Glossary

A variegated colored wood from the Philippines and New Guinea, having shades of gray, green, yellow, brown, and pink with

A paint made from a mixture of skimmed milk or buttermilk, earth-colored pigment, water, and a small amount of lime;

Glue made from milk protein; esp. used in carpentry and joinery.

A protein; the chief nitrogenous ingredient of milk.

1. In timber, a condition in which the outer layers have dried without shrinkage, causing stress between the inner and