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A short length of stem, taken from one plant which is then grafted onto the rootstock of another plant. |
| Scissors
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| Scissors roof truss
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Type of roof truss used to provide surface for sloped interior ceilings due to its steep exterior slope with a bottom chord whose middle angles up. |
| Scleroscope
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Testing machine, which drops a diamond-pointed hammer through a glass guide tube onto the material to ascertain the hardness of the material. Material hardness information is important when designing metal components so that the wear resistance or brittleness can be figured into the design. |
| Sconce
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Wall mounted lighting fixture or bracket that holds candles. |
| Score or scoring
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(1) Roughing a surface to make it more receptive to a second coat of material. (2) Marking a line with a knife or cutting too. (3) Decorative grooves in masonry. |
| Scored block
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Unit of masonry that has a groove across the middle of the block so that it appears to be only 1Ú2 block. |
| Scotia
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Deep concave molding, often found at the base of a column. |
| Scrap wood
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