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bit key

A key having a projecting blade or wing which engages with and actuates the bolt and tumblers of a lock.

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bite

In glazing, the distance by which the inner edge of a frame (or a stop) overlaps the edge of the

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bisque

A tile that has been fired once but not glazed.

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bisellium

In ancient Rome, a seat of honor, or a state chair, reserved for persons of note or persons who had

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birds-mouth joint

A wood joint formed by a cut into the end of a timber to fit over a cross timber; for

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birds-eye maple

Wood of the sugar maple tree, cut so as to produce a wavy grain with numerous small, decorative, circular markings.

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