Butt joint

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• Joint

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• joint

  To hit a joint in carving, the operator must think of a cuckold. To put one's nose out of joint; to ...

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• joint

  The place where any two pieces of timber or plank are united. It is also used to express the lines w...

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• Butt

  ·noun The common English flounder. II. Butt ·vt ·Alt. of <<But>>. III. Butt ·vt To strike by thrus...

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• butt

  A dependant, poor relation, or simpleton, on whom all kinds of practical jokes are played off; and w...

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• butt

  a bee-butt or hive. Exmoor. ...

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• butt

  The joining of two timbers or planks endways. Also, the opening between the ends of two planks when ...

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• butt-and-butt

  A term denoting that the butt ends of two planks come together, but do not overlay each other. (See ...

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• Butting joint

  ·- A joint between two pieces of timber or wood, at the end of one or both, and either at right angl...

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• Hooke's joint

  ·- A universal joint. ·see under <<Universal>>. ...

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• Joint-fir

  ·noun A genus (Ephedra) of leafless shrubs, with the stems conspicuously jointed; — called also shr...

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• Straight-joint

  ·adj Having straight joints. II. Straight-joint ·adj In the United States, applied to planking or f...

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• Water joint

  ·- A joint in a stone pavement where the stones are left slightly higher than elsewhere, the rest of...

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• Butt hinge

  ·- ·see 1st Butt, 10. ...

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• Butt shaft

  ·- An arrow without a barb, for shooting at butts; an <<Arrow>>. ...

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• Butt weld

  ·- ·see Butt weld, under <<Butt>>. ...

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• Full-butt

  ·adv With direct and violentop position; with sudden collision. ...

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• Water butt

  ·- A large, open-headed cask, set up on end, to contain water. ...

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• full butt

  With sudden collision. The figure is taken from the violent encounter of animals, such as rams or go...

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• butt-end

  The shoulder part of a fire-lock. ...

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• butt-bolt

  See butt-shaft ...

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• butt-shaft

  , or butt-bolt An arrow without a barb, used for shooting at a butt. ...

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• caulking-butt

  The opening between ends or joints of the planks when worked for caulking. ...

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• close-butt

  Where caulking is not used, the butts or joints of the planks are sometimes rabbeted, and fayed clos...

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• oil-butt

  A name for the black whale. ...

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• hook and butt

  The scarphing or laying two ends of planks over each other. (See butt-and-butt and hook-scarph.) ...

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• London Joint Stock Bank

  1) On the west side of Princes Street at No. 5 (Head Office) (P.O. Directory). In Broad Street Ward....

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• butt-slinging a bowsprit

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