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Architecture
The science of designing and building structures for habitation.
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wheel guard
Architecture; Bridges
A timber or iron placed on the side of the roadway of a bridge to prevent the wheel hubs from striking the truss or the hand railing.
wheel loads
Architecture; Bridges
Loads on the different wheels of a locomotive. Also a system of wheel loadings.
water-table
Architecture; Bridges
A belt course of masonry, moulding, or other projecting member with a sloping top, so placed as to throw off water from a wall.
water tempering
Architecture; Bridges
A process of heating hardened steel to draw the temper (lower the degree of hardness) and quenching in water when the desired condition (as indicated by the color) is attained.
watershed
Architecture; Bridges
The line of separation between contiguous drainage areas. The divide. The height-of-land. Often, but incorrectly, used for drainage-area.
waterway
Architecture; Bridges
An opening or passage for water. A channel or stream of water as a means of communication. Space available for navigation.
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