A thin, narrow strip, fastened to the rafters, studs, or floor beams of a building, for the purpose of supporting a covering of tiles, plastering, etc.
Microscopic, needle-like crystals, usually of plagioclase feldspar, in a glassy groundmass
to cover or line with laths
A beam; rafter; one of the principal rafters of a building.
A column; pillar.
A sieve.
A young herring.
The foot or lower part of a couple or rafter; base.
A roof rafter or couple, usually one of a pair.
A strainer or colander for liquids
That which is sifted or strained, hence, settlings; sediment; filth.
To go; pass.
To flow down; drip; drop; fall; sink.
To pour with rain.
To settle down; calm or compose oneself.
To strain, as milk; pass through a strainer or anything similar; filter.
To boil gently; simmer.