Hypertext Webster Gateway: "firms"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Firms \Firms\, n. pl. [From {Firm}, a.] (Arch.)
The principal rafters of a roof, especially a pair of rafters
taken together. [Obs.]
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