Glossary

brown stain

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A chocolate brown stain produced by fungus in the sapwood of some pine trees.

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A fungus that destroys wood cellulose, leaving a brown powdery residue behind.

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1. To complete the application of a base-coat plaster. 2. The setting of base-coat plaster, which darkens, or browns, as

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A mineral compound occurring in portland cement and high-alumina cement; consists of an oxide of calcium, aluminum, and iron.

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Same as brown coat.

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See salt-glazed brick.

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The coat of roughly finished plaster beneath the finish coat; in three-coat work, the second coat of plaster, applied over

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See American wire gauge.

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A thin piece of a tree branch which is bent in a U-shape; used for fastening thatch on roofs; also