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Ancone :: Ancone (n.) The corner or quoin of a wall, cross-beam, or rafter..

Rafter :: Rafter (v. t.) To furnish with rafters, as a house..

Spur :: Spur (n.) A brace strengthening a post and some connected part, as a rafter or crossbeam; a strut..

Plate :: Plate (n.) A horizontal timber laid upon a wall, or upon corbels projecting from a wall, and supporting the ends of other timbers; also used specifically of the roof plate which supports the ends of the roof trusses or, in simple work, the feet of the rafters..

Rafter :: Rafter (n.) Originally, any rough and somewhat heavy piece of timber. Now, commonly, one of the timbers of a roof which are put on sloping, according to the inclination of the roof. See Illust. of Queen-post..

Bargecourse :: Bargecourse (n.) A part of the tiling which projects beyond the principal rafters, in buildings where there is a gable..

Yard :: Yard (v. i.) A long piece of timber, as a rafter, etc..

Grafter :: Grafter (n.) The original tree from which a scion has been taken for grafting upon another tree.

Blade :: Blade (n.) The principal rafters of a roof.

Spar :: Spar (v. t.) Formerly, a piece of timber, in a general sense; -- still applied locally to rafters..

Ashlering :: Ashlering (n.) The short upright pieces between the floor beams and rafters in garrets. See Ashlar, 2..

Rafter :: Rafter (n.) A raftsman.

Rafter :: Rafter (v. t.) To plow so as to turn the grass side of each furrow upon an unplowed ridge; to ridge.

Ingrafter :: Ingrafter (n.) A person who ingrafts.

Rifter :: Rifter (n.) A rafter.

Tiebeam :: Tiebeam (n.) A beam acting as a tie, as at the bottom of a pair of principal rafters, to prevent them from thrusting out the wall. See Illust. of Timbers, under Roof..

Shoe :: Shoe (n.) An iron socket or plate to take the thrust of a strut or rafter.

Sarking :: Sarking (n.) Thin boards for sheathing, as above the rafters, and under the shingles or slates, and for similar purposes..

Heel :: Heel (n.) The lower end of a timber in a frame, as a post or rafter. In the United States, specif., the obtuse angle of the lower end of a rafter set sloping..

Couple-close :: Couple-close (n.) A pair of rafters framed together with a tie fixed at their feet, or with a collar beam..

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