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battens ; he has a " hand-hook " (which see) in one hand, 

 with which he lifts the wood a few inches until he can grasp 

 the end with both hands, when, with an easy swing, he ele- 

 vates it as high as he can reach, whereon a " deal-carrier " 

 (which see) runs his shoulder under and carries the piece 

 away to the " pile " or " wagon." 



Hick-joint Pointing. In architecture, a term applied to face- 

 joints in brickwork, which have been. " raked- out " to a 

 minor depth and repointed with a whiter or superior mortar ; 

 a variant term is " Tuck pointing " and to some extent 

 "re-pointing." See "Pointing." "Hick-joint," as above, 

 is suggestive of being a late or corrupt form of " brick-joint." 



Hickory (Carya alba). An American tree belonging to the walnut 

 tribe, and yielding the nut called Hickory nut. A hard wood 

 and coarse grained, used for tools and also as a substitute 

 for ash, though it is somewhat harder than the latter. 



Hip. The external angle formed by the meeting of the sloping 

 sides of a roof, which have their wall-plates running in 

 different directions. See " Hip Roof." The opposite of 

 "hip" is "valley." 



Hip-knob or Pinial. An ornament, grotesque or pinnacle, fixed 

 at the apex of a " hip " or " gable." In the latter instance 

 it may variantly be termed a " gable knob," " finial," etc. 



Hip Rafter. -The rafter which forms the hip of a roof. See 

 "Hip." 



Hip Roof. A roof, the ends of which rise from the wall-plates 

 with the same inclination as the other two sides. See " Hip." 



Kip Tiles. A special form of tile made suitable for the pitch of 

 a roof, and to work in with a given form or make of roof- 

 tiles. It is not uncommon for " hip-tiles " to be used on 

 slate-covered roofs. 



Hoard and Hoarding. In architecture, the name given to the 

 timber enclosure round a building when the latter is in 

 course of erection, or undergoing repair or alteration. 



Hog. A machine used in America for cutting wood into chips. 



Hold of a Ship. Is between the lowest deck and the keel. In 

 merchant vessels it holds the main part of the cargo. 



Hollow. (1) Joiner's hand-plane, one of a "set," fellow to its 

 opposite the " round " in " a pair of hollow and rounds " ; 

 (2) a place excavated, as " the hollow of a tree " ; (3) in 

 architecture, a concave moulding sometimes called a " case- 

 ment " usually one-sixth or one-fourth of a circle ; (4) 

 " Hollow-wall," one built in. two thicknesses, leaving a 

 cavity between, either for saving materials, or for preserving 

 a uniform temperature in apartments. 



