| timber |
noun |
A certain quantity of fur skins, as of martens, ermines, sables, etc., packed between boards; being in some cases forty skins, in others one hundred and twenty; — called also timmer., The crest on a coat of arms., To surmount as a timber does., That sort of wood which is proper for buildings or for tools, utensils, furniture, carriages, fences, ships, and the like; — usually said of felled trees, but sometimes of those standing. Cf. Lumber, 3., The body, stem, or trunk of a tree., Fig.: Material for any structure., 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., Woods or forest; wooden land., 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., To furnish with timber; — chiefly used in the past participle., To light on a tree., To make a nest. |