I have heard industrial archaeologists use the term "babbitt metal"  
to refer to the white metal alloy used to seat anchor bolts that held  
heavy machinery to the ground.  I can't say from personal experience,  
but I suspect from my readings that this particular term has taken a  
specialized meaning in this century to refer to bearing coatings  
only, rather than simply a general type of white metal alloy that  
fills a void, is soft, and resists corrosion.

Check wikipedia for example:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babbitt_metal

Cheers,
Tim


Timothy Scarlett
Assistant Professor of Archaeology
Department of Social Sciences
Michigan Technological University
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On Jun 27, 2006, at 9:29 AM, Lyle E. Browning wrote:

> Lead seating is a term that has been used.
>
> Lyle Browning
>
>
> On Jun 27, 2006, at 7:09 AM, geoff carver wrote:
>
>> anyone out there up on construction terms?
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "REYNOLDS, Trevor"  
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>> Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2006 12:15 PM
>> Subject: [FISH] Looking for an object name
>>
>>
>> Dear all
>>
>> We are trying to work out what we should call the piece of lead that
>> secures a piece of architectural iron work (such as an iron railing)
>> into a socket in a piece of masonry.  My best attempt so far is  
>> "masonry
>> socket fill" which is not very elegant.  Do any of you have any  
>> better
>> suggestions, or indeed do you know of an existing name for this?
>>
>> Trevor Reynolds
>> Collections Registrar
>> English Heritage 3 Bunhill Row, London EC1Y 8YZ
>> postal address English Heritage 1 Waterhouse Square, 138 Holborn,  
>> London
>> EC1N 2ST