10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SCANTLE»
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scantle in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
scantle and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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King Henry IV Part 1: Third Series
A huge half-moon, a monstrous scantle, out. I'll have the current in this place
dammed up, And here the smug and silver Trent shall run 100 In a new channel
fair and evenly. It shall not wind with such a deep indent To rob me of so rich a ...
William Shakespeare, David Scott Kastan, 2002
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Architecture in Detail II
Typical wall Wet 'scantle' laid random width Trevillett slate laid in diminishing
courses. 25 50 mm horizontal tanalised softwood battens spaced to suit slate
coursing and fixed to vertical battens with 25 mm stainless steel nails. 50 50 mm
...
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The Repertory of Arts, Manufactures, and Agriculture: ...
Fig. 2. represents a large flate rag. - Fig. 3. shews part of la roof, or other building,
covered with smaller slates, commonly called scantle slates, and may be laid
either in lime or putty, on rafters, screwed dr nailed, or on boards, with lime or
putty, ...
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The Repertory of arts and manufactures [afterw.] arts, ...
3. shews part of a roof, or other building, covered with smaller slates, commonly
called scantle slates, and may be laid either in lime or putty, on rafters, screwed
or nailed, or on boards, with lime or putty, nailed or screwed, or fixed with wood- ...
Repertory of arts, manufactures and agriculture, 1800
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The Repertory of Arts and Manufactures
Fig. 2. represents a large slate rag. Fig. 3. shews part of a roof, or other building,
covered with smaller slates, commonly called scantle slates, and may be laid
either in lime or putty, on rafters, screwed or nailed, or on boards, with lime or
putty, ...
6
The Repertory of Patent Inventions: And Other Discoveries ...
Fig. 2. represents a large slate rag. Fig. 3. shews part of a roof, or other building,
covered with smaller slates, commonly called scantle slates, and may be laid
either in lime or putty, on rafters, screwed or nailed, or on boards, with lime or
putty, ...
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Devon & Cornwall Notes & Queries
Its date would seem to be, in all probability, coeval with the old original barton
house. (To be continued). G. E. Ellis. 38. Scantle Roofs, Part II. — Note : The
illustration of a stack of slates in Part I is printed upside down, but looks better that
way ...
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Devon & Cornwall Notes & Queries
Its date would seem to be, in all probability, coeval with the old original barton
house. (To be continued). G. E. Ellis. 38. Scantle Roofs, Part II. — Note : The
illustration of a stack of slates in Part I is printed upside down, but looks better that
way ...
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The Mechanic's Companion, Or, The Elements and Practice of ...
S. Scantle, is a gauge by which slates are regulated to their propei length. Slates
used in London are of several kinds, as Westmoreland, rags, imperial, dutchess,
countess, ladies, doubles. The Westmoreland are the best ; they are from three ...
The French have chanteau and chantel, from the Latin guantulum. Dovca. See
vol. xii. p. 304-, n. 2. The quartos read—scantle. Mr. Todd, in his edition of J
ohnson's Dictionary, produces the authority of Lord Chesterfield for the verb—to
scantle ...
William Shakespeare, Edmond Malone, James Boswell, 1821
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SCANTLE»
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scantle is used in the context of the following news items.
An A to Z of Noah Webster's Finest Forgotten Words
Some of his other criminally underused S-words include scantle ("to divide into small pieces"), scranch ("to grind with the teeth"), stalactical ("resembling an ... «Huffington Post, Oct 14»
Work begins on historic mine's latest incarnation
The work will include lime pointing, lime washing to external walls, traditional carpentry, stonework and scantle slate roofing skills.” Midas has taken on a ... «Western Morning News, Jul 14»
