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  2. List of woods - Wikipedia

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    Australian red cedar (Toona ciliata) Ayan, movingui (Distemonanthus benthamianus) [2] Balsa (Ochroma pyramidale) Basswood, linden American basswood (Tilia americana) [1] White basswood (Tilia heterophylla) [1] American beech (Fagus grandifolia) Birch (Betula) American birches Gray birch (Betula populifolia) Black birch (Betula nigra) Paper ...

  3. List of building materials - Wikipedia

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    Heavy timbers, log home, timber framing or "post and beam" Bamboo; Engineered wood, dimensional lumber. Stud, joist, rafter; Treated lumber and wood decking; Sheathing, subflooring, panelling. Plywood, shiplap, tongue and groove; Oriented strand board; Parallel strand lumber or "PSL" Glued laminated timber or "glulam" Finish carpentry or ...

  4. List of words having different meanings in American and ...

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    bed or mattress stuffed with feathers (usually 2 words) [68] (v.) to pamper, to spoil (v.) to require that more workers are hired than are needed, often by agreement with trade unions: quilt, or comforter, stuffed with feathers for use on top of the mattress (but underneath a sheet and the sleeping person) (UK: mattress topper) fender a fire screen

  5. History of the lumber industry in the United States - Wikipedia

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    As commodities, tools and building supplies steadily flowed into Virginia, home construction advanced, producing sturdy foundations upon which hewn timbers were erected, the exterior covered with clapboard, and the interior coated with wainscoting. By 1612, clay was being dredged from the James and Chickahominy Rivers.

  6. Split-rail fence - Wikipedia

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    Simple split-rail fence Log fence with double posts (photo taken in 1938). A split-rail fence, log fence, or buck-and-rail fence (also historically known as a Virginia, zigzag, worm, snake or snake-rail fence due to its meandering layout) is a type of fence constructed in the United States and Canada, and is made out of timber logs, usually split lengthwise into rails and typically used for ...

  7. Root Meaning in English Origin language Etymology (root origin) English examples vac-empty: Latin: vacare: evacuate, vacancy, vacant, vacate, vacation, vacuous, vacuum vacc-

  8. List of English words of Old English origin - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of English words inherited and derived directly from the Old English stage of the language. This list also includes neologisms formed from Old English roots and/or particles in later forms of English, and words borrowed into other languages (e.g. French, Anglo-French, etc.) then borrowed back into English (e.g. bateau, chiffon, gourmet, nordic, etc.).

  9. Four-letter word - Wikipedia

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    A photo-montage by partner-artists Privat & Primat is titled "Jazz and Love are 4-Letter Words". Nice: Good Omens's famous wall scene: Crowley's "I'm not nice; nice is a four-letter word" A specified word that does not actually have four letters: The band Cake made a play on words in their song "Friend Is a Four Letter Word."