drop girt

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noun Carpentry.

a girt running beneath the ends of joists and at right angles to them.

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How to use drop girt in a sentence

During an emergency that ratio could be allowed to drop to 8.5 people per orbit.
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But with the pipeline, transportation costs drop and production would be higher.
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Then, depending on how urgent I think it is to get it, sometimes I have to go back home and drop it off.
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Many times, victims drop out of school, while their alleged attackers graduate.
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A Change.org petition asking A&E to drop the show is already making the rounds online.
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Before he could finish the sentence the Hole-keeper said snappishly, "Well, drop out again—quick!"
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At a quarter past seven he took his leave and we let drop our anchor where we were, off Cape Tekke.
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Now and then he touched one with his long and sallow fingers, lifted its cover, then let it drop mechanically.
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In fact, on the palm a small drop of blood showed distinctly against the firm, pink flesh.
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In fact, on the Professor's right hand there showed a drop of blood, perceptibly larger this time than before.
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