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Term Definition
Basic Lead Carbonate. A type of white lead pigment.  
Basic Lead Sulphate. A type of white lead.  
Basilica . 1. An ancient Roman public hall with an apse and colonnades, used as a law court and place of assembly. 2. A similar building used as a Christian church.  
Basin Wrench. A plumbers tool used for installing hard-to-get-at fittings.  
Basin. 1.A wide shallow open container. 2. A lavatory. 3. A hollow rounded depression. 4. Any sheltered area of water where boats can moor safely. 5. A round valley. 6. An area drained by rivers and tributaries.  
Basis for Acceptance. The method of determining whether a lot of material is acceptable under given or accepted specifications.  
Basket. Wire assembly to support and space dowel bars and expansion joints in concrete slabs on the ground.  
Basketweave Bound. Module groups of brick laid at right angles to those adjacent.  
Bas-Relief. Sculpture or carving in which the figures project only slightly from the background surface with no undercutting.  
Bastard File. A course file for rough shaping of metal or wood.  
Bastard Granite. A quarriers term for nearly any stone which may not be considered a true granite, particularly applied to gneiss.  
Bastard Sawn. Lumber, primarily hardwoods, in which the annual rings make angles of 30 to 60 degrees with the surface of the piece.  
Bat. A broken brick; an end portion of a brick; approximately a half.  
Batavia. Batavia dammar; see Dammar.  
Batch Disposal. The orderly placement or distribution of freshly mixed concrete or masonry.  
Batch Mixer. A machine which mixes batches of concrete or mortar in contrast to a continuous mixer.  
Batch Plant. 1. A manufacturing facility for producing asphalt paving mixtures that proportions the aggregate constituents into the mix by weighed batches and adds asphalt material by either weight or volume. 2.An operating installation of equipment including batchers and mixers as required for batching or for batching and mixing concrete materials; also called mixing plant when equipment is included.  
Bath Accessory. Bathroom equipment such as towel bars, grab bars, grab rails, soap dishes, toilet paper holders, and medicine cabinets.  
Bath Chair. A wheelchair.  
Bath Faucet. A valve used to draw hot or cold water into a bathtub.  
Bath Tub Door. A folding or sliding door mounted on a bath tub rim to keep water spray within the tub area when there is a shower over the tub.  
Bath Tub. The tub in a bath room.  
Bath Vanity. A bathroom cabinet with a lavatory mounted in the counter top.  
Bath. 1. A tub used for bathing. 2. The room that contains the tub. 3. Liquid solution used for cleaning, plating, or maintaining a specified temperature.  
Bathhouse. A building with baths and dressing rooms for public use.  
Bathroom Lock. A non-keyed privacy lock that can be locked from the inside by push-button and opened from the outside by a small tool; a privacy lock.  
Bathroom . 1. A room containing a bath tub or shower and usually a toilet and lavatory. 2. A polite term for any toilet room.  
Batt Insulation. Fiber or wool insulation in sheet form, usually with a paper lining; a preformed section of inorganic insulation sized to fit snugly in a framed cavity.  
Batten Seam. A seam in a sheet metal roof.  
Batten Siding. Vertical siding which has narrow strips of metal or wood covering the joints.  

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