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| Spoil box
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Container that holds the materials removed from excavation of a trench. These materials are then removed or replaced into the trench. |
| Spoil site
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Temporary site used to deposit the material removed from excavation of a trench. |
| Spokeshave
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Two handled, curved blade, which is drawn toward the person doing the wood shaving, across the curved surface of the wood being worked. Wooden wagon wheel spokes are made in this manner. |
| Sponge
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Absorbent material used for cleaning and soaking up liquids |
| Sponge mop
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| Sponge twist
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Heavy texture style, also called a Spanish swirl, which uses plaster, stucco or drywall to produce circular swirls. |
| Spore
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The body of a microscopic size reproductive cell of non-flowering plants, such as ferns, fungi (mushrooms) and mosses. This corresponds to seed in the higher plants. (These plants do not produce seeds.). |
| Sport
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A plant which shows a marked and inheritable change from its parent; a "mutation" in Mother Nature. |
| Spot priming
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A method for protecting localized spots. The only areas primed are those that require additional protection due to rusting or peeling of the former coat. |
| Spot zoning
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Zoning a portion of land in a given area for different purposes than its surrounding functions. |
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