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  2. Trowel - Wikipedia

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    Bricklayer's trowel has an elongated triangular-shaped flat metal blade, used by masons for leveling, spreading, and shaping cement, plaster, and mortar. Pointing trowel, a scaled-down version of a bricklayer's trowel, for small jobs and repair work. Tuck pointing trowel is long and thin, designed for packing mortar between bricks.

  3. Scabbling - Wikipedia

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    Example of a compact scabbler machine. Video. A worker beginning to scabble a concrete foundation prior to installing grout for an equipment skid. Closeup of scabbled concrete during the process of preparing a foundation for grouting under a new equipment skid. Scabbling—also called scappling—is the process of reducing stone or concrete.

  4. Galleting - Wikipedia

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    For example, carstone, also known as ironstone, is a type of sandstone that is commonly used for galleting. In sandstone buildings, the spalls are usually shaped into small cubes about half an inch in diameter and are flush with the stone.

  5. Bedrock mortar - Wikipedia

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    A bedrock mortar (BRM) is an anthropogenic circular depression in a rock outcrop or naturally occurring slab, used by people in the past for grinding of grain, acorns or other food products. [1] There are often a cluster of a considerable number of such holes in proximity indicating that people gathered in groups to conduct food grinding in ...

  6. Grog (clay) - Wikipedia

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    In Middle and South Europe, grog is used to create fire-resistant chamotte type bricks and mortar for construction of fireplaces, old-style and industrial furnaces, and as component of high temperature application sealants and adhesives. A typical example of domestic use is a pizza stone made from chamotte. Because the stone can absorb heat ...

  7. Cognitive remediation therapy - Wikipedia

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    Narrowly defined, cognitive remediation is a set of cognitive drills or compensatory interventions designed to enhance cognitive functioning. However, from the vantage point of the rehabilitation field, cognitive remediation engages the participant in a learning activity to enhance the neurocognitive skills relevant to overall recovery goals. [4]

  8. Tool - Wikipedia

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    Consequently, the use of metal machine parts was kept to a minimum. Hand methods of production were very laborious and costly and precision was difficult to achieve. [30] [31] With their inherent precision, machine tools enabled the economical production of interchangeable parts. [28] [29] [32] Examples of machine tools include: [28] [29]

  9. Motor skill - Wikipedia

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    An example of a negative transfer is if it takes longer for a typist to adjust to a randomly assigned letter of the keyboard compared to a new typist. Retention: the performance level of a particular skill after a period of no use. [18] The type of task can have an effect on how well the motor skill is retained after a period of non-use: