| A filler-metal electrode used in arc welding consisting of a metal wire with no coating other than that incidental to the drawing of the wire.
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| Uninsulated single wire used as an electric conductor.
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| Uninsulated group of fine wires used as a single electric conductor.
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| A floating platform or vessel from which construction activities may be performed; often used in rivers to install bridge piers and also used extensively in waterfront construction.
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| A board, sometimes ornamental, fixed to the end of a gable, running from ridge to eave, to hide the ends of the roof timbers.
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| Heavy, white, extender pigment made from the mineral, barite; unaffected by acids, alkalis.
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| An opening between a trees annual growth rings that contains bark.
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| The tough outer layer of a tree.
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| 1. A large farm building for storing hay and grain and housing farm animals and equipment. 2. An unusually large and bare building, pejoratively. 3. A large building for storing a fleet of trucks or trolleys.
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| An instrument for measuring atmospheric air pressure, it may be calibrated in pounds per square inch, or in inches or millimeters of mercury in a column.
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| Highly ornate, grotesque, flamboyant, and extravagant in style, especially of the architecture, art, and music of the 17th and 18th centuries.
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| 1. A building or building complex used to house soldiers. 2. A large plain building.
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| The persistent incitement of litigation.
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| A rounded or semi-circular ceiling.
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| A scalloped roof structure of reinforced concrete that spans in one direction as a barrel vault and in the other as a folded plate.
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| A type of ceramic or cast roofing tile.
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| A segment of a cylinder that spans as an arch; used as a structural technique to support a ceiling or roof by having all of the components act in compression as an arched ceiling; used extensively in ancient buildings and into the 19thcentury, because no structural steel or timber is needed.
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| A unit of weight for cement. 376 lbs. net, equivalent to 4 U. S. bags of portland cement.
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| A barrier; an obstruction to prevent passage or to prevent access.
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| 1. Shielding or blocking coating or film. 2. See Transition Coating.
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| A type of plastic sheeting that both eliminates drafts and keeps moisture from damaging a building or structure.
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| A fence or other obstacle that bars advance or access.
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| A room or establishment in which the principal feature is a bar for the serving of liquor.
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| A black unglazed vitreous ceramic ware having the appearance of basalt rock.
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| A dark basic volcanic rock whose strata sometimes form columns.
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| See Base Screed
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| A stipulated construction sum based on the contract documents.
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| See Base
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| . 1. Case, box, or piece of furniture which rests on the floor with sets of drawers or shelves with doors, primarily used for storage. 2. Floor-mounted cabinets, usually with a counter, sink or appliance installed.
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| A finish fitting for tile.
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