple-close :: Couple-close (n.) A pair of rafters framed together with a tie fixed at their feet, or with a collar beam..

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

Purline :: Purline (n.) In root construction, a horizontal member supported on the principals and supporting the common rafters..

Grafter :: Grafter (n.) An instrument by which grafting is facilitated.

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..

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

Tiebeam :: Tiebeam (n.) A beam acting as a tie, as at the bottom of a pair of principal rafters, to prevent them from thrusting out the wall. See Illust. of Timbers, under Roof..

Balk :: Balk (v. i.) A great beam, rafter, or timber; esp., the tie-beam of a house. The loft above was called the balks..

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..

Rifter :: Rifter (n.) A rafter.

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