| beam |
The horizontal stone or timber placed across an architectural space to take the weight of the roof or wall above; also called a lintel.
Ãâó: www.ackland.org/tours/classes/glossary.html
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| bearing |
Any characteristic part of a building (wall, column, etc.) that supports part of the weight of the structure. A wall is often spoken as a "bearing-wall" whenever it supports weight other than itself.
Ãâó: www.armstrong.com/commflooringna/glossary.html
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| bead |
Colloquial term referring to the bubbles which float on top of a fermenting wine or champagne in the glass.
Ãâó: www.marylandwine.com/wineries/appreciation/glossar...
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| bead |
Prehistoric beads in California are made of ocean shells such as clam or Olivella and of talc schist (steatite or soapstone) and other workable stone, and occasionally of bone. In historic times, large quantities of glass beads were brought into California for purposes of trade.
Ãâó: www.indiana.edu/~e472/cdf/proginfo/definitions.htm...
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| bearing |
A surveying term used to designate direction. The bearing of a line is the acute horizontal angle between the meridian and the line. The meridian is an established line of reference. Azimuths are angles measured clockwise from any meridian.
Ãâó: www.netl.doe.gov/coal/Coal%20Primer/glossary.html
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