A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive (1902)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York : The Macmillan company · leaf 281
screw used to replacea nail, usually intended to be driven by ascrewdriver, for which purpose it has a slotin the head, which may be fiat or rounded.Gimlet screws are those wood screws whichhave a sharp pointed end so that they can bedriven, at least into soft wood, without theprejiaratiiry Imring… … Screen of O.vk: Northfi.eet Chitrch, Kent; r. 1.300. line, as by an awl ; hence, to fit one piece toanother of irregular or uneven form, as a plainpiece against a moulded jiiece, or as in shapingthe lower edge of a baseboard to fit the irregu-laritiis of the floor. SCRIPTORIUM. In mcdiicval Latin,…
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