Architectural and Engineering Glossary
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See fresco.
The force of water or liquefied soil that tends to lift a building’s foundation out of the ground.
1.Earthy material,rock,etc.which overlays bedrock.2.In blasting,the distance between the blasting charge and the free face of the material to be blasted.
The rate at which a material will burn after the ignition heat source has been removed.
the gloss of a surface by rubbing.
Brick that has been treated in a kiln at an elevated temperature to harden it,give it mechanical strength,and improve its resistance to moisture.Compare with unburnt brick.
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Sienna which has been calcined.
A stone or concrete surface dressed with a bushhammer;used decoratively or to provide a roughened traction surface for treads,floors,and pavements.
That area of a town or city used for commercial purposes,which is usually defined and limited by zoning ordinances.
See bus duct.
An assembly of rectangular blocks of hardwood which are edge glued,joined by dowels,and then pressed together hydraulically;esp.used as a work surface in a kitchen
A small service room,situated between a kitchen and dining room,usually equipped with a sink and cupboards,a small stove,and often with a supplementary refrigerator and appliances.
Same as Belfast sink.
Same as abutment.
The face of a material surrounding a mortise,and abutted by the shoulders surrounding the tenon.
1.A short length of roofing material.The thick end of a shingle.3.A butt hinge.
The staggering of butt-lath joints on framing members to add greater strength to a wall and to reduce plaster cracking.
A carpentry joint having a butt on the top half of the face and a miter on the lower half.
In a timber truss,a wood block added to a compression joint.
A type of butt hinge commonly used on casement sashes.
A wood chisel with a short blade,esp.used for setting hardware on doors and door frames.
The thicker end of a timber,handle,etc.
A technique of preserving timber posts by soaking the ends (which may be exposed to soil and/or water) in woodpreservative chemicals such as creosote or pentachlorophenol dissolved in a fluid such as diesel fuel oil.
A method of joining plastic pipe,sheet,or other similar forms of a thermoplastic resin wherein the two ends to be joined are heated to the molten state and then rapidly pressed together to form a homogeneous bond.
A door hung on butt hinges,as opposed to pivots.
A butt joint,1 which is secured by nailing a piece of wood to each side of a joint.
Curly figured veneer cut from the root or stump of a tree.
A doorframe which has a thickness less than or equal to the thickness of the wall in which it is set; the frame butts against the wall opening.
1.To smooth on plastic roofing cement or roofing adhesive with a trowel,as on a flashing.2.To apply mortar as to a masonry unit,with a trowel.
See zinc chromate.
Color imperfections in limeputty finish.If unscreened lime has lumps which are not broken up in mixing,white spots occur in the finish as the lumps break down in troweling the plaster on the wall.
See butterfly wedge.
See butterfly valve.
A wing nut.
A roof shape which has two surfaces that rise from the center to the eaves with a valley in the center;resembles the wings of a butterfly.
A light metal spring,set over the pin of a door hinge.
Same as butterfly wall tie.
A valve used to control the flow of fluids;a disk controls flow through the port.Also called a butterfly damper.
Spreading mortar on a masonry unit with a trowel.
A moderately soft,medium textured,lowdensity wood of light to pale brown color.The walnut like grain is used particularly for decorative veneer.
Punch like crimping at regular intervals along the lap of adjacent metal decking panels;used to lock the panels together.
A rivet set used to give a rivet head a button shape.
A tower which flanks an arched entrance and acts,or appears to act,as a buttress.
Synthetic rubber that is made by the polymerization of isoprene and isobutylene;provides good resistance to aging,weathering,and high levels of moisture.
A colorless oleaginous material,practically odorless,used as damp proofing for concrete.
Same as circular saw.
Abbr.for butt weld.
A subordinate altar.
Any device (such as a pipe or duct) for directing flow around an element instead of through it.
A vent stack which runs parallel to a soil stack (or a waste stack) and is connected to it at frequent intervals.
