Definition of Kerfs

1. Noun. (plural of kerf) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Kerfs

1. kerf [v] - See also: kerf

Lexicographical Neighbors of Kerfs

kerchiefed
kerchiefs
kerchieves
kerching
kerchoo
kerchunk
kere
kerf
kerfed
kerfing
kerflewie
kerflewy
kerflooey
kerfluffle
kerfluffles
kerfs (current term)
kerfuffle
kerfuffles
kerion
keriorrhea
keris
kerite
kerites
kerl
kerlix
kerls
kerma
kermas
kermes
kermes oak

Literary usage of Kerfs

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Modern Carpentry and Building: Giving Methods of Obtaining the Various Cuts by William Allen Sylvester (1896)
"To find how far apart to mw kerfs to spring a board or moulding. — Let ab be th(? curve, around which it is desired to spring a piece of stock. ..."

2. Jobbing Work for the Carpenter by Edward H. Crussell (1914)
""When any rule shows the saw kerfs more than 3 or 4 in. apart on a i-in. board, ... Spacing Saw kerfs for Irregular Curve Sometimes the curve is an ..."

3. The Carpenter's Cyclopedia: Comprising Modern Carpentry, Plain and Advanced by Frederick Thomas Hodgson (1913)
"Those are the distances the kerfs require to be placed apart to complete the curve. ... 3 for determining the number and distances apart of the saw kerfs ..."

4. Modern Carpentry: A Practical Manual by Frederick Thomas Hodgson (1917)
"Those are the distances the kerfs require to be placed apart to complete the curve. ... 3 for determining the number and distances apart of the saw kerfs ..."

5. Modern Carpentry: A Practical Manual by Frederick Thomas Hodgson (1917)
"Those are the distances the kerfs require to be placed apart to complete the curve. Try the work as it progresses. This eases the back of it and makes it ..."

6. A Manual of Carpentry and Joinery by J. W. Riley (1905)
"The chord BB of the arc is the distance apart of the kerfs to be cut in the board to be bent. Similarly, with a curve of radius AC, CG gives the distance ..."

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