quarter-sawed lumber

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Scope note
Lumber that has been sawed so that the wide surfaces extend approximately at right angles to the annual growth rings. Lumber is considered edge grained when the rings form an angle of 45 degrees to 90 degrees with the wide surface of the piece.
quarter-sawed lumber
Accepted term: 22-Apr-2024