| Pound or press soil to compact it.
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| A tool for compacting soil in spots not accessible to rollers.
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| Used in preparing concrete cylinders for testing, a round, smooth, straight steel rod, 5/8 inch in diameter and approximately 24 inches in length, having the tamping end rounded into a hemispherical tip, the diameter of which is 5/8 inch.
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| A device with two parts, one behind the other.
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| 1. A straight line that touches a curve at one point but continues on without crossing it. 2. The trigonometric ratio of the sides opposite and adjacent to an angle in a right-angled triangle.
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| 1. Acting along or lying in a tangent. 2. Strictly, coincident with a tangent at the circumference of a tree or log, or parallel to such a tangent; in practice, however, it often means roughly coincident with a growth ring; a tangential section is a longitudinal section through a tree or limb perpendicular to a radius; flat-grained lumber is sawed tangentially.
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| Perceptible by touch; palpable; definite; clearly intelligible.
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| Good hiding, self-cleaning white paint for exterior metal converging lines.
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| see Supply Tank.
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| The electrical box where the public service electrical supply line is connected with a branch to serve a particular building or structure.
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| see Saddle Valve.
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| In gypsumboard joint finishing, a hand tool used in folding joint tape for use in inside corners.
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| A mechanical device which makes sound recordings on magnetic tape.
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| A particular type of adhesion test.
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| 1. A tape measure, marked off in measuring units. 2. A narrow woven fabric. 3. A strip of narrow transparent or opaque material coated with adhesive for fastening, sticking, or insulating. 4. Gypsumboard joint reinforcing tape. 5. A plastic reinforcing mesh or paper used to reinforce angles and to bridge lath joints in veneer plastering.
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| 1. A gradual and uniform decrease in size, as of a round or rectangular piece or hole. 2. The factory edge that is progressively rced in caliper from the face to the outer edge allowing for the concealment of joint tape below the plane of the gypsum board surface.
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| 1. A tapered insulation strip used to elevate the roof at the perimeter and at curbs that extend through the roof. 2. A tapered insulation strip used to provide a gradual transition from one thickness of insulation to another.
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| see Taper.
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| Elliptical shaped spray pattern; a spray pattern with converging lines.
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| A fabricated steel plate girder with a sloping top flange.
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| A looped pile fabric woven on the velvet loom.
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| Gypsumboard joint compound especially formulated to embed joint tape.
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| see Ames Tools.
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| An inspection technique whereby a coin, key, or other small metallic object is tapped against an installed tile to determine by sound whether the tile is completely bonded to its backing; a hollow sound occurs if the tile is not set properly; tilesetters often tap the tile with a pointing trowel to determine that a good bond has been achieved.
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| A device to open or close a duct, pipe, or other passage, or to regulate flow; it is inserted into an existing pipeline by piercing the wall of the pipe and thus tapping into the flow.
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| 1. The process of forming internal screw threads in a drilled hole. 2. The tapping or pounding of a brick or other masonry unit down into the bed of mortar.
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| A large root that grows downward from the base of a tree.
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| A dark thick inflammable liquid distilled from wood or coal and used as a sealant, a wood preservative, and for roofing and road paving.
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| The weight of an empty truck or container.
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| see Tarpaulin.
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