Terms
Batten - Narrow strip of wood.
Bevel (Bevelling) - A cut that is not a right angle.
Bradawl - Awl with a beveled tip to make holes in wood for brads or screws.
Chamfer - Cut off the edge or corner; bevel.
Boss - Enlarged part of a shaft where another shaft is coupled or a wheel or gear is keyed.
Broach - To shape a hole with a tapered tool.
Carbide - Calcium carbide, used to produce acetylene (C2H2) gas for lighting and welding.
Compo - “Composition”, like plastic.
Creosote - An oily liquid containing phenols and creosols, obtained from coal tar. Used as a wood preservative and disinfectant. Can cause severe neurological disturbances if inhaled.
Deal - A fir or pine board of standard dimensions
Fish-plate - A plate bolted to the sides of two abutting railroad tracks.
Fretworking - Ornamental design, often in relief.
Gasholder Gasometer - Storage container for fuel gas, especially a large, telescoping, cylindrical tank.
Gland - The outer sleeve of a stuffing box that prevents leakage past a moving machine part.
Glass paper - Paper faced with pulverized glass, like sandpaper.
Gudgeon - A metal pivot or journal at the end of a shaft or an axle, around which a wheel or other device turns.
Joiner - A cabinetmaker.
Linoleum - A floor covering made in sheets by pressing heated linseed oil, rosin, powdered cork, and pigments onto a burlap or canvas backing.
Lissom - Easily bent; supple
Longitudinal - Relating to length.
Mortice - Cavity in a piece of wood or other material, prepared to receive a tenon and form a joint.
Panel saw - Handsaw with fine teeth.
Pinion - Gear with a small number of teeth designed to mesh with a larger gear.
Plinth - Architectural support or base.
Rasp - Coarse file with sharp, raised, pointed projections.
Sleeper - Railroad crosstie.
Spanner - Wrench
Spirit Lamp - Alcohol lamp; see example on page 188.
Spirit - Alcohol
Strake - Ridge of thick planking on the side of a wooden ship.
Strut - Any part designed to hold things apart or resist compressive stress;
Tap - Cut screw threads
Tenon - Projection on the end of a piece of wood shaped for insertion into a mortise to make a joint.
Tenon saw - Saw with a thin blade for cutting tenons.
Tinning - Coating with soft solder.
Turner - Person who operates a lathe or similar device.
Tyre - Tire
Vestas - Matches; Vestai is the Roman goddess of the hearth, worshiped in a temple containing the sacred fire tended by the vestal virgins.