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Timber :: Timber (v. i.) To light on a tree.

Sleeper :: Sleeper (n.) One of the pieces of timber, stone, or iron, on or near the level of the ground, for the support of some superstructure, to steady framework, to keep in place the rails of a railway, etc.; a stringpiece..

Shake :: Shake (n.) A fissure or crack in timber, caused by its being dried too suddenly..

Timberling :: Timberling (n.) A small tree.

Timbering :: Timbering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Timbe.

Dawk :: Dawk (n.) A hollow, crack, or cut, in timber..

Check :: Check (v. t.) To make checks or chinks in; to cause to crack; as, the sun checks timber..

Grouser :: Grouser (n.) A pointed timber attached to a boat and sliding vertically, to thrust into the ground as a means of anchorage..

Culls :: Culls (v. t.) Refuse timber, from which the best part has been culled out..

Platform :: Platform (n.) Any flat or horizontal surface; especially, one that is raised above some particular level, as a framework of timber or boards horizontally joined so as to form a roof, or a raised floor, or portion of a floor; a landing; a dais; a stage, for speakers, performers, or workmen; a standing place..

Float :: Float (v. i.) A mass of timber or boards fastened together, and conveyed down a stream by the current; a raft..

Scaffold :: Scaffold (n.) A temporary structure of timber, boards, etc., for various purposes, as for supporting workmen and materials in building, for exhibiting a spectacle upon, for holding the spectators at a show, etc..

Timber :: Timber (n.) The body, stem, or trunk of a tree..

Fir :: Fir (n.) A genus (Abies) of coniferous trees, often of large size and elegant shape, some of them valued for their timber and others for their resin. The species are distinguished as the balsam fir, the silver fir, the red fir, etc. The Scotch fir is a Pinus..

Goodness :: Goodness (n.) The quality of being good in any of its various senses; excellence; virtue; kindness; benevolence; as, the goodness of timber, of a soil, of food; goodness of character, of disposition, of conduct, etc..

Pitman :: Pitman (n.) One who works in a pit, as in mining, in sawing timber, etc..

Ribbing :: Ribbing (n.) An assemblage or arrangement of ribs, as the timberwork for the support of an arch or coved ceiling, the veins in the leaves of some plants, ridges in the fabric of cloth, or the like..

Rib :: Rib (n.) One of the timbers, or bars of iron or steel, that branch outward and upward from the keel, to support the skin or planking, and give shape and strength to the vessel..

Foxed :: Foxed (a.) Discolored or stained; -- said of timber, and also of the paper of books or engravings..

Collar :: Collar (n.) A curb, or a horizontal timbering, around the mouth of a shaft..

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