Figure (wood)
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In wood, figure refers to the appearance of wood, as seen on a longitudinal surface (side-grain).
Description
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In wood, figure refers to the appearance of wood, as seen on a longitudinal surface (side-grain). A figured wood is not plain.
The figure of a particular piece of wood is, in part, due to its grain and, in part, due to the cut, or to innate properties of the wood.
Types
A few of the tropical hardwoods, like the rosewoods, may have a unique figure. Types of figure include:
- angel step
- bear scratches
- bird's eye
- blister
- burl
- curl
- ribbon curl
- dimple
- fiddleback
- flame
- wide flame
- ghost
- pin stripe
- quilted
- spalted
- tiger stripe
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Category:Wood-related terminology
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