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Genoa Prime. An American classification of pitch pine boards 

 and planks. The boards vary in size from 1 in. to If in. x 

 8 and up, the planks from 2 in. to 2 f in. x 8 and up, and 

 the deals from 3 in. to 5 in. x 8 and up. 



Genus, plural Genera. In Botany, a genus consists of such a 

 group or assemblage of species as agree both structurally 

 and physiologically, as respects the organs of fructification, 

 reproduction, or perpetuation, and at the same time have 

 a general resemblance in habit. See " Natural Order." 



Georgia Pine. -A trade name for pitch pine from the Atlantic 

 region. 



Gimlet. A carpenter's tool for boring small holes in wood, as 

 the diminutive "let " or " et " implies. Its initial syllable 

 is possibly another form of " wimble," a larger tool of the 

 kind. 



Girder. A main beam to support the joists of a floor, etc. 



Girdling or Ringing. A method occasionally employed in pre- 

 paring trees for felling, notably and almost exclusively 

 taken in the case of Indian Teak. The process is to cut 

 completely away a ring of the sap wood at the base of the 

 trunk in order to arrest the upward flow of the life-giving 

 sap. This effectually kills the tree. In the case of teak, the 

 tree is afterwards allowed to stand two or more years, and 

 in the meantime the wood loses much weight and so can be 

 floated on the watercourses. Otherwise its weight when 

 green would debar this method of transport. 



Glue Heating Apparatus. An apparatus for heating one or a 

 number of glue-pots, consisting of a chamber containing 

 water heated by exhaust steam, gas or electricity. 



Gnar and Gnarled. A knot, or knotted, as in gnarled oak, i.e., 

 full of knots ; Chaucer wrote it " gnarre," a form now noted 

 as obsolete. 



Goat or Saugh Willow (Salix caprea).A native of England. 

 Non-combustible and not liable to split (a heavy blow 

 merely causing an indentation) to a high degree. Used for 

 brake blocks. See " Willow." 



Goodwill. An expression signifying the trade connection and 

 name of the vendor, when sold along with any profession, 

 trade or business. In law it appears to mean the proba- 

 bility of the vendor's customers continuing their custom, 

 and the vendor may not solicit their business away from the 

 purchaser. 



Gothenburg Standard. A measurement of pitprops equalling 



180 cub. ft. 

 Gouge. A carpenter's or woodworker's tool of the " chisel " 



