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Brown Bauhaus Wood + Masonry 1 Flashcards

1
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The tough, fibrous cellular substance that makes up most of the stems and branches of trees beneath the bark

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Wood

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Any of various predominantly evergreen, cone-bearing trees, as pine, fir, hemlock, and spruce

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Conifer

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Having foliage that remains green and functional throughout the year or through more than the growing season

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Evergreen

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Ashlar masonry having the visible faces of the dressed stones raised or otherwise contrasted with the horizontal and usually the vertical joints, which may be rabbeted, chamfered, or beveled

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Rustication

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Wood from deciduous or broadleaf flowering trees e.g. cherry, maple, and oak

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Hardwood

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Wood from conifers or evergreen trees that bear from cone seeds e.g. pine, fir, and hemlock

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Softwood

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The younger, softer, living portion of wood between the cambium and heartwood, comparable in strength to heartwood but usually lighter in color, more permeable, and less durable

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Sapwood

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The older, harder, inactive core of a tree, usually darker, denser, and more durable than the surrounding sapwood. Also called duramen.

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Heartwood

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Heavy beamed framed the load into studs which support the floor joist

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Girt

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A large principal beam of timber used to support concentrated loads and isolated points along its length

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Girder

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Application of paint to the back of woodwork and exterior siding to prevent moisture from getting into the wood, causing the grain to swell and the paint to peel

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Back priming

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Consist of cementitious materials and aggregate thoroughly mixed with sufficient water to attain the desired consistency

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Grout

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An iron bar or rod with bent ends for holding together stone masonry units

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Cramp iron

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A type of combustible construction in which a degree of fire safety is attained by placing limitations on the sizes of wood structural members and on thickness and composition of wood floors and roofs and by the avoidance of concealed spaces under floors and roofs

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Heavy timber construction

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A mortar made by mixing Portland cement, sand, and water

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Cement mortar

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One of a series of parallel beams used to support floor and ceiling loads, supported in turn by larger beams, girder, or bearing walls

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Joist

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A thin layer of paper, plastic, film, metal foil, or other material bonded to one or both faces of panel products, or to lumber, to provide a protective or decorative face, or a base for painting

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Overlay

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Combination of studs and sheathing panels or boards on one or both sides designed to bear vertical loads and to provide shearwall action

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Stud wall system

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A metal ring or plate that, by being embedded in adjacent wood faces or in one wood face, acts in shear to transmit loads from one timber to another, or from timber to a bolt and, in turn, to a steel plate or another connector

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Timber connector

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20
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A separation along the grain of a wood piece, usually between the annual rings, caused by stresses on a tree while standing or during falling

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Shake

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A well-defined opening between the annual rings of a softwood, containing or having once contained a solid or liquid pitch

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Pitch pocket

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A lengthwise separation of wood across the annual rings, caused by uneven or rapid shrinkage during the seasoning process

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Check

23
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A check that extends completely through a board or wood veneer. Also called through check.

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Split

24
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The presence of bark or absence of wood at a corner or along an edge of a piece

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Wane

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A warp resulting from the turning of the edged of the wood piece in opposite directions

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Twist

26
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A wood preservative that is colored, oily surfaces but odor remains for long period especially used for marine and saltwater installations

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Creosote

27
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A short flat piece of lumber which is bolted, nailed or screwed into two butting pieces in order to splice them together

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Scub or Fishplate

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An area on the surface of a board or panel missed by a planing machine

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Skip

29
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The amount of water contained in a wood piece, expressed as a percentage of the weight of the wood when oven-dry

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Moisture content

30
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Building with units of various natural or manufactured products, like stone, brick, or concrete block, usually with the use of mortar as a bonding agent

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Masonry

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The cementitious bonding agents that integrate masonry units into masonry assemblages, surfaced

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Mortar and grout

32
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A masonry wall having a facing and backing completely separated except fo metal ties and enclosing an inner space serving to prevent penetration by water

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Cavity wall

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A small opening in a cavity wall, retaining wall, or other construction for drawing off accumulated moisture, as from condensation or leakage

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Weep hole

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A nonstructural facing of brick, stone, concrete, or tile attached to a backing for the purpose of ornamentation, protection, or insulation

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Veneer

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A plastic mixture of lime or cement, or a combination of both, with sand and water, used as a bonding agent in masonry construction

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Mortar

36
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An admixture for making concrete or mortar mix workable with little water

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Plasticizer

37
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Any steel reinforcement placed in a bed joint to increase the resistance of a masonry wall to cracking

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Joint reinforcement

38
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A hollow or solid concrete masonry unit, often incorrectly referred to as cement block

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Cement block

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A continuous, usually horizontal range of bricks, tiles, or shingles, as in a wall or roof

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Course

40
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Rough fragments of broken stone or the masonry built of such stones

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Rubble

41
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A squared building stone finely dressed on all faces adjacent to those of other stones so as to permit very thin mortar joints

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Ashlar

42
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The molded open space in a concrete masonry unit

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Core or Cell

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A concrete masonry unit having an irregular face and surface texture caused by the settlement of wet mix during curing

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Slump block

44
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A high strength mortar recommended for use in reinforced masonry below grade or in contact with the earth, as foundation and retaining walls subject to frost action or to high lateral or compressive loads

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Type M mortar

45
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A large stone passing through the entire thickness of a wall and exposed on both faces

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Perpend or through stone

46
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A thin layer of reproductive tissue between the phloem and xylem, which produces new phloem on the outside and new xylem on the inside of stems, branches, and roots

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Cambium

47
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A layer of tissue carries food from the leaves to the growing parts of a tree. Also called inner bark.

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Phloem

48
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The woody tissue of a tree that provides support and conducts water and mineral nutrients upward from the roots

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Xylem

49
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Shedding leaves annually or at the end of a growing season. The term is descriptive of most hardwood and a few softwoods.

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Deciduous

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