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Door Casing. The frame which encloses a door. 



Doorway. An entrance into a building or an apartment in a 

 building, to which a door-frame, or door, are usually fitted. 

 Doorways are prime features in the construction of every 

 country, century, and style of architecture. 



Dormer Window. A window in the sloping side of a roof with 

 its casing set vertically. When the window lies in the plane 

 of the roof it is called a skylight. 



Dote or Doat. A disease that spreads from the ends of logs dur- 

 ing certain times of the year, and which will develop right 

 through the log if not dealt with. In certain hardwoods 

 such as birch, maple, hornbeam, ash and beech, the stains of 

 doat can be traced a few months after foiling as soon as the 

 ends of the logs are dried by the weather. It is during the 

 hot summer weather that the disease develops rapidly, 

 and if the log remains in the round state twelve months, 

 3 ft. on each end is touched and stained. On certain hard- 

 woods such as oak, mahogany, rosewood and sycamore, the 

 ends are marred by a brown stain and much valuable wood 

 is lost, as often logs of great value are stored for a consider- 

 able time before conversion. A formula has recently 

 been introduced, which prevents dote if applied at the right 

 period. The anti-dote remedy can be obtained of Mr. Wm. 

 Staddon, 38 Shirfield Road, Grays, Essex. Dote is also 

 known as Dosey Stain. 



Double Cutting Band Mill. Machines using wide band saws, 

 having teeth cut on both back and front edges, so as to cut 

 in both directions of the feed. 



Douglas Fir or Pine. See " Oregon Pine or Fir." 



Dovetail. A word in carpentry, meaning the fitting one board 

 into another by triangular notches or wedges, which resemble 

 in shape a dove's tail. Hence it is used metaphorically to 

 fit on or fit in nicely. 



Dovetailing Machines. These are of various types for cutting 

 dovetails in the edge of boards for fixing them together 

 for forming boxes, drawers, etc. See " Automatic Dovetailing 

 Machines," " Box," " Multiple Spindle." 



Dowel. A cylindrical wooden pin used for securing joints or 

 tenons, otherwise " oak pins," as seeninframed wainscotting. 

 " Dowels " are used in the sense of tenons in the manufac- 

 ture of " panel doors " and " chair frames." In such 

 instances boring of holes take the place of " sinking mor- 

 tises " and hardwood dowels of " cutting tenons." Where 

 this " dowelling " is done " oak pins " do not find a place 

 in framing. In allied carpentry, see " Drawbore " and 



