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Bolection or Bilection. That portion of a group of mouldings 

 which projects beyond the general surface of a panel, or, more 

 strictly speaking, before the framing round a panel or panels. 



Bolection Doors. Doors with bolection mouldings. 



" Bolinder " or " Swedish " Cutters. A circular cutter having 

 six or eight cutting teeth, backed off in such a manner that, 

 as they are reduced in size by sharpening, they still cut the 

 same profile. Used for beading, tonguing, grooving, etc. 



Bolt. A segment sawed or split from a short log. 



Bond Timber. Timbers placed in horizontal tiers at certain 

 intervals in the walls of buildings for attaching battens, laths, 

 and other finishings of wood, and for raising the " grade " or 

 " seats " for beam and joist ends. 



Bone Dry. Absolutely dry, or brought to the utmost dryness the 

 atmosphere will admit. Also expressed as " dry stock." 



Boom. Logs or timbers fastened together end to end and used 

 to hold floating logs. The term sometimes includes the logs 

 enclosed, as a boom of logs. 



Boost. To lift ; to raise by pushing up ; to push up. A common 

 word in New England, as in the lumber trade : e.g., " move- 

 ments are on foot to boost the price of hemlock." 



Borer. See " Boring Machines." 



Boring and Mortising Apparatus. Usually referring to an appara- 

 tus similar to the boring apparatus, but provided with a 

 longitudinal slide, so that the material can be given a 

 reciprocating motion by means of a hand lever. By using a 

 rotary mortise tool slot mortises with round ends are readily 

 made in the timber. 



Boring Apparatus. Usually referring to a table for supporting 

 the wood while under the action of an auger fixed in a saw 

 bench spindle. The table has a vertical adjustment and also 

 a cross slide, by means of which the wood is fed into the tool. 



Boring Machines. Consist of one or more rapidly revolving 

 spindles carrying augers with means of either bringing the 

 augers to the work or the work to the augers. 



Boss. See " Centre-piece." 



Bottom Rail. Horizontal piece of the frame of a door nearest the 

 floor, or in post and rail fencing. 



Bought and Sold Notes are notes of sale drawn up by the agent 

 employed to sell goods and by which the bargain through 

 him is completed. The bought note goes to the buyer and 

 the sold note to the seller, and are signed by each party. 

 Brokers sign their contract notes as agents for both seller and 

 buyer. 



