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Shore :: Shore (n.) A prop, as a timber, placed as a brace or support against the side of a building or other structure; a prop placed beneath anything, as a beam, to prevent it from sinking or sagging..

Sizable :: Sizable (a.) Being of reasonable or suitable size; as, sizable timber; sizable bulk..

Horse :: Horse (n.) A frame of timber, shaped like a horse, on which soldiers were made to ride for punishment..

Sny :: Sny (n.) An upward bend in a piece of timber; the sheer of a vessel.

Chisel :: Chisel (n.) A tool with a cutting edge on one end of a metal blade, used in dressing, shaping, or working in timber, stone, metal, etc.; -- usually driven by a mallet or hammer..

Trussing :: Trussing (n.) The art of stiffening or bracing a set of timbers, or the like, by putting in struts, ties, etc., till it has something of the character of a truss..

Outrigger :: Outrigger (n.) Any spar or projecting timber run out for temporary use, as from a ship's mast, to hold a rope or a sail extended, or from a building, to support hoisting teckle..

Tail :: Tail (v. i.) To hold by the end; -- said of a timber when it rests upon a wall or other support; -- with in or into.

Portcullis :: Portcullis (n.) A grating of iron or of timbers pointed with iron, hung over the gateway of a fortress, to be let down to prevent the entrance of an enemy..

Score :: Score (v. t.) To mark with lines, scratches, or notches; to cut notches or furrows in; to notch; to scratch; to furrow; as, to score timber for hewing; to score the back with a lash..

Aggregate :: Aggregate (n.) A mass, assemblage, or sum of particulars; as, a house is an aggregate of stone, brick, timber, etc..

Timberhead :: Timberhead (n.) The top end of a timber, rising above the gunwale, and serving for belaying ropes, etc.; -- called also kevel head..

Timber :: 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..

Woodland :: Woodland (n.) Land covered with wood or trees; forest; land on which trees are suffered to grow, either for fuel or timber..

Casuarina :: Casuarina (n.) A genus of leafless trees or shrubs, with drooping branchlets of a rushlike appearance, mostly natives of Australia. Some of them are large, producing hard and heavy timber of excellent quality, called beefwood from its color..

Upright :: Upright (n.) Something standing upright, as a piece of timber in a building. See Illust. of Frame..

Soggy :: Soggy (superl.) Filled with water; soft with moisture; sodden; soaked; wet; as, soggy land or timber..

Wood-layer :: Wood-layer (n.) A young oak, or other timber plant, laid down in a hedge among the whitethorn or other plants used in hedges..

Spalt :: Spalt (a.) To split off; to cleave off, as chips from a piece of timber, with an ax..

Hearty :: Hearty (superl.) Exhibiting strength; sound; healthy; firm; not weak; as, a hearty timber..

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