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Timber
(n.)
The body, stem, or trunk of a tree.
Timber
(n.)
Fig.: Material for any structure.
Timber
(n.)
A single piece or squared stick of wood intended for
building, or already framed; collectively, the larger pieces or sticks
of wood, forming the framework of a house, ship, or other structure, in
distinction from the covering or boarding.
Timber
(n.)
Woods or forest; wooden land.
Timber
(n.)
A rib, or a curving piece of wood, branching outward from
the keel and bending upward in a vertical direction. One timber is
composed of several pieces united.
Timber
(v. t.)
To furnish with timber; -- chiefly used in the past
participle.
Timber
(v. i.)
To light on a tree.
Timber
(v. i.)
To make a nest.
Timbered
(imp. & p. p.)
of Timber
Timbered
(a.)
Furnished with timber; -- often compounded; as, a
well-timbered house; a low-timbered house.
Timbered
(a.)
Built; formed; contrived.
Timbered
(a.)
Massive, like timber.
Timbered
(a.)
Covered with growth timber; wooden; as, well-timbered
land.
Timberhead
(n.)
The top end of a timber, rising above the gunwale, and
serving for belaying ropes, etc.; -- called also kevel head.
Timbering
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Timber
Timbering
(n.)
The act of furnishing with timber; also, timbers,
collectively; timberwork; timber.
Timberling
(n.)
A small tree.
Timberman
(n.)
A man employed in placing supports of timber in a mine.
Timbermen
(pl. )
of Timberman
Timberwork
(n.)
Work made of timbers.