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 1139 GLOSSARIAL INDEX. to bind or tie together the building horizontally. See fig. 32C. Vertical windmill, 1257. Vestibvle, an ante-hall, or lobby, or inner porch. Voussoir, 805. W. Wall-docJis, 925. Wall head tablings, 93a Wall-hold, 1100. ffall-fiooks, 85. Jf'all-plales, horizontal pieces of wood laid on wall s to support the rafters, 83. Wall-straps, 925. Wanes, 238. ll'arpings, 1070. Washed off, 1117. Water-boxes, in Derbyshire, 1377. Water-tables, or Weatherings, a species of ledge left in walls at the place from which upwards the thickness of the wall is diminished. Water-trunks, 84. Water -verged, 1117. Wattled work, frames filled in with stakes or osier twigs, interlaced in the manner of basket work. Ways, 234. Weather-boarding, feather-edged boards, lapped and nailed on each other, ^o as to prevent wind or rain passing through. Weather -tiling, tiles for covering walls, 459, figs. S92 to 402. Weathered, 939. Webbing, 630. Welding, the union of two pieces of iron by heating and hammering. Well-holes, 234. Well-seasoned timber, S>oZ. Welsh cornice, 4,'»9. "■"'** htmps, large bricks made of fire-clay, 599. Wet larder, 1707. Whinstcnes, 912. Whitewash, 533 to 536, and from 570 to 572, Wicker hurdles, 1038. Winders, 1586. Wind-pinnings, 234. Wind-shaft, 1260. Wijidlass, wheel and pinion for raising weights. pyindoiu boards, rounded, 84. Window canopies, 561, figs. 496 to 500. Window dressings, 1929. Window frames, deal-cased, 84. Window frames, properly bedded, 79 Windows, hung folding, 445. Windsor chair, 639. Wire blinds, 560. Wirecloth, very fine latticework of wire. Wire spi-ings, 66.'>. Wire stays, 639, fig. 650 Wooden bricks, 83, 238. Wooden model for a mill, 1244. Wooden palisade, 16 1, tig. 134. Working floo}-s, 1262. Worm tube, for heating wine, 1443. Wyatt's patent slates. Wyatt was Arcliitect to George III. : he introduced a new mod;; of slat- ing with very large thin sl.ites, laid on rafters of much less elevation than any other kind of slating, and with the breadth of the laps much less. Im- perial slates are usually employed for this purpose, as they have their lower edges sawn smooth, and have, consequently, a much neater appearance. York landing, 1586. Y, Zostira marina, or sea.wrack grass, 650l