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  2. Cord (unit) - Wikipedia

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    The cord is a unit of measure of dry volume used to measure firewood and pulpwood in the United States and Canada. A cord is the amount of wood that, when "racked and well stowed" (arranged so pieces are aligned, parallel, touching and compact), occupies a volume of 128 cubic feet (3.62 m 3). [1] This corresponds to a well-stacked woodpile 4 ...

  3. Switch (corporal punishment) - Wikipedia

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    The tamarind switch (in Creole English tambran switch) is a judicial birch-like instrument for corporal punishment made from three tamarind rods, braided and oiled, used long after independence in the Caribbean Commonwealth island states of Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago. [2]

  4. Firewood processor - Wikipedia

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    The output capacity of a firewood processor varies with the size and cost of the machine, from one cord per hour on a $22,000 entry-level machine (2020 prices)., [3] up to five or six cords per hour on a $60,000 industrial machine.

  5. Faggot (unit) - Wikipedia

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    A long faggot was also called a kidd faggot, [5] kid, kide, or kidde being Middle English for firewood in bundles. [6] A fascine (or bavin [3]) is a type of long faggot which is approximately 13 to 20 feet (4 to 6 m) long and 8 to 9 inches (20 to 23 cm) in diameter and used to maintain earthworks such as trenches. [7] [8] [9]

  6. Timber roof truss - Wikipedia

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    This is an example of a "double roof" with principal rafters and common rafters. A timber roof trussis a structural framework of timbers designed to bridge the space above a room and to provide support for a roof. Trussesusually occur at regular intervals, linked by longitudinal timbers such as purlins. The space between each truss is known as ...

  7. Cordwood construction - Wikipedia

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    Cordwood masonry wall detail. The method is sometimes called stackwall because the effect resembles a stack of cordwood. A section of a cordwood home. Cordwood construction (also called cordwood masonry or cordwood building, alternatively stackwall or stovewood) is a term used for a natural building method in which short logs are piled crosswise to build a wall, using mortar or cob to ...

  8. Stere - Wikipedia

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    The stere is typically used for measuring large quantities of firewood or other cut wood, [1] while the cubic meter is used for uncut wood. [2] The name was coined from the Greek στερεός stereós, "solid", in 1795 in France as a metric analogue to the cord. The unit was introduced to remove regional disparities of this former unit, for ...

  9. Corded Ware culture - Wikipedia

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    The prototypal Corded Ware culture, German Schnurkeramikkultur, is found in Central Europe, mainly Germany and Poland, and refers to the characteristic pottery of the era: twisted cord was impressed into the wet clay to create various decorative patterns and motifs. It is known mostly from its burials, and both sexes received the characteristic ...

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