A board foot is one foot long, one foot wide and one inch in thickness. Checking the Waste Mary Huston Gregory This is usually expressed in pounds per thousand board feet, a board foot being considered as one-twelfth of a cubic foot.
Sibilance is a manner of articulation of fricative and affricate consonants, made by directing a stream of air with the tongue towards the sharp edge of the teeth, which are held close together; a consonant that uses sibilance may be called a sibilant, or a strident.
Full Definition of NUANCE. 1. : a subtle distinction or variation. 2. : a subtle quality: nicety. 3. : sensibility to, awareness of, or ability to express delicate shadings (as of meaning, feeling, or value).â nuÂ·anced \-Ëaen(ËÃ¤n)t, -st(Ëaen)ËÃ¤n\ t. st adjective Between the lines of lexicographical nuance and quotation, Johnson was paying old debts and seeking out wisdom about himself and his adopted city, as well as compiling perhaps the greatest commonplace book in the history of mankind. â 2 Andrew O'Hagan, New York Review, 27 Apr. 2006.