dowel lubricant
A lubricant applied to steel reinforcing bars in expansion joints to reduce bond with the concrete, so as to promote […]
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dowel bit, spoon bit
A boring tool, the barrel of which is a half cylinder terminating in a conoidal cutting edge or radial point;
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dowel-bar reinforcement
Short reinforcing bars of steel which extend approximately equally into two abutting pieces of concrete, to increase the strength of
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dovetail notch
At a corner of a log house, a notch in the shape of a dovetail at the end of a
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dovetail molding, triangular fret molding
A molding decorated with fretwork in the form of dovetails.