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, or society; to detach; to select. Some royal seminary in Upper Egypt, from whence they drafted novices to supply their colleges and temples. Holwell.

s board (Arch.), an arris fillet, or a thick board with a feather edge, nailed across the rafters at the eaves of a building, to raise the lower course of slates a little, or to receive the lowest course of tiles; -- called also eaves catch and eaves lath. -- Eaves channel, Eaves gutter, Eaves trough. Same as Gutter,…

The principal rafters of a roof, especially a pair of rafters taken together. [Obs.]

A short rope grafted on a harpoon, to which a longer lin Totten.

ax, a composition of rosin, beeswax tallow, etc., used in binding up the wounds of newly grafted trees.

The lower end of a timber in a frame, as a post or rafter. In the United States, specif., the obtuse angle of the lower end of a rafter set sloping.

e. -- Hip knob (Arch.), a finial, ball, or other ornament at the intersection of the hip rafters and the ridge. -- Hip molding (Arch.), a molding on the hip of a roof, covering the hip joint of the slating or other roofing. -- Hip rafter (Arch.), the rafter extending from the wall plate to the ridge in the angle of…

thing. This fellow would ingraft a foreign name Upon our stock. Dryden. A custom . . . ingrafted into the monarchy of Rome. Burke.

The thing ingrafted; a scion.

revent the sagging of the tiebeam in the middle. If there are struts, supporting the main rafters, they often bear upon the foot of the king-post. Called also crown-post.

A thin, narrow strip of wood, nailed to the rafters, studs, or floor beams of a building, for the purpose of supporting the tiles, plastering, etc. A corrugated metallic strip or plate is sometimes used. Lath brick, a long, slender brick, used in making the floor on which malt is placed in the drying kiln. Lath nail a…

An apple from a tree raised from the seed and not grafted; a seedling apple.

oof plate which supports the ends of the roof trusses or, in simple work, the feet of the rafters.

ch.), a horizontal timber resting on the tiebeams of a roof and receiving the ends of the rafters. It differs from the plate in not resting on the wall.

t construction, a horizontal member supported on the principals and supporting the common rafters.

eceiving ship, one on board of which newly recruited sailors are received, and kept till drafted for service.

The timber forming the ridge of a roof, into which the rafters are secured.

A rafter. [Obs.] Holland.

Thin boards for shealting, as above the rafters, and under the shingles or slates, and for similar purposes.

An iron socket or plate to take the thrust of a strut or rafter.