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.
Sic, like so many things in academic English writing, is derived from a Latin phrase: sic erat scriptum, which translates to thus was it written.. It's typically used when quoting someone to denote a grammatical or other error in the quoted text, to specify that you did not make that error yourself as a writer.