A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive (1902)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York : The Macmillan company · leaf 400
S. B. A wedge, or a tapering piece or member,used singly, or in jiairs, as a means of drawingtwo jjarts together and tightly securing themwhen it is forced into an aperture prepared forthe purpose; or as a means of holding twoniemhcrs or surfaces apart; hence, a memberfor a similar purpose, whether… … Key (in Sense B) : Wedoes or Pins holding inPlace the Framing of a Swiss Timber House. securing together a number of boards edge toedge; and will be itself formed of a taperingboard forced into a corresponding groove cutacross the assembled boards; the cross sectionof such a key and its…
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