Truss: alternatives and connections

A fillet or strip of woven material, used in dressing and binding up wounds, etc.

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To tie, or confine with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.; to fetter; to make fast; as, to bind grain in bundles; to bind a prisoner.

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An architectural member, plain or ornamental, projecting from a wall or pier, to support weight falling outside of the same; also, a decorative featu…

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To restrain within limits; to restrict; to limit; to bound; to shut up; to inclose; to keep close.

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To secure by bonds; to chain; to bond or confine; to hold tightly; to constringe.

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To construct by fitting and uniting the several parts of the skeleton of any structure; specifically, in woodwork, to put together by cutting parts o…

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The work of framing, or the completed work; the frame or constructional part of anything; as, the framework of society.

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The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed.

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A piece of cloth, or other suitable material, sewed or otherwise fixed upon a garment to repair or strengthen it, esp. upon an old garment to cover a…

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To draw back again; to hold back from acting, proceeding, or advancing, either by physical or moral force, or by any interposing obstacle; to repress…

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To bear by being under; to keep from falling; to uphold; to sustain, in a literal or physical sense; to prop up; to bear the weight of; as, a pillar…

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To keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support; as, a foundation sustains the superstructure; a beast sustains a load; a rope sustains a weight.

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A knot; a fastening.

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A bundle of sticks, twigs, or small branches of trees, used for fuel, for raising batteries, filling ditches, or other purposes in fortification; a f…

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To fix firmly; to make fast; to secure, as by a knot, lock, bolt, etc.; as, to fasten a chain to the feet; to fasten a door or window.

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Fixed; solidified.

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Free from fear, care, or anxiety; easy in mind; not feeling suspicion or distrust; confident.

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To tie, or confine with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.; to fetter; to make fast; as, to bind grain in bundles; to bind a prisoner.

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A bracket supporting a superincumbent object, or receiving the spring of an arch. Corbels were employed largely in Gothic architecture.

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