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Carpentry Wood And Lumber Vocab
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1. A method of sawing lumber that produces flat grain.
Wane
Hardwoods
Medullary ray
Plain-sawed
2. A device used to determine the moisture content of wood.
Cambium layer
Moisture meter
First and seconds
Fiber-saturation point
3. The best grade of hardwood lumber.
Green lumber
Pith
Lumber
First and seconds
4. A lower grade of hardwood lumber.
Kiln-dried
Cambium layer
No. 1 common
Pith
5. Lumber dried by placing it in huge ovens called kilns.
Air-dried
Seasoned lumber
Shake
Kiln-dried
6. A method of sawing lumber that produces flat grain.
Plain-sawed
Deciduous
Timber
Stickering
7. The point at which the moisture content of wood is equal to the moisture content of the surrounding air.
Lignin
First and seconds
Stickering
Equilibrium moisture content
8. A defect in lumber caused by a separation of the annular ring; also - a type of wood shingle.
Warp
Shake
Annular rings
Air-dried
9. An opening in lumber between annular rings containing pitch in either liquid or solid form.
Pitch pocket
Quarter-sawed
Lumber grades
Knots
10. Lumber that has been dried to a suitable moisture content.
Seasoned lumber
Dimension lumber
Quarter-sawed
Lumber grades
11. Wood from coniferous (cone-bearing) trees.
Softwood
Warp
Warp
Pith
12. Lumber usually 8' or more in width and less than 2' thick.
Knots
Fiber-saturation point
Board
Wane
13. A defect in lumber caused by cutting through a branch of limb embedded in the log.
Knots
Shake
Board foot
Sawyer
14. Lumber defect in wood.
Hardwoods
Medullary ray
Seasoned lumber
Twist
15. Wood that is cut from the log to form boards - planks - and timbers.
Coniferous
Moisture meter
Lumber
Timber
16. Large pieces of lumber over 5' in thickness and width.
Timber
Heartwood
Annular rings
Deciduous
17. Wood used for framing having a nominal thickness of 2'
Twist
Seasoned lumber
Juvenile wood
Dimension lumber
18. The level of the ground: also identifies the quality of the lumber.
Lignin
Grade
Deciduous
Hardwoods
19. Bands of cells radiating from the cambium layer to the pith of a tree to transport nourishment toward the center.
Cambium layer
Softwood
Coniferous
Medullary ray
20. The small - soft core at the center of a tree.
Softwood
Pith
Dimension lumber
Annular rings
21. The outer part of a tree just beneath the bark containing active cells.
Equilibrium moisture content
Sapwood
Dimension lumber
Wane
22. Numbers and letters used to rank wood according to quality.
Lumber grades
Fiber-saturation point
Shake
Equilibrium moisture content
23. Machine that makes moldings or a thin strip placed between layers of lumber to create an air space for drying.
Green lumber
Stickering
Board foot
Plain-sawed
24. Bark - or lack of wood - on the edge of lumber.
Wane
Medullary ray
Deciduous
Knots
25. Trees that shed leaves each year.
Stickering
Board
Moisture meter
Deciduous
26. Lumber defect in wood.
Twist
Stickering
Bow
First and seconds
27. A type of warp in which the side of lumber is curved from end to end.
Pith
Pitch pocket
Green lumber
Bow
28. The point at which the moisture content of wood is equal to the moisture content of the surrounding air.
Lignin
Fiber-saturation point
Heartwood
Equilibrium moisture content
29. A method of sawing lumber parallel to the medullary rays to produce edge-grain lumber.
Quarter-sawed
Medullary ray
Lumber
Moisture meter
30. The amount of moisture in wood expressed as a percentage of the dry weight.
Coniferous
Cup
Lignin
Moisture content
31. Lumber usually 8' or more in width and less than 2' thick.
Sapwood
Board
Wane
Seasoned lumber
32. Bark - or lack of wood - on the edge of lumber.
Twist
Bow
Wane
No. 1 common
33. A volume of wood that measures 1' square and 1' thick or any equivalent lumber volume.
Board foot
First and seconds
Plain-sawed
Stickering
34. Wood that is cut from the log to form boards - planks - and timbers.
Dimension lumber
Warp
Bow
Lumber
35. The wood of broad-leaved dictyledonous trees (as distinguished from the wood of conifers).
Hardwoods
Plain-sawed
Wane
No. 1 common
36. Large pieces of lumber over 5' in thickness and width.
Dimension lumber
Moisture content
Board foot
Timber
37. Lumber that has not been dried to a suitable moisture content.
Green lumber
Stickering
Sawyer
Board
38. Lumber that has been seasoned by drying in the air.
Annular rings
Stickering
Moisture content
Air-dried
39. Lumber dried by placing it in huge ovens called kilns.
Green lumber
Softwood
Moisture meter
Kiln-dried
40. A layer just inside the bark of a tree where new cells are formed.
Cambium layer
Pith
Seasoned lumber
Seasoned lumber
41. A device used to determine the moisture content of wood.
Heartwood
Pitch pocket
Moisture meter
First and seconds
42. The amount of moisture in wood expressed as a percentage of the dry weight.
Timber
Moisture content
No. 1 common
Warp
43. A type of warp in which the side of a board is curved from edge to edge.
Board foot
Equilibrium moisture content
Stickering
Cup
44. Lumber that has not been dried to a suitable moisture content.
Knots
Medullary ray
Pith
Green lumber
45. The small - soft core at the center of a tree.
Medullary ray
First and seconds
Pith
Quarter-sawed
46. A type of warp in which the edge of a lumber is not straight.
Crook
Pith
Lignin
Warp
47. The moisture content of wood when the cell cavities are empty but the cell walls are still saturated.
Fiber-saturation point
Twist
Sapwood
Coniferous
48. The level of the ground: also identifies the quality of the lumber.
No. 1 common
Twist
Timber
Grade
49. A layer just inside the bark of a tree where new cells are formed.
Lignin
Shake
Cambium layer
Annular rings
50. A person whose job is to cut logs into lumber.
Sawyer
Stickering
Board
Knots