† juffern.
Obsolete.
A piece of timber four or five inches square.
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quarter1423
batten1658
wair1664
juffer1679
quarter piece1736
ufer1754
two-by-four1868
four-by-two1873
1679 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. ix. Explan. Terms 168 Juffers, Stuff, about 4 or 5 inches square, and of several Lengths. [Hence, 1688 in R. Holme, 1823 in Nicholson Pract. Builder.]
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