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| A-FRAME
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A structural system utilizing members which when fastened together resemble the letter a. |
| A-FRAME DESIGN
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A style of house incorporating a high, peaked roof. It has an open and airy interior, featuring open ceiling rafters. |
| A-LINE LAMP
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The type of incandescent lamp that is generally used in most indoor residential lighting applications. |
| A-WEIGHT SANDER BACKING
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A-weight sander backing is a light, flexible backing used for light touch-up and finish sanding. It is used for hand sanding in grits 180 and finer. |
| AARON'S ROD
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Molding which is used as a building ornament. It is either straight or rounded molding with a scroll or leave design in the form of a serpent coiled around a rod. |
| ABACISCUS
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Plate at the top of a column; small, thick, square or rectangle. |
| ABACUS
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Thick square or rectangular plate of any size forming the top of a column. |
| ABATE
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To eliminate, lessen or reduce. To hammer metal. To end or suppress. Remove or shape material to form a relief design |
| ABATEMENT
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The elimination or reduction of a condition. Diminishing in strength. Decreasing of strength of a timber as it is shaped to the proper size for use. Wastage of wood when lumber is planed to size. Shaping of metal by hammering. |
| ABATJOUR
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Movable screen. Movable slat. Skylight or different means of admitting light into a building and deflecting the light downward. |
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