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Fitting, Fittings, and Fitter. A fitting may be of varied material, 

 viz., house or shop fittings or fixtures of wood ; gas, water 

 and electric fittings. A cognate word, " fitment " ( = some- 

 thing adapted to a purpose) is now considered as obsolete. 

 " Fitter " is a skilled workman much in evidence, whose 

 particular calling is his prefix, as " shop-fitter," " office- 

 fitter," " gas-fitter," etc., etc. 



?ive-ply Veneer. A piece of built-up veneer composed of five 

 pieces glued one to the other, some with the grain crossed. 



flakes (see "Fleakes") Field hurdles. 



flatting is the process of sawing through the flat or thinnest way 

 of boards, usually called flat-cutting or ripping. 



ileak, Tray or Hurdle. With slight exceptions, mean one and 

 the same thing a portable " wooden fence " or an " im- 

 provised gate " ; light constructions of posts, riven rails 

 and struts, each about 6 ft. long, and when fixed, about 

 a yard high. This is a special branch of the wood-trade, 

 relegated to agricultural purposes, one interesting, like the 

 " clog-sole " trade, inasmuch as the operatives go to the 

 woods and there perform their labours, and deliver their 

 finished work. The labour is piece-work. 



^leam Tooth. A tooth of a saw shaped like an isosceles triangle ; 

 a peg tooth. 



leek and Flecked. A spot, a dapple, or a variation in pattern 

 or figure, applied to veneers or fancy woods ; thus, maple 

 may be " flecked " with " bird's-eye figure " and oak with 

 " mirror " or " ray figure." In the instance of mahogany, 

 "dapple" is the equivalent (ivhich see; also "Figure in 

 Wood"). 



'lexible Arm Sandpapering Machine. A comparatively small 

 disc is used, over which sandpaper is tightly strained. The 

 disc revolves on a spindle carried by hinged arms attached 

 to a slide. The work is placed on a table and the disc moved 

 slowly over the surface of the work until a smooth face is 

 produced on the latter. 



light. " A staircase " springing or rising from one floor to 

 another without a landing intervening. In the instance of 

 such a landing the staircase would be in " two flights." See 

 " Staircase." 



litch. (1) A large piece of a sawed log; commonly applied to 

 a part of a log of greater thickness than a plank or board. In 

 the veneer-cutting trade it might be half a log, a third, or 

 even a quarter ; strictly speaking, it is a superior term to 

 " slab." (2) In America, a thick piece of timber with wane 

 on the edge. 



