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.
The adverb sic, usually enclosed in brackets, is a word editors use in the reproduction of someone else's speech or writing to indicate that an unexpected form exactly reproduces the original and is not a copier's mistake. Sic comes from Latin, in which it means so or thus.. Though it's a useful tool, some usage commentators feel it is bad manners to use a sic to needlessly call attention to someone's error or to deride the language of a less-educated person.