Curb roof () A roof having a double slope, or composed, on each side, of two parts which have unequal inclination |
Mansard roof () A hipped curb roof |
Pent () of Pen |
Pent (v. t.) Penned or shut up |
Pitch (n.) A thick, black, lustrous, and sticky substance obtained by boiling down tar. It is used in calking the seams of ships |
Pitch (n.) See Pitchstone. |
Pitch (n.) To cover over or smear with pitch. |
Pitch (n.) Fig.: To darken |
Pitch (v. t.) To throw, generally with a definite aim or purpose |
Pitch (v. t.) To thrust or plant in the ground, as stakes or poles |
Pitch (v. t.) To set, face, or pave with rubble or undressed stones, as an embankment or a roadway. |
Pitch (v. t.) To fix or set the tone of |
Pitch (v. t.) To set or fix, as a price or value. |
Pitch (v. i.) To fix or place a tent or temporary habitation |
Pitch (v. i.) To light |
Pitch (v. i.) To fix one's choise |
Pitch (v. i.) To plunge or fall |
Pitch (n.) A throw |
Pitch (n.) That point of the ground on which the ball pitches or lights when bowled. |
Pitch (n.) A point or peak |
Pitch (n.) Height |
Pitch (n.) A descent |
Pitch (n.) The point where a declivity begins |
Pitch (n.) The relative acuteness or gravity of a tone, determined by the number of vibrations which produce it |
Pitch (n.) The limit of ground set to a miner who receives a share of the ore taken out. |
Pitch (n.) The distance from center to center of any two adjacent teeth of gearing, measured on the pitch line |
Pitch (n.) The length, measured along the axis, of a complete turn of the thread of a screw, or of the helical lines of the blades of a screw propeller. |
Pitch (n.) The distance between the centers of holes, as of rivet holes in boiler plates. |
Pitch-black (a.) Black as pitch or tar. |
Pitch-dark (a.) Dark as a pitch |
Pitch-faced (a.) Having the arris defined by a line beyond which the rock is cut away, so as to give nearly true edges |
Pitch-ore (n.) Pitchblende. |
Roof (n.) The cover of any building, including the roofing (see Roofing) and all the materials and construction necessary to carry and maintain the same upon the walls or other uprights. In the case of a building with vaulted ceilings protected by an outer roof, some writers call the vault the roof, and the outer protection the roof mask. It is better, however, to consider the vault as the ceiling only, in cases where it has farther covering. |
Roof (n.) That which resembles, or corresponds to, the covering or the ceiling of a house |
Roof (n.) The surface or bed of rock immediately overlying a bed of coal or a flat vein. |
Roof (v. t.) To cover with a roof. |
Roof (v. t.) To inclose in a house |
Shed (n.) A slight or temporary structure built to shade or shelter something |
Shed (imp. & p. p.) of Shed |
Shed (v. t.) To separate |
Shed (v. t.) To part with |
Shed (v. t.) To let fall |
Shed (v. t.) To cause to flow off without penetrating |
Shed (v. t.) To sprinkle |
Shed (v. t.) To divide, as the warp threads, so as to form a shed, or passageway, for the shuttle. |
Shed (v. i.) To fall in drops |
Shed (v. i.) To let fall the parts, as seeds or fruit |
Shed (n.) A parting |
Shed (n.) The act of shedding or spilling |
Shed (n.) That which parts, divides, or sheds |