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Match Boards or Matched Boards. Boards, variantly called 

 " matched-linings," grooved and tongued on the edges, the 

 tongue being formed in the solid, expressed " p.t. & g. " ; 

 or, if V-jointed, " p.t.g. & V- joint," with the substitu- 

 tion of ' B " if " beaded " instead of " V-joint " ; others 

 are rebated instead of tongued and grooved and expressed 

 " R. " 



Match Splints. Thin wooden sticks for making matches. They 

 are cut double the length of matches and are crosscut after 

 the ends have been dipped and supplied with the striking 

 material. 



Matched. Any form of joint in wood ; usually applied to 

 tongued and grooved jointing; or " matched in figure," with 

 fancy or ornamental wood in veneer form. 



Matched Linings. See "Match Boards." 



Mattress Scantling. Wood (generally pitch pine) cut to size, 

 for making the frame to which mattress wires are attached. 



Mauerlatten. A German word, formerly employed to signify 

 wood used for the framing of buildings. Small logs, mostly 

 8 ; 9, 10 x 10, and 11 : 11, exported from the Baltic; 

 chiefly from Riga and neighbourhood. 



Measure and Measurement. See "Customs Measure," "Cus- 

 tomary Measure," "Actual Measure " and " Hoppus's 

 Measure." 



Medullary Rays. Compressed cellular tissues which usually run 

 continuously from the pith to the bark. They are present 

 in all exogenous trees, but only become apparent to the 

 naked eye in a limited number, at the head of which stands 

 the oak and includes the beech and plane. This constitutes 

 the beauty of figure termed " Silver-grain " (which see). 

 In other trees the rays or figtire from this source are said to 

 be " obscure." 



Merblanc. A special form of charterparty for shipments from 

 the. White Sea. 



Merchantable. In general commerce a term applied to goods 

 fit for market ; or such as are usually sold in market ; or 

 such as will bring the ordinary price. In the timber trade 

 it is used as a technical designation for a particular kind of 

 assortment. Oregon fir, for instance, is graded for export 

 as prime (clear), select and merchantable, and a lower grade 

 of pitch pine timber, sawn and planed lumber is called mer- 

 chantable. 



Metric Foot. Tlu's is strictly a facon de parler, as a foot is not 

 a metrical measure. In many French, Dutch and Belgian 



