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  • Kiri
    An extremely thin cut, or veneer, paper prepared from sliced wood.
    214 bytes (27 words) - 08:25, 23 September 2022
  • Scaleboard
    ...et of [[veneer]]. Scaleboard is made from [[oak]], [[maple]] or [[birch]] wood. In the 18 and 19th centuries, scaleboards were commonly used for book cov
    292 bytes (39 words) - 13:36, 15 June 2022
  • Kelobra
    ...ed grain and coarse texture. The easily worked wood is used for furniture, veneer and small decorative items. * Wood dust can cause irritation.
    972 bytes (123 words) - 13:07, 22 September 2022
  • African cherry
    ...e Ivory Coast, Ghana and Nigeria. The dark reddish brown wood is used for veneer, ornamental items and musical instruments. It is sometimes used as a substi See [[cherry wood|cherry wood]].
    1 KB (144 words) - 17:42, 4 September 2020
  • Support
    ...in the primary weight-bearing load and are usually constructed from [[wood|wood]] or [[steel|steel]].
    1 KB (162 words) - 14:52, 7 February 2024
  • Balaustre
    ...olishes to a high luster. Balaustre has been used in shipbuilding and as a veneer for cabinetry. ''Centrolobium''; arariba; canarywood; canary wood; porcupine wood; zebra wood, amarillo (Panama); redwood (British Guiana) ararauba, arrabi, arariba, ara
    1 KB (139 words) - 16:14, 1 May 2022
  • Snakewood
    ..." in English or "bois de lettre" in French have for origin the use of this wood by the Jesuits in South America for manufacturing wooden block capitals. ...atinera guianensis''; letterwood; letter wood; leopard wood; tortoiseshell wood; bois d'amourette; bois de lettre (Fr.)
    1 KB (195 words) - 14:42, 31 May 2022
  • Murray pine
    ...hrinkage and finishes to a smooth luster. It is used for siding, flooring, veneer and furniture.
    693 bytes (100 words) - 16:06, 1 October 2022
  • Black bean
    ...d for furniture, cabinetry, decorative boxed, cane handles, gunstocks, and veneer.
    1 KB (159 words) - 08:08, 8 May 2022
  • Doum palm
    ...m palm wood is dense and strong. It has been used for boats, carpentry and veneer (Gale et al 2000). * R.Gale, P.Gasson, N.Hepper, G.Killen, "Wood" in ''Ancient Egyptian Materials and Technology'', P.Nicholson, I.Shaw (eds
    903 bytes (127 words) - 14:31, 23 July 2022
  • Ayan
    ...re. Ayan is used for flooring, cabinetry, interior fittings, and [[veneer|veneer]]. It is naturally resistant to [[fungus|fungi]] and most borer [[insect|i
    1 KB (149 words) - 14:50, 30 April 2022
  • Veneer
    ...]], or [[cedar%20wood|cedar]]. The panels are about 2-3 mm thick. The term veneer is also used for thin facings made from [[brick|brick]], [[stone|stone]], a ...n Treatments'', National Park Service, Washington DC, 1984 Comment: stone veneer
    2 KB (203 words) - 10:56, 25 June 2022
  • American beech
    ...in wood. It is used for furniture, flooring, [[plywood|plywood]], [[veneer|veneer]], cooperage, shoe lasts, and tool handles. Wood is acidic. Color: Pinkish brown with dark brown rays. Rings: obscure. Por
    2 KB (247 words) - 12:53, 26 April 2022
  • Mansonia
    ...as been sold as African black walnut. Mansonia wood is used for furniture, veneer, and musical instruments. * Wood is easy to work
    1 KB (190 words) - 11:33, 17 October 2022
  • Hoop pine
    ...wood that is commonly used in plywood. Additional uses include furniture, veneer, joinery, paneling, flooring, boats, and particle board. The resin from th Furniture, plywood, paper (pulpwood), turned objects, and small specialty wood items.
    1 KB (200 words) - 14:38, 9 September 2022
  • Padauk
    ...dauk from the ''Pterocarpus macrocarpus'' tree has a harder more yellowish wood. ...adauk; corail (Fr.); pau rosa de Timor (Port.); amboyna; padouk; vermilion wood; corail
    2 KB (225 words) - 14:52, 2 October 2022
  • Turkey oak
    ...niture, construction, coffins, wagons, boats, tools, roofing, statuary and veneer (Gale et al 2000). The southern red oak native to the United States has a l * Wood is susceptible to cracking and splitting
    1 KB (162 words) - 10:37, 22 June 2022
  • Burl
    ...ee. Burls have irregular figuring that is valued for veneer and decorative wood objects.
    931 bytes (122 words) - 08:43, 11 May 2022
  • Date palm
    ...is fibrous and soft. It was used for roofing, door lintels, statuary, and veneer (Gale et al 2000). * R.Gale, P.Gasson, N.Hepper, G.Killen, "Wood" in ''Ancient Egyptian Materials and Technology'', P.Nicholson, I.Shaw (eds
    1 KB (150 words) - 09:39, 18 July 2022
  • Gaboon
    ...similar in color to mahogany. The lightweight wood is used for furniture, veneer, plywood, and interior fittings. Gaboon is moderately resistant to fungal a
    1,020 bytes (127 words) - 13:00, 24 July 2022
  • Lacewood
    A common name wood from numerous trees with striking patterns in their cut planks. Most speci ...re that is similar to [[oak]]. Lacewood has a silver sheen and is used for veneer, inlays, cabinetry, flooring, boxes, and furniture.
    3 KB (346 words) - 11:34, 6 October 2022
  • Brazilwood
    ...as been used for textile and leather dyes, inks, paints, varnish tints and wood stains. ...;pernambouc (Fr.); pau brasil (Port.); sappanwood; Queen's wood; Nicaragua wood; Rotholz (Deut.); legno rosso (It.); Brasilete (Esp.); Braziliehout (Ned.);
    3 KB (333 words) - 13:10, 22 June 2022
  • Koa
    ...amily. Koa is used for carvings, boats, dugout canoes, early surfboards, [[veneer|veneers]], musical instruments, and furniture. A [[tannin]] extracted from * Koa wood fluoresces in ultraviolet light.
    2 KB (283 words) - 15:19, 23 September 2022
  • Avodir
    ...that polishes to a satiny surface. Avodir is used for plywood, furniture, veneer, and decorative work. * H.L.Edlin, ''What Wood is That?'', Viking Press, New York, 1969
    1 KB (182 words) - 14:45, 30 April 2022
  • Avodiré
    ...that polishes to a satiny surface. Avodiré is used for plywood, furniture, veneer, and decorative work. * H.L.Edlin, ''What Wood is That?'', Viking Press, New York, 1969
    1 KB (182 words) - 14:46, 30 April 2022
  • Khaya
    ...frican mahogany]] and is popular for making cabinets, musical instruments, veneer, and furniture. Khaya trees yield a water swellable gum called khaya gum.
    756 bytes (99 words) - 13:50, 22 September 2022
  • Bubinga
    ...gloss. Bubinga is a decorative wood that is used for furniture, cabinets, veneer, pianos, and decorative items (handles, brushes, boxes, etc.). * H.L.Edlin, ''What Wood is That?'', Viking Press, New York, 1969
    1 KB (202 words) - 15:41, 10 May 2022
  • Tigerwood
    ...ally glossy surface with a fine uniform texture. It is used for furniture, veneer, gunstocks, inlay, billiard tables, and cabinets.
    777 bytes (102 words) - 13:33, 8 June 2022
  • Eastern red cedar
    ...cils, fence posts, and cabinets. It was also cut in thin sheets for use as veneer. The eastern red cedar is now scarce and rarely used. * Easy to work, notwithstanding any knots or irregularities present in the wood.
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  • Antiaris
    ...ture, interior finish, doors, and veneer. In Africa, the soft, lightweight wood was commonly used for dug-out canoes. * Freshly cut wood has an unpleasant odor.
    2 KB (271 words) - 14:02, 27 April 2022
  • American holly
    ...pture, carvings, small articles, musical instruments, piano keys, [[veneer|veneer]], and [[marquetry|marquetry]]. * Specific gravity of wood = 0.8
    2 KB (244 words) - 13:06, 26 April 2022
  • Tulip tree
    ...tree wood was later used for furniture, inlays, painting panels, [[veneer|veneer]], and toys. The leaves of the tulip tree contain a [[dye|dye]] that gives [[File:48_Yellow_Poplar.jpg|thumb|Yellow Poplar wood (''Liriodendron tulipifera'')]]
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  • Amboyna
    ...a deep red. The medium texture polishes to a silky surface. It is used for veneer, inlay and decorative furniture. Amboyna burls are valued for veneers. File:image 9-amboyna wood.jpg|Amboyna burl (''Pterocarpus spp.'' )
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  • Japanese ash
    ...e. Japanese ash is used for furniture, cabinets, tools, sporting goods, [[veneer]], and [[plywood]]. * The Wood Database: [https://www.wood-database.com/tamo-ash/ Tamo ash]
    2 KB (251 words) - 16:01, 31 August 2022
  • Kingwood
    .... Kingwood has a fine texture and polishes to a high gloss. It is used for veneer and inlaying and was popular among French cabinetmakers. * The Wood Database: [https://www.wood-database.com/kingwood/ Kingwood]
    2 KB (229 words) - 08:14, 23 September 2022
  • Sugar maple
    ...flooring (dance floors, bowling alleys), musical instruments, and [[veneer|veneer]]. * H.L.Edlin, ''What Wood is That?'', Viking Press, New York, 1969
    2 KB (277 words) - 13:52, 6 June 2022
  • Marquetry
    ...lized technique. The simplest marquetry uses two different color sheets of veneer, temporarily fastened together then cut into a pattern with a fine saw. Thi
    2 KB (287 words) - 13:37, 17 October 2022
  • Sycamore
    ...ers, flooring, furniture, crates, butcher blocks, musical instruments, and veneer. For an additional tree of the same genus, ''Platanus acerifoia'', see [[Lo ...olored wood with a straight grain and even texture. It is used for inlays, veneer, and millwork.
    4 KB (518 words) - 10:27, 4 October 2020
  • Teak
    ...gh quality furniture, veneer, boxes, chests, doors, and shipbuilding. Teak wood also has an aromatic smell when cut that it can retain for over a hundred y ...emulsion based sealants, such as polyurethane. Without a finish, outdoor wood will weather to a gray color.
    3 KB (395 words) - 10:44, 15 October 2020
  • Contact adhesive
    ...e building projects to adhere [[Formica®]], wood, leather, metal, plastic, veneer, and rubber.
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  • English walnut
    ...grain. It is strong but easy to work and polishes to a high gloss. Walnut wood is used for furniture, veneers, cabinets, paneling and gum stocks. Burrs, c ...oce (It.); French walnut; Queen Ann's cabinet wood; Persian walnut; oyster veneer
    3 KB (462 words) - 08:12, 2 August 2022
  • Yellow birch
    ...flooring, interior trim, millwork, veneer, furniture and paper pulp. Most wood sold as 'birch' in North America is from this tree.
    2 KB (270 words) - 17:05, 4 September 2020
  • Mokume
    ...als. Mokume has been used in Japan since at least the 17th century to make veneer papers, tsubas (sword guards), and, more recently, to make jewelry. For met
    1 KB (193 words) - 14:29, 9 August 2022
  • European beech
    ...inish. Beech is a commonly used timber for flooring, cabinetry, furniture, veneer, tool handles, and turnery. It was occasionally used in panel paintings in * Wood is acidic.
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  • Pear
    ...eathering. Pearwood has been used for small carvings, drawing instruments, veneer and inlays. It is often dyed black as a substitute for ebont. Like other fr * The Wood Database: [https://www.wood-database.com/pear/ Pear]
    2 KB (316 words) - 10:33, 4 August 2022
  • California laurel
    ...aurel tree produces a golden-brown, hard, strong, fine-grain wood used for veneer, cabinetry, and garden tool handles.
    2 KB (199 words) - 09:58, 9 October 2020
  • Juniper
    ...for lining closets and storage chests. It is also used for turnery, pencil wood, and for the extraction of aromatic oils. Juniper oil and juniper tar are u * R.Gale, P.Gasson, N.Hepper, G.Killen, "Wood" in ''Ancient Egyptian Materials and Technology'', Cambridge University Pre
    3 KB (447 words) - 14:02, 21 September 2022
  • Satinwood
    ...ces have a narrow stripe figuring. The durable wood is used for furniture, veneer, cabinetry, turnery and small articles. Populations are in decline due to e 2) A lustrous, dark yellow wood from the evergreen satinwood tree, ''Zanthoxylum flavum'' (South America, t
    4 KB (484 words) - 15:41, 4 October 2020
  • Horsetail
    ...th small angular fingers. They are used as an [[abrasive]] for polishing [[veneer]], burnishing [[clay]], and smoothing [[gesso]] grounds. ...le'' (PrÛle/Horsetail/Dutch rush) as an Abrasive in the Gilding Process on Wood" ''Conservation News'' 66:p.40, 1998.
    2 KB (225 words) - 16:51, 9 September 2022
  • Rosewood
    ...gloss. Rosewood is used for cabinets, musical instruments, piano cases and veneer. It was popular during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Though not c Rosewood oil, used in perfumes, is obtained from the wood of a tree from a different genera, ''Aniba rosaeodora''.
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