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Spanish to English translations [PRO] Tech/Engineering - Construction / Civil Engineering | |||||||
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5 +1 | branch-like |
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2 | crown cut? |
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branch-like Explanation: This is interesting craftwork. My translation would be: "..... a branch-like cut in the maple wood to obtain a veined wood aspect (or pattern) with fine vertical lines". -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 6 hrs (2007-10-22 23:57:33 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- .. in the maple wood sheet .... |
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crown cut? Explanation: http://www.janson.de/html/wortholz.html (Multilingual Glossary) Figurado, rameado, floreado Corte plano longitudinal, tangente a los anillos de crecimiento. Se conoce también como "corte tangencial". http://www.colcura.cl/datos/terminos.htm Crown-cut veneers are sawn tangentially from the flat tree trunk which explains their typical oval grain pattern (curl). www.wissen-elektrowerkzeuge.de/mdb/data/en/lexika/eopt/crow... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 12 hrs (2007-10-23 05:23:49 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- In the Glossary (http://www.janson.de/html/wortholz.html), scroll down to the second list (Janson Home). The first column (German) is in alphabetical order. It says German: Dosse, English: Crown cut, Spanish: Rameado, figurado |
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