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stairs
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 a
series of steps or flights of steps for
passing from one level to another
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baluster
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 an
upright often vase-shaped support for a
rail
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balustrade
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 the
assembly of the balusters, newel posts and
handrail
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flight
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a
continuous series of stairs from one
landing or floor to another
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landing
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 a
level part of a staircase (as at the end
of a flight of stairs)
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newel
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 a
post at the foot of a straight stairway or
one at a landing
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nosing
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 the
distance that a tread extends past the
riser
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rise
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the vertical dimension from the top of a
finished stair tread to the next
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riser
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 the
upright member between two stair
treads
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run
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 the
horizontal dimension from the nose of one
finished stair tread to the next
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stairway
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one or more flights of stairs usually with
landings to pass from one level to
another
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step
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 a
rest for the foot in ascending or
descending: as one of a series of
structures consisting of a riser and a
tread
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stringer
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 a
vertical support for the treads of
stairs
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total
rise
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 the
vertical distance from the origin of the
stairs to the top surface
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run
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 the
horizontal distance that the stairs cover
from the face of the first tread to the
end of the last tread
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tread
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 the
upper horizontal part of a step or the
width of such a tread
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