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Scroll. (1) An initial feature in a handrail starting on a newel 

 and balusters. Eighteenth-century examples were imposing 

 features in mansions, taking turn after turn. See " Hand- 

 rail." (2) A name given to a large class of ornaments 

 characterized generally by their resembling a narrow band 

 arranged in convolutions or undulations. They are promi- 

 nent features in the capitals of Corinthian and other columns, 

 where they are termed "volutes." See "Scroll-step." 



Scroll-step. The first or bottom step in a staircase intended to 

 have a scroll handrail base ; the step has a " scroll-end," 

 formed of a built-up " scroll- block," round which the riser, 

 thinned to the consistency of a veneer, is wound and glued 

 round it ; a board, or boards, forming the " tread " and 

 " nosing " covering or completing the step. See " Scroll '' 

 and " Baluster." 



Season. To dry timber, either in the open or in a dry kiln. 



Season Checks. Cracks which appear on the exterior faces of 

 timber during the seasoning process. 



Season's Cut. The output of a sawmill plant for that portion 

 of the year the mill is operated. 



Second Growth. The term " second growth " is applied to 

 certain trees which have grown from the stumps of felled 

 trees, such as hickory or ash. It is also applied to trees 

 of a new growth which have grown up from seeds where 

 the older forest has been cut or otherwise destroyed. The 

 trees produced from shoots of the stumps of older hickory 

 trees grow rapidly, and are held to produce tougher and 

 more pliable wood. 



Secret Nailing. Nailing boards through thin edges where the 

 nail holes are not seen. 



Selections, Selected, and Unselected are terms in the wood-trade 

 closely associated with " sorting," " sorted," and " un- 

 sorted," and apply to goods that are "graded," or "un- 

 graded." See " Graded." Selection may apply to a por- 

 tion of any known quality or grade of goods where a buyer, 

 paying an extra price, may have the pick of the stock. 

 Unselected means shipments of goods capable of being 

 selected or graded which are dealt with in trade without 

 sorting being resorted to. 



Self-acting Cross-cut Saws. In which either the saw, or the 

 material, has a self-acting feed motion actuated by power. 



Self Log, or Cut Log. Logs, usually mahogany, put aside and sold 

 separately. 



