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" Treenail." A wooden pin used to hold together two 

 pieces of wood. 



Draft. A name given to a bill of exchange; also an order for 

 money on a bank (or cheque) or an order by a bank on one of 

 its branches, or vice versa. Also the first rough copy of a 

 document. 



Drain Tile. Or " channel tile," mainly used in land drainage. 

 When roofed in or covered they become "drain-pipes" and 

 collared or socketed " sanitary-pipes." In no instance have 

 the variant terms ceased to be interchangeable, the latter 

 being the newest. See " Tile." 



Brammen Standard. An old-time measure for timber consisting 

 of 120 pieces 



9 ft., 61 in. x 21 in.) 7 b f 



13 ft., 9 in. :: 1-1- in. f 



Draught or Draft Of Water. The technical term for the depth 

 to which a ship sinks in the water when fairly afloat. 



Drawbore and Drawbore-pin. A bored hole through the mor- 

 tised and tenoned part of a piece of framing large or small. 

 The hole through the tenon is slightly larger and so placed 

 that a " pin " driven into the framing draws the joint up 

 tight. The " try-pin " is of iron or steel, a foot or more 

 long, and driven in tight to draw up the joint, or shoulder 

 of the rail, or muntiiig or post or stud, as the case may be. 

 It is then knocked out and a " drawbore-pin " or treenail 

 is finally driven home. In allied joinery-work, see " Dowel." 



Drawee. The party to whom a bill of exchange is addressed. 

 If he " accepts " the bill he then becomes the acceptor. 



Draw-knife or Drawing-knife. A well-known instrument used 

 in the working of wood. Otherwise " a shave " (which see). 



Dressed and Headed (D and H). A flooring strip is dressed and 

 headed when it has been surfaced, tongued and grooved, 

 and also had a tongue on one end and a groove on the other 

 so that the board need not join over a rafter. 



Dressed and Matched (D and M). Boards which have been sur- 

 faced, tongued and grooved. 



Dressed Timber. Timber which has been planed, scraped or 

 surfaced on one or more sides. 



Drive. A body of logs in process of being floated from the forest 

 to the mill or shipping point. 



Drop Siding. An American term for a pattern of lumber used 

 to cover the exterior sides of buildings. 



