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Lumber
Timber after it has been sawed and split into planks or other smaller components that can be used as building material.
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ridge
Building materials; Lumber
The highest part of the roof at the meeting of the upper ends of the common rafters.
sway bracing
Building materials; Lumber
Bracing members required to resists the transverse movement of a structural element.
dound water
Building materials; Lumber
The absence of wood, other than wane, from the arris or surface of a piece of lumber.
drying defect
Building materials; Lumber
A feature developing during drying which may decrease the value of a piece of lumber.
hewn lumber
Building materials; Lumber
Lumber with or without wane, finished to size with hand tools such as an axe or adze.
predryer
Building materials; Lumber
A structure similar to a kiln that is sometimes used in the initial stages of drying.
prescriptive
Building materials; Lumber
A code where the requirements are expressed as rigid rules or predetermined solutions