Glossary

Said of a building contract when one or more parties has failed to perform in accordance with the exact terms […]

A variegated, hard, heavy wood having shades of brown and violet or red with black streaks; used for turned articles

A receptacle containing burning coal or coke; sometimes used to dry out a building.

To join two pieces of metal by a hard, nonferrous filler metal, usually in rod or wire form, having a

A decorative cresting at the top of a Gothic screen, panel, parapet, or cornice, generally in the form of openwork