Knight's American mechanical dictionary : a description of tools, instruments, machines, processes and engineering, history of inventions, general technological vocabulary ; and digest of mechanical appliances in science and the arts . as gniilcs for the plastering which comes Hushwith the face of the grouiuls. To them tlie moldingand other finishings are nailed. h. Framing or pieces forming a basis for otherstructure, a-s gromid-sills. e. Sheathing upon quarters or studding to forma liasis for cornice woik or moldings. Ground-seat. (Saddlerg.) A ply of canras orliiisey drawn over the strainin
Knight's American mechanical dictionary : a description of tools, instruments, machines, processes and engineering, history of inventions, general technological vocabulary ; and digest of mechanical appliances in science and the arts . as gniilcs for the plastering which comes Hushwith the face of the grouiuls. To them tlie moldingand other finishings are nailed. h. Framing or pieces forming a basis for otherstructure, a-s gromid-sills. e. Sheathing upon quarters or studding to forma liasis for cornice woik or moldings. Ground-seat. (Saddlerg.) A ply of canras orliiisey drawn over the straining which supports thepailding and seat of a saddle. Ground-sill. (Car/irntr;/.) X sleeper ; or a. \o\veTtiml)er, which snjtports the remainder of the fiame. Ground-table. {Building.) The foundationcourse of stones. Grouud-tackle. (Nautical.) The ropes andtaiklc connected with the anchors and mooring ap-Jiaratus. Ground-timbers. (Shipbuilding.) Those whichlie on the keel and are bolted to the keelson. Floor-tiinhers. Ground-Tvays. {Shipbuilding.) The largebloiks and |ilanks wliich support the cradle onA\ hi-h a sliip is launched. Ground-vrheel. That wheel of a harvesterwhich, resting on the ground, is revolved by con- Fig. Ground-Marker. 36 inclies, but the larger kSouthern varieties need 48inches apart in the rows and between the rows. Ground-mold. (Civil Engineering.) A templetor frame by which the surface of the ground isbrought to the required form, as in terracing or em-banking. Ground-plan. A representation on a horizontalplane of the foundation, or of the arrangement ofthe lower tier of rooms of a building. Ground-plate. 1. (Building.) The lower hori-zontal timber of a bnihling on which the frame iserected. \ sill. 2. (Riiilimy Engineering.) Abed-plate forsleepersor ties in some kinds of ground. 3. (Telegrapliif.) A metallic plate buried in theearth to conduct the electric current thereto. Itshould bear a certain proportion to the size of theconductor which is attac
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