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Encaustic Tiles or Floors. Highly ornamented floors composed 

 of tiles in which patterns of varied colours are impressed or 

 bedded in the face of the tiles ; literally they are " enamelled 

 tiles," in which they differ from self-coloured or tesselated 

 tiles (ivhich see). 



End Grain. The transverse section of a log or piece of timber. 



Endless Chain Feed Benches. Saw benches in which an endless 

 travelling chain is used to feed the material past the saw. 

 A type of bench generally used for splitting sleeper blocks 

 into sleepers. 



EndOgens. A vegetable class whose substance is formed by suc- 

 cessive additions from the inside, as in the palm family. 



Ends. Short pieces of sawn wood cut from the long lengths at 

 the time of assortment and shipment. Firewood, deal and 

 batten ends run from 1 to 5| ft. ; ends for stowage of cargoes 

 6 to 8 ft. ; Riga ends, 6 to 9 ft. ; White Sea ends, 1 1 ft. and 

 under. See also " Deal and Batten Ends." 



Eng or In (Dipterocarpus tuberculatus). A valuable hardwood 

 timber, the largest forests of which are situated in Burma. 

 It is used sometimes in place of teak. 



Engineer and Engineering. Properly a person employed on the 

 larger kind of engines or in the application of them to various 

 purposes. The trade of the engineer is now specialized ; that 

 connected w y ith " wood " or " timber " is rated " saw-mill 

 engineering " and " wood- working engineering " ; that of 

 building, brick-making, cement and plaster, " manufacturing 

 machinery " ; that of masonry and striking, "stone-sawing 

 machinery." See " Machine Sawing " and " Machine Saw 

 or Saws." 



English Wainscot. A term applied to selected Dutch wainscot 

 as shipped from Riga. It is one created by the English and 

 their desire to obtain the best of the wood. See " Wains- 

 cot." 



Equilibrium Frames. Either log or deal frames arranged to deal 

 with two logs or deals at one time. Provided with two saw- 

 frames driven by double crankshaft, so that one frame 

 balances the other, thus permitting the frame to run faster 

 than would otherwise be possible. 



Errors Excepted. Abbreviated thus : E. E. or E. & O. E. (errors 

 and omissions excepted). Sometimes written at the foot of 

 invoices in order that they may be corrected should any error 

 afterwards be discovered. 



Escutcheon. The metal shield to a keyhole. 



