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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. |
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The crest on a coat of arms. |
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To surmount as a timber does. |
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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. |
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The body, stem, or trunk of a tree. |
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Fig.: Material for any structure. |
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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. |
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Woods or forest; wooden land. |
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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. |
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To furnish with timber; -- chiefly used in the past
participle. |
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To light on a tree. |
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To make a nest. |
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