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Lumber
Timber after it has been sawed and split into planks or other smaller components that can be used as building material.
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Nail
Building materials; Lumber
A sharpened piece of metal or plastic driven into lumber to fasten a joint.
Drying defect
Building materials; Lumber
A feature developing during drying which may decrease the value of a piece of lumber.
Sway bracing
Building materials; Lumber
Bracing members required to resists the transverse movement of a structural element.
Dound water
Building materials; Lumber
The absence of wood, other than wane, from the arris or surface of a piece of lumber.
Transitional sawn
Building materials; Lumber
Timbers sawn so that there are both back sawn and quarter sawn sections in the piece.
Prescriptive
Building materials; Lumber
A code where the requirements are expressed as rigid rules or predetermined solutions
Hewn lumber
Building materials; Lumber
Lumber with or without wane, finished to size with hand tools such as an axe or adze.
