trimming joist

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trimming joist - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Joist \Joist\ (joist), n. [OE. giste, OF. giste, F. g[^i]te, fr.
     gesir to lie, F. g['e]sir. See Gist.] (Arch.)
     A piece of timber laid horizontally, or nearly so, to which
     the planks of the floor, or the laths or furring strips of a
     ceiling, are nailed; -- called, according to its position or
     use, binding joist, bridging joist, ceiling joist,
     trimming joist, etc. See Illust. of Double-framed floor,
     under Double, a.
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  Trimming \Trim"ming\,
     a. from Trim, v.
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           The Whigs are, essentially, an inefficient, trimming,
           halfway sort of a party.                 --Jeffrey.
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     Trimming joist (Arch.), a joist into which timber trimmers
        are framed; a header. See Header. --Knight.
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