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Joist

A.) A small timber to which the boards of a floor or the laths of a ceiling are nailed. Joists rest on the walls or on girders.

b.) One of a series of parallel beams used to support floor or ceiling loads and supported in turn by larger beams, girders or bearing walls.

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