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Waterway :: Waterway (n.) Heavy plank or timber extending fore and aft the whole length of a vessel's deck at the line of junction with the sides, forming a channel to the scuppers, which are cut through it. In iron vessels the waterway is variously constructed..

Coulisse :: Coulisse (n.) A piece of timber having a groove in which something glides.

Shaky :: Shaky (superl.) Full of shakes or cracks; cracked; as, shaky timber..

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..

Board :: Board (n.) A piece of timber sawed thin, and of considerable length and breadth as compared with the thickness, -- used for building, etc..

Surmisable :: Surmark (n.) A mark made on the molds of a ship, when building, to show where the angles of the timbers are to be placed..

Tiller :: Tiller (n.) A young timber tree.

Loggerhead :: Loggerhead (n.) An upright piece of round timber, in a whaleboat, over which a turn of the line is taken when it is running out too fast..

Cant :: Cant (v. t.) To give a sudden turn or new direction to; as, to cant round a stick of timber; to cant a football..

Wany :: Wany (a.) Spoiled by wet; -- said of timber.

Crib :: Crib (n.) A structure or frame of timber for a foundation, or for supporting a roof, or for lining a shaft..

Labor :: Labor (n.) The pitching or tossing of a vessel which results in the straining of timbers and rigging.

Sill :: Sill (n.) The timber or stone at the foot of a door; the threshold.

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

Gate :: Gate (n.) A large door or passageway in the wall of a city, of an inclosed field or place, or of a grand edifice, etc.; also, the movable structure of timber, metal, etc., by which the passage can be closed..

Wany :: Wany (a.) Waning or diminished in some parts; not of uniform size throughout; -- said especially of sawed boards or timber when tapering or uneven, from being cut too near the outside of the log..

Orgue :: Orgue (n.) Any one of a number of long, thick pieces of timber, pointed and shod with iron, and suspended, each by a separate rope, over a gateway, to be let down in case of attack..

Sound :: Sound (v. t.) To examine the condition of (anything) by causing the same to emit sounds and noting their character; as, to sound a piece of timber; to sound a vase; to sound the lungs of a patient..

Carpentry :: Carpentry (n.) The art of cutting, framing, and joining timber, as in the construction of buildings..

Joist :: "Joist (n.) A piece of timber laid horizontally, or nearly so, to which the planks of the floor, or the laths or furring strips of a ceiling, are nailed; -- called, according to its position or use, binding joist, bridging joist, ceiling joist, trimming joist, etc. See Illust. of Double-framed floor, under Double, a..

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