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scantlings
scantlings, originally the dimensions of a timber after it has been reduced to its standard size. Its modern meaning covers the dimensions of all parts which go into the construction of a ship's hull, including its frames, stringers, girders, plates, etc. Rules governing these sizes, based on long experience and study, are published by various classification authorities, and most ships of any size built throughout the world are constructed to them.
When yacht racing increased in popularity during the last quarter of the 19th century the introduction of proper scantlings prevented the construction of unseaworthy boats such as skimming dishes. |
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"scantlings." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "scantlings." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-scantlings.html "scantlings." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-scantlings.html |
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scantling
scantling measured size; small or scanty amount; †pattern XVI; small piece of wood, etc. XVII. alt., by assoc. with LING1, of †scantlon gauge (XIII), dimension (XIV), sample (XV), aphetic — OF. escantillon (mod. échantillon sample), alt. of eschandillon, f. medL. *scandalium, -ilium, f. L. scandere climb.
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T. F. HOAD. "scantling." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "scantling." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-scantling.html T. F. HOAD. "scantling." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-scantling.html |
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Scantling
Scantlinga small quantity—Johnson, 1755. Examples : scantling of apples, 1849; of burgundy, 1765; of eloquence, 1704; of food 1835; of geological knowledge, 1876; of paper, 1743; of time, 1665; of wit, 1680. |
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"Scantling." Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. 1985. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Scantling." Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. 1985. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2505301312.html "Scantling." Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. 1985. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2505301312.html |
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scantling
scantling n. (often scantlings) a set of standard dimensions for parts of a structure, especially in shipbuilding.
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"scantling." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "scantling." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-scantling.html "scantling." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-scantling.html |
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scantling
scantling.
1. Piece of timber, the thickness and breadth of which are of small dimensions. 2. As stud. |
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JAMES STEVENS CURL. "scantling." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JAMES STEVENS CURL. "scantling." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-scantling.html JAMES STEVENS CURL. "scantling." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-scantling.html |
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scantling
•brambling, rambling
•hatchling • brandling
•gangling, wrangling
•crackling • sapling
•fatling, Gatling
•mantling, scantling
•darling, sparling, starling
•sampling • starveling
•dwelling, misspelling, self-propelling, spelling, swelling, telling, upwelling
•trembling • vetchling • fledgling
•nestling, wrestling
•storytelling
•failing, grayling, mailing, paling, railing, sailing, tailing, unavailing, veiling, wailing
•changeling • boardsailing
•parasailing
•appealing, ceiling, Darjeeling, dealing, feeling, Keeling, peeling, revealing, self-sealing, shieling, wheeler-dealing, wheeling
•reedling, seedling
•weakling • Riesling
•deskilling, filling, grilling, killing, Pilling, quilling, Schilling, self-fulfilling, shilling, Trilling, unfulfilling, willing
•sibling • kindling • piffling
•inkling, sprinkling, tinkling
•Kipling, stripling
•princeling • witling
•brisling, quisling
•painkilling
•filing, piling, reviling, tiling, unsmiling
•motorcycling • hairstyling • rockling
•gosling
•calling, Pauling
•lordling • porkling
•cowling, fowling
•foundling, groundling
•ruling, schooling
•intercooling • wirepulling
•grumbling
•buckling, duckling, Suckling
•youngling • coupling • dumpling
•puzzling • swashbuckling
•shearling, yearling
•hireling
•towelling (US toweling)
•gruelling (US grueling)
•babbling, dabbling
•marbling • scribbling
•mumbling, rumbling
•sanderling • middling • doodling
•underling • rifling • shuffling
•strangling • fingerling
•enamelling (US enameling)
•rustling • rattling
•bitterling, chitterling
•titling
•sterling, Stirling
•nurseling, nursling
•earthling
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"scantling." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "scantling." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-scantling.html "scantling." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-scantling.html |
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