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Tiles
Any of various thin slabs or bent pieces of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or wall.
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Encaustic
Building materials; Tiles
Tile decorated with coloured clays inlaid and fired. Also coloured tile laid in a wall or floor to form a pattern.
Dry spots
Building materials; Tiles
Small areas on the face of tile which have been insufficiently glazed.
In/out corner
Building materials; Tiles
Trim tile for turning a right-angle inside or outside a wall corner.
Kiln cracks
Building materials; Tiles
Cracks in tile, flat or trim, occurring when the tile is fired. Typically, the cracks are from one outer edge and do not go clear across the tile.
Lap joint
Building materials; Tiles
A joint made by overlapping adjacent edge areas of two adherends to provide facing surfaces which can be joined with an adhesive.
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