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Skin :: Skin (n.) The covering, as of planking or iron plates, outside the framing, forming the sides and bottom of a vessel; the shell; also, a lining inside the framing..

Header :: Header (n.) In framing, the piece of timber fitted between two trimmers, and supported by them, and carrying the ends of the tailpieces..

Mullion :: Mullion (n.) An upright member of a framing. See Stile.

Step :: Step (v. i.) In general, a framing in wood or iron which is intended to receive an upright shaft; specif., a block of wood, or a solid platform upon the keelson, supporting the heel of the mast..

Contignation :: Contignation (n.) The act or process of framing together, or uniting, as beams in a fabric..

Stud :: Stud (n.) An upright scanting, esp. one of the small uprights in the framing for lath and plaster partitions, and furring, and upon which the laths are nailed..

Standard :: Standard (n.) An upright support, as one of the poles of a scaffold; any upright in framing..

Framework :: Framework (n.) The work of framing, or the completed work; the frame or constructional part of anything; as, the framework of society..

Bedplate :: Bedplate (n.) The foundation framing or piece, by which the other parts are supported and held in place; the bed; -- called also baseplate and soleplate..

Puncheon :: Puncheon (n.) A short, upright piece of timber in framing; a short post; an intermediate stud..

Principal :: Principal (n.) The construction which gives shape and strength to a roof, -- generally a truss of timber or iron, but there are roofs with stone principals. Also, loosely, the most important member of a piece of framing..

Carpentry :: Carpentry (n.) The art of cutting, framing, and joining timber, as in the construction of buildings..

Axle Guard :: Axle guard () The part of the framing of a railway car or truck, by which an axle box is held laterally, and in which it may move vertically; -- also called a jaw in the United States, and a housing in England..

Tailpiece :: Tailpiece (n.) One of the timbers which tail into a header, in floor framing. See Illust. of Header..

Sash :: Sash (n.) The framing in which the panes of glass are set in a glazed window or door, including the narrow bars between the panes..

Belfry :: Belfry (n.) The framing on which a bell is suspended.

Fabrication :: Fabrication (n.) The act of fabricating, framing, or constructing; construction; manufacture; as, the fabrication of a bridge, a church, or a government..

Framing :: Framing (n.) The act, process, or style of putting together a frame, or of constructing anything; a frame; that which frames..

Armature :: Armature (n.) Iron bars or framing employed for the consolidation of a building, as in sustaining slender columns, holding up canopies, etc..

Trimmer :: Trimmer (n.) A beam, into which are framed the ends of headers in floor framing, as when a hole is to be left for stairs, or to avoid bringing joists near chimneys, and the like. See Illust. of Header..

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