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Quicken Tree. Another name for Mountain Ash. 



Quilting. Ridgy marks sometimes seen on the sawn surface of 

 wood. The ridges are generally shallow and do not follow 

 the line of the cut, but zigzag across it in rather a mysterious 

 manner. Reciprocating saws are more liable to " quilt " 

 than circular saws. 



Quirk. A deep indentation, the hollow under the abacus of a 

 column. 



Qairk Mouldings. Mouldings whose apparent projection is 

 increased by the addition of a quicker curve. 



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Rabbet. See " Rebate." 



Rack-benches. Circular saws, usually of large diameter, with 

 travelling tables, each consisting of two plates, one on each 

 side of the saw, resting on rollers and actuated by pinions 

 and racks fixed under the tables. In some cases, instead 

 of the plain tables, " carriages and dogs " are provided ; 

 the logs then overhang the carriages, which are traversed 

 by racks and pinions. 



Radial Arm Feed or Roller Feed, for Saw Benches. Usually 

 fitted to circular saw benches, consisting of a feed roller 

 driven by gearing and carried in an arm pivoted at the back 

 end of the machine. The arm can be turned out of the 

 way when automatic feed is not required. 



Raff Merchant. An obsolete or variant term for an importer 

 of foreign timber, whose goods, far more so than in this 

 century, were " floated " or rafted, hence they were called 

 " raff." See " Timber Merchant," " Monger " and " Wood- 

 monger," also "Raft," 



R,at. A float of timber passing down a river from a forest to 

 a saw-mill or a shipping station, from which is derived 

 " raff " and the merchant dealing with rafted goods a " raff 

 merchant " (which see). When rafts are carrying other 

 goods or hardwoods which will not readily float of their 

 own accord they are apt to become " floats." 



Raiters. Pieces of timber which form the framework of the 

 slopes of a roof. Common rafters are those to which the 

 slate boarding, or lathing is attached, a variant term for 

 which is " spar " or " roof-spar." See " Spar." 



