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Yard :: Yard (v. i.) A long piece of timber, as a rafter, etc..

Short :: Short (superl.) Not long; having brief length or linear extension; as, a short distance; a short piece of timber; a short flight..

Monoxylon :: Monoxylon (n.) A canoe or boat made from one piece of timber.

Mudsill :: Mudsill (n.) The lowest sill of a structure, usually embedded in the soil; the lowest timber of a house; also, that sill or timber of a bridge which is laid at the bottom of the water. See Sill..

Suraddition :: Suradanni (n.) A valuable kind of wood obtained on the shores of the Demerara River in South America, much used for timbers, rails, naves and fellies of wheels, and the like..

Poplar :: Poplar (n.) The timber of the tulip tree; -- called also white poplar.

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

Timber :: Timber (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..

Cut :: Cut (n.) A portion severed or cut off; a division; as, a cut of beef; a cut of timber..

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..

Clout :: Clout (n.) To stud with nails, as a timber, or a boot sole..

Saw :: Saw (v. i.) To be cut with a saw; as, the timber saws smoothly..

Snape :: Snape (v. t.) To bevel the end of a timber to fit against an inclined surface.

Coffer :: Coffer (v. t.) To secure from leaking, as a shaft, by ramming clay behind the masonry or timbering..

Strain :: Strain (a.) To injure by drawing, stretching, or the exertion of force; as, the gale strained the timbers of the ship..

Timber :: Timber (v. t.) To furnish with timber; -- chiefly used in the past participle.

Crosstrees :: Crosstrees (n. pl.) Pieces of timber at a masthead, to which are attached the upper shrouds. At the head of lower masts in large vessels, they support a semicircular platform called the top..

Bracket :: Bracket (n.) A shot, crooked timber, resembling a knee, used as a support..

Tension :: Tension (a.) The degree of stretching to which a wire, cord, piece of timber, or the like, is strained by drawing it in the direction of its length; strain..

Poplar :: Poplar (n.) Any tree of the genus Populus; also, the timber, which is soft, and capable of many uses..

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