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Breast. The lower side of any piece of timber. 



Breast High. At or having a height of 4| ft. above the ground. 



A less height is known as "knee deep," and is applied to 



railway wagons to distinguish them from " deep-sided." 

 Breastsummer (written also " brest summer " and " bressummer." 



A stout beam or lintel spanning an opening in a wall ; 



used principally above shop windows. See " Summer." 

 Bridging. Pieces of wood placed between two beams or other 



pieces to prevent their approaching each other. More 



generally called " strutting " or " straining pieces." See 



" Struts." 



Bright. Not discoloured ; fresh from the saw ; wood that has 

 not been exposed to the weather. " Viewly " is an equivalent 

 term on the North-East Coast. 



Bright Deals. A term applied to Canadian yellow pine deals 

 passed direct from the saw-mills to craft for shipment, in 

 contradistinction to others termed " floated," or carried on 

 rafts, which get a little discoloured in transit. 



Bright Floated. Deals floated in clear water, but remaining over 

 the water level, and in consequence not discoloured. 



Broads. A term used in the Canadian trade for deals of a width 

 of 12 in. or upwards. 



' Broken Specification." An original one as imported, with 

 certain special lengths sold out, otherwise a depreciated 

 specification of hewn or sawn timber, or sawn deals, battens 

 or boards. A variant term is " bad specification." 



Broken Stowage. See " Stowage." 



Broker. " An agent employed to make bargains in matters of 

 trade or navigation for other people in return for a compensa- 

 tion called brokerage." He is in short a mercantile agent. 

 A broker is not in possession of the goods which are the 

 subject of the contract. He cannot as a rule buy or sell in 

 his own name when acting for other people, and is not liable 

 to be sued on the contract which he enters into on behalf of 

 others, unless he appears on the contract to be a principal. 

 When a broker makes a contract for others he enters the 

 terms of the contract in his own book, and then sends a 

 copy of the entry to both parties. The bought note is 

 sent to the buyer and the sold note to the seller. These 

 notes should be identical in terms, otherwise there may be 

 no contract at all, especially, as often happens, when the 

 broker has not entered the terms in his book. 



(From Pannell's Reference Book.) 



Browsewood or Brushwood. (1) Twigs and small branches of 



