sypherv.
/ˈsʌɪfə/ Carpentry.
To make a lap-joint by overlapping two bevelled or chamfered plank-edges, so as to leave a plane surface.
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > constructing or working with wood > build or construct with wood [verb (transitive)] > join > with specific joint or method
mortisea1450
culver-tail1616
scarf1627
tenon1652
dovetail1657
cock1663
shoot?1677
knee1711
indent1741
mitre1753
halve1804
box1815
tongue1823
sypher1841
cog1858
butt joint1859
jag1894
lap-join1968
1841 R. H. Dana Seaman's Man. Syphering, lapping the edges of planks over each other for a bulk-head.
Derivatives
sypher-joint n.
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > constructing or working with wood > [noun] > wooden structures or wooden parts of > means of fitting together > types of joint
indenting1382
scarf1497
swallowtail1548
dovetail1565
mortise-piece1577
tenon and mortise1610
culver-tail1616
mortise and tenon1631
finger joint1657
breaking joint1663
meeting1663
mitre1665
scarfing1671
heading joint1773
dovetail-joint1776
butting joint1803
bevel-joint1823
lap-joint1823
lapped mitre1825
mitre dovetail1847
bridle joint1860
mortise1875
sypher-joint1875
keyed mitre1876
tongue-and-groove1882
saddle joint1948
1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Sypher-joint. (Carpentry.) A lap joint for the edges of boards, leaving a flat or flush surface.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
<
v.1841- retiracied
- retiracy
- retirade
- retiral
- retiral collection
- retirals
- retirance
- retiration
- retire
- retire hurt
- retire in échiquier
- retired
- retired allowance
- retired flank
- retired list
- retired pay
- retiredly
- retiredness
- retirednesses
- retiree
- retirees
- retirement
- retirement age
- retirement annuity
- retirement asset