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Toe Nail. Nailing at an angle, as from the bottom of a stud to the sole plate.  
Toe Plate. 1. A metal bar or plate fastened to the outer edge of a floor grating. 2. A metal plate fastened to the rear of a stair tread. 3. A protective metal plate fastened to the bottom rail of a door.  
Toe Space. A recess at the bottom of a cabinet supporting a work counter, to provide space for the workers toes.  
Toeboard. Wood or metal vertical metal member at floor or landing level placed at floor or landing edge to prevent objects from falling or persons from stepping off the edge.  
Toggle Bolt. A bolt and nut assembly to fasten objects to hollow construction assembly from only one side. Nut has pivoted wings that close against spring when nut end of assembly is pushed through hole and spring open on other side in void of construction assembly.  
Toilet Bowl. The oval part of a toilet which receives the waste and fills with water after flushing the toilet tank.  
Toilet Carrier. A metal structure attached to a bathroom wall to support and mount a wall-hung toilet.  
Toilet Partition. Privacy panels in a toilet enclosure.  
Toilet Room Accessories. Toilet room equipment such as toilet paper dispensers, paper towel dispensers, hand dryers, sanitary napkin dispensers, grab bars, and grab rails.  
Toilet Room. A room containing one or more toilets and usually one or more lavatories.  
Toilet Seat and Cover. A hinged seat for a toilet and its hinged cover.  
Toilet Tank. The reservoir located in the back of a wate. Tool used to cut internal threads.  
Toilet. A bathroom or washroom fixture that serves as a receptacle for human waste; also called a Water Closet.  
Tolerance. 1. The allowable deviation from a standard. 2. Extra space to allow for dimensional differences.  
Toluene. Lacquer diluent made normally by coal tar distillation; also called Toluol.  
Toluidine Red. Brilliant non-bleeding red pigment made from coal tar product.  
Toluol. see Toluene.  
Tomb. 1. A grave; place of entombment. 2. A house, chamber, or vault for the dead.  
Ton of Refrigeration. Refrigerating effect equal to the melting of 1 ton of ice in 24 hours; this may be expressed as. 288,000 Btu/24 hours or 12,000 Btu/hour or 200 Btu/minute.  
Ton. 1. A measure of weight equaling 2000 pounds. 2. The metric ton is 1000 kilograms or 2200 pounds.  
Tone Down. The process of rcing visual prominence of an installation by the application of external coatings; blending of overall color scheme with the surrounding environment.  
Tone. 1. A sound of only a single frequency…2. A graduation of color, either a hue, a tint, or a shade, as a gray tone.  
Tone-on-Tone. Carpet pattern made by using two or more shades of the same hue.  
Toner. A color modifier.  
Tongue and Groove (T&G). A type of lumber, metal, or precast concrete having matching or mated edges to provide a tight fit.  
Tongue. 1. A projecting edge, as on a board, that fits into a groove of another piece, as in a tongue and groove joint. 2. See Spline. 3. See Steel Square.  
Too Much Drag. Refers to paint that has excessive pull or drag in its application.  
Tool Belt. A webbed or leather belt worn by carpenters, electricians, and other artisans from which frequently used hand tools are slung.  
Tooled Joint. A masonry joint where the surface has been tooled to compress the mortar; the exposed surface can be flat, concave, or v-shaped, depending on the configuration of the tool.  
Tooling. Compressing and shaping the face of a mortar joint with a special tool other than a trowel; also called jointing; See Jointing, 3.  

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