What word can mean either a type of ribbed cloth or a measure of cut wood?
"and without problems). ""Pleurodeles waltl"" is a model system for the study of adult regeneration. Similar to other salamanders, ""P. waltl"" animals can regenerate lost limbs, injured heart tissue, lesioned brain cells in addition to other body parts such as eye lens and the spinal cord. The 20 Gb genome of ""P. waltl"" has been sequenced to facilitate research into the genetic basis of this extraordinary regenerative ability. Iberian ribbed newt The Iberian ribbed newt or Spanish ribbed newt (""Pleurodeles waltl"") is a newt endemic to the central and southern Iberian Peninsula and Morocco. It is the largest European newt"
"Cord (unit) The cord is a unit of measure of dry volume used to measure firewood and pulpwood in the United States and Canada. A cord is the amount of wood that, when ""racked and well stowed"" (arranged so pieces are aligned, parallel, touching and compact), occupies a volume of . This corresponds to a well-stacked woodpile high, wide, and deep; or any other arrangement of linear measurements that yields the same volume. The name ""cord"" probably comes from the use of a cord or string to measure it. Cord-foot was a US unit of volume for stacked firewood, four"
"The Cord (unit) is the standard measurement of standing timber (by estimation) or rough logs. ""Cordwood"" means unsplit logs four feet long. In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, farmers would supply householders in town with cordwood, which would then be re-sawn and split to a length and circumference suitable for woodburning heaters and ranges. Almost all these devices were designed to accept 16-inch sticks, conveniently a piece of cordwood cut into three equal lengths. Once a piece of cordwood had been re-sawn to three 16-inch pieces, it could easily be split to stovewood size with an ax. Most cordwood"
"Ribbon A ribbon or riband is a thin band of material, typically cloth but also plastic or sometimes metal, used primarily as decorative binding and tying. Cloth ribbons are made of natural materials such as silk, velvet, cotton, and jute and of synthetic materials, such as polyester, nylon, and polypropylene. Ribbon is used for innumerable useful, ornamental, and symbolic purposes. Cultures around the world use ribbon in their hair, around the body, and as ornamentation on non-human animals, buildings, and packaging. Some popular fabrics used to make ribbons are satin, organza, sheer, silk, velvet, and grosgrain. The word ribbon comes"
"of cuts. A rip cut is the fundamental type of cut made at a sawmill. ""Rip cut"" comes from ""rip"": to split or saw timber in the direction of the grain, and ""cut"": to divide with a sharp-edged instrument. Wood may also be split along the grain (riven), but the split will follow the grain and usually not be flat. Knots also prevent riving thus the need for rip cuts. A ""kerf"" is the opening in the wood made by the saw. Types of hand saws used to make rip cuts are rip saws, frame saws some of which are"
"describe sawn wood products, like floor boards. In the United States and Canada, generally ""timber"" describes standing or felled trees. Specifically in Canada, ""lumber"" describes cut and surfaced wood. In the United Kingdom, the word ""lumber"" is rarely used in relation to wood and has several other meanings, including unused or unwanted items. Referring to wood, ""Timber"" is almost universally used instead. Remanufactured lumber is the result of secondary or tertiary processing/cutting of previously milled lumber. Specifically, it is lumber cut for industrial or wood-packaging use. Lumber is cut by ripsaw or resaw to create dimensions that are not usually"
"Quarter sawing Quarter sawing also quarter-cut is a type of cut in the rip-sawing of logs into lumber. The resulting lumber is called ""quartersawn"" (quarter-sawn), ""quartered"", and ""radially-sawn"". There is widespread confusion between the terms quartersawn and ""riftsawn"" with both words defined with opposite meanings and as synonyms. Quarter-sawn boards have greater stability of form and size with less cupping, shrinkage across the width, shake and splitting, and other good qualities. In some woods, such as oak, the grain produces a decorative effect which shows a prominent ray fleck and sapele is likely to produce a ribbon figure. When boards"
"Shroud Shroud usually refers to an item, such as a cloth, that covers or protects some other object. The term is most often used in reference to ""burial sheets"", mound shroud, grave clothes, winding-cloths or winding-sheets, such as the famous Shroud of Turin or ""Tachrichim"" (burial shrouds) that Jews are dressed in for burial. Traditionally, mound shrouds are made of white cotton, wool or linen, though any material can be used so long as it is made of natural fibre. Intermixture of two or more such fibres is forbidden, a proscription that ultimately derives from the Torah, ""viz."", Deut. 22:11."
"rabbet can be used to form a joint with another piece of wood (often containing a dado). The word ""rabbet"" is from Old French ""rabbat"", ""a recess into a wall"", and ""rabattre"" ""to beat down"". According to the Oxford English Dictionary, ""In North America the more usual form is ""rabbet"""". The form ""rebate"" is often pronounced the same way as ""rabbet"". Rabbet A rabbet or rebate is a recess or groove cut into the edge of a piece of machinable material, usually wood. When viewed in cross-section, a rabbet is two-sided and open to the edge or end of the"
"from Middle English ""ribban"" or ""riban"" from Old French ""ruban"", which is probably of Germanic origin. Along with that of tapes, fringes, and other smallwares, the manufacture of cloth ribbons forms a special department of the textile industries. The essential feature of a ribbon loom is the simultaneous weaving in one loom frame of two or more webs, going up to as many as forty narrow fabrics in modern looms. To affect the conjoined throwing of all the shuttles and the various other movements of the loom, the automatic action of the power-loom is necessary, and it is a remarkable"
"are called ""awareness ribbons"". Ribbons are used in some ceremonies, such as in a ribbon cutting ceremony. Ribbon A ribbon or riband is a thin band of material, typically cloth but also plastic or sometimes metal, used primarily as decorative binding and tying. Cloth ribbons are made of natural materials such as silk, velvet, cotton, and jute and of synthetic materials, such as polyester, nylon, and polypropylene. Ribbon is used for innumerable useful, ornamental, and symbolic purposes. Cultures around the world use ribbon in their hair, around the body, and as ornamentation on non-human animals, buildings, and packaging. Some popular"
"split into wood shingles, treenails, clapboards, etc. These pieces may be more specifically known as peeler, shingle, stave or pulpwood bolts. ""Billet"" is variously defined as a short piece of round or partially round wood (usually a smaller diameter than a ""block"" or bolt) or as a piece split or cut from a bolt, or sometimes synonymous with ""bolt"", particularly when the pieces are intended as firewood, and sometimes means a piece of a billet after it has been split. ""Round"" is often associated with lengths of un-split firewood. Log bucking Bucking is the process of cutting a felled and"
"Whipcord Whipcord is the name for either a fabric or a form of braided cord. The fabric whipcord is a strong worsted or cotton fabric made of hard-twisted yarns with a diagonal cord or rib. The weave used for whipcord is a steep-angled twill, essentially the same weave as a cavalry twill or a steep gabardine. However, the ribs of whipcord are usually more pronounced than in either of those fabrics, and the weft (filling) may be visible between the ribs on the right side, which is usually not the case for gabardines. In practice, marketing considerations, rather than technical"
"Rip cut In woodworking, a rip-cut is a type of cut that severs or divides a piece of wood parallel to the grain. The other typical type of cut is a ""cross-cut"", a cut perpendicular to the grain. Unlike cross-cutting, which shears the wood fibers, a rip saw works more like a series of chisels, lifting off small splinters of wood. The nature of the wood grain requires the shape of the saw teeth to be different thus the need for both rip saws and crosscut saws; however some circular saw blades are ""combination blades"" and can make both types"
"Cutwork Cutwork or cut work, also known as ""punto tagliato"" in Italian, is a needlework technique in which portions of a textile, typically cotton or linen, are cut away and the resulting ""hole"" is reinforced and filled with embroidery or needle lace. Cutwork is related to drawn thread work. In drawn thread work, typically only the warp or weft threads are withdrawn (cut and removed), and the remaining threads in the resulting hole are bound in various ways. In other types of cutwork, both warp and weft threads may be drawn. Needlework styles that incorporate cutwork include broderie anglaise, Carrickmacross"
"the sale of fireplace and stove wood. In the metric system, wood is usually measured in steres and cubic metres: 1 stere = 1 m ≈ 0.276 cords. Maine appears unique among U.S. states by also defining a ""loose thrown cord"" or pile of cut firewood: ""A cord of in length shall mean the amount of wood, bark and air contained in a space of ; and a cord of wood in length shall mean the amount of wood, bark and air contained in a space of . [1981, c. 219 (amd).]"" Other non-official terms for firewood volume include ""standing"
"a cordonnet. Gimp (thread) Gimp is a narrow ornamental trim used in sewing or embroidery. It is made of silk, wool, or cotton and is often stiffened with metallic wire or coarse cord running through it. Gimp is used as trimming for dresses, curtains, furniture, etc. Originally the term referred to a thread with a cord or wire in the center, but now is mainly used for a trimming braided or twisted from this thread. Sometimes gimp is covered in beads or spangles. The term ""gimp"" for a braided trim has been around since the 15th and 16th centuries, when"
"(9 inches) was known as the ""quarter"" without further qualification, while the sixteenth of a yard (2.25 inches) was called a nail. The eighth of a yard (4.5 inches) was sometimes called a finger, but was more commonly referred to simply as an eighth of a yard, while the half-yard (18 inches) was called ""half a yard"". Other units related to the yard, but not specific to cloth measurement: two yards are a fathom, a quarter of a yard (when not referring to cloth) is a span. Yard The yard (abbreviation: yd) is an English unit of length, in both"
"Wood carving Wood carving is a form of woodworking by means of a cutting tool (knife) in one hand or a chisel by two hands or with one hand on a chisel and one hand on a mallet, resulting in a wooden figure or figurine, or in the sculptural ornamentation of a wooden object. The phrase may also refer to the finished product, from individual sculptures to hand-worked mouldings composing part of a tracery. The making of sculpture in wood has been extremely widely practiced, but survives much less well than the other main materials such as stone and bronze,"
"headings: :I. wood cut and ready for use, firewood, timber (in these senses the word is usually in the plural); :II. piece of wood, log, beam, post or an object made of wood, such as a spoon, the Trojan horse, a cudgel or club, an instrument of punishment (a collar for someone's neck, stocks to confine his feet or to confine his neck, arms and legs, a gallows to hang him, or a stake to impale him), a table, a bench as in the theatre; :III. a tree :IV. a blockhead or a stubborn person; :V. a measure of length."
"Scabbard A scabbard is a sheath for holding a sword, knife, or other large blade. Scabbards have been made of many materials over the millennia, including leather, wood, and metals such as brass or steel. Most commonly, scabbards were worn suspended from a sword belt or shoulder belt called a baldric. Wooden scabbards were usually covered in fabric or leather; the leather versions also usually bore metal fittings for added protection and carrying ease. Japanese blades typically have their sharp cutting edge protected by a wooden scabbard called a ""saya"". Many scabbards, such as ones the Greeks and Romans used,"
"board. This produces stable boards with comparatively thin grain; least susceptible to warping, twisting, or cupping; and hence most valued for products where dimensional stability is critical (e.g. musical instruments, high-end sports equipment). This is similar to the process used to make wood shingles. The word ""rift"" derives from ""rive"", which describes the splitting of a bolt of lumber along its radius. The Architectural Woodwork Institute (AWI) refers to such cuts as having ""radial"" or ""edge grain"", but does not describe them as ""rift sawn"". Sources such as ""Band Saw Fundamentals"" refer to quarter round logs cut at a diagonal"
"wide. Ell An ell (from Proto-Germanic *""alinō"", cognate with Latin ""ulna"") is a unit of measurement, originally a cubit, i.e., approximating the length of a man's arm from the elbow ("""" literally meant the bend (""bow"") of the arm (""ell"")) to the tip of the middle finger, or about 18 inches (457 mm); in later usage, any of several longer units. In English-speaking countries, these included (until the 19th century) the Flemish ell ( of a yard), English ell ( yards) and French ell ( yards), some of which are thought to derive from a ""double ell"". An ell-wand or"
"14 February 1966, but it took another 8 years before metrication finally came to the forest and timber industry and the measurement of logs and sawn timber changed over from traditional imperial and confusing measures such as super feet of sawn timber, billets of stacked pulpwood, cords of firewood and hoppus log volumes to simpler cubic metres. For example, before metrication a standard cord of firewood had a volume of 128 cubic feet, measured as a pile 8 feet long, 4 feet high and 4 feet wide. In Victoria, an imperial or long ton (by measure) of green firewood was"
"into the fabric. Cutwork Cutwork or cut work, also known as ""punto tagliato"" in Italian, is a needlework technique in which portions of a textile, typically cotton or linen, are cut away and the resulting ""hole"" is reinforced and filled with embroidery or needle lace. Cutwork is related to drawn thread work. In drawn thread work, typically only the warp or weft threads are withdrawn (cut and removed), and the remaining threads in the resulting hole are bound in various ways. In other types of cutwork, both warp and weft threads may be drawn. Needlework styles that incorporate cutwork include"
"literal meaning of Crois-iarna in English is yarn-cross, which perfectly describes the tool used for winding a measured length of spun and plyed yarn. The yarn is wound around the crois-iarna (or niddy-noddy) off a spinning wheel's bobbin, to make a measured hank or skein of yarn used for knitting or weaving. Crois-iarna The 'Crois-iarna' (literally ""iron cross"") was a kind of hank reel. It was a rudimentary form of the ""ciud-siorraig"". It consisted of a stick of a certain length, with a cross piece at each end, set at right angles to each other. The yarn is coiled on"
"Gimp (thread) Gimp is a narrow ornamental trim used in sewing or embroidery. It is made of silk, wool, or cotton and is often stiffened with metallic wire or coarse cord running through it. Gimp is used as trimming for dresses, curtains, furniture, etc. Originally the term referred to a thread with a cord or wire in the center, but now is mainly used for a trimming braided or twisted from this thread. Sometimes gimp is covered in beads or spangles. The term ""gimp"" for a braided trim has been around since the 15th and 16th centuries, when gimp threads"
"it in building furniture. A traditional try square has a broad blade made of steel that is riveted to a wooden handle or ""stock"". The inside of the wooden stock usually has a brass strip fixed to it to reduce wear. Some blades also have graduations for measurement. Modern try squares may be all-metal, with stocks that are either die-cast or extruded. Try square A try square is a woodworking or a metalworking tool used for marking and measuring a piece of wood. The ""square"" refers to the tool's primary use of measuring the accuracy of a right angle (90"
"Ell An ell (from Proto-Germanic *""alinō"", cognate with Latin ""ulna"") is a unit of measurement, originally a cubit, i.e., approximating the length of a man's arm from the elbow ("""" literally meant the bend (""bow"") of the arm (""ell"")) to the tip of the middle finger, or about 18 inches (457 mm); in later usage, any of several longer units. In English-speaking countries, these included (until the 19th century) the Flemish ell ( of a yard), English ell ( yards) and French ell ( yards), some of which are thought to derive from a ""double ell"". An ell-wand or ellwand"
"in other English-speaking countries, such as New Zealand, but may not have a legal definition. The ""corde"" unit was used before metrication in several French-speaking countries (France, Belgium and Luxemburg), and its value varied, according to the regions, approximately between 3 and 4 steres. One seasoned (dry) cord of red oak (22.1 MMBtu per cord) (million British thermal units per cord) has the heating equivalent of of fuel oil (138,700 Btu per Gal). Cord (unit) The cord is a unit of measure of dry volume used to measure firewood and pulpwood in the United States and Canada. A cord is"
"spaces with its own gear. In regard to timber the scantling is (also ""the scantlings are"") the thickness and breadth, the sectional dimensions; in the case of stone the dimensions of thickness, breadth and length. The word is a variation of scantillon, a carpenter's or stonemason's measuring tool, also used of the measurements taken by it, and of a piece of timber of small size cut as a sample. Sometimes synonymous with story pole. The Old French ""escantillon"", mod. """", is usually taken to be related to Italian ""scandaglio"", sounding-line (Latin ""scandere"", to climb; cf. ""scansio"", the metrical scansion). It"
"Treen (wooden) Treen, literally ""of a tree"" is a generic name for small handmade functional household objects made of wood. Treen is distinct from furniture, such as chairs, and cabinetry, as well as clocks and cupboards. Before the late 17th-century, when silver, pewter, and ceramics were introduced for tableware, most small household items, boxes and tableware were carved from wood. Today, treen is highly collectable for its beautiful patina and tactile appeal. Anything from wooden plates and bowls, snuff boxes and needle cases, spoons and stay busks to shoehorns and chopping boards can be classed as treen. Domestic and agricultural"
"Sackcloth Sackcloth (Hebrew שַׂק ""saq"") is a coarsely woven fabric, usually made of goat's hair. It later came to mean also a garment made from such cloth, which was chiefly worn as a token of mourning by the Israelites. It was furthermore a sign of submission (1 Kings 20:31-32), or of grief and self-humiliation (2 Kings 19:1), and was occasionally worn by the Prophets. It is often associated with ashes. In Christianity, the tradition of wearing a sackcloth, also known as a hairshirt, continued as a self-imposed means of mortification of the flesh that is often worn during the Christian"