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noun Carpentry.

a piece attached to the face of a beam at the bottom as a support for the ends of joists.

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They then would expect the Senate to strip that amendment and compromise simply on keeping government open for 60 days.
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“You can cut my hair, you can bald me, you can strip me naked and take away my dignity,” she said.
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“I went to a Jewish summer camp…” A van pulls up, and the two hop out, and immediately strip down and do a series of stretches.
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Zied suggests popping a breath strip, sucking on a strong mint, or reapplying your lip gloss.
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Next door, a strip mall popped and hissed as unknown accelerants aided in its fiery destruction.
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He returned to the vestibule with the strip folded and somewhat crumpled in his hand.
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He took his accustomed seat at the desk, and placed a large ledger before him.
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She telegraphed to her servants to strip her house of its summer shroud, and returned early on the day of his choice.
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After breakfast he sauntered along the brief strip of asphalt which the villagers believe to be a promenade.
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Take a millstone and grind meal: uncover thy shame, strip thy shoulder, make bare thy legs, pass over the rivers.
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