doorjamb


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doorjamb, doorcheek, doorpost

The vertical member on each side of a door.
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The internal doorjamb and external doorframe are built of 2x4 stud lumber with OSB board screwed to the framing.
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He placed one hand on the doorjamb and turned the corner out of the kitchen and into the dining room.
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2); "I lean against the doorjamb until my life / gags into despair, and then I proceed" (142.
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Pump up your tires to three pounds per square inch above the normal pressure listed on the doorjamb of your car.
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A little heap of snow has sifted against the doorjamb, leaving a clean edge when the timber pulls away.
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Not moving from her post, leaning against the doorjamb, she shrugged her shoulders and smiled an offhand smile at another nurse dressed in blue, standing motionless in the corridor.
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In addition to the performances, Ga presented a slide show of found wristwatch advertisements from magazines in which the clock faces all eerily show 10:10, and a brass cast of a part of the ship's doorjamb that bears the marks of the door being closed again and again.
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It also has gold Ramatanka charm, Tantric yantra, bell with bull finial, Hindu temple doorjamb, carved and painted figure of Vishnu riding Garuda, copper plate with ten-armed figure of the Shiva, painting of king worshipping Krishna, etc.
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An eighth-inch-wide, 6-foot-long crack between a door and a doorjamb, for example, is equivalent to a 9-square-inch opening
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You transferred the call and leaned on Glen's doorjamb while he said "Sure," "Yep, okay," and "Yes sir, I'll take care of it.
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For single-handed slide retraction, this vertical face can be lodged against any rigid surface (such as the outside corner of a wall, a doorjamb, heavy-duty gun belt or the heel of your boot) and the pistol pushed forward.
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If the door is not wide enough, the locking plate can (and regularly does) cause real damage to the doorjamb and external cladding.
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