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Krabark (sometimes spelt Crabark). An unidentified hardwood 

 timber exported from Siam. 



Kyanize. To apply corrosive sublimate to timber in. order to 

 prevent dry-rot, so called from Mr. Kyan, who invented the 

 process. 



Laburnum. A tree of the genus Cytisus, the C. laburnum of 

 Linnaeus, a native of the Alps and much cultivated by 

 way of ornament. The wood of C. alpinus is said to be 

 prized by cabinet-makers, but in European commerce it is 

 not prominent. 



Lacewood (otherwise the American plane, Platanus occiden- 

 tails). A fancy wood that enters the veneer-field. Its 

 speciality lies in the "medullary-rays" or "silver-grain," 

 being somewhat pronounced or exposed to the eye ; but, as 

 usual in oak, beech, etc., only brought out as a fancy- wood 

 when sawn or cut radially or on the quarter. See " Plane 

 and Plane-tree " and " Figure in Woods." 



Lacquer and Lacquering. A varnish for wood, etc.; a solution of 

 hard gums of different colours in alcohol. It is an old-time 

 Eastern invention in its application to wood, and lacquering 

 is still largely practised in China and Japan. Europe was 

 made acquainted with it through the Dutch about two cen- 

 turies ago, when wooden clock-cases, etc., were sent out 

 plain and returned lacquered and gilded, as part cargoes in 

 "teaships." 



Lacustrine Habitations. The remains of human dwellings of 

 great antiquity, constructed on certain lakes in Ireland, 

 Switzerland, England, etc. They seem to have been villages 

 built on piles or artificial mounds in shallow waters for de- 

 fence against wolves, etc. 



Ladder Rounds. The rounded steps of a ladder, variantly called 



" staves." 



Lading. See " Bill of Lading." 



Lag or Lagging. ( 1 ) Thin sawn or riven wood or boarding, used as 

 false floors in buildings to carry plaster, daub, sawdust, etc., 

 the object of which is to deaden sound between upper and 

 lower apartments ; another term is " sound- boarding." See 

 " Pugging." (2) " Lag," narrow boards laid on the ribs 



