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 GLOSSARIAL INDEX. 1131 Splayed elOoas, 239, fig. 237. Sp/aj/s, 79. Spring roller for closing doors, f g. 274. Spring stay irons, 8-1, 2^9, fig. 23tj. Spurs, 1015. Spur.w/ieel, 1100. Square of slating, 90. Square qf carpenter's work, 860. Stacked, horsed. Stajff heads, 2.39, fig. 24.3. Stalks for chimneys, 935. Stanchion bars, 239. Standard, -Ho. Standard grates, 981. Slaiulard rack, 153, figs. 783, 784. Steening a tvell or cesspool, 79. Steilsfor sheep, 766. Stenciling, 578. Sfcp-Jtashing, 1589. Stepped gable, I89a Stercoral, 743. Stink-trap, SS. Stirrer, 1313. S/ocA /ocAs, 84, fig. 69. Stone for a cider mill, 801. Stone joggles, 1305. Sfowe »«orff/, 1244. StoHe tabling, 363, fig. 321. Stones laid tn random courses, 79. Stones prepaixd, 79. Stones pruperly headed, 79. Stoothed, 925. Sfoothing, 925, 980. S/<>/)i, 2j9 S/o;-e p/gs, * earing pigs. Storm-head windows, 455, fig. 386. S/orv »os/.', posts supporting a building, 869, fig. 891. Stourbridse lumps, 599. Straighteil, 936. Strop-iro>is, 1584. String-course, horizontal band, 451. String courses, 344. String 7nouldings, 440, fig. 370. Strings of the stairs, -235, figs. 241, 242. 67)7</.«, pieces of timber which support tlic rafters, and rest against the centre post of a roof. Strutting.pieces, 2J8. Stub fnortise, amortise which does not pass through the article mortised. Stud-work, 133. SlUjff] 83. Stump bedsteads, 6.54. Styles, side vertical pieces of the frames of wiiidov/s, doors, &c. Slylobate, 1833. SubsUls, 867. Summer-stones, 209. Sunk sills, 84. i'«?jA thumbsncck, llOf. Superficial measure, measure in height and breadth, 987. Surface-draining, 824. Surplice pins, hat pins, 691. Swog, 2130. Swagging, 839. Swagged taper, 1477. Sivallow-cornered chimney top, 190. Sweep, 1246. Sw/// cisterns, cisterns for containing wash, and pig's meat. ■Stu/7/ house, place for preparing [lig's food. Sivim7nin;iS of barley, 1262. Swing chair, 697. Swing door, 765, fig. 801. Swing hinges, 1112. T hinges, 983. Tabling slones, 455, figs. 378 to 385. Tacks, small nails made of iron tinned. Tacksman, 1053. Tail-water, 1241. ra// 6o^i, 432. Tammy, a kind of coarse worsted stufl', highly glazed. Tanks, square or oblong pits, lined with cement or metal, &c., for holding water, liijuid manure, Kc. Tarlogie deals, 1066. Tnrras, a volcanic earth, used as cement : it is de- composed basalt : it is fuimd in Ocrmanv and Sweden, and is sent to this country from Holland. Taxxa, 14S. Telegraphs, 1543. Templets, 868. Tenons, 239. Terrazza, ]9ia Tessellated pavement, mosaic work composed of small .stones, &c., called tessell^e, 2008. Tethering stake, 1391. Therm, a pedestal increasing upwards for the recci>- tion of a bust. Thill, or train, horse, the horse winch is put between the shafts of a cart or waggon. Thorough, the space in which a water-mill works. Three-barred doors, lOSl. Thresh ing.mill course, the circular space upin which the horse walks when turning the gin wheel be- longing to a threshing-machine. Th roughed, U35. Throated, 82, 237. Tic ken, Qoo. Tie, a piece of timber or iron, acting as a string or tie, to keep two things together wl)ich have a tendency to fall asunder. Tie-beams, 83. Tie-rods, 420, fies. 351, and 354. Titters, 1584. Tilting _miets, 83. Tongued, 239. Tontine system, 1568. Ton weight, ship measurement, 510. Tooled, 82, 237. Top plates, wall plates. Top stones, 1092. Torched, 1302. Torus moulding, a semicircle bttivccn two rectan- gles, 239, fig. 240. Toirel horse, 692. Tower windmili, 1259 and 1260. Tracery, 1882, fig. 1617. Transept. When a church is built in the form of a cross, the two shorter limbs are called transepts. Transom, a cross beam forming the horizontal bar of a window in the Gothic or Elizabethan style. Tread, the horizontal part of a step or stair. Trap to water-elosel, 4(U, fig. 413. Trelliswork, reticulated or netlike framing, made of thin bars of wood, and generally used as sup- ports for verandas, &.-c. Trenail, 1940, a wooden pin, or nail. Tressel, 2.'!5. Trevises 1070, or Travis, 1 136. Trimmed, 83, Trimmer arches, 234. Trimmers, 234. Tripoli, a kind of stone used by lapidaries for po. lishing jewels, 2(X)7. Truncated, cut off. Trundle, or lantern, 1260. Trunks, or tubes of boards, for ventilation, 750. Tubular legs for chairs, 639, fig. 65a Tumbler luck, 1585. Tinn latch, 602, fig. 54.3. Turnpike staircase, 1909 ; astaircasewherethestairs wind round a central newel reaching from the tc^ to the bottom. Tympanum, 1577. U. Urate, 743. Underground braces, 867, fig. 8S8. Under-racks, 1214. Underpinned sills, 234. Undershot water-wheel, 1241. Union Joints, 1443. V. f'alley gutter, 1350. Vanes, 1241. I'enetian blinds, 556. f'enetian frame, 1585. f'ents, 981. Verge slates, end slates, 83. Verges, 849. Vertical and horizontal bond. A'ertical bond is a course of bricks, stone, or other materials, tend- ing to support or strengthen the building verti. eally : horizontal bond is a similar course, tentUng