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Octodec'imo. — A book in which each sheet is folded into 

 (Mj^liL leaves. Abbreviated to 18mo. 



Quar'to. — A book folded into four leaves or eight pages. Ab- 

 breviated to 4to. 



Sextodecimo. — A book composed of sheets folded so as to 

 make .-^i.xteen leaves. Abbreviated to IGnio. 



Vigesimo-quarto. — A book composed of sheets folded so as 

 to make twenty-four leaves. Abbreviated to 24mo. 



BUILDING. 



Architecture. See Architecture. 



Bricklaying'. — The art of building with bricks. 



Carpentry. — The art of framing or letting into each other an 

 a.ssemblage of pieces of timber, such as those of a roof, 

 floor, centre, etc. 



Engineering (Civil). — The art of forming, or the construction 

 of, roads, bridges, railroads ; the construction of machinery 

 for all purposes ; the formation of canals, aqueducts, harbors, 

 docks ; drainage of lands, etc. 



Gas'fitting. — The occupation of a gas-fitter. 



Gild'ing.— The art or practice of overlaying things with gold- 

 leaf or a thin coating of gold. 



Glazing. — The art of setting glass. 



Joinery. — The art of framing or joining together wood for the 

 external and internal finishings of houses, such as the 

 linings of walls and rough timbers ; the putting together of 

 doors, windows, stairs, and the like. 



Masonry. — The art of preparing and combining stones so that 

 they shall tooth, indent, or lie on each other, and become 

 masses of walling and arching for the purposes of building. 



Plumb'ing. — The art of casting and working in lead, and using 

 it in building. 



Tecton'ics (Gr. tekfonikos, skilled in building). — The science 

 or art by which implements, vessels, dwellings or other 

 edifices are constructed, both agreeably to the end for 

 which thej^ are designed, and in conformity with sentiments 

 and artistic ideas. 



Turnery, ur Turning. — The art of fashioning solid bodies 

 iuio cylindrieal or other forms by means of a turning-lathe. 



Veneering. — The art of overlaying a coarse or inferior wood 

 with thin leaves of superior wood. 



