| Easily broken; not tough.
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| 1. Any of various pointed or tapered tools, implements, or parts. 2. A drill bit. 3. A pointed tool for roughly dressing stone.
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| A wide flexible finishing knife for applying joint finishing compound.
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| To sprinkle solid particles on a surface.
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| See Hardwoods.
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| Carpet woven on a broad loom in widths of 6 feet or more. usually 6, 9, 12, 15 and 18-ft. widths, and up to 30 ft. in Chenille; broadloom is not a type of weave of carpet, nor a pattern or color; it is simply a designation of width.
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| A cooking device in a kitchen that cooks food by direct exposure to radiant heat.
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| An agent who, for a fee or commission, brings parties together for the leasing or sale of real property.
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| A chemical compound containing bromine, a halogen; sodium or potassium bromide in solution will produce free bromine if chlorine is added to the pool.
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| Non-sparking tools; used when fire hazards are particularly acute.
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| See Braze Welding.
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| An alloy of copper and tin and sometimes other elements.
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| A vehicle especially formulated for use as a binder for aluminum, gold, or bronze powder.
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| Formation of metallic sheen on a paint film.
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| A finish applied to an uncured concrete surface, to provide skid or slip resistance, made by dragging a broom across the freshly placed concrete surface.
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| A long handled brush of bristles for sweeping and brushing; also used for concrete finishing. 2. To spread out in a broom shape through separation of the fibers, as when a pile is partly crushed at its head under the blows of the pile driver.
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| In roofing, embedding a ply by using a broom to smooth out the ply and ensure contact with the adhesive under the ply.
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| The coat of plaster directly beneath the finish coat; in two-coat work, brown coat refers to the basecoat plaster applied over the lath; in three coat work, the brown coat refers to the second coat applied over a scratch coat; brown coats are applied with a fairly rough surface to receive the finish coat.
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| To complete application of basecoat plastering.
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| Brown discoloration of the sapwood of some pines caused by a fungus.
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| . A building site that has been previously built upon and is possibly polluted with toxic chemicals; compare with Greenfield Site.
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| 1. A building sandstone of prevailing brown color. 2. A dwelling faced with brownstone.
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| The act of removing unwanted plants to clear an area.
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| A painter whose ability lies in his skill in applying material.
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| A long handled tool for clearing brush.
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| 1. A painters implement composed of bristles set into a handle, used for applying paint and other coatings to a surface. 2. An electrical conductor that makes contact with a moving part.
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| 1. Adaptability of paint to application with a brush. 2. The ability or ease with which a paint can be brushed.
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| The application of paint, stucco color, or other materials with a broad brush.
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| A sandy texture obtained by brushing the surface of freshly placed or slightly hardened concrete with a stiff brush for architectural effect or, in pavements, to increase skid resistance.
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| Lowest blast cleaning standard.
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