Glossary M

Masonry Opening-

The space in a masonry wall left open for windows or door.

MBF-

Abbreviation for "thousand board feet."

Milling in Transit (MIT)-

A privilege extended to rail shipments whereby carload shipments of lumber moves from the sawmills into a moulding and millwork plant for remanufacture. The rate is established on the basis from sawmill to final destination and is subject to MIT charges and weight losses due to manufacture.

Millwork (woodwork)-

Products primarily manufactures from lumber in a planning mill or woodworking plant. Includes mouldings, door frames and entrances, blinds and shutters, sash and window units, doors, stair-work, kitchen cabinets, mantels, china or corner cabinets and porch work.

Packaged Millwork-
The wrapping or packaging of items of millwork; "packaged trim." May be in paper cartons or shrink wrapped in plastic film.

Specialty Millwork (architectural millwork)-
Millwork manufactured by special order to suit a particular job.

Stock Millwork-
Millwork manufactured in a standard size, pattern and layout, readily available from a distributor's inventory and ready for installation.

Millwork Estimate-
The number, sizes, types and cost of millwork items required for a construction job or structure.

Mirror Moulding-

A moulding applied to provide a frame for and to secure a mirror.

Miter Box-

A tool, often fitted with a back saw, which is used to cut accurate angles for tight fitting miter joints.

Moisture Content-

The weight of the water in wood expressed in percentage of the weight of the oven-dry wood.

Moulded-

Worked into a form of shape and referring to a wood member other than those "surfaced four sides."

Moulder (sticker)-

A woodworking machine designed to run mouldings and other wood members with regular or irregular profiles.

Moulding Lumber-

This usually consists of C and Better, Moulding and Better Grades which are used in the manufacture of clear, solid mouldings and jambs with minimum waste.

Moulding Series-

Mouldings of a certain pattern and size to which individual numbers have been assigned.

Mullion-

A wood or metal part used to structurally join two window or door units.

Mullion Casing-

The strip which is applied over the window jambs in a multiple opening window. Sometimes called a panel strip, used for decorative wall treatments.

Multi-Point Lock-

A casement locking system which secures the window at two or more locking points by operation of one handle.

Muntin-

Applies to any short or light bar, either vertical or horizontal, used to separate glass in a sash into multiple lights. Also called a windowpane divider or a grille.