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and grooved on their edges ; (2) " sheeting " is covering 

 wrought wood-goods with waterproof sheets when travelling 

 on rail in open wagons. 



Shelving. Broad boards suitable for making shelves. 



Shinier Cutter Heads. A form of cutter head usually employed 

 for tongueing and grooving the edge of boards. This is 

 an American product, although much used in this country. 



Shingles. Flat, thin, oblong pieces of wood with one end thinner 

 than the other in order to lap lengthwise, used in covering 

 roofs and outer walls of buildings. A straight-grained, 

 readily splitable wood is cut into blocks, the longitudinal 

 faces of which are of the size intended for the shingles, which 

 are then regularly split off in thicknesses of about a quarter 

 of an inch. 



Shiplap and Shiplap- joint. An overlapping joint in boardings, 

 mouldings, floorings, etc. This may be instanced in " cover- 

 ing boards " of houses, etc., where one board " cloaks," 

 ; ' hides," or " overlaps " another at the joint, the lower edge 

 of the upper board being rebated for that purpose. See 

 'Rebate" and "Rebate-plane." 



Shipping Culls. A grade of wood above mill culls. 



Shipping Days. The number of days agreed upon by the owners 

 and engagers of the vessel to be devoted to loading, beyond 

 which " Demurrage " is reckoned (which see}. 



Shipping Documents. All necessary documents appertaining to 

 the shipment of a parcel or cargo of goods to enable the 

 receiver to deal with it. 



Shipping Marks. See " Quality and Shipping Marks," also 

 " Brands." 



Shipping Season. That period of the year during which it is 

 customary to make shipments from a specified district. 



Shives (Cooper's). Pieces of wood used by coopers as bungs to 

 casks. 



Shooks. A bundle or set of staves sufficient in number for a 

 cask or barrel ; a set of boards for a box. Also called Box- 

 boards, or Caseboards. 



Shooting Plane. A joiner's " hand-plane " of extra length in the 

 stock, used for jointing boards together for tables, counter- 

 tops, etc. It works on the edge of the boards, its extra 

 length over other like planes enabling it to make truer or 

 finer joints ; of late years the stocks have been shortened 

 and the planes adapted to run on their side like mitre-planes. 

 See "Plane." 



