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no assistance further than a " hand-hook " (which see) 

 and a " mall " or " mallet " (which see) is a wonderful per- 

 formance. 



Plant. The equipment of a mill or factory, specially applied 

 to the machinery necessary for the trade carried on therein. 



Plantation. A piece of ground planted with trees or shrubs 

 for the purpose of producing timber or coppice wood. 



Planting-mouldings. The opposite of " stuck-moul dings." 

 See " Stick and Sticking " and " Scratch Moulding." These 

 terms a centuiy ago had more meaning in the joinery depart- 

 ment of the wood trade than they have to-day, the prin- 

 cipal field of their application being " panel-framing " ; 

 if the moulds were " stuck " on the framing, as in old wains- 

 cotting, they were described as being " stuck on the solid." 

 The modern system of " planting " loose mouldings in or 

 around the panels gave the name of "planting moulds or 

 mouldings." 



Plasterers' Laths. Thin and narrow riven strips of wood, nailed 

 to the rafters, studs or floor beams, in order to sustain the 

 covering or plastering. Of late years machine-sawn laths 

 have come into very general use. The usual dimensions 

 of laths are 1J in. x & in., 1 in. x J in., 1 in. x & in., 

 in lengths of 2|-, 3, 3, 4 and 4J ft. Sawn laths are sold 

 per bundle of 500 running feet, and hand-split laths per 

 bundle of 360 running feet. 



Plate. A general term applied to almost all horizontal timbers 

 which are laid upon walls, etc., to receive other timber- work, 

 hence " wall-plate," etc. 



Platter or Platter-board. An ancient article of domestic use, a 

 large shallow dish of turned sycamore or maple-wood, the 

 use of which is now retained on the table as a dish or stand 

 for bread and cheese, or other dry food substances. The 

 term is allied to the wood-plate or " Trencher " (which see). 



Plinth. (1 ) A member serving as the base of a column or wall, 

 or collectively members which serve as a base (which see). 

 (2) A board running round a room next the floor, known 

 also as " Washboard." 



Plough. A joiner's instrument for grooving or trenching, worked 

 after the manner of a plane. Its finished work is a " plough- 

 groove " a groove invariably larger than that wrought 

 by a " grooving-plane " (which see). 



Plugs. Pieces of wood driven into the log to hide defects. Large 

 pegs driven into logs for making some attachment for hauling 

 or rafting. 



