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| Pliers
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Different styles of pliers perform different functions including holding and gripping small objects, bending wire or sheet metal, cutting wire or sheet metal and pulling small nails out of lumber. |
| Plinth
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(1) The square block at the base of a pedestal or column. (2) A course of brick or stone along the base of a wall. (3) A flat block at the base of door trim. (4) The base that holds a statue. |
| Plot
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The land on which a building stands. |
| Plot plan
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Scale diagram showing the proposed or existing use of a specific parcel of land; the location of the structure in comparison to the boundaries of the property, utility services, compass directions, etc. |
| Plottage
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The combining of several smaller contiguous land lot to make a larger, more useful and valuable piece. |
| Plottage value
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The result of combining two or more parcels of land so that the one larger parcel has more value than the sum of the individual parcels. |
| Plough
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Cutting a groove along the wood grain of a board, like the rectangular groove that is but into a piece of wood for the insertion of the end of another piece. |
| Plow
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To cut a groove running the same direction as the grain of the wood. |
| Plucked finish limestone
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Rough textured limestone. |
| Plug
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(1) An object used to stop up a hole or gap. (2) Wood or other filler used in filling a hole. (3) An electrical device (male fitting) with projecting prongs, to be fitted into an outlet to make contact and provide electrical power. (4) A small wedge or segment cut from something. (5) Threaded fitting to screw in to the end of a female pipe-fitting to seal it closed. |
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