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trees ; (2) small trees and shrubs of a wood, or a thicket of 

 small trees ; (3) small round wood for " brush backs " or 

 " heads." 



Buck. To saw felled trees into logs. An American term. 



Buckled. (1) A term used for a saw blade that is bent ; (2) in 

 joinery or cabinet making, a panel or veneer which is not flat. 



Buckling. A term applied to saws when they are twisted or 

 distorted out of truth. 



Buckthorn (Hippophea Rhamnoides). A small growing tree 

 usually found on sandy soil in an exposed maritime situation , 

 A hard, lasting wood, which does not split or shrink in 

 seasoning, is light yellow in colour, with greyish veining. 



Buffing Machine. Another name for a belt sanding machine, in 

 which a belt, dressed with abrasive material, runs round two 

 pulleys. Used for smoothing different articles, more 

 especially those turned in a copying lathe. 



Buhl Work. A style of cabinet decoration common in France 

 in the seventeenth century, so called from Andre Charles 

 Boale ; work being embellished with metal marquetry. 

 Also written as Baule or Baulle. 



Built-up Boards or Stock. See " Plywood, or Built-up Boards," 

 " Three-ply," and " Multiply Boards." 



Bunk, Dog Teeth, Log Shoes, Spurs, Chain Bracket. These are 

 names meaning one and the same thing, consisting of a dog 

 attached to the chain of a log jack, provided with spikes or 

 spurs. These latter dig into the log and so drag it up an 

 incline. 



Burls. Local defects appearing in the grain of timber, produced 

 by healing of wounds in the tree, or by knots. Abnormal 

 growths or excrescences in the tree, known as " sap-burrs " 

 or " twig-burrs." The latter, which are found at the roots 

 of the tree, are valuable, but " sap-burrs " are worthless. 

 See " Burrs." 



Burr. A protuberance common to certain trees, mainly those 

 which have power to reproduce by " stooling " (see" Stool "), 

 and those whose trunks or arms are exposed to the action of 

 the sun, i.e., open-grown or unshaded ; of these there are two 

 kinds the " sap-burr," a worthless type, and the " twig- 

 burr," on the whole a valuable one. See " Walnut Burrs " 

 and " Burr Woods." When on the ground-level they are 

 termed " Root-btuTS." See " Excrescence." 



Burr Woods. Varied species which produce or yield merchant- 

 able or ornamental woods in the form of burrs. Of these an 

 Indian yellow wood, known as " Amboyna Wood," ranks 



