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blocks, planks or flitches. " Burrs " are invariably cut into 

 veneers by the knife process, in which form they occasionally 

 realize high prices. See " Burr- woods " and " Burr." 



Walnut Tree (Juglans regia). One of the most beautiful fancy 

 woods in the world. In great request among cabinet-makers 

 and also used by manufacturers of gunstocks. The wood is 

 not corrodible when in contact with iron. 



Wandering Heart. A tree in which the pith runs irregularly 

 through the stem, causing boards exit from it to be " short " 

 in the grain and weak for bearing purposes. Usual in wood 

 where the trees are not plantation growth. 



Wane. The natural rounded edge of the log ; the defective angles 

 of timber ; lack of wood on the corners from any cause. See 

 " Wane, Scant, or Cant-corner." 



Wane, Scant, or Cant-corner. Timber wanting in substance, or 

 not die-square at the corners. This is usually a mark of 

 inferiority, but in first-class log timber, as in " waney yellow 

 or white pine," mast-pieces, etc., it is not ; they are only 

 prevented from being shipped in the round by the loss of 

 stowage space in a ship which would view them as being their 

 full squares, hence they are shipped " partly squared," and 

 come under the category of " waney timber." Small Baltic 

 fir timbers, known as " Egyptian balks or squares," are 

 waney more or less in their upper parts, hence their tops may 

 be round. 



Waney-board Pine Logs. Selected clean butts of Canadian white 

 or yellow pine partially square. An old form of shipment, 

 used a century ago for riving into plasterer's laths, etc., but 

 now rare and costly. See " Waney Timber." 



Waney-edged Goods. Goods not sawn or shipped " die-square " 

 on the edges, or " not free from wane." It is a term that fits 

 common boards wrought into flooring, and common battens. 



Waney Timber. Timbers not hewn or sawn die-square, implying 

 a mark of inferiority in Baltic goods, but of superiority in 

 " Canadian white or yellow pine," where " waney-board 

 pine " logs are the highest quality. See " Waney-board 

 Pine Logs." 



Washboards. (1) Boards with a ribbed surface used for washing 

 clothes. (2) The boards or skirting in a structure level with 

 the floor. (3) A kind of board used by a ship or boat. 



Washer. A piece of iron, leather, etc., in the form of a flattened 

 ring interposed as in " handrail-screws " (which see), and the 

 head or nut of a bolt. They are common as " beds " for nuts 

 to work upon. 



