264 PRACTICAL LANDSCAPE GARDENING 



GLOSSARY OF TECHNICAL TERMS 



Axis — A line actually drawn and used as the basis of measurement. 



Bar Sand — Seashore sand. 



Batter (or break back) — A term used to signifj- a wall or other material which 

 does not stand upright but inclines from you when you stand before it. 



Breaker Dust — The finest material from the stone crusher. 



Broad Mortar Joint — Mortar joint from one-half to three-quarters of an 

 inch in brick, and from one to two inches in stone work. 



Cheek Block: Cheek Walls — The walls at the ends of steps, into which the 

 steps are built. 



Forebay — A small reser^'oir or receiving basin at the head of a pipe leading 

 to a ram or pump. 



Laid Quarn,' Face (Stone) — The natural rock face of the stone as taken from 

 the quarry. 



Napping Hammer — Long-handled hammer used in breaking stone, weighing 

 four to six pounds. 



Neat Width — Exact width. 



Ramp — A conca^-it^■ in a wall or railing rising from a lower to a higher level, 

 or descending from a higher to a lower level. 



Reveal Joint — Llnpointed joints between the stones forming a wall, the mortar 

 being raked out with a small tool from t«o to three inches deep. 



Row-lock Fashion — Brick laid on edge as a coping or cover on top of a wall. 



Rubble Gutter and Curb — Undressed stone from the field or quarry-, laid at 

 random. 



Scotched Wall — Stone set on edge; that is, the narrow way up, and one stone 

 rising above the other alternately. 



Splint Spawls — The small stone resulting from dressing stons at the quarrj-; 

 pieces which are too small for building purposes. 



Template — A mould used for forming or setting work. 



