VISUAL DICTIONARY Ill Flashcards
A masonry unit of clay, formed into a rectangular prism white plastic and hardened by drying in the sun or firing in a kiln.
BRICK
What brick is made for general building purposes and not specially treated for color and texture.
COMMON BRICK
or
BUILDING BRICK
Brick made of special clays for facing a wall, often treated to produce the desired color and surface texture.
FACE BRICK
or
FACING BRICK
A designation indicating the permissible variation in size, color, chippage, and distortion allowed in a facing brick unit
BRICK TYPE
What facing brick is suitable for use where a minimum variation in size, narrow color range, and high degree of mechanical perfection are required?
type FBX
What facing brick is suitable for use where a wider color range and greater variation in size are permitted than for type FBX?
Type FBS
what facing brick is suitable for use where particular effects are desired resulting from nonuniformity in size, color, and texture of the individual units
Type FBA
A designation indicating the durability of a brick unit when exposed to weathering
BRICK GRADE
What brick is suitable for exposure to severe weathering as when in contact with the ground or used on surfaces likely to with water in subfreezing temperatures?
Type SW
what brick is suitable for exposure to moderate weathering, as when used above grade on surfaces unlikely to be permeated with water in subfreezing temperatures?
type MW
What do you call the process of forming brick by molding relatively wet day having a moisture content of 20% to 30%?
SOFT-MUD PROCESS
what brick is formed in the soft-mud process with a mold lined with sand to prevent sticking, producing a matte-textured surface?
SAND-STUCK BRICK
what brick is formed in the soft-mud process with a mold lubricated with water to prevent sticking, producing a smooth, dense surface?
WATER-STRUCK BRICK
what do you call the process of forming brick and structural tile by extruding stiff but plastic day having a moisture content of 12% to 15% through a die and cutting the extrusion to length with wires before firing?
STIFF-MUD PROCESS
What do you call the process of forming brick by molding relatively dry clay having a moisture content of 5% to 7% under high pressure, resulting in Sharp-edged, smooth-surfaced bricks?
DRY-PRESS PROCESS
what do you call the furnace or oven for burning, baking, or drying something, esp. one for firing pottery, baking bricks, or drying timber?
KILN
What is a brick or timber a rejected as being inferior in quality?
CULL
What brick is suitable for exposure to negligible weathering, as when used as backup on interior masonry?
type NW
what brick is made of fire clay used for lining furnaces & fireplace?
FIREBRICK
What is a refractory clay used in the making of firebricks, crucibles, and other objects exposed to high temperatures?
FIRE CLAY
A material having the ability to retain its physical shape and chemical identity when subjected to high temperatues
REFRACTORY
What is a dense, hard-burned brick used esp. for paving?
CLINKER
what is a white powdery deposit that forms on an exposed masonry or concrete surface, caused by the learning and crystallization of soluble salts from within the material?
EFFLORESCENCE
The weight of water absorbed by a clay masonry unit when immersed in either cold or boiling water for a stated length of time, expressed as a percentage of the weight of the dry unit
ABSORPTION
The ratio of the weight of water absorbed by a clay masonry unit immersed in cold water to the weight absorbed when immersed in boiling water, indicating the probable resistance of the brick to the action of freezing and thawing
SATURATION COEFFICIENT
The weight of water absorbed by a clay masonry unit when partially immersed for 1 minute, expressed in grams or ounces per minute
SUCTION
or
INITIAL RATE OF ABSORPTION
What do you call a brick dimension larger than the actual dimension to account for the thickness of a mortal joint?
NOMINAL DIMENSION
What is any various oversized bricks having nominal dimensions established by the manufacturer?
JUMBO BRICK
What brick has nominal dimensions of 4x2 2/3 x 8 in. (102 x 68 x 203 mm)?
MODULAR BRICK
What brick has nominal dimensions of 4x2 2/3 x 12 in. (102 x 608 x 305mm)
NORMAN BRICK
What brick has nominal dimensions of 6x2 2/3 x 12 in. (102 x 68 x 305m), it stands for structural clay research and is a trademark of the Brick Institute of America?
SCR brick
What brick has nominal dimensions of 4x3 1/5 8 in. (102 X 81 x 203 mm)?
ENGINEERED BRICK
What brick has nominal dimensions of 4x3 1/5 x 12in. (102 x 81 x 305mm)?
NORWEGIAN BRICK
What brick has nominal dimensions of 4x2x2 in (102 X 51 X 305mm)?
ROMAN BRICK
What brick has nominal dimensions of 4 x 4 x 8 in. (102 X 102 x 203 mm)?
ECONOMY BRICK
What brick or file has normal face dimensions but a nominal thickness of 2 ?in. (51 min)
SOAP
What brick is cut transversely so as to leave one end whole?
BAT
It means to chip or rub stones or bricks to a certain size or shape
GAUGE
Refers to brick construction esp. the art of bonding bricks effectively
BRICKWORK
Refers to any of various arrangements of masonry units having a regular, recognizable, usually overlapping pattern to increase the strength and enhance the appearance of the construction
BOND
A brickwork or masonry bond composed of overlapping stretchers
RUNNING BOND
or
STRETCHER BOND
A continuous course of soldiers in brickwork
SOLDIER COURSE
A brickwork on masonry bond having successive courses of stretchers with all head joints aligned vertically
STACK BOND
A brickwork or band having a course of headers between every five or six courses of stretchers
COMMON BOND
or
AMERICAN BOND
A masonry unit specially formed or out to finish a course or complete the band at the corner of a wall
CLOSER
or
CLOSURE
A continuous course of stretchers in brickwork
STRETCHING COURSE
A continuous course of headers in brickwork
HEADING COURSE
A brick or other masonry unit laid horizontally in a wall with the longer edge exposed or parallel to the surface
STRETCHER
A brick or other masonry unit laid horizontally in a wall me with the shorter and exposed or parallel to the surface
HEADER
A brick laid horizontally on the longer edge with a shorter end exposed
ROWLOCK
or
ROLLOCK
A brick laid vertically with the longer face edge exposed
SOLDIER
A brick laid vertically with a broad face exposed
SAILOR
A brick laid horizontally on the longer edge with the broad face exposed
SHINER
or
BULL STRETCHER
A continuous course of headers or bondstones overlapping more than one wythe of masonry
BOND COURSE
A brickwork bond having alternate courses of headers and stretchers in which the headers are centered on stretchers and the joints between stretchers line up vertically in all courses
ENGLISH BOND
A brick of half the normal width, used for completing a course or for spacing regular bricks
QUEEN CLOSER
or
QUEEN CLOSURE
A modified English bond in which the head joints in the stretching courses are offset by half the length of the stretcher
ENGLISH CROSS BOND
or
DUTCH BOND
A brickwork bond having alternating headers and stretchers in each course, each header being centered above and below a stretcher
FLEMISH BOND
A three-quarter brick for finishing a course or for spacing regular bricks
KING CLOSER
or KING CLOSURE
A modified Flemish bond having courses of alternate headers and stretchers alternating with stretching courses
FLEMISH CROSS BOND
A brick having a darker end exposed as a header in patterned brickwork
FLARE HEADER
A form of Flemish cross bong in which the courses are offset to form a diamond pattern
FLEMISH DIAGONAL BOND
A brickwork bond for lightly loaded boundary walls, having a sequence of a header and three stretchers in each course, with each header being centered over a header in alternate courses
GARDEN-WALL BOND
What is a relatively permanent enclosed structure constructed over a plot of land for habitable use?
BUILDING
What is a roof with one slope called?
LEAN-TO
What roof has two slopes that rests upon parallel walls and lean against one another meeting in a horizontal ridge at the top?
GABLE
what roof is carried by circular walls?
CONICAL (CONE)
or
DOMICAL (DOME)
what is the inclined line where the roofs intersect if two walls make a projecting angle?
HIP
What is the inclined line of intersection if two walls meet in a reentering angle?
VALLEY
What is the projection called if the roof extends beyond the wall that supports it?
EAVES
What is the projection called if the wall also projects to support the extension of the roof?
CORNICE
What is the principal member of a cornice, which projects like a shell and crowns the wall?
CORONA