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4 words match “INTERTIE”

INTERTIE n.
In any framed work, a horizontal tie other than sill and plate or other principal ties, securing uprights to one another.
INTERDUCE n.
An intertie.
INTERMEDIATE a.
he last (which are called the extremes); the means. -- Intermediate tie. (Arch.) Same as Intertie.
LEDGER n.
s and supporting floor timbers, a staircase, scaffolding, or the like. It differs from an intertie in being intended to carry weight. [Written also ligger.] Ledger bait, fishing bait attached to a floating line fastened to the bank of a stream, pond, etc. Walton. J. H. Walsh. -- Ledger line. See Leger line, under 3d L…