segunda-feira, 23 de dezembro de 2013

The name given to a bit of wood

The name given to a bit of wood



Cat. The name given to a bit of wood, a horn, or anything which is struck in place of a ball in certain games.

To Cat a Chimney. To enclose a vent by the process called Cat and Clay (Teviotd.).

Cat and Clay. The materials of which a mud wall is constructed in many parts of S. Straw and clay are well wrought together, and being formed into pretty large rolls, are laid between the different wooden posts by means of which the wall is formed, and carefully pressed down so as to incorporate with each other, or with the twigs that are sometimes plaited from one post to another (S.).



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