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GIRDER
girder
(noun) a beam made usually of steel; a main support in a structure
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
girder (plural girders)
A beam of steel, wood, or reinforced concrete, used as a main horizontal support in a building or structure.
One who girds; a satirist.
Anagrams
• Grider, gerrid
Source: Wiktionary
Gird"er, n. Etym: [From Gird to sneer at.]
Definition: One who girds; a satirist.
Gird"er, n. Etym: [From Gird to encircle.]
1. One who, or that which, girds.
2. (Arch. & Engin.)
Definition: A main beam; a stright, horizontal beam to span an opening or carry weight, such as ends of floor beams, etc.; hence, a framed or built-up member discharging the same office, technically called a compound girder. See Illusts. of Frame, and Doubleframed floor, under Double. Bowstring girder, Box girder, etc. See under Bowstring, Box, etc.
– Girder bridge. See under Bridge.
– Lattice girder, a girder consisting of longitudinal bars united by diagonal crossing bars.
– Half-lattice girder, a girder consisting of horizontal upper and lower bars connected by a series of diagonal bars sloping alternately in opposite directions so as to divide the space between the bars into a series of triangles. Knight.
– Sandwich girder, a girder consisting of two parallel wooden beams, between which is an iron plate, the whole clamped together by iron bolts.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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FISSILE
(adjective) capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain; “fissile crystals”; “fissile wood”
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