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| L BOLTS
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Large steel bolts, also called anchor bolts, attached to a building and then anchored in concrete. This is done to prevent the structure from moving. |
| L CUT
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A piece of tile cut or shaped to the letter "L". |
| L SCREW
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Metal thin rod, possibly of brass, which has a screw thread on one, with the other end bent at a right angle. When screwed into the wall, the short end of the L provides a support for hanging objects. |
| L TUBING
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An industry standard for copper tubing defined by the tube wall thickness and identified by a "blue" strip. Type "L" copper tube wall is approximately 50% greater thickness than Type "M". |
| LABOR BURDEN
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Employer's charges for employee benefits, wages, taxes, insurance, etc. |
| LABOR HOUR
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A standard in which one person's labor is performed in one hour. |
| LACHES
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Doctrine of laches, is the failure to timely assert one's rights or claim in any given matter. This failure to take action on a timely basis misleads an adverse party that no breach has occurred. |
| LACING
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Interweaving of roof shingles at intersections. |
| LACK OF FUSION
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Poorly done weld, which has areas of incomplete weld fusion, where the weld isn't fused to the base metal in all places, making the strength of the weld weaker. |
| LACQUER
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(1) Substance, consisting of such resinous materials as ether, shellac, gum, and alkyd resins dissolved in alcohol or other solvent, which will evaporate rapidly when, applied, leaving a tough, adherent film with a hard, smooth coating on such items as wood furniture. (2) Resinous varnish. |
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