counter batten
jack rafter
feathering strip
soleplate
joist
pole plate
barring
Fink truss
pitching piece
birdsmouth
rafter
double coverage
sarking
standard
straining beam
bitts
shake
blade
subroof
bollard
collar
bonnet
woodhouse
toggle
jack block
trestletree
jackleg fence
carling
sternpost
earthfast
Atticistic
carline
hook ladder
buck fence
picket-house
touch
ridgepole
barrack
rooftree
beadboard
beam
ridge
nog
dwang
flashing
ligger
lying panel
ledge
counterlath
wall plate
overhouse
ledger board
timber
raising plate
skirting board
carport
butcher board
jettying
barge board
leader
crib
lean-to
butcher block
step
pentice
sunroof
mast climbing
wale
chock
bunton
purlin
sunshine-roof
slate
roofing material
wedge
quarter block
stringer
lapa
egg crate
fire block
underroof
window stool
bohío
chord
architectural panel
climbing frame
batten
footplate
profiling
rooftop
plancher
eaving
slating
clearspan
queen truss
frame bridge
earthfast
Atticistic
overhouse
underroof
counter batten
jack rafter
feathering strip
soleplate
joist
pole plate
barring
Fink truss
pitching piece
birdsmouth
rafter
double coverage
sarking
standard
straining beam
bitts
shake
blade
subroof
bollard
collar
bonnet
woodhouse
toggle
jack block
trestletree
jackleg fence
carling
sternpost
carline
hook ladder
buck fence
picket-house
touch
ridgepole
barrack
rooftree
beadboard
beam
ridge
nog
dwang
flashing
ligger
lying panel
ledge
counterlath
wall plate
ledger board
timber
raising plate
skirting board
carport
butcher board
jettying
barge board
leader
crib
lean-to
butcher block
step
pentice
sunroof
mast climbing
wale
chock
bunton
purlin
sunshine-roof
slate
roofing material
wedge
quarter block
stringer
lapa
egg crate
fire block
window stool
bohío
chord
architectural panel
climbing frame
batten
footplate
profiling
rooftop
plancher
eaving
slating
clearspan
queen truss
frame bridge
rafter
noun
- The base timber in the framing for a wall, to which the studs or posts are attached and on which they rest.
- A flat surface on which the sole of the foot rests.
- The back wall of a bucket on a water wheel (which is omitted in certain designs).
- The flat metal plate forming the underside of an iron (for ironing laundry).
- Any baseplate on which machinery rests, especially one to which things are bolted.
- A sole (timber).
noun
- An inverted knee timber placed upon the deck instead of beneath it, with its vertical branch turned upward from that which lies horizontally.
- Something used as a measure for comparative evaluations; a model.
- The proportion of weights of fine metal and alloy established for coinage.
- A level of quality or attainment.
- The upper petal or banner of a papilionaceous corolla.
- The sheth of a plough.
- A collar of mail protecting the neck.
- A rule or set of rules or requirements which are widely agreed upon or imposed by government.
- One of the upright members that supports the horizontal axis of a transit or theodolite.
- A sturdy, woody plant whose upright stem is used to graft a less hardy ornamental flowering plant on, rather then actually planting it.
- Any upright support, such as one of the poles of a scaffold.
- A manual transmission vehicle.
- A bottle of wine containing 0.750 liters of fluid.
- A large drinking cup.
- standard idiom, a prestigious or standardized language variety; standard language
- A tree of natural size supported by its own stem, and not dwarfed by grafting on the stock of a smaller species nor trained upon a wall or trellis.
- A musical work of established popularity.
- An object supported in an upright position, such as a lamp standard.
- The flag or ensign carried by a military unit.
- Grade level in primary education.
intj
adj
- Having a manual transmission.
- Conforming to the standard variety.
- Of a usable or serviceable grade or quality.
- As normally supplied (not optional).
- Falling within an accepted range of size, amount, power, quality, etc.
- Having recognized excellence or authority.
- Growing alone as a free-standing plant; not trained on a post etc.
noun
- A basic wooden shingle made from split logs, traditionally used for roofing etc.
- A crack or split between the growth rings in wood.
- The act of shaking or being shaken; tremulous or back-and-forth motion.
- A rapid alternation of a principal tone with another represented on the next degree of the staff above or below it; a trill.
- Shake cannabis, small, leafy fragments of cannabis that gather at the bottom of a bag of marijuana.
- An adulterant added to cocaine powder.
- A milkshake.
- A fissure in rock or earth.
- A shook of staves and headings.
- A twitch, a spasm, a tremor.
- Instant, second. (Especially in two shakes.)
- One of the staves of a hogshead or barrel taken apart.
- The redshank, so called from the nodding of its head while on the ground.
- A beverage made by adding ice cream to a (usually carbonated) drink; a float.
- A shock or disturbance.
- In singing, notes (usually high ones) sung vibrato.
- A thin shingle.
verb
- To give a tremulous tone to; to trill.
- To move or remove by agitating; to throw off by a jolting or vibrating motion.
- To dance.
- To lose, evade, or get rid of (something).
- To threaten to overthrow.
- To disturb emotionally; to shock.
- To be agitated; to lose firmness.
- To cause (something) to move rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly.
- To shake hands.
- To move from side to side.
- To move (one's head) from side to side, especially to indicate refusal, reluctance, or disapproval.
noun
- The principal rafters of a roof.
- A throw characterized by a tight parabolic trajectory due to a steep lateral attitude.
- The thin, flat part of a plant leaf, attached to a stem (petiole). The lamina.
- A homosexual, usually male.
- An artificial foot used by amputee athletes, shaped like an upside-down interrogation mark.
- The narrow leaf of a grass or cereal.
- One of a series of small plates that make up the aperture or the shutter of a camera.
- The four large shell plates on the sides, and the five large ones of the middle, of the carapace of the sea turtle, which yield the best tortoise shell.
- The part of the tongue just behind the tip, used to make laminal consonants.
- A piece of prepared, sharp-edged stone, often flint, at least twice as long as it is wide; a long flake of ground-edge stone or knapped vitreous stone.
- A cut of beef from near the shoulder blade (part of the chuck).
- The rudder, daggerboard, or centerboard of a vessel.
- A bulldozer or surface-grading machine with mechanically adjustable blade that is nominally perpendicular to the forward motion of the vehicle.
- The (typically sharp-edged) part of a knife, sword, razor, or other tool with which it cuts.
- The flat functional end or piece of a propeller, oar, hockey stick, chisel, screwdriver, skate, etc.
- Thin plate, foil.
- A blade server.
- An exterior product of vectors. (The product may have more than two factors. Also, a scalar counts as a 0-blade, a vector as a 1-blade; an exterior product of k vectors may be called a k-blade.)
- A flat bone, especially the shoulder blade.
- Synonym of knifeblade
- The part of a key that is inserted into the lock.
- A sword or knife.
verb
noun
- A curb, or a horizontal timbering, around the mouth of a shaft.
- A piece of meat from the neck of an animal.
- A collar beam.
- An arrest.
- The neck or line of junction between the root of a plant and its stem
- A similar detachable item.
- A trading strategy using options such that there is both an upper limit on profit and a lower limit on loss, constructed through taking equal but opposite positions in a put and a call with different strike prices.
- A decorative band or other fabric around the neckline.
- Of or pertaining to a certain category of professions as symbolized by typical clothing.
- A physical lockout device to prevent operation of a mechanical signal lever.
- The part of an upper garment (shirt, jacket, etc.) that fits around the neck and throat, especially if sewn from a separate piece of fabric.
- A part of harness designed to distribute the load around the shoulders of a draft animal.
- A ringlike part of a mollusk in connection with the esophagus.
- A coloured ring round the neck of a bird or mammal.
- A band or chain around an animal's neck, used to restrain and/or identify it.
- Any encircling device or structure.
- An eye formed in the bight or bend of a shroud or stay to go over the masthead; also, a rope to which certain parts of rigging, as dead-eyes, are secured.
- A ring or cincture.
- A chain worn around the neck.
verb
- To bind in conversation.
- To arrest.
- To place a collar on, to fit with one.
- To preempt, control stringently and exclusively.
- To seize, capture or detain.
- To bind (a submissive) to a dominant under specific conditions or obligations.
- To roll up (beef or other meat) and bind it with string preparatory to cooking.
- To grab or seize by the collar or neck.
noun
- A roofing over the cage of a mine, to protect its occupants from objects falling down the shaft.
- A metallic canopy, or projection, over an opening, as a fireplace, or a cowl or hood to increase the draught of a chimney, etc.
- The second stomach of a ruminant.
- A ducat, an old Scottish coin worth 40 shillings.
- A traditional Scottish woollen brimless cap; a bunnet.
- A small defence work at a salient angle; or a part of a parapet elevated to screen the other part from enfilade fire.
- A frame of wire netting over a locomotive chimney, to prevent escape of sparks.
- In pumps, a metal covering for the openings in the valve chambers.
- A mushroom of the genus Mycena.
- A type of hat, once worn by women or children, held in place by ribbons tied under the chin.
- The polishing head of a power buffer, often made of wool.
- The hinged cover over the engine of a motor car; a hood.
- A length of canvas attached to a fore-and-aft sail to increase the pulling power.
verb
noun
- A horizontal piece of wood that is placed on a door, flat, or other wooden structure, but is not on one of the edges of the structure.
- A fastener that has flaps that align vertically to penetrate a surface and then spread out to secure the fastener in position, e.g. a molly bolt.
- A wooden or metal pin, short rod, crosspiece or similar, fixed transversely in the eye of a rope or chain to be secured to any other loop, ring, or bight, e.g. a sea painter to a lifeboat.
- A rod-shaped button bound with slack to the fabric.
- An appliance for transmitting force at right angles to its direction.
- A loop of webbing or a dowel affixed to the end of the steering/brake lines of a parachute providing the pilot with a means of control.
- A toggle switch.
verb
noun
- The broadest part of a plank worked top and but, or of one worked anchor-stock fashion (that is, tapered from the middle to both ends); also, the angles of the stern timbers at the counters.
- The ability to perform a task well; aptitude.
- The children's game of tag.
- A set of changes less than the total possible on seven bells, i.e. less than 5,040.
- An act of borrowing or stealing something.
- The part of a sports field beyond the touchlines or goal-lines.
- The faculty or sense of perception by physical contact.
- A distinguishing feature or characteristic.
- A single stroke on a drawing or a picture.
- The style or technique with which one plays a musical instrument.
- A disposal of the ball during a game, i.e. a kick or a handball.
- An act of touching, especially with the hand or finger.
- The particular or characteristic mode of action, or the resistance of the keys of an instrument to the fingers.
- A little bit; a small amount.
- A relationship of close communication or understanding.
- Form; standard of performance.
verb
- To make intimate physical contact with a person.
- To cause to be briefly in contact with something.
- To deal with in speech or writing; briefly to speak or write (on or upon something).
- To make physical contact with; to bring the hand, finger or other part of the body into contact with.
- To perform, as a tune; to play.
- To be brought, as a sail, so close to the wind that its weather leech shakes.
- To strike; to manipulate; to play on.
- To come into physical contact, or to be in physical contact.
- To come into (involuntary) contact with; to meet or intersect.
- To concern, to have to do with.
- To make physical contact with a thing.
- To lay hands on (someone suffering from scrofula) as a form of cure, as formerly practised by English and French monarchs.
- To mark or delineate with touches; to add a slight stroke to with the pencil or brush.
- To imbue or endow with a specific quality.
- To influence by impulse; to impel forcibly.
- To bring (a sail) so close to the wind that its weather leech shakes.
- To physically disturb; to interfere with, molest, or attempt to harm through contact.
- To try; to prove, as with a touchstone.
- To give royal assent to by touching it with the sceptre.
- To be on the level of; to approach in excellence or quality.
- Of a ship or its passengers: to land, to make a short stop (at).
- To physically affect in specific ways implied by context.
- To consume, or otherwise use.
- To sexually excite with the fingers; to finger or masturbate.
- To keep the ship as near (the wind) as possible.
- To affect emotionally; to bring about tender or painful feelings in.
- To mark (a file or document) as having been modified.
- To obtain money from, usually by borrowing (from a friend).
- To disturb the mental functions of; to make somewhat insane; often followed with "in the head".
- To come close to; to approach.
noun
- A (structure with a) movable roof sliding on four posts, to cover hay, straw, etc.
- A primitive structure resembling a long shed or barn for (usually temporary) housing or other purposes.
- Any very plain, monotonous, or ugly large building.
- A police station.
- A building for soldiers, especially within a garrison; originally referred to temporary huts, now usually to a permanent structure or set of buildings.
verb
noun
- One of the principal horizontal structural members, usually of steel, timber, or concrete, of a building; one of the transverse members of a ship's frame on which the decks are laid — supported at the sides by knees in wooden ships and by stringers in steel ones.
- One of the long feathers in the wing of a hawk.
- A horizontal bar which connects the stems of two or more notes to group them and to indicate metric value.
- The maximum width of a vessel (note that a vessel with a beam of 15 foot can also be said to be 15 foot abeam).
- The crossbar of a mechanical balance, from the ends of which the scales are suspended.
- The direction across a vessel, perpendicular to fore-and-aft.
- Any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use.
- The pole of a carriage or chariot.
- A ray or collection of approximately parallel rays emitted from the sun or other luminous body.
- In steam engines, a heavy iron lever having an oscillating motion on a central axis, one end of which is connected with the piston rod from which it receives motion, and the other with the crank of the wheel shaft.
- A cylinder of wood, making part of a loom, on which weavers wind the warp before weaving and the cylinder on which the cloth is rolled, as it is woven.
- The principal stem of the antler of a deer.
- The straight part or shank of an anchor.
- A ray; a gleam.
- An elevated rectangular dirt pile used to cheaply build an elevated portion of a railway.
- The central bar of a plow, to which the handles and colter are secured, and to the end of which are attached the oxen or horses that draw it.
verb
- To put (something) on a beam.
- To smile broadly or especially cheerfully.
- To emit beams of light; to shine; to radiate.
- To stretch something (for example, an animal hide) on a beam.
- To furnish or supply with beams.
- To give the appearance of beams to.
- To transmit matter or information via a high-tech wireless mechanism.
- To connect (musical notes) with a beam, or thick line, in music notation.
- To transmit, especially by direct wireless means such as infrared.
noun
- a beam laid along the edge where two sloping sides of a roof meet at the top; provides an attachment for the upper ends of rafters
- a long narrow natural elevation or striation
- any long raised strip
- a long narrow natural elevation on the floor of the ocean
- a long narrow range of hills
- any long raised border or margin of a bone or tooth or membrane
verb
noun
- Components used to weatherproof or seal roof system edges at perimeters, penetrations, walls, expansion joints, valleys, drains and other places where the roof covering is interrupted or terminated.
- The exposing of one's naked body, or part of it, in public briefly (the action of the verb to flash).
- The process of getting rid of gaps on shelves by bringing products from the back of the shelf to the front to create a 'fuller' shelf.
- A sudden blazing or bursting, as of fire or water.
- The use of rhodium plating to temporarily enhance a ring's durability and shine.
- The blinking of a light source, such as a light bulb or computer's cursor.
noun
- The horizontal timber of a scaffolding; a ledger.
- A baited fishing line attached to a float, for night fishing, etc.
- A kelt (“thin, recently spawned salmon”).
- A simply supported plank over a stream used as a footbridge.
- A freeloader or hanger-on, especially in the music or entertainment industry.
- One who lies in bed.
- A nether millstone.
- A coverlet for a bed.
- A layer.
noun
- A piece of timber to support the deck, placed athwartship between beams.
- A shelf, ridge, or reef, of rocks.
- A provincial or territorial legislative assembly.
- A cornice.
- A (door or window) lintel.
- A lode; a limited mass of rock bearing valuable mineral.
- A provincial or territorial legislature building.
- A layer or stratum.
- A shelf on which articles may be laid; also, that which resembles such a shelf in form or use, as a projecting ridge or part, or a molding or edge in joinery.
verb
noun
- A batten laid lengthwise between two rafters as a bearing for laths laid crosswise.
- Any lath laid without actual measurement between two gauged laths.
- One of many laths used in preparing one side of a partition or framed wall, when the other side has been covered in and finished.
- Any of a series of laths nailed to the timbers to raise the sheet lathing above their surface to afford a key for plastering.
verb
noun
- Wood that has been pre-cut and is ready for use in construction.
- A heavy wooden beam, generally a whole log that has been squared off and used to provide heavy support for something such as a roof.
- The wooden stock of a rifle or shotgun.
- Material for any structure.
- Trees in a forest regarded as a source of wood.
intj
verb
noun
- A block of hard wood pierced with suitable holes for leading ropes in their proper places.
- The path taken by electrons from a cloud to ground level, determining the shape of a bolt of lightning.
- One who leads a political party or group of elected party members; sometimes used in titles.
- One having authority to direct.
- A performer who leads a band, choir, or a section of an orchestra.
- The dominant animal in a pack of animals, such as wolves or lions.
- an animal placed in advance of others, especially on a team of horse, oxen, or dogs
- Either of the two front horses of a team of four in front of a carriage.
- A person or organization that leads in a certain field in terms of excellence, success, etc.
- A loss leader or a popular product sold at a normal price.
- The first violin in a symphony orchestra; the concertmaster.
- A branch or small vein, not important in itself, but indicating the proximity of a better one.
- A type having a dot or short row of dots upon its face.
- A fast-growing terminal shoot of a woody plant.
- Any person who leads or directs.
- The drive wheel in any kind of machinery.
- Someone or something that leads or conducts.
- One who goes first.
- A pipe for conducting rain water from a roof to a cistern or to the ground.
- A net for leading fish into a pound, weir, etc.
- The first, or the principal, editorial article in a newspaper; a leading or main editorial article; a lead story.
- A section of line between the main fishing line and the snell of a hook, intended to be more resistant to bites and harder for a fish to detect than the main fishing line.
- A piece of material at the beginning or end of a reel or roll to allow the material to be threaded or fed onto something, as a reel of film onto a projector or a roll of paper onto a rotary printing press.
- A row of dots, periods, or hyphens, used in tables of contents, etc., to lead the eye across a space to the right word or number.
noun
- A boxy structure traditionally built of heavy wooden timbers, to support an existing structure from below, as with a mineshaft or a building being raised off its foundation in preparation for being moved; see cribbing.
- A small room or covered structure, especially one of rough construction, used for storage or penning animals.
- A collection of quotes or references for use in speaking, for assembling a written document, or as an aid to a project of some sort; a crib sheet.
- A literal translation, usually of a work originally in Latin or Ancient Greek.
- A bed for a child older than a baby.
- One’s residence, house or dwelling place, or usual place of resort.
- A bin for drying or storing grain, as with a corn crib.
- A manger, a feeding trough for animals elevated off the earth or floor, especially one for fodder such as hay.
- A wicker basket.
- A hovel, a roughly constructed building best suited to the shelter of animals but used for human habitation.
- The card game cribbage.
- A small holiday home, often near a beach and of simple construction.
- A small raft made of timber.
- A baby’s bed with high, often slatted, often moveable sides, suitable for a child who has outgrown a cradle or bassinet.
- A snack or packed lunch, especially as taken to work to eat during a break.
- A confined space, as with a cage or office-cubicle
- A small sleeping berth in a packet ship or other small vessel
- The cards discarded by players and used by the dealer.
- The baby Jesus and the manger in a creche or nativity scene, consisting of statues of Mary, Joseph and various other characters such as the magi.
- A known piece of information corresponding to a section of encrypted text, that is then used to work out the remaining sections.
- A cheat sheet or past test used by students; crib sheet.
verb
- To crowd together, or to be confined, as if in a crib or in narrow accommodations.
- To seize the manger or other solid object with the teeth and draw in wind.
- To place or confine in a crib.
- To shut up or confine in a narrow habitation; to cage; to cramp.
- To plagiarize; to copy; to cheat.
- To collect one or more passages and/or references for use in a speech, written document or as an aid for some task; to create a crib sheet.
- To complain, to grumble
- To install timber supports, as with cribbing.
noun
- A framing in wood or iron which is intended to receive an upright shaft; specifically, a block of wood, or a solid platform upon the keelson, supporting the heel of the mast.
- The space passed over by one movement of the foot in walking or running.
- The interval between two contiguous degrees of the scale.
- A running board where passengers step to get on and off the bus.
- The part of a spade, digging stick or similar tool that a digger's foot rests against and presses on when digging; an ear, a foot-rest.
- A rest, or one of a set of rests, for the foot in ascending or descending, as a stair, or a rung of a ladder.
- A print of the foot; a footstep; a footprint; track.
- Proceeding; measure; action; act.
- One of a series of offsets, or parts, resembling the steps of stairs, as one of the series of parts of a cone pulley on which the belt runs.
- A small space or distance.
- A portable framework of stairs, much used indoors in reaching to a high position.
- A gait; manner of walking.
- An advance or movement made from one foot to the other; a pace.
- A bearing in which the lower extremity of a spindle or a vertical shaft revolves.
- A change of position effected by a motion of translation.
- A walk; passage.
- A distinct part of a process; stage; phase.
- A stepchild.
- A stepsibling.
- A constant difference between consecutive values in a series.
verb
- To dance.
- To walk slowly, gravely, or resolutely.
- To move mentally; to go in imagination.
- To walk; to go on foot; especially, to walk a little distance.
- To move the foot in walking; to advance or recede by raising and moving one of the feet to another resting place, or by moving both feet in succession.
- To fix the foot of (a mast) in its step; to erect.
- To set, as the foot.
noun
- A horizontal ridge or ledge on the outside planking of a wooden ship. (See gunwale, chainwale)
- A horizontal timber used for supporting or retaining earth.
- A ridge or streak produced on skin by a cane or whip.
- A ridge or low barrier.
- A ridge on the outside of a horse collar.
- A timber bolted to a row of piles to secure them together and in position.
- Something selected as being the best, preference; choice.
- The texture of a piece of fabric.
- A raised rib in knit goods or fabric, especially corduroy.
verb
noun
- A roofing-tile made of slate.
- An artificial material resembling slate and used for the same purposes.
- A list of affiliated candidates for an election.
- A record of money owed.
- A tablet computer.
- A thin plate of any material; a flake.
- A fine-grained homogeneous sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash which has been metamorphosed so that it cleaves easily into thin layers.
- The bluish-grey colour of most slate.
- A chalkboard, sheet of slate for writing on with chalk or with a thin rod of slate (a slate pencil) formerly commonly used by both students and teachers in schools.
adj
verb
noun
- a block of wood used to prevent the sliding or rolling of a heavy object
- any shape that is triangular in cross section
- a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States
- a diacritical mark (an inverted circumflex) placed above certain letters (such as the letter c) to indicate pronunciation
- a heel that is an extension of the sole of the shoe
- (golf) an iron with considerable loft and a broad sole
- something solid that is usable as an inclined plane (shaped like a V) that can be pushed between two things to separate them
verb
noun
- A horizontal timber that supports upright posts, or supports the hull of a vessel.
- The side rail supporting the rungs of a ladder or the steps of a flight of stairs.
- Someone who strings someone along.
- Wooden strip running lengthwise down the centre of a surfboard, for strength.
- A hard-hit ball.
- Someone who threads something; one who makes or provides strings, especially for bows.
- A cord or chain, sometimes with additional loops, that is threaded through the mouth and gills of caught fish.
- A pallet or skid used when shipping less than truckload (LTL) freight. A platform typically constructed of timber or plastic designed such that freight may be stacked on top, able to be lifted by a forklift.
- A person who plays on a particular string.
- A person who deliberately states that a certain bird is present when it is not; one who knowingly misleads other birders about the occurrence of a bird, especially a rarity.
- A small screw-hook to which piano strings are sometimes attached.
- A freelance correspondent not on the regular newspaper staff, especially one retained on a part-time basis to report on events in a particular place.
noun
- A style of open roof that consists of horizontal supports in a grid pattern.
- A self-contained class that has no collaboration or interaction with any other class, and which is the sole responsibility of a single teacher.
- An egg carton; A specialized container for eggs which has multiple indentations for holding individual eggs.
- A surface or insert that has regularly spaced holes or indentations.
- A crate used for transporting eggs.
- A foam pad with multiple indentations giving it a texture similar to that of an egg carton.
- A device for restricting the spread of light that fits into the softbox of a diffuser panel.
- A grid-like support structure or scaffolding.
adj
noun
- A horizontal member of a truss.
- A straight line between two points of a curve.
- A section of subsidiary railway track that interconnects two primary tracks that cross at different levels, to permit traffic to flow between them.
- The distance between the leading and trailing edge of a wing, measured in the direction of the normal airflow.
- A keyboard shortcut that involves two or more distinct keypresses, such as Ctrl+M followed by P.
- An imaginary line from the luff of a sail to its leech.
- A harmonic set of three or more notes that is heard as if sounding simultaneously.
- A cord.
- An edge that is not part of a cycle but connects two vertices of the cycle.
- The string of a musical instrument.
verb
noun
- A thin strip of wood used in construction to hold members of a structure together or to provide a fixing point.
- A long strip of wood, metal, fibreglass etc., used for various purposes aboard ship, especially one inserted in a pocket sewn on the sail in order to keep the sail flat.
- The movable bar of a loom, which strikes home or closes the threads of a woof.
- In stagecraft, a long pipe, usually metal, affixed to the ceiling or fly system in a theater.
verb
- To furnish with battens.
- To fasten or secure a hatch etc using battens.
- To thrive by feeding; grow fat; feed oneself gluttonously.
- To fertilize or enrich, as land.
- To improve by feeding; fatten; make fat or cause to thrive due to plenteous feeding.
- To thrive, prosper, or live in luxury, especially at the expense of others; fare sumptuously.
- To gratify a morbid appetite or craving; gloat.
- To feed (on); to revel (in).
- To become better; improve in condition, especially by feeding.
noun
- A timber in a wood frame that distributes a concentrated load.
- A platform on which the driver's foot rests but which, unlike a pedal, has no effect.
- The metal plate which forms the base platform of a steam locomotive and supports the boiler and the driver's cab, particularly in the United Kingdom.
- The engineer's cab in any kind of train.
- The flat portion at the base of the stapes; pedicel.
- The part of a roller skate that attaches to the boot.
verb
noun
English words for 'vertical wood strips installed on sloped roofs over which horizontal battens are secured. The primary roof covering is attached or secured to these horizontal battens.'
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