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Batten and Batten Sizes. 2 in. thick and up sawn goods, formerly 

 confined to 7 in., but now ranging from 5 in. to 8 in. It 

 is used to distinguish them from the broader sizes, 9 in. 

 and up, of " deals " or " planks" (which see}. For freight, 

 however, 2 in., 3 in., 4 in., 4- in. and 5 in. are reckoned 

 as battens. 



Battledore. A wooden instrument or toy used by hand in playing 

 shuttlecock ; properly a baton or beetle for washing linen by 

 striking it to knock out the dirt. 



Bavins or Kids are the names given in different parts of the 

 country to brushwood, fagots, chips of cut wood or wood 

 refuse. 



Bead. A small moulding semicircular in section, generally used 

 with a quirk or sinking. When flush with the face of the 

 work it is called a " quirk-bead " ; when it is raised, a " cock- 

 bead " ; and when round, or nearly so, a " staff-bead." 



Beam. Originally implied a "tree"; it has long served to 

 describe the stem of a tree straight in its character. This 

 straightness is reflected in " sunbeam " and " beam of 

 light." Usually the term is applied to a hewn log or balk 

 of timber. A variant form is seen in the Dutch and Danish 

 " boom," German " baum." 



Beamfillings. Short lengths of logs or deals used for filling up 

 spaces between the beams of a vessel ; they are necessary 

 for the close stowing of a ship, and are usually carried at 

 two-thirds the chartered rate of freight. See " Stowage 

 Planks." 



Beaver Boards. Boards made of compressed wood fibre. 



Bed-Laths or " Slats." The cross-laths of a bed which support 

 the mattress. 



Bed Moulding. Properly those members of a cornice which lie 

 below the corona. 



Beech (Fagus Sylvatica). A tree indigenous in this country, and 

 found throughout the western, the central, and most of the 

 southern portions of Europe, also in the Caucasus. The 

 wood is light brown in colour, hard, moderately heavy, close, 

 even in texture, with a fine silky grain. It grows to perfec- 

 tion on chalky soils ; in Buckinghamshire, for instance, where 

 large quantities are used at High Wycombe in the manufac- 

 ture of chairs. 



Beetle. A heavy wooden hammer or mallet (see " Mall," " Maul," 

 and "Mallet"). Used to drive wedges, stakes and piles; 



