joistingn.
/ˈdʒɔɪstɪŋ/ The timber-work of joists supporting a floor or the like; the mass or structure of joists.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > framework of building > [noun] > joist > collectively
joisting1651
floor1679
naked flooring1819
1651 Ayr Presbytery Rec. in Lit. Scott. World (1894) iv. 43 The flooring and gisting to be directly the height of the place of repentance.
1893 Westm. Gaz. 30 Oct. 4/2 About 12ft. by 12ft. of the flooring and joisting was involved in the flames.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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n.1651- flame-bearer
- flame-bed
- flame-box
- flame-breathing
- flame-bred
- flame-bridge
- flame-burnt
- flame-cap
- flame-cell
- flame-chamber
- flame-color
- flame-colored
- flame-colour
- flame-coloured
- flame-darting
- flame-devoted
- flame-engine
- flame-eyed
- flame-faced
- flame-feathered
- flame-flower
- flame-flue
- flame-flushed
- flame-furnace
- flame-god