Timber
['tɪmbə] or ['tɪmbɚ]
Definition
(n.) 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.
(n.) The crest on a coat of arms.
(v. t.) To surmount as a timber does.
(n.) 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.
(n.) The body, stem, or trunk of a tree.
(n.) Fig.: Material for any structure.
(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.
(n.) Woods or forest; wooden land.
(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.
(v. t.) To furnish with timber; -- chiefly used in the past participle.
(v. i.) To light on a tree.
(v. i.) To make a nest.
Editor: Timmy
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Wood (for building).[2]. Beam, stick, squared timber.[3]. Rib (of a ship's frame).[4]. [Western, U. S.] Woods, forest.
Typist: Sadie
Definition
n. wood for building purposes: the trunk of a tree: material for any structure: one of the larger pieces of the framework of a house ship &c.: one of the planks forming the sides and roof of a gallery in a mine.—v.t. to furnish with timber or beams.—p.adj. Tim′bered furnished with timber: (Shak.) built formed contrived: (Spens.) made like timber massive.—ns. Tim′bering timber materials; Tim′ber-man one responsible for the timbers in a mine; Tim′ber-toes a person with a wooden leg; Tim′ber-tree a tree suitable for timber; Tim′ber-yard a yard or place where timber is stored.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To see timber in your dreams, is an augury of prosperous times and peaceful surroundings. If the timber appears dead, there are great disappointments for you. See Forest.
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Examples
- I perceive, sir, said Pitt with a heightened voice, that your people will cut down the timber. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Barren timber for building is of great value in a populous and well-cultivated country, and the land which produces it affords a considerable rent. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- They picket them here to feed at night and keep them out of sight in the timber in the daytime, he thought. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The smoke, gases, and ashes left in the path of a raging forest fire are no compensation to us for the valuable timber destroyed. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Well-seasoned timber is an expensive article, sir; and all the iron handles come, by canal, from Birmingham. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Pilar was climbing the bank into the timber carrying three rifles. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- In the new town of Edinburgh, built within these few years, there is not, perhaps, a single stick of Scotch timber. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- It is across this open country, down into the next valley and above the timber at the head of the stream. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- They had come through the heavy timber to the cup-shaped upper end of the little valley and he saw where the camp must be under the rim-rock that rose ahead of them through the trees. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Bring them bits of timber, Barney. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- His press consisted of two upright timbers held together by cross pieces at top and bottom. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Gerald was as if left on board of a ship that was going asunder beneath his feet, he was in charge of a vessel whose timbers were all coming apart. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- This was an arrangement of timbers crossing the ribs on the inside of the ship at angles of about 45°, and braced by diagonals and struts. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- She soon went to pieces; I was shewn where she had been, and saw her disjoined timbers tossed on the waves. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The flat bed on which the types rested was held up by other cross timbers, while through another passed a wooden screw, by the aid of which the wooden platen was forced down upon the types. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The country about was generally heavily timbered, but with occasional clearings. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- A heavily timbered park stretched up in a gentle slope, thickening into a grove at the highest point. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- North of the Yazoo was all a marsh, heavily timbered, cut up with bayous, and much overflowed. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The region is heavily timbered, and the roads narrow, and very bad after the least rain. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
Editor: Shanna