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Industry Information Lumber Lingo Tue Jul 21 1998 AD -- Air dried ADAT -- Air dried after treatment ADF -- After deducting freight ALS -- American Lumber Standard APO -- A product of AST -- At ships tackle AW&L -- All widths & lengths AYC -- Alaskan Yellow Cedar B&S -- Beams & stringers BD -- Board BD FT -- Board feet BDL -- Bundle BEV -- Beveled BF -- Board feet BH -- Boxed heart BHND -- Boxed heart no defect BL or B/L -- Bill of Lading BM -- Board measure BSND -- Bright sapwood no defect BTR -- Better C&F -- Cost & freight C/L -- Carload CB -- Center beaded CIF -- Cost, insurance & freight CLF -- Hundred lineal feet CLG -- Ceiling CLIS -- California Lumber Inspection Service CLR -- Clear CM -- Center matched CSG -- Casing CV -- Center vee CWT -- Hundred weight D&M -- Dressed & matched D/S or DS -- Drop siding DET -- Double end trimmed DF -- Douglas Fir DF/L or DF-L -- Douglas Fir / Larch DIM -- Dimension DKG -- Decking E -- Edge E&CB2S -- Edge & center bead 2 sides E&CV1S -- Edge & center vee 1 side E&CV2S -- Edge & center vee 2 sides EB1S -- Edge bead 1 side EB2S -- Edge bead 2 sides EE -- Eased edges EG -- Edge (vertical) grain EM -- Edge matched ES -- Englemann spruce EV1S -- Edge vee 1 side EV2S -- Edge vee 2 sides FAS -- Firsts & Seconds FAS -- Free alongside (vessel) Fb or f -- Extreme fiber stress in bending FCPW -- Flat car paper wrapped FG -- Flat or slash grain FLG -- Flooring FOB -- Free on board (named point) FOHC -- Free of heart center FOK -- Free of knots FRT -- Freight FSRGH -- Full sawn rough FT -- Foot FT SM -- Feet surface measure G/S -- Gradestamped G1S -- Good 1 side G2S -- Good 2 sides GRN -- Green H or M -- Hit or miss H&M -- Hit & miss HB -- Hollow bark HDO -- High Density Overlay HF -- Hemlock-true firHEM - Hemlock IC -- Incense cedar IN -- Inch or inches IND -- Industrial IWP -- Idaho white pine J&P -- Joists & planks JTP -- Jointed KD -- Kiln dried KDAT -- Kiln dried after treatment L -- Larch LAM -- Laminated LBR -- Lumber LCL -- Less than carload LF -- Light Framing LGR -- Longer LGTH -- Length LIN or LF -- Lineal feet LNG -- Lining LP -- Lodgepole pine M -- Thousand MBF -- Thousand board feet MBM -- Thousand (ft.) board measure MC -- Moisture Content MDO -- Medium Density Overlay MG -- Mixed grain MOE -- Modulus of elasticity MOR -- Modulus of rupture MSF -- Thousand square feet MSR -- Machine stress rated N1E -- Nose 1 edge NBM -- Net board measure O&ES -- Oiled & edge sealed P&T -- Posts & timbers PAD -- Partly air drief PET -- Precision end trimmed PP -- Ponderosa pine PW -- Paper wrapped R/L or RL -- Random lengths R/S -- Resawn R/W or RW -- Random widths RC -- Red cedar RDM -- Random REG -- Regular RGH -- Rough RIS -- Redwood Inspection Service RW/L -- Random widths & lengths S&E -- Side & edge S-DRY -- Surfaced dry S-GRN -- Surfaced green S/L or SL -- Shiplap S1E -- Surfaced 1 edge S1S -- Surfaced 1 side S1S&CM -- Surfaced 1 side & center matched S1S1E -- Surfaced 1 side, 1 edge S1S2E -- Surfaced 1 side, 2 edges S2E -- Surfaced 2 edges S2S -- Surfaced 2 sides S2S&CM -- Surfaced 2 sides & center matched S2S1E -- Surfaced 2 sides, 1 edge S4S -- Surfaced 4 sides S4S&CM -- Surfaced 4 sides & center matched S4SEE -- Surfaced 4 sides, eased edges SB1S -- Single bead 1 side SDG -- Siding SEL -- Select SF -- Square feet SG -- Slash or flat grain SM -- Surface measure SP -- Sugar pine SQ -- Square SSRGH -- Standard sawn rough STK -- Stock STND -- Stained STPG -- Stepping STR -- Structural SYP -- Southern yellow pine T&G -- Tongue & groove T&T -- Truck & trailer TAD -- Thoroughly air dried TBR -- Timber VG -- Vertical grain WCLIB -- West Coast Lumber Inspection Bureau WDR -- Wider WF -- White fir WRC -- Western red cedar WT -- Weight WTH -- Width WW -- White woods WWPA -- Western Wood Products Association " -- Inch or inches ' -- Foot or feet x -- By, as 4x4 = (4 "by" 4) 4/4 5/4 6/4, etc. -- Nominal thickness in fractions of one inch