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Whipstitch :: Whipstitch (v. t.) To rafter; to plow in ridges, as land..

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..

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

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

Balk :: Balk (v. i.) A great beam, rafter, or timber; esp., the tie-beam of a house. The loft above was called the balks..

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

Grafter :: Grafter (n.) One who inserts scions on other stocks, or propagates fruit by ingrafting..

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

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

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

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

Bird''s-mouth :: Bird's-mouth (n.) An interior angle or notch cut across a piece of timber, for the reception of the edge of another, as that in a rafter to be laid on a plate; -- commonly called crow's-foot in the United States..

Purline :: Purline (n.) In root construction, a horizontal member supported on the principals and supporting the common rafters..

Rifter :: Rifter (n.) A rafter.

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

Ridgepole :: Ridgepole (n.) The timber forming the ridge of a roof, into which the rafters are secured..

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

Smoky :: Smoky (superl.) Tarnished with smoke; noisome with smoke; as, smoky rafters; smoky cells..

Thrust :: Thrust (n.) The force or pressure of one part of a construction against other parts; especially (Arch.), a horizontal or diagonal outward pressure, as of an arch against its abutments, or of rafters against the wall which support them..

Rafter :: Rafter (v. t.) To make into rafters, as timber..

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