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Short Leaf Pine. See " Pitch Pine." 



Shortness of Grain. May be illustrated by a charge brought 

 against Calif ornian redwood, that when jointed in dovetailing 

 the " pins " break or snap off with a touch ; an allied term- 

 not a dictionary word is " crapply," applied to " soft- 

 woods " in like circumstances, or where the wood is dry 

 and " breaks off short." 



Short Bills. Bills with less than ten days to run before maturity. 



Shorts. An American term for small sizes in mahogany 4 in. and 

 over, 2 to 5 ft. long. 



Shot, Shoot and Shooting. Terms in working or handling wood 

 the carpenter and joiner has preserved from a remote past, 

 but which are now obsolete or beyond the reach of modern 

 lexicographers. " Shot " here means a piece of wood, as a 

 door stile, planed and finished straight on the edges, i.e., 

 " shot straight " ; to " shoot " is to straighten, hence a 

 jointing or long shooting-plane, a tool now rarely seen, is the 

 instrument of " shooting " ; it is reflected in a good sports- 

 man, " shooting straight, "j 



Shutter. A board or framed and panelled piece of wood whose 

 purpose, like that of a door, is to close a hole in a wall, or 

 assist to that end where a window is concerned. For other 

 purposes see " Boxing Shutters." 



Shuttering. A term used to describe the boards for making the 

 moulds and shapes used in reinforced concrete construction. 



Shuttle. An instrument used in weaving cloth, with a backward 

 and forward movement. 



Shuttle Blocks. Hardwoods cut to sizes ready for turning to 

 make shuttles. 



Siding and Drop-siding. Siding is a new term little known out- 

 side the Canadian " white " or " yellow pine " trade, which 

 literally means " boards." It was not in use with importers 

 when logs, balks and deal sizes of 3 in. in thickness held 

 the European market. It follows that to-day the " pine- 

 sidings " from 1 to 2 in. in thickness are important 

 factors. In the United States this term extends to " pre- 

 pared feather-edged rebated boards " vised for outside board- 

 ing of houses, etc. In the broadest of such covering boards 

 the term " Drop-siding " is used. 



Sidings. Boards sawed from the outer portion of a log when the 

 central part is made into timber. 



Sight Bills. Bills payable at sight, or on demand or presentation. 



Silky Oak (Stenocarpus salignus). A fine cabinet wood from New 

 Guinea and North-East Australia. 



