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Rooky Wood. Not the wood where rooks do congregate, but 

 the misty or dark wood. " Wallace " speaks of the " rooky 

 mist." 



" The crow 

 Makes wing to the rooky wood." Shakespeare, " Macbeth," iii. 2. 



Rope-feed Benches. Circular saw benches fitted with power 

 rope and grips to force the wood being operated upon to 

 the saw. This invention followed on the " man-fed benches," 

 but is now largely superseded by the "roller-feed benches." 



Rosewood (Dalbergia). A very hard and durable wood, in great 

 request for high-class furniture and formerly for pianos. 

 Many species are in commercial use. Found in India, 

 West Indies, Brazil, etc. 



Ross. Local terms in parts of England and the United States 

 for the accumulation of matter on the bark of trees. 



Rosser. -One who removes the bark from logs. 

 Rossing. Taking off the bark. 



Rotary Veneer Machine. A machine that cuts or peels a thin 

 endless sheet of wood from a round log. 



Rough and Rough-hew. Wood goods from the saw having 

 small inequalities on the surface, not smooth or planed, as 

 a " rough " board. To hew coarsely without smoothing, 

 as to " rough-hew timber." 



" There is a divinity that shapes our ends 

 Rough-hew them how we will." 



Round (of a Ladder). A rundle, the little cylindrical step of a 

 ladder, otherwise " a rung." 



Round Shake. See " Shake." 



Round Timber. A term applied to timber in its natural state. 



Rounding Machines. Employed for turning round rods such as 

 broom handles, cvirtain poles, etc. The headstock has a 

 hollow mandril, and the cutter revolves at a high speed. 

 The wood does not revolve, and is fed through the machine 

 by means of feed rollers or by hand power. 



Rounds or Rundles. See " Staves." 



Roup. A Scotch term synonymous with auction. 



Rowan Tree. Another name for the mountain ash (which see). 



Rubble and Rubble work. Stones of irregular shapes and dimen- 

 sions, walls built of rubble stones ; when coiirsed the stones 

 are roughly dressed and laid in courses, but random in the 

 height of the courses ; when uncoursed the stones are used 

 as they occur, the interstices between the larger stones 

 being filled in with smaller pieces. See "Pointing." 



