board foot. n. pl. board feet Abbr. bd. ft. or BF. A unit of cubic measure for lumber, equal to one foot square by one inch thick. board foot. n (Units) a unit of board measure: the cubic content of a piece of wood one foot square and one inch thick. boardâ² foot` n.
The field SIC Description is related to the field SIC Code, allowing you to store the US Govt classifications on businesses. In their entry on Standard Industrial Classification Wikipedia says: The Standard Industrial Classification (abbreviated SIC) is a United States government system for classifying industries by a four-digit code.
Etymology and historical usage[edit] Though occasionally misidentified as an abbreviated word, sic is a Latin adverb used in English as an adverb, and, derivatively, as a noun and a verb. The adverb sic, meaning intentionally so written, first appeared in English circa 1856. It is derived from the Latin adverb sÄ«c, which means so, thus, in this manner. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the verbal form of sic, meaning to mark with a sic, emerged in 1889, E. Belfort Bax's work in The Ethics of Socialism being an early example.