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Glossary of Terms
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Burl - |
a hard, woody outgrowth on a tree, more or less rounded in form usually resulting from the untwined growth of a cluster of latent buds. Burls are a source of highly figured veneers. |
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Butterfly Key -
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a bow-tie shaped piece of wood used to join 2 boards together or reinforce a check or crack. Its purpose is both structural as well as decorative. |
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Crotch Grain - |
figure produced by cutting centrally through a tree crotch in the common plane of both branches. |
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Dovetail - |
A fan shaped tenon that forms a tight interlocking joint when fitted into a corresponding mortise. A dovetail joint is when one or more such tenons and mortises are interlocked. |
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Dovetail Spline- |
A fan shaped tenon that forms a tight interlocking joint when fitted into a corresponding mortise. A dovetail joint is when one or more such tenons and mortises are interlocked. |
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Flame Grain |
Applied to figure produced on flatsawn boards or rotary-cut veneer. |
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Quartersawn |
also edge grain. Referring to boards that are cut so that the growth rings in the wood are at 45 to 90 degrees to the wood surface |
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Slab |
A broad, flat, thick piece of wood. |
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Spalted wood |
Partially decayed wood characterized by irregular discolorations appearing as dark zone lines on the surface. |
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Stringer |
A strip of wood joined between 2 pieces of wood to accent. |
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Treenail |
A wooden peg used to hold a mortise and tenon joint together. |