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Record 1 2016-02-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wood Sawing
  • Wood Drying
  • Rough Carpentry
  • Finish Carpentry (Wood Industries)
CONT

The high temperature and humidity will help soften the lignin between the wood fibers and thus reduce the stresses caused by shrinkage that in turn produce crook and twist and other forms of warp.

CONT

Lumber cut off-center from the pith (core) of the log will naturally have stress which results in crook or side-bend in many species, especially hardwoods.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sciage du bois
  • Séchage du bois
  • Charpenterie
  • Menuiserie (Industr. du bois)
DEF

Déviation latérale d'une ligne droite tirée d'une extrémité à l'autre d'une pièce de bois.

CONT

Le déjettement est de loin le défaut de séchage le plus commun qui entraîne le déclassement des sciages de résineux de dimension.

Spanish

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Record 2 2008-07-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Road Safety
  • Police
DEF

[A] skid mark that changes direction due to an outside force.

OBS

These marks are often the end of pre-impact skid marks and the start of after impact tire marks.

Key term(s)
  • offset skidmark
  • off-set skid mark
  • off-set skidmark
  • off-set tire mark
  • off-set skid

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité routière
  • Police

Spanish

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Record 3 1998-03-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Silviculture
DEF

Short length of naturally curved timber.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sylviculture
DEF

Courte longueur de bois naturellement courbé.

Spanish

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Record 4 1998-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Industrial Tools and Equipment
  • Brewing and Malting

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage industriel
  • Brasserie et malterie

Spanish

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Record 5 1996-09-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Archaeology
DEF

One of the insignia of Osiris. It was held in the left hand of both the god and the king. It takes the form of a short staff ending at the top in a crook bent inwards and outwards.

CONT

The crozier-sceptre which figures among royal and divine insignia may go back to the boomerang-like object which was a prominent weapon in antiquity. It appears in old Babylonia as a curved stick, and, like the club, is a distinctive symbol of god and king. It resembles the sceptre curved at the end, which was carried by old Hittite gods.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Archéologie
DEF

Bâton de commandement, signe d'autorité suprême.

Spanish

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Record 6 1994-05-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wind Instruments
DEF

A piece of tubing added between the instrument and the mouthpiece.

CONT

The crook, or upper section, is detachable. When in place, it curves in the opposite direction of the bell toward the player's mouth.

OBS

saxophone

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments de musique à vent
DEF

Tube conique incurvé qui relie le bec au corps de l'instrument.

CONT

Parce qu'il est un élément distinct du corps et du bec, le bocal doit être démonté afin de nettoyer l'instrument.

OBS

saxophone

Spanish

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Record 7 1991-11-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Silviculture
DEF

A deviation from a flat plane of the narrow face of a piece of lumber, from end to end.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sylviculture
DEF

Courbure d'une pièce de bois dont les rives sont devenues concave et convexe dans le sens du fil.

Spanish

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Record 8 1991-01-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Toponymy
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
DEF

Distinct curve in a water body.

CONT

Bearpaw Bend, Sask.

CONT

Davis Turn, N.B.

CONT

Basil Gates Crook, N.S.

OBS

bend: Widely used.

OBS

turn: Uncommon; used in N.B. and Man.

OBS

crook: Rare; used in N.S.

OBS

bend; turn; crook: terms and definition validated by the Canadian Permanent Committee on Geographical Names (CPCGN) within the scope of its glossary (BT-176) which is the first authoritative publication on generics in use in Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymie
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
DEF

Inflexion dans le tracé d'un cours d'eau.

CONT

Courbe du Sault, Québec.

CONT

Le Grand Détour, Québec.

OBS

courbe : La courbe et le détour sont moins accentués que le coude. Attesté au Québec.

OBS

détour : Attesté au Québec.

OBS

courbe; détour : termes et définition uniformisés par le comité permanent canadien des noms géographiques (CPCNG) dans le cadre du glossaire (BT-176) faisant autorité sur la question des génériques en usage au Canada.

Spanish

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