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Hummock :: Hummock (n.) Timbered land. See Hammock.

Acajou :: Acajou (n.) The mahogany tree; also, its timber..

Compassing :: Compassing (a.) Curved; bent; as, compassing timbers..

Sill :: Sill (n.) The basis or foundation of a thing; especially, a horizontal piece, as a timber, which forms the lower member of a frame, or supports a structure; as, the sills of a house, of a bridge, of a loom, and the like..

Doty :: Doty (a.) Half-rotten; as, doty timber..

Mahwa Tree :: Mahwa tree () An East Indian sapotaceous tree (Bassia latifolia, and also B. butyracea), whose timber is used for wagon wheels, and the flowers for food and in preparing an intoxicating drink. It is one of the butter trees. The oil, known as mahwa and yallah, is obtained from the kernels of the fruit..

Deadwood :: Deadwood (n.) A mass of timbers built into the bow and stern of a vessel to give solidity.

Cribbing :: Cribbing (n.) A framework of timbers and plank backing for a shaft lining, to prevent caving, percolation of water, etc..

Tailpiece :: Tailpiece (n.) One of the timbers which tail into a header, in floor framing. See Illust. of Header..

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

Runghead :: Runghead (n.) The upper end of a floor timber in a ship.

Crosspiece :: Crosspiece (n.) A bar or timber connecting two knightheads or two bitts.

Gribble :: Gribble (n.) A small marine isopod crustacean (Limnoria lignorum or L. terebrans), which burrows into and rapidly destroys submerged timber, such as the piles of wharves, both in Europe and America..

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

Sweep :: Sweep (n.) A long pole, or piece of timber, moved on a horizontal fulcrum fixed to a tall post and used to raise and lower a bucket in a well for drawing water..

Stumper :: Stumpage (n.) A tax on the amount of timber cut, regulated by the price of lumber..

Ash :: Ash (n.) A genus of trees of the Olive family, having opposite pinnate leaves, many of the species furnishing valuable timber, as the European ash (Fraxinus excelsior) and the white ash (F. Americana)..

Sal :: Sal (n.) An East Indian timber tree (Shorea robusta), much used for building purposes. It is of a light brown color, close-grained, heavy, and durable..

Plank :: Plank (n.) A broad piece of sawed timber, differing from a board only in being thicker. See Board..

Countergage :: Countergage (n.) An adjustable gage, with double points for transferring measurements from one timber to another, as the breadth of a mortise to the place where the tenon is to be made..

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